Is Microsoft's Kinect the future of gaming?

Ten days after Microsoft released its new type of gaming product there has been a rather "mellow" reaction only about one million copies have been sold which if you compare it to all the people in the world who actually own a Xbox it is rather... sad?
This is in fact one of the most amazing products released by a company in a really long time (I mean there is no controller!) and the last thing I am trying to do is criticizes it, all I am saying is that it is rather sad to see that not a lot of people are interested in this type of product. But hopefully it will catch on while people upload their own personal Kinect fail videos on to you tube.

A new Apple device coming soon? [RUMOR]

According to a Taiwanese website there are leaked pictures of a new Apple touchscreen device that is only 3cm square inches (1.18 in). Is it fake? Is it real? Well we are not exactly sure just yet but considering the sites past record (leaking the white iPhone 4) it looks kinda promising. So in the future days we will hopefully be seeing a new device maybe a iPod nano or a new shuffle- We don't know yet but here are two pictures so you can drool over whatever it is:

Weekly Mash Up!

Introducing the weekly mash up, on a random day every week we will post a mash up of different mini reviews/gadgets/news etc. These can be polls or they can just catch you up with the news! Here is the first, enjoy!

iPhone/iPod touch and iPad just might make other handheld game systems extinct.

Consider this for one second... is it easier to play games on an PSP or Nintendo DSi or is it easier to play a game on your iPod touch or iPhone? (that's if you have one) Experts are already saying that in the short future all other hand held game systems are just a bit too complex for the rest of us to play on but the iPod touch and iPhone makes playing games easier and more interactive. In the end the decision is completely up to you but more people are buying iPhone's and iPod touch's just because of the fact that they can do more than an hand held button pressing game system.

Are we forgetting about the oil spill?
Well the oil spill has been going on for a while and if you watch the news every day or even every other day you should know that there has been less and lesser (if that's a word) news or even talk about it. So are we or not?

Is Android the new Windows of mobile devices?
Think about it Android is just like windows they sell there OS to different companies (like HTC or Motorola to name a few) to put in there products which is almost exactly like Windows. So are Android users facing the same issues as Windows users are? Cheap prices on some amazing products on Amazon I suggest buying:
                        

  
       

Google TV?

For people who don't know yet Google is coming our with there own form of watching television and the result is Google TV. Google and Logitech have been working to gather to make a device called Revue that will be coming out this fall which is suppose to enhance the way you watch TV. Just like Apple TV or your normal home DVR (if you have one) you can use this new gadget to record and watch movies, but Google has also added a key feature to their device unlike any other DVR or whatever you may call them and this is a "Internet Browser". So now you can not only watch and record TV you can also browse the web for videos such as Youtube or Hulu and watch them on your living room TV with your family rather than crowding around small computer monitor!

iPhone OS 4 coming in the summer

We got the news yester day that the new iPhone OS 4 is coming to all or most apple mobile devices. Here is a rundown on what is included in this OS
*For people who don't know what OS is: OS(operating system) is kind of like the type of computer you have like windows 7 or vista Mac OSX etc.
Multitasking- a long asked for feature for the iPhone/iPod touch this app lets you run multiple apps at once with out running your battery down and making your apps feel slower.
Ability to gift apps- Now you can buy an app from the app store and gift it to another iTunes account!
Ability to change the background of your iPhone/iPod touch- A lot of jail broken(hacked) iPhone/iPod touch’s already have this feature but for the first time Apple made it possible for everyone to do it.
Better Mail features- ability to make threads and a whole bunch of other stuff they did to enhance your mail app
Folders- ability to put certain apps in folders so its easier to navigate and organize your apps.
iBooks- the app that's on the iPad comes to the iPhone/iPod touch here you can read/buy books straight from the app store.
And there are apparently one hundred more user features included in the new OS but this is what Apple released to the public as of now not including other features for the developers.
























So what do you think about the new OS? Do you think Apple is going to charge money to buy the new OS(I personally do)? Comment please!

The “Droid” review

There has been a lot of craze these days about the new phone “droid” well here is a review that explains why its so popular.
The Droid by Motorola is a smart phone of this generation it can do a lot of things that normal phones simply can’t. Such as Google search by Voice, or a five Mega-Pixel camera built in and so on. Well its safe to say that some phones might be able to do this but those phones don’t exactly have everything Droid does.
Droid runs on Android (a operating system for your phone made by Google), it is a magnificent device sent out to kill the iPhone from the market and well till now its doing its job… 
Key Features:

• 3.7 hi-res Touch screen
• High speed Mobile Web Browsing
• Is able to run Multiple apps
• Google Search by voice
• 5 MP camera with Flash
• Tons of Apps including Facebook, Google Maps, You Tube, and Amazon MP3 Store
• Bluetooth
• GPS Navigation
• MP3/4 player
• 6hr 25min in Battery life stand by for 270hrs
• Wi-Fi

The Battery life is fairly below average but other than that the Phones looks amazing! unless your the kind of person who likes to keep it simple. So how much is this going to cost you? Well $200 not counting the Data plan for about $30 a month.
In the end would you buy this phone or do you like keeping it simple and consider a phone a tool to call people? Please add a comment!

Images from Verizon and various sites from Google image search.

Playstation Go- the review

The PSP GO is a small computer that fits in you pocket. I say this because of the features:

• 16 GB flash memory built in.
• The best games you can get on a portable device(well the one with the best graphics).
• Games, Music, Movies, an MP3 MP4 players, with an internet browser and more!
• 3.8 inch LCD screen
• Adaptable to TiVo TOGO or Location Free TV or Skype
• Parental controls
• Bluetooth compatible

                                                   

    The PSP GO comes in two colors pearl white and piano black:

It a slide to open system so when you are watching a movie you can close the screen for a better look! The PSP Go is not like a normal portable gaming system you can customize your own background with templates that you get off the internet browser on your PSP(or you can make your own background if you have a PS3). Now the Internet browser is really good in fact you have a lot of features on the internet you can choose from(I know there are better internet browsers on the Iphone or other phones but this is a gaming system with a really good internet browser). If you want to know why I say it is a really good game player well here it is: if you are looking in to graphics on the go this is the system for you, games you get on the PS3 or the Xbox 360 are on the PSP(Gran Turismo, Madden NFL 2010 and more!). Great online game player too.

The official price of the PSP is two-hundred and fifty dollars, I personally disagree with the price because it cant do much more than what the other PSP systems could other than the flip screen and that's about it. Would you buy this or would you buy some thing like the iPod touch which is a lot cheaper? and most importantly do you like the new gadget?

A Phone from Garmin?

Yea that's what I thought when I first heard about the new “nüvifone” from Garmin! The phone is now available from AT&T looks actually… pretty good!

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Built in to the system you will find the fully-integrate worlds best selling GPS system with a bunch of preloaded maps, like all the other AT&T phones it is a 3G phone with HTML web browsing e-mail and text messaging blue tooth capability and a standard 3 megapixel camera. Then again it does have a anti glare (OLED) touch screen display a virtual QWERTY keyboard and you can multi task on many apps. One thing that really caught my eye was that you can connect to a WIFI connection! You can view files on the go from Microsoft Word, Excel, PPT, PDF, and JPG. Mobile E-mail is standard on the nüvifone from G-Mail, HOTMAIL, AOL mail, POP3 and IMAP. Another really good feature that comes with the phone is a device called Ciao! which basically links all your social networks to gather so you can get your friends status or change your own status on Facebook or any other social networking site on the go! rather than having to log in to each one and doing it one by one! Like Music? well it has a MP3 player built in to the phone so you can listen to music(even though this is becoming standard on every phone). One of the things that turn me off about this device is that well they are suppose to give you 4GB of memory(which is very little any ways) but they have to shrink it down because of the preloaded Maps! Then if I wanted more memory I would have to go out and buy me a Micro SD card which costs a lot! Then there is the fact that if I were to go out on a long trip and don’t have a car charger I would only be able to talk on the phone for four hours and that will probably be cut done more if I am multi tasking by talking to a friend and using the map on the phone…

If you were to buy this it would cost you $300 what do you say? good deal or bad  and last most important would you buy this?

Project Natal from Microsoft

Microsoft has a new product coming out and it just might make Microsoft and break the Wii. The new project is really good in fact here is a video:

Project Natal

The new devise hooks up with your Xbox 360 and there you go you now have totally awesome new device that can do tons of things! This is most probably going to crack the Wii a lot of people would really want to buy this more than a Wii because of all the quality's that you get with this awesome new gadget that is definitely going to make Microsoft! The no controller is going to be a big hit form my point of view. The product should be out in stores by next year. Which leads me to ask this question: Are you excited about Project Natal? How much do you think Microsoft is going to charge for it or how much would you pay for it? and the last question- Do you like the product?
< Yes it needs the Xbox 360 to work.

Nano shoots video

As everyone knows Apple made it big by creating there sleek and good looking music players. So to add to a camera to the iPod Nano maybe useful right? Well they did that and a lot more to there new iPod Nano. One of the main new features of the iPod Nano is that well it has a built in FM tuner unlike any other iPod player, well that was not enough for Apple they also built in a gadget that lets you pause a live radio station so you can listen to your favorite radio song later! There is also a new Pedometer feature that you can count your steps with, or you can hook your iPod up with Nike and you can track your fitness project. To add to this all you get a bigger screen and a slightly better operating system on the player. As usual you get it in catchy colors:















Do you think it is worth the money to buy this iPod would you just stick with a normal mp3 or mp4 player? Do you think its worth its $150 dollars?

AT&T takes the phone out of the iPhone?

Reports are coming in from everywhere that iPhone users are having problems with the first generation iPhone, there have been reports such as more dropped calls poor coverage and just not able to pick up a reception! So what exactly is going on? When a CNET reporter asked the CEO of AT&T that same question his reply was something like this: "We lead the industry in smart phones, as a result we are having to stay ahead of what is incredible and increasing demand for wireless data services". He gave reasons or "excuses" why the reception wasn't good too like it could depend on the thickness of the building you are in or what location you are, but this doesn't make any since because well its AT&T's job to give us wireless access everywhere we are is it not? This is why we pay them money! He put another excuse out there saying that the first generation iPhone use the EDGE data network which is slower than a 3G network, yea maybe this might slow down the iPhone but it still does not explain why the phone sometimes does not even receive a signal! What I am saying is AT&T is growing with more customers and if they really want to keep up the growth they need to fix their coverage and phones.