Archive for April, 2011

Dungeon Defenders: Second Wave launches exclusively on the Xperia PLAY

On April 1st, Trendy Entertainment and Sony Ericsson released Dungeon Defenders: Second Wave, the player versus player, multiplayer sequel to the hit, number one Android game Dungeon Defenders: First Wave! Originally planned only for consoles, now it’s playable for the first time as it was originally meant to be played-with controls on Sony Ericsson’s new Xperia PLAY smartphone.

Xperia PLAY, which launches this month around the world, is the must-have smart phone on the fully-featured Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) platform. It is also the world’s first PlayStation certified smartphone, offering unrivalled gaming capability with dedicated gaming controls and ultra-fast graphics based on the optimized Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and Adreno GPU.

iPad and Lovefilm: Awesome

I have no idea if this has been announced elsewhere, but here is some great news!

For Americans, one of the pleasures of the iPad has been the ability to stream movies via Netflix, in the UK we’ve been poorly served since our equivalent, LoveFilm, has been slow to get their act together. The issue has been that iPhones and iPads don’t run flash, and LoveFilm’s streaming service relies on it to work. So your LoveFilm subscription has been useless on Apple iOS devices.

Well down at the Ideal Home Show this weekend, where I often go hunting for a story (?), I brought up this issue at the large LoveFilm stand. The staff were fairly clueless but put me through to someone senior who told me that as part of their expansion plans (which recently involved streaming on the PS3 etc), they will be iPad and iPhone friendly from mid-April. He also mentioned that the number of movies available to stream is about to increase dramatically thanks to the company being bought by Amazon a few months back.

Posted by Gareth

HTC host another public meet up

Once again HTC are inviting members of the public to join them next Tuesday (12th April) at a London location for food, drinks and maybe a bit of phone action!

You can find all the details over on the events Facebook page but if you want a quick look at what they have to say please see below:

London, we thought it was high time we had another get-together. We had so much fun with you all last time.
We hope all of you can drop by, chill-out and have a chat with us. We will have food and drink, and we’ll also have an exclusive set by a pioneering UK DJ. But most excitingly, we have some exciting news to share with you! It is guaranteed to be a sensory experience.
Make sure your friends don’t miss out – bring them along with you.
If you are planning on attending, please RSVP by clicking “I’m attending” at the top of this page. Just remember that it’s an event for people over 18 and it’s on a first come first served basis.
PS. For those of you that aren’t in London – never fear – we have plans to come see you soon. We’ll let you know details closer to the time.

Click here for the link and we will see you there. Come and say Hi if you want to. I will be the one with the bald head and tattoos. (The tattoos are not on my bald head!) and Matt is the one with green hair and a walking stick!

Posted by: James

Samsung Galaxy S2 gets a processor upgrade

The chaps at gsmarena have posted that the Samsung Galaxy S2 will be released with a 1.2 GHz processor instead of the 1GHz that was announced at the launch event in Barcelona. That is great news for all you Android fans that are waiting for the device to be released. The problem we have is when is it going to be released. Some retailers are stating it will be in May, where as other sites are claiming June. Either way, it is fantastic news that Samsung have made the improvements, however if they don’t get the handset on sale soon it will more than likely be lacking on other specs judging by how soon we see new Android devices released.

Posted by: James