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Sony PSP Phone and Tablet may Become Reality

by Jay Garrett on March 8, 2010

The mythical PSP Phone as well as an iPad baiting tablet may well slip out from Sony – Well, that’s how the Wall Street Journal sees it.

Sony CEO Howard Stringer is looking towards Apple for inspiration in order to bring success back to Sony’s door.

The Japanese company is already making steps with its Sony Online Service having iTunes firmly in its sights and add that to a bunch of new mobile gadgets to use SOS – it sounds like plots are forming.

The report claims a source says that there will be a PSP-phone and an iPad style tablet that “blurs distinctions among a netbook, an e-reader and a PSP.”

These new devices will join the PSP Go and get access to SOS which will enable them access to games, music, movies and, more-than-likely, e-books.

I’m just hoping that Sony has looked at and taken on-board the feedback received after the lower-than-expected sales that the PSP Go has had thus far ;)

I’m interested to see what Sony come up with and must admit – I’m more than a little excited by the prospect :)

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Tracks by Aiaiai – 80’s Headphones for 2010

by Jay Garrett on January 18, 2010

Righty – you love the retro vibe, perhaps wearing some cool Space Invader tights, but you’re rocking some modern headphones – you’ve ruined the look!

You could get yourself some mighty fine Koss Porta Pros, which I’ve owned and loved but they might be a little ‘off-the-shelf’ for someone as cool as you.

May I present the ‘Tracks’ headphones from the fantastically named Danish company – Aiaiai!

These have a distinct whiff of the Walkman ‘phones and are admittedly styled on the personal audio classics which must’ve helped Sony beat Phillips in the compact cassette player wars back in the 80’s.

You get the comfy foam ear-pads that slide on brushed steel head braces.

Whilst their looks are stuck in my favourite style period the ‘Tracks’ are 21st Century with the latest in driver technology and you should be getting decent audio from the 40mm speakers.

These will also play nice with Blackberry’s and iPhones so there you go.

£44.50 will get you stepping out from the crowd!

Check the range out at Aiaiai.dk

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Build Your Own WORKING Star Trek Phaser – Really!

January 15, 2010 Click to read more →
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This is a must for any sci-fi lover or people that yearn for the day we get the chance to tote laser side-arms.
This Star Trek phaser mod can explode balloons in an awesome pewpew stylee!
And: You can build one of your very own
The full how-to can be [...]

Twitterific Ollie Now Available – Twitter Tweety Bird Mascot

January 14, 2010 Click to read more →
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Iconfactory, the people behind Twitterific, has now made two types of Ollie, the cute blue bird, available to own.
So you can tweet with Ollie sat with you.
Iconfactory obviously thinks that this will be a winner:
“We’re pleased to announce that our vinyl collectible figure of Ollie, the Twitterrific mascot, is now shipping worldwide”
The online store says:
“Ollie [...]

Google Nexus One is Here and so is the Google Store to Sell it!

January 5, 2010 Click to read more →
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When Google decided to sell their own Android blower, the Nexus One, almost as many column inches were given to how they’d do this as were given to the actual handset.
Well, they’ve opened a new store, from which they plan to sell Android phones from a variety of carriers and manufacturers.
This will be a one-stop-shop [...]

Get Money Off Your Gifts – Have a VERY Merry Christmas!

December 8, 2009 Click to read more →
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I’ve just been pointed in the direction of Very.co.uk.
‘Very’ is a new online department store from Shop Direct and it’s offering Gadgety News readers a great discount of £10 off your first order of £40 or more when you open a credit account.
All you have to do to claim your discount is simply [...]

Would You Pay for Online Magazines? iTunes for Glossy Mags

November 26, 2009 Click to read more →
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Time Inc, Condé Nast and Hearst are the big hitting publisher that are planning to create “iTunes for magazines” – an online store where you’d be able to buy and download digital editions of their biggest magazine titles.
The obvious hope is that the online store would provide a bolster to the endangered and often overpriced [...]

Free Wi-Fi at (in and around) UK Phones4U Stores

November 12, 2009 Click to read more →
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Trying to grab a free Wi-Fi connection when you’re out and about can be a bit tricksy – especially if you’re not in the largest of towns.
Soon sidling up to your nearest Phones4U may help.
Phones4U has become Freerunner’s (the free public Wi-Fi network) first UK commercial retailer.
Freerunner Wi-Fi will head to 450 stores across the [...]

Dell Inspiron Zino HD on Sale – Windows Mac Mini Desktop Media Centre Computer

November 11, 2009 Click to read more →
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Looking for a Windows-based Mac Mini alike?
Do you need to be able to choose from a multitude of colours and designs to suit your hip pad?
Say “welllllllll heeeeeeelloooooo!” to the new Dell Inspiron Zino HD.
The mini desk-top puter measures a mere 7.8 x 7.8 x 3.4 inches.
As I mentioned just seconds ago: It’s personalisable.
There’s 10 [...]

UK Gets its First Gamer Rehab Clinic – 12 Steps in Somerset

November 4, 2009 Click to read more →
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After reporting about the internet addiction clinic opening in the States in August it’s the turn of the Brits.
Yup – we are now the proud owners of our first rehab clinic targeting addicted gamers.
The Broadway Lodge, a residential rehabilitation unit in Weston-super-Mare, treats around 400 addicts a year for a range of issues and will [...]

1 in 4 Gamers Pay and Download Instead of Leaving Their Gaming Chairs – What’s a High Street Again?

October 28, 2009 Click to read more →
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Gamers love to have the latest and bestest and it shows that 25% of gamers surveyed said that paying for and downloading the digital only version is the way forward.
The International Gamers Survey, conducted by Today’s Gamers took in the opinion of 13,000 gamers across Europe and the United States and found that, on average, [...]

Nintendo Wii 2 – HD, More Online-ness, Cheaper and Smaller than First Wii

October 22, 2009 Click to read more →
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Shigeru Miyamoto, the dude responsible for game greats Mario and Donkey Kong says that the Nintendo Wii 2 will be smaller and cheaper – who am I to argue with that?
He also says that the console will move into “other aspects of daily life” – so do we take it that Nintendo will be branching [...]

Yanko Store Opens – Buy Concepts and Gadgety Joy

October 20, 2009 Click to read more →
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Yanko Design has finally answered lots of gadgety prayers.
For too long have we marvelled at items such as the d*light pillow and magnetic spice racks without actually being able to own them.
But now this has changed good people!
Watch your credit card though
Here’s the link you need
Be patient – as you can [...]

Foursquare Social Gaming Comes to London – Earn Points and Badges by Eating, Drinking and Partying Round the Capital

October 8, 2009 Click to read more →
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Foursquare has announced that it’s bringing its location-based social networking game here to London.
The service that started in March awards points and badges for experiencing things in certain locations and is apparently quite the hit over in the USA but remains pretty much unknown on this side of the pond.
Foursquare is a location service-based social network/game.
It’s [...]

7digital Takes The Fight to iTunes on American and Canadian Soil

October 7, 2009 Click to read more →
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7digital will be a known name to those who legally download tunes here in the UK.
That will soon be changing – but in a good way.
The Great British MP3 download site has just thrown open its doors to the US of A taking on the might of iTunes.
Not only is 7digital taking on the huge [...]

Free Online Monopoly City Streets Uses Google Maps for Global Gaming

September 8, 2009 Click to read more →
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Board game great, Hasbro, has teamed up with Google to produce an online global version of Monopoly which will in turn create the largest board game area ever as the world of Google Maps is the playing surface.
Monopoly City Streets launches on Wednesday for a duration of four months.
Players worldwide will be handed a [...]

Tesco Direct Makes Sony PSP Go 11% Cheaper – Every Little Helps

August 21, 2009 Click to read more →
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That’s right – the Supermarket chain has cut Sony’s RRP for the handheld gaming jukebox that lands in October.
The PSP Go has a pencilled price tag of £225 but Tesco Direct is listing the PSP Go on its site at a pre-order price of £199.97 – that makes it at an 11 percent discount even [...]

Longbox Brings Comic Books to iTunes Generation

July 24, 2009 Click to read more →
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LongBox is hoping to bring the kind of digital distribution common with music and video to the comic world!
The software has been in production for over three years by QuickSilver Software and it will be a free, cross-platform iTunes-style jukebox for comic books – it even appears to feature the similar menu to Cover Flow.
This [...]

Wikipedia to Add Videos

July 13, 2009 Click to read more →
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Most of you will have used Wikipedia at some point – and generally the information is correct.
As a resource it is actually quite handy as it contains easy-to-get-at text and pics, but it’s lacking when it comes to videos.
This is all going to change in a couple of months, as Wikipedia has plans for video [...]