Archive for February, 2008
Wii outsells the PS3 4-to-1 in Japan, Sony execs “not psyched”
Filed under: Gaming
Sony, we know you’re trying hard, which is why we think it must sting all the worse when you wake up to sales figures like this. According to a report, the Wii outsold PS3s in Japan 4-to-1 in the month of February, and its games dominated bestseller lists. What does that look lik…
Sprint to launch dual-mode CDMA / WiMAX devices this year?
Filed under: Sprint, CDMAAssuming Sprint can make it — and that’s starting to seem like kind of a big if these days — CEO Dan Hesse made some comments about the coming 4G revolution, including one auspicious hint about dual-mode CDMA / WiMAX devices this later year for XOHM. It’s almost an excitin…
Elonex ONE toyed with on video
Filed under: Laptops, Tablet PCs
Sure enough, that 100 quid laptop we heard about early last week is already making the rounds, as the BBC caught up with the ONE at The Education Show in Birmingham, England. Granted, this thing is far from stylish (okay, so it’s downright ugly), but it’s hard to exp…
Latest financials confirm it: Sprint and Nextel probably shouldn’t have merged
Filed under: Cellphones
Well, it looks like the aggressively priced unlimited action really didn’t come a moment too soon. We’re no economists here, but it doesn’t take rocket science, a Ph.D., collegiate level maths, or even a fancy calculator to crunch the cold, hard numbers coming out of Sprint N…
ROK’s acquisition of Xero officially now a vapor-acquisition
Filed under: MVNOs, MiscWe certainly can’t give Xero Mobile credit for launching any actual product — because they haven’t — but we’re all about giving credit where credit is due, and in Xero’s case, we’ve gotta hand it to ‘em for continuing the magnificent vaporware parade for as long as they hav…
Wii FreeLoader gives you region-free gaming without the mods
Filed under: Gaming
This one has been in the works for a while, but it looks like you can finally pick up your very own region-free enabler for the Wii for $19.99. Wii FreeLoader allows you to play any GameCube or Wii game from any region on your Wii. You just stick the FreeLoader disc into the cons…
Verizon’s new top data plan is like unlimited, but with limits
Filed under: Verizon WirelessCheck yourself before you wreck yourself, fools, because Verizon’s most expensive BroadbandAccess data plan is about to get a whole lot less unlimited. Yes, true, there’s already a 5GB soft cap on the current plan — but the worst that’ll happen to a chronic violator is …