While Konami has yet to peg down a definite North American release date for Metal Gear Solid HD Collection, there’s news floating around (via Joystiq) that it will land in Japan on November 23th. This suggests that international dates can’t be far behind.
Read MoreAlthough some internal documents leaked to the web a few days back, Bell has now made the launch of the HTC Desire Z official. It will be the exclusive carrier of HTC’s QWERTY keyboard Android pone. The Desire Z, powered by Android 2.2 (Froyo) and an 800MHz Qualcomm chip, will be the first in Canada to offer 14.4 megabits per second downloads. To promote the launch, Bell is running a contest to win a Desire Z, which you can enter here. The Desire Z will also be the first phone…
Read MoreRogers has started running a ‘comprehensive’ trial of it’s LTE wireless network in the nations capital, which could bring download speeds of up to 150 Mbps to mobile devices. LTE is a 4G technology meant to replace existing 3G networks. Both LTE and WiMax, which around for a quite some time now, are just starting to see adoption as standards. At one point there was speculation that LTE would be in Vancouver by the 2010 Olympics, but that never really panned out.
Read MoreResearch In Motion’s developer event’ is still underway, but they’ve kicked it off with a bang, or so co-founder Mike Lazaridis is hoping. The PlayBook is RIM’s push into the tablet space, sporting a 7 inch display, a 1GHz dual core Cortex A9 CPU and sport a ‘flash-loving’, ‘app-rocking’ platform designed by QNX, called the BlackBerry Tablet OS. When the PlayBook was still expected to be called the BlackPad, it was rumoured that one of the big differentiators for the device would be it’s pairing capabilities. Sure enough, the preview…
Read MorePanasonic announced and showcased the highly anticipated followup to their GH1 camera, the LUMIX GH2, at the latest Photokina, held every other year since 1956 in Cologne Germany. More of an update than anything else, it appears Panasonic has listened to their customers and improved the features based on customer feedback on the GH1. In a nutshell, here they are: a brand-spanking new 18 MP multi-aspect ratio sensor that offers 16.05 MP output ISO range of 160-12800 in 1/3 EV steps touch sensitive LCD screen HD video at 1080 60p…
Read MoreWith Windows Phone 7 just around the corner, it’s no surprise that Microsoft finally announced their first round of international expansion of the Zune service, providing digital entertainment services to more than 20 countries. Not all countries are created equal however. The much vaunted Zune Pass will be available in the UK, France, Italy and Spain, for 9.99 euros. The Zune pass allows users to have unlimited access to the Zune music library from Windows PCs, Windows Phone 7 and Xbox Live. Unlike the US version, which costs $14.99 US,…
Read MoreIf you’ve been waiting to get your hands on the PlayStation Move, it’s out now. The wireless motion contoller allows players to move objects accurately through 3D space in games on the PS3, using a combination of accelerometers and the PlayStation Eye to provide 1:1 motion. The official Sept 19th launch date was originally announced back at E3 2010, but John, our man in Montreal, was at his local game store on Friday, where there were a couple of boxes worth just sitting on the floor. Instead of ponying up…
Read MoreAfter originally announcing the Boxee Box for a spring release 2010, Boxee had to revise their schedule, promising the diminutive D-Link built media player for a fall release. The Box allows users to access content both on the local network, as well as access thousands of online sources including network television, Netflix, Youtube and much more (of course, some services are geo-locked). Despite some skepticism, and some hardware changes, it looks like they’re going to make good on the autumnal release. When first announced, the Box was to be powered…
Read MoreAcer continues to make sure that every segment of the notebook market is covered with their latest releases. For the power user, the AS8943G series, with an 18.4 inch edge-to-edge glass display, include 4GB of RAM and use Core i3 or Core i5 processors depending on price point, and for graphics include ATI’s 1 GB Mobility Radeon HD5650 with Direct X 11 support so it should be up to snuff when it comes to gaming as well. Another interesting feature of these is the dual mode trackpad, which can easily…
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