2011年3月21日星期一

ZTE snubs Windows Phone

ZTE has confirmed it has experimented with Windows Phone prototypes in its engineering labs, but has decided the Microsoft OS is not yet popular enough for it to be worth its while putting devices into production. According to ZTE UK, speaking to the WSJ, there are also concerns over the platform’s performance. While ZTE may not be a company with high brand recognition among consumers, it in fact holds a top five spot in the world mobile phone rankings.

The company not only produces low-cost handsets for developing markets – increasingly an area of Microsoft’s focus with its new partners Nokia – but OEM devices rebadged by carriers. Several of ZTE’s Android smartphones have proved budget best-sellers, and the company brought several new models along to MWC 2011 last month.

“We have active R&D plans on the whole Windows Phone 7 platform product” Wu Sa, ZTE UK director of mobile device operations confirmed, but went on to say that “wether we expedite that process will be driven by the market demand. …�The usability of this platform in terms of its user-friendliness and the networks in terms of bringing the product to the market”. The company apparently hopes to establish its own brand in the same manner that HTC did in recent years.


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2011年3月20日星期日

Review: Mobile Games Roundup

Karoshi! Wings! Dig! Jet! Puckerz!

Is it that time already? Apparently so. And it's another improbably decent line-up of games determined to suck up all the time that you definitely don't have.

It's definitely a good sign that two of this week's roster gobbled up about 12 hours of my time between them. It could have been even more, but then you wouldn't have a roundup this week, and we couldn't have that, could we?

As a personal plea to all the mobile game developers out there, I'd be extremely grateful if you could just stop releasing games for a couple of weeks. Just a couple. The 'to-play' list is getting ridiculous, and it's not fair on all those great games I'm not telling you about.

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Office Pool's Low Number Of Bracket Printouts A Reminder Of How Many Employees Were Laid Off Last Year

COLUMBUS, OH—Employees at Take 5 Media said the smaller-than-usual stack of brackets printed out Wednesday for this year's NCAA basketball tournament served as a stark reminder of just how many workers have been laid off from the design firm over th...


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Review: Download Games Roundup

Gemini! Hoard! Flux! CreaVures! Rustle!

It might be enjoying the extra daylight of a full review elsewhere, but it's worth dwelling on the joy of seeing neglected classics like Beyond Good & Evil 'remastered' in HD for the download generation.

Unlike SEGA's bizarrely shoddy treatment of its Dreamcast titles (to date), Ubisoft deserves enormous credit for bothering to cast a backward glance at a title that would have otherwise slunk into retro obscurity. Seeing such an enduring gem of game generate such excitement the second time around makes me wonder what other games from generations gone by warrant a similar second chance - apart from ICO and Shadow Of The Colossus, obviously.

System Shock 2 immediately springs to mind, as does the original Project Zero. Hey, how about Amplitude and Frequency, or Gregory Horror Show? And wouldn't it be nice if Capcom could bring us an HD Resident Evil 4 while we're at it?

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Grisly Account Of Yesterday's Sanitation Truck Accident

Grisly Account Of Yesterday's Sanitation Truck Accident Yesterday, a pedestrian was fatally hit by a private sanitation truck in an accident at the Myrtle Avenue and Broadway intersection in Brooklyn. The victim, who was identified by police as a black male in his 60s, was struck by an employee of Yankel's Demolition and Rubbish Removal while crossing the street; he was DOA on the scene, and the driver hasn't been charged with anything. Reader Sabina Martin wrote us with this eyewitness account of the accident: [ more ? ]

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Can?t Move Menubar In Internet Explorer 9

Microsoft for some unknown reason has made the decision to hide the menubar in Internet Explorer 9 by default. Some users are apparently able to display the menubar permanently by right-clicking on free space in one of the toolbars and selecting the menu bar from the available options. Others do not see the menu bar [...]

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2011年3月19日星期六

Review: Top Spin 4

Smash hit.

In this era of annual sports updates churned out with metronomic regularity, it's rare for the latest version of anything to be greeted with the grand expectations that accompany big-name sequels in other genres. Whether it was a carefully plotted strategy or a consequence of shifting development to 2K Czech though, the near three-year wait for a fourth Top Spin has put us in the rare position of being quite excited about its arrival.

But let's not get the strawberries and cream in just yet. Tennis games were more or less perfected over a decade ago, and most of what has been served up since Virtua Tennis (and its even better sequel) has been trying desperately to live up to Hitmaker's astonishing achievements. Top Spin 3 got closest to nailing it, but added depth that was so poorly explained that it took an age to understand what it wanted from you.

2K knew it had to do a far better job of easing players into the game, while still retaining some of that depth that more committed players demand, and from the moment you enter the fourth game's helpful Top Spin Academy you get the sense of a more measured, patient approach that tries to teach you the full array of shots as well as the strategy behind them.

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Sprint To Restart Android 2.2 Froyo Update For Samsung Epic 4G

Samsung Epic 4G owners have been stuck without the Android 2.2 Froyo update that was promised but halted almost a month ago. But now it appears that Sprint and Samsung have worked things out and the OTA updates will resume starting Monday.

Sprint’s first attempt to update the Epic 4G to Android 2.2 Froyo was plagued with various problems including messing up data connectivity and impairing access to media stored on the SD card. The only solution for many Epic 4G owners was to do a hard reset, which wiped out all their data.

The new update coming this Monday, March 21, will bring Epic 4G devices up to Android Froyo 2.2.1 EC05 and the entire process may take the whole week to finish as updates are rolled out in batches over-the-air. If you are an Epic 4G owner needing the update, be sure to backup everything first!

[via Android Community]


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Of Course Lindsay Lohan Would Spend Her Time At Bowlmor

Of Course Lindsay Lohan Would Spend Her Time At Bowlmor Now that Lindsay Lohan is back in New York, she's decided to spend some private, quality time with her family. And by "private," we mean worthy of being blabbed about on Twitter. Lohan wrote on Twitter yesterday, "Just spent the afternoon bowling with my little brother and sister at @bowlmorlanes, Michael's so good ha!" Are you still allowed to complain about the paparazzi when you broadcast your every move? [ more ? ]

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Review: Mindjack

Worth plugging.

The worst hacks aren't the kind that infiltrate security systems or unravel consoles, but the kind that write. A careless opinion spreads even faster than malicious code � and can be just as destructive.

Mindjack, sadly, is a game destined to fall victim to such opinions. I know that because, as I booted the game up, one thought stood out in my mind: that this was going to be bad. An unheralded, low-budget, third-person shooter from Japan? Made by a hodgepodge development team of questionable experience? Published by Square Enix, of all companies? I couldn't help but doubt.

For the first few hours, those doubts were justified. Over the following eight, however, they slowly began to dissipate, before turning into outright respect.

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How To Enable HTTPS On Twitter

Twitter made an announcement earlier today that they have added an “always use HTTPS” option on the popular messaging website. HTTPS protects the connection to Twitter from third parties that try to eavesdrop on network traffic. A small example: Say you log in via http while sipping on a hot cup of Java in your [...]

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Netflix confirms ?House Of Cards? original programming deal

Netflix on Friday confirmed that it will stream its first original series in 2012. Rumors surrounding a huge deal ? possibly worth over $100 million ? surfaced yesterday, suggesting Netflix was trying to buy distribution rights to a new political thriller called “House Of Cards.” Without revealing the terms of the deal, Netflix did confirm that it has committed to two seasons of the series, which�is being produced by David Fincher and will star Kevin Spacey. ?The gripping, serialized one-hour drama has become a very important part of the Netflix experience,? Netflix’s chief content officer Ted Sarandos said in a statement. ?David Fincher?s unique vision, the indelible performances of Kevin Spacey, and the original version of�House of Cards all have

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Review: Pok�mon Black & White

Monochrome magic.

If you're on the outside looking in, the Pok�mon series probably looks like the same game released over and over for 15 years, each time to fresh brood of gullible children. It's not a fair or correct assumption, but I can see where you're coming from.

Pok�mon reinvents itself to a greater or lesser extent every three years or so, but half-steps like Platinum and remakes like HeartGold muddy the distinction between generations. And where Silver and Gold's astonishing sprawl of new features more than justified their existence (and their re-release last year), Diamond and Pearl's more timid adjustments to the formula were less defensible.

It's about time for a spring-clean, and Pok�mon Black and White are exactly that. Game Freak has abandoned the guaranteed brand recognition of Pikachu and his 500-odd friends for an entirely new cast of 156 quirky, endearing, and occasionally disturbing monsters. It's difficult to overstate how unexpectedly brave this is for a heavyweight Japanese series; imagine Capcom releasing a new Street Fighter without Ryu and Ken. It signals an eagerness to break with the past, a new spirit of regeneration.

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Spring Has Sprung At Brooklyn Botanic Garden

       
While you won't find any cherry blossoms blooming in these photos, they do show evidence that things are happening. Big things. Nature things. Pretty, growing things. Check out the Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Flickr for more photos of what's happening over there. We checked in with them to get a status update on when the cherry blossoms are expected to bloom this year, and will update when we hear back. Currently the map shows no action, but their annual Hanami celebration (typically showcasing the cherry blossoms) begins on April 2nd (and runs through May 1st). [ more ? ]

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