Splatterhouse focuses on gore for ‘a very messy good time’

Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Action

1UP has pummeled new details out of Namco Bandai and The Mark of Kri devs at BottleRocket concerning the upcoming Splatterhouse remake, which will bloody up the Xbox 360 and PS3 sometime next year. Among the finer points spilled include a return of many of the series’ [...]

SeeqPod Makes Your Windows Mobile Device a Streaming iPod

SeeqPod will soon introduce a Windows Mobile application that will turn any internet-connected, wireless-enabled Windows Mobile device into a streaming music player. The application, which will cost , will allow users to search and play music over the air on their devices and will also display links to purchase songs.
According Beet.TV, the application [...]

PenReader Allows You To Write With Finger Tips!

Here’s a finger “tip” for you–an application called PenReader Touch allows users to write on their Windows Mobile Professional devices using their fingertips rather than a stylus.
The concept is similar to Microsoft’s Transcriber, which allows users to enter text through handwriting recognition and comes pre-loaded on most PDAs. However, unlike Transcriber which requires a [...]

TUAW goes hands-on with Rolando

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Gaming, Apple, iPhone, iPod touch
It’s no secret that we’ve been looking forward to Rolando probably more than any other game on the App Store, and now that it’s here, we can safely say it doesn’t disappoint. From the beginning, Rolando has shown tons of potential as a completely original game [...]

TUAW Interview: Rolando’s Simon Oliver is ready for release

Filed under: Gaming, Features, Interviews, iPhone, App Store, SDK

Rolando has been a long time coming — we first heard about the game on a tip directly from Simon Oliver, the game’s creator himself, while he was working with an unofficial iPhone development kit part time on a little physics-based puzzle game. And now, six months [...]

Lies, Damn Lies, And Agile Lie Detector for the iPhone

Copyright © 2008 PatrickJ. Visit the original article at http://justanotheriphoneblog.com/wordpress/2008/12/17/lies-damn-lies-and-agile-lie-detector-for-the-iphone/.

The guys at Agilemobile have just let us know they’ve released Agile Lie Detector - a voice stress analysis lie detector application - for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
Right on time for helping to determine who’s been naughty and nice and all that I [...]

Samsung BlackJack II tops Consumer Reports’ list of best smartphones

Filed under: Handsets, Samsung, ATT, Windows Mobile

Sometimes it’s the unsung workhorses that deserve the lion’s share of the praise, and that might just be the case with the aging Samsung BlackJack II — a phone that you probably wouldn’t expect to top Consumer Reports’ January 2009 ratings of popular smartphones. Sure, it may not be [...]

More of Motorola’s 2009 Verizon lineup leaked

Filed under: Handsets, Motorola, Virgin Mobile

Apparently the Motorola leak-fest begun yesterday hasn’t come to a halt. After witnessing some compelling renders of smartphones the company has headed to Verizon, we’re now privy to a set of featurephone / dumbphone mockups — all courtesy of the Boy Genius Report. The new images show off a device [...]

Motorola’s co-CEOs graciously cut own pay in cost-cutting plan

Filed under: Motorola
Motorola was already in the hurt locker well before this latest economic crapstorm went into overdrive, so it stands to reason that pennies are being pinched and belts are being tightened across the board out in Schaumburg. ‘Course, all sorts of jobs have already been cut, so what else can you do? For [...]

iPhone 101: Reboot your iPhone for better gaming

Filed under: How-tos, iPhone, iPhone 101
One of the biggest comments on the recent SimCity announcement for the iPhone, other than being able to locate the SimCity International (link goes to the U.K. iTunes store) version of the game, was complaints that the game was crashing for some people.
This is not a new issue for graphically [...]

SlingPlayer Mobile for BlackBerry goes beta at long last on December 30

Filed under: Multimedia, Software, RIM

Great googly moogly, we wrote about this very application like fifty weeks ago. Fifty, people! Of course, with the drawn-out SlingCatcher drama, lengthy Sling product cycles aren’t a terribly big surprise, so we should just all thank our lucky stars we’re going to be getting our hands on SlingPlayer Mobile for [...]

Vodafone UK intros ‘TopUP and Go’ pay-as-you-go modem

Filed under: Peripherals, Vodafone
Attention wireless broadband-loving Brits, crack open your wallets because Vodafone’s got something in store for all of you that have been more nice than naughty this year. The ‘TopUP and Go’ USB modem is now available from the UK carrier for a modest £39, which works out to about if you [...]

Find out how to turn your G1 into tiny bits with the official service manual

Filed under: HTC

This doesn’t look like the kind of document Joe G1 User is normally supposed to have, but if anything, that just makes us want it more. HTC’s Dream Service Manual basically amounts to 113 pages of maker / geek pr0n, covering everything from proper disassembly techniques, to pinouts, to part numbers, to testing [...]

Yahtzee gets in front of the camera on Game Damage

Filed under: Culture, Video

We love Yahtzee, but our love is constantly being tempered by a severe mistrust of disembodied voices (A Christmas Story? Ho-ho-horrifying.) Thankfully, the fast-talking game critic has put on some pants, gathered a couple of friends (co-hosts Yug and Matt), gotten a camera and created Game Damage, a video game show pilot [...]

Rumor: Free Radical closes shop

Filed under: Culture, Business

The haze is lifting and numerous UK gaming outlets are reporting that Free Radical, based in Nottingham, England, has shut down. The studio has yet to confirm, but according to sources: the doors are locked, phones aren’t being answered, and the staff met at a nearby hotel today for a “final company [...]

‘Fable II: Knothole Island’ DLC Pushed To Late January 2009

The highly anticipated Knothole Island expansion for Fable II has been delayed once more. Originally set for a December 12, 2008 release, the downloadable content was delayed to December 22 (as reported by Brian). The latest delay has the expansion set for a January 2009 release. The delay also temporarily suspends Microsoft’s "Download and Win" [...]

Keep your New Year’s resolutions: a Holiday Gift Guide

Filed under: Accessories, Software, Stocking Stuffers, Holidays
Ahhhh, New Year’s resolutions. You promise that you’re going to take better care of yourself, improve your life, and then you usually break all of those resolutions by January 2nd. This year’s going to be different, right? Here are some gift ideas to help you keep your 2009 New [...]

SimCity now available on iPhone

Filed under: Simulations, Mobile

EA just sent word out by news ticker that SimCity is now available for iPhone (and iPod touch). The game appears to be in the vein of SimCity 3000 and is listed for on the App Store.
We’re curious to hear how it plays, so let us know in the comments. If [...]

Penny Arcade Adventures Ep. 2 coming to PSN Dec. 18

Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, RPGs

The PlayStation Blog gives word that the second episode of Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness will be available today on the PSN.
PAA: OtR-SPoD: Ep. 2 features Trophy support and, unlike the first installment, the option to change difficulty settings. The fruit-fracking mini-RPG will cost [...]

Fable 2 expansion delayed until ‘late January’

Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Action, Adventure, RPGs

Lionhead is going to need a little bit more time before it starts accepting the 800 () fare to Knothole Island. According to the Fable 2 expansion’s Xbox.com page, the new land won’t be available next week due to “unexpected technical difficulties.” It’s currently scheduled to arrive in [...]