Archive for June, 2011 - Page 17

iOS 5 beta 2 Now Ready for Developer Account Holders, Full Changelog Available Here

Apple Launches iOS 5 Beta, Final Gold Master Release Still a Few Months Away
Filed by on Saturday, 25. June 2011

That was quick, wasn’t it? Apple rolled out a new iOS 5 beta version just a few weeks after the first beta was released. We’re looking at iOS 5 beta 2 which can be downloaded and installed on any plenty of iOS devices (not all of them unfortunately) as long [...]

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Verizon Palm Pre 2 Gets webOS 2.1 Update

Verizon & HP Update The Second-Gen Pre To Latest Update For That Phone, General Fixes To Email, Backup & Security Included Among Other Things
Filed by on Saturday, 25. June 2011

The Palm Pre 2 was kind of quietly released on Verizon without much fanfare or excitement. It was the last “Palm” batch of webOS phones and devices, and I don’t think HP put much effort into promoting it and neither did Verizon with their piles of Android phones on the [...]

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Shenmue 3 Probably Not Happening, Yu Suzuki Leaving Sega

Legendary Video Game Developer Leaving Sega, Says His New Company YS NET Could Possibly Take Up Old Sega Franchises Though
Filed by on Saturday, 25. June 2011

If you were holding out hope for a Shenmue 3 or Shenmue Online after all these years, you might have your hopes dashed here. Legendary video game creator Yu Suzuki who was responsible for such arcade classics Hang-On, Out Run, Virtua Fighter, Daytona USA and Virtua Cop – as well [...]

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Nokia N950 is a MeeGo Smartphone

The N950 is Another Nokia Smartphone Running MeeGo & Looks Like the QWERTY Cousin of the N9
Filed by on Saturday, 25. June 2011

The Nokia N9 isn’t the only MeeGo smartphone that Nokia is launching. It seems like the N9 has a cousin that packs a QWERTY keypad.

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Skype for iPad Confirmed, Video Chat Included for iPad 2

Skype Confirms Native iPad & iPad 2 Application, Not Available in the App Store for Download Just Yet
Filed by on Friday, 24. June 2011

Earlier today the first screenshots of the Skype app for iPad have hit the web and they were taken from a Skype video posted and then pulled from YouTube. As always someone was watching and it was just a matter of time until the screenshots were posted allover the Internet.

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HP Opal Coming This Summer?

7-inch webOS Tablet Rumored To Be Out This August, Should Be Similar In Size To Samsung Galaxy Tab & BlackBerry PlayBook, Coming After TouchPad
Filed by on Friday, 24. June 2011

Do you remember the HP Opal? That was the rumored 7-inch webOS tablet that HP was said to be planning. We haven’t heard anything about the 7-inch tablet (which would compete against the Samsung Galaxy Tab, BlackBerry PlayBook amongst others) since it was first rumored earlier this year, but now, [...]

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iPad 2 Jailbreak to Hit Very Soon?

New Tweets From Comex Suggest We Could be Nearing the Release Date of JailbreakMe 3.0] (u
Filed by on Friday, 24. June 2011

Comex’ iPad 2 jailbreak was one of the hot topics of last week as a rumor saying that JailbreakMe 3.0 would be launched on June 17 wandered across the vast plains of the Internets only to be proven fake. Then Comex came out detailing his intentions regarding the future of [...]

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Droid Incredible 2 Price Cut By $50

As Leaked, Verizon Cuts The Droid Incredible 2, Now A Good Deal For A Fast Phone If You Don't Want 4G Goodness
Filed by on Friday, 24. June 2011

If you’ve been waiting to buy a Droid Incredible 2 by HTC on Verizon, but wished it was $50 cheaper, then you’re in luck.  Leaked Verizon documents (then backed up by it actually happening) promised that on June 20th, we’d see a $50 price cut to the two-year contract price [...]

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World of Warcraft for iPad & iPhone Coming In the Near to Distant Future?

Blizzard Seems Interested in the iOS World, But Will It Convert WoW to Smartphone & Tablet Gameplay?
Filed by on Friday, 24. June 2011

World of Warcraft is one of Blizzard’s most successful games ever made and I bet that an iOS version of this huge franchise would make a killing in the iOS universe. How do I know that? Well… I can say I played it.

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New Lawsuit Alleges Sony Knew PSN Security Was Weak

New Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Sony Claims Sony Laid Off Network Security Technicians In The Weeks Prior To PSN Attacks
Filed by on Friday, 24. June 2011

In the aftermath of the PSN outage, Sony has been hit with a new class action lawsuit, this one claiming that Sony laid off network security employees just weeks before the attack and knew that security was weak. The lawsuit was filed against Sony Corp. America and its subsidiaries, and [...]

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