FROM GAMERTELL - Good news! Sony’s bringing bringing the PlayStation Network back online in North America today. Just make sure you download firmware 3.61 so you’re prepared! MORE »
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Simplicity itself is how one might describe the Alarm Dock. Carved from wood, the Alarm Dock provides a simple dock for your iPhone that turns it into a common looking alarm clock. For just $39, it goes into my “not bad” column.
The wood is cut to hold your iPhone while providing a pass through for your power cord. No speaker, no confusing dials, no confusing am/pm button. Simple.
Combined with a flip clock app, overnight guests may have a hard time believing that’s your phone sitting there. Others may just shake their heads at your fancy spending habits of paying $39 for an iPhone holder.
The unit is scheduled to ship 9/15/11 and is available for pre-order now.
FROM APPLETELL - Why is it that only Catholics need exorcisms in the movies? We’ll let you work it out while watching your free iTunes download of The Rite and dining on a complimentary large Papa John’s pizza, courtesy of our friends at Warner Brothers. MORE »
Staples issued a seek and repair statement internally after being notified by RIM that 900 pieces of it’s new PlayBook tablet are faulty. Staples issued the order to all stores and is looking for the PlayBooks by serial number. It would seem, only a certain range are affected. What is wrong with these models?
Staples pins the problem on “unit may not operate.” That leaves the door open for quite a few scenarios. So far we’ve heard only dead pixel and overheating issues, which isn’t horrible for a new product launch.
It’s quite possible other retailers have been notified with their own list of serial numbers to recall. Hop over to Engadget to see if your PlayBook’s serial number is listed.
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As promised, the 4G Samsung Infuse is now on sale at AT&T. The feature set reads like a list of what’s hot: 4G, 4.5” Super AMOLED Plus touchscreen, Android 2.2 and an 8MP camera. Samsung claims this phone to be the thinnest 4G smartphone on the planet.
The phone is available for online sales at just $199 with a two year contract. No contract pricing pushes the price up to $549. Online buyers are provided with free shipping.
“The Infuse 4G is Samsung’s thinnest smartphone at just 8.99 mm at its thinnest, so it’s easy to slip into a purse or pocket. You’ll have access to over 150,000 Android apps, allowing you total freedom to create your own customized collection of apps to fit your individual lifestyle.”
If big Android devices are your cup of tea, you won’t find much bigger than this.
Even though the Samsung S Galaxy II is new to the market, Samsung has been cranking away on fixes for some common issues. The phone features a monster 4.3” Super AMOLED Plus screen along with a zippy dual-core 1.2GHz processor. The fixes are the second update the phone has received already: it’s clear Samsung wants to make this phone #1.
This update makes Swype, the clever touchscreen “finger-drag” typing style, much more responsive. The update also assists the phones auto-brightness setting to be more sensitive than it had previously been. Several phone reviewers knocked the phone for these two items and it is great to hear that Samsung is listening.
After weeks of updates, rumors and scares of identity fraud Sony has finally started rolling out the PlayStation Network once more. As previously announced, the roll out is being done in phases, and the first stage should be complete for just about everyone by the time you read this.
On Saturday night Sony announced that the first phase of the rollout would begin across all regions at a staggered pace. This phase includes PS3 and PSP multiplayer gaming, trophies, friends lists, voice chat, Hulu Plus, Vudu, Netflix, PlayStation Home and the Qriosity network. Before you get to sign on, however, you will have to download new firmware for your PlayStation 3. The new firmware, version 3.61 will require you to change your password before signing in to the newly secured network.
Along with the announcement of the update coming we get a video (below) from Sony Computer Entertainment President Kazuo Hirai. The video simply states that the roll out is starting, and goes on to reiterate many of the points that Patrick Seybold made on the PlayStation Blog over the last few weeks.
Updating the PlayStation 3 didn’t take too long for me, though the patch installer seemed to quit around 50 percent (my screen went dark around that point, but came back to the Cross Media Bar a moment later). Thanks to the PSN rollout I was finally able to sync my copy of Portal 2 to Steam. So, if you’ve been waiting to sync Portal 2, or to play a round of SOCOM 4 or Brink, or if you just want your PS3 to have Hulu Plus again, your long nightmare is now over.
Now to wait for that “welcome back” program and the PSN Store to come back up. One step at a time. Let’s just hope Sony can get everything running smoothly soon, word is some developers are really hurting with the PSN Store being down for several weeks,
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