Author: Stuart Dredge
Sony Ericsson files patent for modular mobile phone
The trouble with mobile phones is, well, you can detach the screen from the keypad. I can’t count the number of times I’ve been out somewhere, and have ended up cursing that my phone’s display remains stubbornly attached to the keypad.
Japanese DS gamers set for mixed reality treasure hunt
The combination of The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass and Advance Wars: Dark Conflict means my DS will be constantly to hand in the coming weeks. But in Japan, the hot new DS thing isn’t a standard game. It’s a groundbreaking ‘mixed reality’ treasure hunt created by Tokyo firm Rush Japan.
NovaTunes offers an authentic spin on Music 2.0
That’s ‘authentic’ as in ‘authentic singer-songwriters’ for the most part, I should warn you. If you’re more of a banging techno kinda person, you probably won’t be interested in NovaTunes. However, if you want a way to buy new music by the likes of Jackson Browne, Graham Nash, Julian Fordham, and a host of other artists.
The Kids are law-abiding music purchasers after all. Well, mostly.
Teenagers don’t pay for anything these days: I’ve heard they even download their hoodies and skateboards from BitTorrent and print them out. It’s an outrage. However, it seems those pesky kids are actually less piratey than was thought when it comes to digital music.
Endemol producing 'Cell' made-for-mobile TV drama for O2
O2 has teamed up with Endemol to produce a new 20-episode TV show called ‘Cell’, which has been filmed exclusively for mobile phones. It kicks off tomorrow, with each episode being a bitesized two minutes long.
PC World brings free laptop offer back from the dead
Remember last July, when PC World offered customers a free laptop if they signed up to Orange broadband? And how the offer ended a month later after it was hugely popular? Well, PC World is at it again, except now it’s 3’s mobile broadband service that’s footing the bill.
Snoop Dogg does the bizzle for Orange's mobile shizzle
It’s the battle of the A-list giants. Yesterday, 3 promoted a new mobile game by hiring Gemma Atkinson to pose for photographs in a miniscule grid-girl outfit. Today, Orange announces that it’s got Snoop Dogg starring in its new cinema advert. Sorry 3, you lose this time.
The Pirate Bay under attack from Swedish authorities
Got a letter from the government the other day. Opened it and read it, it said they were… mightily displeased that I was running an internationally renowned BitTorrent site. Is what Chuck D would say if he was rewriting Black Steel to cover today’s news about The Pirate Bay. *puts down shoehorn*
Norwegian TV broadcaster puts own series on BitTorrent
BitTorrent and P2P file-sharing is KILLING the music, film and TV industries, right? If this madness doesn’t stop, in ten years time David Letterman and Jonathan Ross will be starving on the streets, and the Eastenders budget will be so meagre that every episode will take place entirely in the Queen Vic’s gent’s loo.
Apple to introduce cheaper Wi-Fi iPods that pay your Starbucks bill?
Apple is notoriously tight-lipped when it comes to revealing details about its future products. So thank goodness there are plenty of industry analysts happy to feed us bloggers with their predictions. The latest to give his views on what Apple’ll do next is Gene Munster from Piper Jaffray.
