SprintĀ today announced the Sprint Relay ID pack, which allows anyone who has difficulty hearing on their phone and members of the deaf community who use sign language to receive a customized bundle of applications, links, tips, icons, widgets and wallpapers on their Sprint ID-capable Android device. The bundle includes voice mail transcripts, visual and […]
May 5 2011 | Posted in
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Warner Bros. is using its Sesame Street license, announcing a new fitness-themed game for Wii and DS. Sesame Street: Ready, Set, Grover! is a set of exercises designed by Grover himself, “to help his Sesame Street friends get up and go!” Kids will be able to row, jump, and play “Grover Says” along with Elmo […]
The Nintendo Wii Vitality Sensor, first teased at E3 in June 2009, continues to be delayed. Although no firm date has been set for its launch, Nintendo chief Satoru Iwata insists that it will still come to market. The delays, he says, have been caused by the biological variations among people, creating problems for Nintendo […]
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Google started bringing some of its own non-stock apps up to speed for Android 3.0 tablets on Thursday with a new version of free Google Earth app. The new version both makes full use of the bigger canvas and brings textured 3D buildings as well as pop-overs for on-map content. The tablet UI provides quicker […]
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The number of apps in the Android Market should surpass those in the App Store as soon as August, argues research2guidance, a German research group. The date assumes that current growth rates for both the Market and the App Store will be maintained. In April for instance some 28,000 apps were uploaded to the Android […]
Intel has updated its Wireless Display 2.0 (WiDi 2.0) standard this week to support wireless streaming playback of HDCP copy-protected content. This includes Intel Insider, DVD and Blu-ray movies at up to 1080p. Users with the latest Sandy Bridge-era Core processors can update their HD Graphics drivers to see the change. Before this update, WiDi […]
RIM gave an early look at the next wave of its social networking side on Thursday with the Beta Zone launch of Twitter for BlackBerry 2.0. The new app is more in line with the newest Android and iPhone apps with a simpler interface that speeds up searches. A single search box will turn up […]
Motorola pushed hard on the pro side of Android phones Thursday with two new models for Sprint. The XPRT is a Sprint adaptation of the Droid Pro and shares the mix of a 3.1-inch, 320×480 touchscreen with a fixed QWERTY keyboard for a BlackBerry-like design. Sprint’s version shares Android 2.2, CDMA/GSM world roaming, five-megapixel camera, […]
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Wes Bentley is the latest actor cast in the upcoming Lionsgate film, The Hunger Games. Bentley will portray Seneca Crane, the head gamemaker of the 74th Hunger Games, in which Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson) are forced to compete against nearly two dozen other children/teens in a fight for survival. Rounding […]
Activision and Cartoon Network announced today that Generator Rex: Agent of Providence will be available for Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3D, Wii, PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360 this October. “Generator Rex embodies the best of boys’ action: a conflict-driven storyline, aspirational characters and an arsenal of cool weapons and vehicles,” said Pete Yoder, Vice President, […]