PlayStation Firmware 2.4, said to be released tomorrow, is going to bring an In-Game XMB and Trophies, two long-awaited features more familiar to the Xbox World. Pictures, videos, and links after the break.
Affordability has always been a concern of potential iPhone customers. In fact, 56% of consumers who wanted an iPhone but didn’t purchase one said price was the reason. Starting July 11, a black 8GB iPhone will retail for $199, and a white or black 16GB iPhone will sell for $100 more at $299.
Me.com, known as MobileMe, “It works like ActiveStink… er… ActiveSync” was the comment made by the developer demonstrating it. Apple Mail, iCal, Contacts, Address Book, and Microsoft Outlook are all supported. All of this is in an online setting, with resizable windows (much like Meebo) and more.
iPhone Firmware 2.0 will be available in early July 2008. It will be free for iPhone users and will cost $9.99 for iPod Touch users. Features will include live contact searching, full iWork support, MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint file support, bulk mail moving and sorting, the ability to save received messages, a scientific calculator, parental controls, and massive language support.
Loopt, a social networking system, is coming to the iPhone. Known as “Your Social Compass,” Loopt will be able to show you where your friends with Loopt currently are, the geo-tagged photos they’ve uploaded, and more. It will be a free download available on the iPhone App Store. Yes, it’ll be compatible with Loopt users on other phones/platforms.
Pangea Software has ported two games to the iPhone, one of which is the Racing game Cro-Mag Rally. This game will use the iPhone itself as a steering wheel, much like the Wii Remote (Wiimote) is used for steering in such titles as Excite Truck and Mario Kart Wii. Does this mean Apple will soon be joining the handheld gaming industry? Not likely, as this is a third party App, but it does show the potential for the iPhone.
YouTube has upped the ante for internet video sites once again. Now, users can annotate their videos, give users the ability to make choices, and have different outcomes based on those choices. Currently on the featured videos list is an interactive magician, but I have the feeling it won’t be long until there comes a string of videos that, once choices are made, will come to a full length movie, much like the “choose an outcome, choose a page” books.
Links and a video after the break.
Apparently, aliens are real. Extra-terrestrials have allegedly been videotaped, and the video will supposedly be shown Friday. If this is real, we’re in for it. However, since this is probably a hoax, we’re going to have to record this as the greatest viral video ever. Reportedly, the video has been analyzed on multiple occasions, and was told to be authentic.
Alleged sources:
http://digg.com/world_news/VIDEO_OF_A_LIVING_ALIEN
http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Expert_says_Denver_Alien_tape_no_fake
And yes, we went there. We freakin’ cited Digg.
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According to the Apple website, a new MacBook Pro with a 2.6GHz 45nm Intel Core 2 Duo is coming soon. Details after the break.
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