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Samsung Legal Department Demands to See iPhone 5 and iPad 3

, May 28th 2011 Discuss [17]

Well THIS is a wild turn, a wild turn indeed! Samsung and Apple have been at battle for just about forever, this war leading up to the latest street fight in the courtroom. Apple declared their intent to sue Samsung over copyrights that it said were besmirched by Samsung, while Samsung in turn decided it would sue back. Next step was Samsung revealing their battle plan, and UH oh, Apple won early access to Samsung’s phones/tablets! That’s not the half of it. Now we find that Samsung is demanding to get early access to both the iPhone 5 and the iPad 3.

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PSN Breach or Not: I Don’t Like Online Gaming Anyway

, May 28th 2011 Discuss [30]

When Sony’s PlayStation Network service was hacked in April and the company was forced to take it offline until earlier this month, there were many gamers out there that were upset to see it go. Those gamers had been playing online titles for quite some time on their PlayStation 3 devices, and if they didn’t have an Xbox 360, they didn’t have a worthwhile online-gaming experience to turn to.

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Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY Review – To Play or Not to Play?

, May 27th 2011 Discuss [37]

The Xperia Play is being touted as the “World’s First PlayStation Certified Smartphone”. Does that make it a good phone? Or even a good gaming system? We’ve been putting the phone through its paces. Sony Ericsson certainly has a great idea of adding a gaming pad to a mobile phone. Will it satisfy your mobile gaming needs, or leave you sad and depressed like a cold little puppy in the rain? Find out after the cut!

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AT&T Gets More FCC Questioning About T-Mobile Acquisition

, May 27th 2011 Discuss [2]

When AT&T first submitted its pitch to the FCC on why it needed to buy T-Mobile, they're general theme was that it would be better for customers. They claimed that their current network would not be able to sustain the impending influx of smartphone data traffic and that the acquisition of T-Mobile would boost network coverage and build-out. Well, now the FCC has shot back its first round of questions for AT&T's response. Read The Full Story

SlashGear 101: What is Google Wallet?

, May 27th 2011 Discuss [4]

You may not have heard much about Google Wallet, but it could have a very big impact on your future. It's also one of the most exciting announcements to come from Google. Even though you might guess Google Wallet helps you search for things in your actual wallet, you'd be quite wrong. If Google has their way, their Wallet would allow you to pay for almost anything by using your mobile phone. No sliding cards, no waiting for checks to clear, just a quick and easy way to transfer money. We'll let you know how this would actually take place, right after the break! Read The Full Story

T-Mobile G2x Internal Issues And Resolutions Document Leaked

, May 27th 2011 Discuss [0]

Over the last few days, there's been some ruckus about the T-Mobile G2x being pulled from the carrier's online store. Although T-Mobile explained the temporary disappearance on inventory constraints, that didn't stop speculation about quality issues having to do with it. Now, it looks like, at least internally, T-Mobile is finally starting to address those issues. Read The Full Story

No MGS5 at E3!

, May 27th 2011 Discuss [1]

The latest podcast from Kojima Productions has a segment where Hideo Kojima (creator of the Metal Gear Solid series and all around awesome guy) answers some simple yes and no questions. While the answers are short, the information is rather important! You can listen to the whole podcast here. Hideo gets interviewed at the 33:09 mark. Fair warning, it's in Japanese, but listen to it anyway. The interviewer's voice is hilarious and Hideo replies as fast as he can. Full translation after the break! Concept art for MGS5 by artist jchaike. Read The Full Story

ASUS Eee Pad Transformer To Get Android 3.1 Honeycomb OTA Next Week

, May 27th 2011 Discuss [3]

We recently said that the Android 3.1 Honeycomb update would be coming to the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer and the Acer Iconia Tab A500 starting in June. Well, one of those tablets may be getting the update just a tad sooner. According to inside sources, the ASUS tablet update will be heading out over-the-air starting early next week. Read The Full Story

iPad 2 Touch Panels To Come From Chimei Innolux In June

, May 27th 2011 Discuss [0]

Despite the seeming abundance of iPad 2s in Apple Stores around the country thanks to the recent 2.0 revamp, the tablet is still struggling through supply issues. iPad 2 supplies around the globe have not been able to meet demand, with current ship times here in the states still at about one to two weeks. However, things may start to turn around as Apple works through its procurement process and adds new vendors. Read The Full Story

AMD “Desna” Chips For Tablets? Roadmap Leaked

, May 27th 2011 Discuss [2]

Early last month we talked about AMD possibly heading into the tablet market, with announcements brewing up as Computex 2011 approaches. Well, it looks to be the case now that a massive multi-page company roadmap for AMD has been leaked. Currently, the company has its C-30 and C-50 chips aimed at the notebooks market that includes an iterated AMD Radeon graphics core capable of handling 3D graphics acceleration and 1080p video playback. Read The Full Story

Are We Really Ready For A PS4?

, May 27th 2011 Discuss [66]

It was a no brainer that Sony was already working on their next gen console, but it's nice to see it go from rumor to official. If you haven't heard, Sony had an investment meeting yesterday that confirmed the news. With Nintendo planning to announce their next gen console at E3, and Microsoft asking for next gen engineers back it March, it's nice to see Sony drop some hints. So it looks like the next generation of consoles is coming sooner rather than later. Should we be excited? Concept image of what the PlayStation 4 could look like. Created by Tai Chiem. Read The Full Story

ASUS ‘Padfone’ Trademark Applied For Upcoming Tablet/Phone Combo

, May 27th 2011 Discuss [1]

With the success of the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer, the Taiwanese company is getting quite a lot of attention and excitement going for its next crop of mobile devices. For the upcoming Computex 2011 trade show, ASUS released a few teaser images to have us guessing. One of the images suggests a tablet and phone combo, and today we learn that it may be called the "Padfone." Read The Full Story
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