The euphoria on the Nokia N97 is still on but Nokia is already coming out with its smaller version, the N97 Mini. It has a smaller touchscreen display at 3.2 inch and a slide-out tilting QWERTY keyboard packed into a 14.2mm thin metal casing. While the physical dimensions are scaled down, the new phone is still equipped with important features such as the Ovi Lifecasting. This lets you update Facebook directly from your Nokia phone and utilizes GPS to determine your location information that is then added to your updates. The handset also works with Ovi Store that allows users to add new applications, widgets, and other content to their cell phones. The N97 Mini comes with a 5.0-megapixel camera that is complemented with dual LED flash and a Carl Zeiss Tessar lens. It has an internal 8GB memory where you can load your favorite music and high-quality video clips. It is expected to come out in the market this October with a list price of US$639.
This is one of those products that will either be insanely wonderful or disappear without a trace down the same memory hole as — well, all the other weird gadget-based games we’ve forgotten. A company called Softkinetic is unveiling a game called “Silhouette.” It’s the PC-based equivalent of the “Human Tetris” Japanese games show clips that were all the rage on YouTube a while back. The game utilizes Nvidia’s “3D Vision” technology with a gaming interface to put players in a setting where they’ll see a wall trundling at them in true 3D. the wall will have a human-shaped cutout in it and the player will have to twist their bodies into a variety of shapes to get through the hole. Given teh average shape of most gamers, this may be a tall order, but it’s easy to see a marketing hook where Softkinetic positions Silhouette as the next iteration of Wii fit for PC gamers.
OK, this isn’t exactly a necessity even amongst gadget freaks, but many of the coolest things in life are extravagances, right? How would you like to have an officially licensed Darth Vader Wii sensor bar holder? This sculpture quality image of the Dark Lord of the Sith comes with a big red lightsaber that acts as a holder for the Wii sensor bar. According to the press release, the unit can be used without the Wii controllers suffering any sort of loss of sensitivity, range or control. Whether you lose range sensitivity or control in your gameplay while being stared at by the guy who blew up Alderraan is your own lookout. Still, as silly, useless accessories for a video game console go, this is easily one of our favorites. The units will begin shipping in November for a retail price of $49.99.
Just how good are you at Halo 3: ODST? If you think you’ve got what it takes, you might want to get involved with GameStop’s “Melee in Manhattan” tournaments. 2,200 stores across the US will be holding tournaments across the US to see which Master Cheif wannabe has the biggest… er, plasma rifle. Tournaments begin on Friday, October 2. Qualifying round continue every week thereafter culminating in a $5,000 tournament to be held in New York City in December. If you’re guilty of trash-talking the competition over Xbox live (and you know who you are!), here’s you;re chance to back up that mouth against the best Halo players in America and maybe walk away with enough scratch to buy your very own Warthog (or at least a really nice model of one)
Check out the details at :http://www.gamestop.com/halo.
Fans of the classic books and legendary 1939 movie starring Judy Garland are about to find out. Warner Bros. Interactive is releasing what it calls a “twisted new take on the Oz legend.” with “The Wizard of Oz — Beyond the Yellow Brick Road.” The basic plot of the game follows the classic story. players play as a Kansas farm girl named Dorothy who gets whisked by a tornado to magical land “somewhere over the rainbow.” Once there, they discover Oz is being occupied by the forces of four wicked witches that the player must defeat to get home. Along their journey they’ll get help froma Tin Woodsman, a Cowardly Lion and Scarecrow and little Hellhound name Toto. Play will proceed in classic turn-based RPG fashion similar to the kind of “you go-I go” system in the Final Fantasy series.
This should actually be an interesting product to take a look at. For all it’s reputation as a sickly-sweet universe for little kids, the world of Oz has inspired some delightfully unusual takeoffs. The best known of these, of course, are the “Wicked” books written by Gregory Maguire that inspired a hit Broadway musical.
On the surface it seems like the most unlikely combination in gaming history. Combine Square Enix’s legenadary Final fantasy characters with Walt Disney’s equally legendary stable of cartoon characters in an action packed RPG? It worked, though. The Kingdom Hearts series is one of the most popular and beloved franchises in gaming. If you’ve been waiting for the enxt installment in the series, then your wait is finally over. Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days has hit store shelves and is available for the DSi today.
The game concerns Roxas, the “Nobody” of series protagonist Sora and takes place in the missing year when the main character was in suspended animation. The game’s creators promise that this installment will answer a lot of lingering questions about the series even as it opens up new mysteries about the Kingdom Hearts universe.
Real gadget enthusiasts will also appreciate that 358/2 Days is also the first Kingdom Hearts to offer a true multiplayer mode. Fans of the series can go head-to-head with each other as any of the members of Organization XIII, each with their own powers and capabilities.
If you checked out iLounge today, you might have been tantalized by yet more rumors of an upcoming iPod tablet. The legendary oversized iPhone (estimates run about a 10.5-inch screen) has been the subject of technolust by Apple watchers. iLounge.com, however, is normally considered a reliable source in the Apple community, giving their story a bit more heft than just a random forum post. According to the piece, the tablet specs include a curved back, the standard iPhone OS and at least two variations. Like the iPhone and the iPod touch, one would have 3G capabilities, the other wouldn’t. Given the enormous popularity and the lower price point of the iPod touch, it’s not difficult to see the phone-less tablet becoming the go-to peripheral for gaming and casual users while the phone tablet appeals more to power and business users. obviously there’s been no official announcement, so we don;t know if this is real yet, but the source indicates an announcement may be on its way in January.
I’ve seen a lot of cool phones but this mobile phone is the coolest this coming 2010. Why is it the coolest? Well, aside from the fact that you can use this for sending sms/mms, calling and play songs with it, you can download full high-definition movies and play it on a tiny screen. Amazing isn’t it? Who wouldn’t want to have a mobile phone that can provide an entire surround-sound home theater experience? Another awesome thing about it is that, it has a micro-projector that you can use to display the movie on any wall that you and your family can enjoy. The sad part is, this mobile phone will not be able to make popcorn, so you have to buy it before planning to watch a movie. I am looking forward to having this cellphone.
Tokyo-based electronics company Lancerlink has announced the iJector [JP] today, an LCOS projector that you can use with your iPod or iPhone. Shaped like a dock, the device makes it possible to watch video stored on your iPod on the go via its built-on stereo speakers (3W×2ch).
If you’ve been excited about Natal, the new full body motion-control system for the Xbox 360, there’s still reason to be excited. Recent reports from the Tokyo Game Show had journalists and show goers pretty excited by the new system. Unfortunately, there’s now a reason to be a bit disappointed. Natal evangelist Kudo Tsunoda of Microsoft Games, told Destructoid that with a few limited exceptions such as the Beautiful Katamari and Space Invaders Extreme games, most of the older 360 won’t be able to be retro-fitted with Natal compatibility via a patch. For whatever reason, the system is apparently to complicated to be slapped and needs to be built into a game from the ground up. Unfortunate indeed, as one of the first demonstration games for the new system was a re-tooled Burnout Paradise, leading to all sorts of fevered speculation on how other games might incorporate the system.
There are few game series as popular on the Xbox 360 as the Halo series. Therefore it stands to reason that the latest in the series — Halo:ODST — would be flying off store shelves in record numbers. And so they are. unfortunately Halo fans who bring home the last chapter in Master Chief’s universe might be in for a rude awakening. There are numerous complaints on official Microsoft forums and elsewhere that a number of copies of Halo: ODST are showing up with read disc errors. To the company’s credit, Microsoft representatives quickly responded to the complaints and acknowledged that yes, the problems people are experiencing are real and don;t seem to be their fault. the exact quote from Microsoft:
“We are aware of a very small number of people who are reporting they can’t play the game,” a Microsoft representative told IGN. “We are looking into it but at this point it doesn’t appear to be a widespread issue.”
If you’ve purchased Halo:ODST and are having problems with the disc and are past the retail return point, you might want to hang on a few days until Microsoft comes up with a fix or a rebate/exchange program.
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