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Submission + - Amazon Take the Fight to Apple With New Kindle & Fire Range

Submitted by YokimaSun on Friday September 19, 2014 @04:34PM

YokimaSun writes: Amazon has announced an overhaul of its Fire tablet and Kindle ereader range. The headlining act of the list is the Fire HDX 8.9 due out in October which boasts an impressive super hi-def 2560x1600 pixel display, better audio and lighter weight and is sure to give the iPad Air a run for its money. The Fire HD Kids Edition seems a good attempt at stopping our children being duped into spending vast amounts of money by including a year of FreeTime Unlimited, which has over 5,000 books, movies, TV episodes, educational apps, and games at no additional cost. There’s also a new Kindle on the way too called the Kindle Voyage. Its 7.8mm thick and has a 300ppi display with a new glass screen and a new page-turning mechanism called ‘PagePress’. Theres also new versions of Kindle Fire and Kindle Paperwhite too.

Submission + - The Rush for Online Bargains on Cyber Monday Begins

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 02, 2013 @06:50AM

An anonymous reader writes: After the worldwide instore chaos of Black Friday comes the online dash for the bargains of CyberMonday, Amazon.com have 50 Dollars off the Kindle HDX, sites such as Walmart, BestBuy, Target, Gamestop, Microsoft and even auction houses such as Ebay are joining in by offering great deals many though are time related and in short supply, so like Black Friday its on a first come first served basis. Whats the best deals you have seen Slashdotters ?

Submission + - XboxOne Released in USA and Beyond

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 21, 2013 @08:57PM

An anonymous reader writes: Microsoft have finally released its XboxOne console to eager fans in the USA, UK and Europe. The second of the true Next Gen consoles has an impressive list of launch games such as Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, Battlefield 4, Call of Duty: Ghosts, Dead Rising 3, FIFA 14, Forza Motorsport 5, Just Dance 2014, LEGO Marvel Super Heroes, Ryse: Son of Rome & Watch Dogs. GI.Biz are following the launch from cities around the world and CVG have written a great review about the console and all its launch games.

Submission + - Microsoft Open Official Ebay Store

Submitted by YokimaSun on Wednesday November 20, 2013 @07:12PM

YokimaSun writes: Via a news article on PCR Online comes news that Microsoft have now officialy opened an Ebay Store. The store which is only on the USA site has free shipping and is offering new and refurbished Xbox and Surface products alongside accessories. Accessories offered include controllers for the Xbox 360, covers for the Surface and mice and keyboards for Windows PCs.

Submission + - Kindle Fire HDX Android Tablet Released in USA

Submitted by YokimaSun on Saturday October 19, 2013 @05:58AM

YokimaSun writes: Amazon have now released the Kindle Fire HDX in the USA, the newest variation of their Fire range of Android Tablets is the most powerful yet with a powerful 2.2GHz quad-core processor and 2GB of RAM, the display resolution of 1920x1200 and high pixel density (323 PPI), and perfect color accuracy (100% sRGB). The new challenger to the dominance of the iPad also has the Mayday Button which enables you to contact an Amazon expert 24x7, 365 days a year to help with your tech issues, sounds great on paper but will it work in reality, thankfully its free but you do hope theres a way of turning it off just in case the children start pressing the Mayday button for fun.

Submission + - The iPad Beating Kindle Fire HDX Is Now Open To Preorders

Submitted by YokimaSun on Thursday October 17, 2013 @06:25PM

YokimaSun writes: Pre-orders for Amazon’s Kindle Fire HDX have opened today in the UK ahead of the November 13th launch. The HDX comes in two versions, a 7-inch model and the larger 8.9-inch model. The tablets run the new Fire 3.0 Mojito operating system, have Wi-Fi and 4G LTE options, and come in 16GB, 32GB, or 64GB sizes. The new Kindle`s are thinner, lighter and faster and boast a display that has a pixel density of 339 ppi and 4 million pixels which is more than the latest iPad. A unique feature called ‘Mayday’, which lets users speak to a live customer service representative in a video window also comes to the HDX. The 7-inch model is £199, while the larger device retails from £329.

Submission + - Samsung Galaxy Gear & Galaxy Note 3 Released In The UK

Submitted by YokimaSun on Wednesday September 25, 2013 @05:47PM

YokimaSun writes: The announcement of the Samsung Galaxy Gear Smartwatch was uncovered on Slashdot a few weeks ago and today for those of you living in the UK youll be the first to be able to try out the new smartwatch and its 800MHz processor, 1.63-inch display (320x320), AMOLED display with 512MB of RAM, 4GB internal storage. The Galaxy Gear will set you back a cool £299 but if you buy it with the 5.7Inch Galaxy Note which is also being released today both will together cost you £848 a saving of £100.

Submission + - Retron 5 Available on Preorder Now

Submitted by YokimaSun on Thursday September 12, 2013 @08:46PM

YokimaSun writes: If your a fan of older consoles youll know that watching them on todays Televisions is just plain rubbish, playing Super Nintendo games on an HD TV really hurts your eyes and the pixels look a shambles. Today Hyperkin's five-slot retrogaming console the RetroN 5 is now up for pre-order at Amazon ahead of its October 31 release. The console lets you play the awesome 16 and 8 bit generation of Video Games consoles in HD, the systems supported include Snes, Genesis, GBA, Gameboy, Nes, Famicom, GBC all on one console. The ability to play via HDMI isnt the only one you can now have savestates and even speed up and slow down gameplay when you wish.

Submission + - PSVita Slim and PSVita TV Announced

Submitted by YokimaSun on Monday September 09, 2013 @04:57PM

YokimaSun writes: Sony have today announced a double whammy for PSVita fans, first off a Slimline PSVita which loses the Oled Screen but gains by being smaller, lighter with longer battery power and built in memory. Following that the announcement of PSVita TV which will let PSVita owners play their games on a TV using a Dualshock controller, in time Sony promise that PSVita will work with all Vita, PSP and original Playstation games.

Submission + - Ask Slashdot - Would You Use a $50 Tablet Running Android 4.0?

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 19, 2013 @06:30PM

An anonymous reader writes: Not everyone can afford an iPad, a Google Nexus or even a Kindle Fire HD. So when you see an Android Tablet running v4.0 of the Android OS and selling for $58/£38, with a 5 Point Capacitive Touch Screen, 1.0Ghz 512MB, 4GB Storage, 800 x 480 pixels resolution amongst its features then surely this can be good enough to run most of the best games and emulators on Android. My question to the Slashdot faithful is would you if you were on a budget go for a tablet like the one above?

Submission + - 12GB Flash Memory PS3 Released in The USA

Submitted by YokimaSun on Monday August 19, 2013 @06:10PM

YokimaSun writes: Sony have today released their 12Gb Flash memory PS3 in the USA. The SKU was released in Europe at the tail end of last year but at that time Sony said there were no plans to release it in the USA. The new Superslim PS3 has a new internal design architecture, and removing the disc-fed tray and replacing it with a sliding top-loading disk cover, the PS3 Super Slim is reduced in size by up to 25% compared to the current Slim PS3. The 12GB PS3 is $199 compared to the former cheapest 250GB SKU which retailed at $269. Sony`s last hurrah before the PS4 Arrives ?

Submission + - Firefox OS Phone Now Live On Ebay

Submitted by YokimaSun on Saturday August 17, 2013 @06:49PM

YokimaSun writes: Earlier in the week we posted that the Firefox OS phone was due to be released on Ebay by ZTE but at that time no date was known. Well now ZTE have gone live with the Firefox Phone on sale for $80 in the US store and £60 in the UK Store, will the phone with built in Twitter and Facebook support be any match for the IOS and Android juggernauts, time will only tell but the fact that the phone is cheap and open to all networks is an interesting start.

Submission + - The Battle of the Next Gen Consoles Begin With a Win for PS4

Submitted by YokimaSun on Tuesday June 11, 2013 @05:31AM

YokimaSun writes: Sony and Microsoft at E3 last night showed off to the world their new next gen consoles and whilst both were impressive, Sony seemed to steal the day with better decisions. First off the price of the XboxOne is $499/£429 and to be released on November 30th, the pick of the games were Halo Combat and Star Wars Battlefront. However Sony will release the PS4 in the holiday season before Xmas for $399/£349 which is a full $100 cheaper. Heres where Sony have played a master stroke, first off the PS4 will be region free, major support for indie developers, there will be no penalty whatsoever for having used games and in 2014 PS3 Games will be streamed to the PS4. Will Microsoft back track on the Used game policy ?

Submission + - Xbox One Price and Launch Details

Submitted by YokimaSun on Monday June 10, 2013 @06:10PM

YokimaSun writes: Microsoft have today announced that November is the release date of the Xbox One and the price is to be $499 in the USA, €499 in Europe and £429 in the UK. Microsoft have also posted details of a mass of new games coming to Xbox One including Fifa 14, Dragon Age Inquisition, Star Wars Battlefront, Mirrors Edge 2, Halo Combat and thats just the pick of the bunch.

Submission + - KallistiOS 2.0.0 Released!

Submitted by YokimaSun on Sunday May 26, 2013 @07:22PM

YokimaSun writes: Bluecrab over at DCEmu has today posted news that KallistiOS the development library for Dreamcast homebrew, which was written originally by Dan Potter has been updated to v2.0, which is the first new release for 10 years and contains a massive amount of changes. Perfect for any of todays coders who fancy bringing their projects to the first mainstream Homebrew Games console which spawned hundreds of Dreamcast Games and Applications.

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