RIM has confirmed that it will finally unleash a long-promised software update for the suffering BlackBerry PlayBook next week at CES 2012. The BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 will likely bring the elusive Android app player which will allow some Android applications to run on the device. Also expected is a native email client and a host of other improvements aimed at making the device, which is currently available for as little as £169 , more user-friendly.
Battle Squadron ONE 2-player ($2.99) by Cope-Com is the iPad version of the iOS version of the classic Sega Genesis game, Battle Squadron. Play split screen arcade action with friends in this fast paced shoot ‘em up game. Ah, the classics. Who doesn’t love a pixelated auto-shooting adventure?
Motorola has announced its latest handset range for the budgets conscious, the Motoluxe. Both stylish and unique – Moto’s words – the Motoluxe packs in Android 2.3 Gingerbread and is one for cut-price fashionistas and part-time ravers – boasting both a slim chassis (117.7x 60.5 x 9.85mm) and a lanyard spot which comes complete with a flashing light. The specs on the phone are actually fairly decent
A jailbreak tweak called “Display Recorder” has recently received an update that adds iOS 5 compatibility. The package adds an application icon to users’ Home screen, which allows them to start recording their iOS device’s display. Aspects such as frame rate, orientation, video format and video quality can easily be tweaked within a dedicated Display Recorder pane in the Settings app, and saved videos can be sent over to a computer or uploaded to YouTube.
Sony Ericsson has revealed a quartet of clues to it’s “big” and “exciting” news for CES 2012 , consisting of camera-related pictures. We’ve got a close-up of the camera shutter button on a graphite-coloured handset, a shutter close-up with HD marked below it, an onscreen still/video option key and a microSD port to feast our eyes upon. All these camera-related tidbits tie in quite nicely with the 13MP camera we’re expecting to see on the LT28at but more likely its pointing to the 12MP snapper of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc HD