Sony PlayStation 4 Confirmed; Development Under way

May 31, 2011 By Leave a Comment

 

Sony PlayStation 4 Confirmed; Development Under way PlaystationThe very much anticipated Sony PlayStation 4 (codenamed Delta) is under development, said the company’s executive vice president and chief financial officer Masuru Kato. The news contradicted the statement of Kaz Hirai (Sony’s Computer Entertainment boss), who said that the there were no possibilities of development of any new generation console (hinting at PS4).

 

Masuru Kato also stated that PlayStation 3 still has product life and will be supported for another year or two. There are also rumors floating around that the PS3 will have 10 years support lifetime instead of 6. Masuru Kato did not hint at any release date for the PS4.

Sony is known for launching the new versions of its console every six years, and the next launch is anticipated during the next year. The company might still be preparing for the launch of Nintendo’s Project Cafe, which is a successor to the Wii. Developers are also tapping in on the new prototype console of Microsoft, the successor of Xbox 360.

PlayStation network downtime and hacking incident might also be responsible for a launch sooner than expected. However, we probably won’t see anything solid until Nintendo’s Project Cafe is revealed, giving time to other console manufacturers to gear up.

[via pocket-lint]

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Sony to Trim the Specs of Sony NGP (PSP 2), to be Named PlayStation Vita?

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Sony to Trim the Specs of Sony NGP (PSP 2), to be Named PlayStation Vita? PSP2

It has been one bad news after another for gaming giant Sony. At least, that’s the case with its upcoming next-gen portable gaming console – the Sony NGP aka the PSP 2.

Sony has over the years suffered big losses from its PlayStation 3 gaming console. To make the price competitive, the company has been selling the system at a loss – in the hope that it can recoup the differences by selling more software. This strategy apparently only yielded results during the 4th year of the console’s life. Eager to avoid falling into the same pit, Masaru Kato, CFO of Sony, revealed to Wall Street Journal that the Sony NGP will not be “investment heavy”.

This means some cutting measures have to be made. Specs of the Sony NGP reportedly will be affected, with some speculating the handheld will rely only on removable storage. The company may also resort to using custom or semi-custom processors to cut down the price tags.

While gamers will welcome the price cut, they will most certainly not welcome anything less equipped than the current crop of Android smartphones and even iOS devices. So Sony has some careful balancing to do to make sure that they won’t sacrifice quality with lower price.

If you think that the Sony NGP name is already set in stone, think again, as reports now saying that the handheld may be renamed as the PlayStation Vita.

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Motorola Droid 3 Spotted Again, Running Froyo?

May 31, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The eagerly anticipated Motorola Droid 3 has been spotted again by the folks at Droid Life as the phone made an appearance at Verizon’s internal system. While the specs pretty much known, new information reveals that that Droid 3 may be carrying a rather outdated if stable operating system.

Motorola Droid 3 Spotted Again, Running Froyo? Droid 3 leak

 

Much like the recently debuted Droid X2, it is likely that Motorola will only equip the Droid 3 with Android 2.2 Froyo. It’s so last season, right? For a supposed flagship Android phone by Motorola, the exclusion of Gingerbread out of the gate will be rather disappointing. Fortunately, the phone will come with the new TI OMAP 4430 dual-core processor, as well as a 4-inch qHD screen, 8-megapixels rear camera, spacious 5-row keyboard, HDMI out and more.

Since the original Droid X has just received the Gingerbread update, it wouldn’t be too much to ask for the Droid 3 to come with Gingerbread. But if it doesn’t, we expect some updates to come swiftly – for Motorola’s sake anyway. Lest we forget that the company has a habit of releasing phones with locked bootloader, which makes it even harder for owners to mod their phones.

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Samsung Demands to See iPhone 5 and iPad 3 Models

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Samsung Demands to See iPhone 5 and iPad 3 Models Apple vs Samsung 300x217In an apparent ‘tit for tat’ move, Samsung has boldly demanded what no company has done before – asking Apple to share the prototype or final product of the iPhone 5 and the next gen iPad 3 with the legal representative of the company. This move was done possibly in response to earlier demand by Apple to see the slew of final and prototype products Samsung has under its sleeve – a move that has been granted by the Federal judge.

The courtroom battle between Apple and Samsung started when the Cupertino-based company accused Samsung of copying the design of its phones and tablets, as well as the UI. There have been endless bickering back and forth between the two companies ever since.

Samsung’s legal representative has set the middle of June as the deadline for Apple to come forth with their final product lineups to be examined by them. Failing that, the company will welcome the most current development of the devices.

While Apple did get its wish granted, partly because the products that Apple complained about have been officially released in the market, Samsung may not get the same treatment. Either way, it’s an interesting development and the results will be hard to predict. We’re hoping for a kiss and makeup ending though.

[via slashgear]

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