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 BusinessWeek has gotten word that Apple is planning to move a huge batch of iPhone 3G out into the market in the near future. So what’s the damage? If BusinessWeek’s source is proven true, Apple will be manufacturing 45 million iPhone units in the coming 12 months.
To say that’s a lot of iPhones might be a gross understatement. I mean, 45 million?! It’s such a massive number; even the ever-popular Nintendo Wii hasn’t shipped that many yet, ever since it got released.
But maybe it really is attainable. If you’ll remember, during the first three days of the iPhone 3G’s release alone, it had already sold its first one million units.
Here’s a quote from BusinessWeek:
Apple boosted its production plans when initial sales proved stronger than the company expected, states [BusinessWeek’s source], who requested anonymity. On launch day, the company expected to build 30 million iPhone 3Gs in 12 months. Apple declined to comment beyond reiterating that it expects to reach a stated goal of selling 10 million iPhone 3Gs in 2008.
Until Apple releases an official statement, we’ll be filing this under rumor.
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 Peter Moore has spoken out about the ongoing battle of the British developers against illegal file-sharers, and unfortunately for the huge five, it’s not in their support as well.
Speaking to Eurogamer at the Leipzig Games Convention, the British head of EA Sports said,
I’m not a large fan of trying to punish your consumer… Albeit these people have clearly stolen intellectual property, I think there are superior ways of resolving this within our power as developers and publishers.
He does, however, agree that there should be a crackdown against piracy, but apparently, this isn’t his preferred method. While he did say there are other ways of dealing with the issue, he did not give a clear counter-proposal to what Atari, Topware Interactive, Reality Pump, Techland and Codemasters are doing, suing 25,000 people across UK for illegal file-sharing.
[Piracy] is absolutely wrong. It is stealing. But at the same time I think there are superior solutions than chasing people for money. I’m not sure what they’re, other than to build game experiences that make it more difficult for there to be any value in pirating games.
And commenting on the music industry’s stand on the matter (which is to also disagree and distance themselves with what the publishers and developers are doing), Moore said that it’s something that the gaming biz should have learned from them: you don’t win any friends by suing your customers.
But these statements, of course, are his own, and does not in any way reflect the position of the EA as a company. He says he doesn’t know how EA will react to these developments, although it is without a doubt that EA does not condone piracy and that they take the issue seriously. “… People deserve to get paid for the content they create, but as far as I’m aware, we’ve no plans, that I know of, to partner with Atari and Codemasters and chase down consumers.”
And so the chasm deepens.
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 The Leipzig Games Convention 2008 will be seeing two more days before it finally draws to a close, but already the awards ceremony has taken place last night. We’re still trying to catch up on all the news from Leipzig, but for now, report on the cream of the crop!
Spanning 29 exhibitors and a grand total of about 120 software and hardware titles, only nine awards were given out, with each category representing a gaming platform.
- PSP: Resistance: Retribution (Sony)
- PS3: LittleBigPlanet (Sony)
- 360: Mirror’s Edge (Electronic Arts)
- Wii: Skate It (Electronic Arts)
- DS: Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood (Sega)
- PC: Spore (Electronic Arts)
- MMO: Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (Electornic Arts)
- Mobile: Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (Konami)
- Hardware: PlayTV (Sony)
We also hear that the attendance at this year’s GC is a record. The attendance for 2008 has increased from last year’s 35,000 population, to this year’s 38,000.
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BusinessWeek has gotten word that Apple is planning to move a big batch of iPhone 3G out into the market in the near future. So what’s the damage? If BusinessWeek’s source is proven true, Apple will be manufacturing 45 million iPhone units in the coming 12 months.
To state that’s a lot of iPhones may be a gross understatement. I mean, 45 million?! It’s such a huge number; even the ever-popular Nintendo Wii hasn’t shipped that many yet, ever since it got released.
But maybe it really is attainable. If you’ll remember, during the first three days of the iPhone 3G’s release alone, it had already sold its first one million units.
Here’s a quote from BusinessWeek:
Apple boosted its production plans when initial sales proved stronger than the company expected, states [BusinessWeek’s source], who requested anonymity. On launch day, the company expected to build 30 million iPhone 3Gs in 12 months. Apple declined to comment beyond reiterating that it anticipates to reach a stated goal of selling 10 million iPhone 3Gs in 2008.
Until Apple releases an official statement, we’ll be filing this under rumor.
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The wait is finally over for Electronic Arts — at least as far as the Fedral Trade Commission is concerned. A couple of months ago, EA made an agreement with the FTC stating that they’ll hold out on buying Take-Two until one of these two things happen: a) FTC finishes its investigation on the takeover bid, or b) 45 days pass after EA complies with an information request from FTC.
Well it looks like it’s scenario A that happened as the Federal Trade Commission has now given EA the green light on their proposal for the Take-Two acquisition. The conclusion of the non-public investigation, which was to determine whether EA’s acquisition of T2 may violoate Section 7 of the Clayton Act or Section 5 of the FTC Act, was that the potential merger would not substantially lessen competition in the games market.
A letter sent by the FTC to both companies involved read, “Upon further review of this matter, it now appears that no additional action by the Commission is warranted at this time. Accordingly, the investigation has been shut.”
Speaks are still going on between the two companies, but it does look like it’s about to come to a close. What’s keeping the debate raging on is the issue on the appropriate per-share asking price. With this FTC development, it looks like Pachter sure is a step closer to proving his prediction true: EA will win out this round.
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Astro Ranch is set to be released some time next year for the iPhone, with accompanying versions for the Nintendo DS and Nokia N-Gage to follow. But what is it, really? Take equal parts Animal Crossing and Harvest Moon, and add a hefty dose of, say, The Day the Earth Stood Still.
Developed by Tag Games, Astro Ranch will have you playing a space explorer named Sindy Starlight who’s starting up her intergalactic ranch. The concept is easy, but other mini-games and touches of fancy are thrown in. More so, there’s going to be some interconnectivity going on that’ll grant you to interact with other friends playing the game, and even trade some in-game items with them.
Check out the screens below to see what it’ll look like on the iPhone. If you want to hear more about Astro Ranch, you can read up on a full interview with one of the games designers through the Via link below.
   
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 Earlier this morning, news came out that five British game companies are taking 25,000 pirates to court for illegally downloading their software from file-sharing services. The large five are Codemasters, Atari, Reality Pump, Topware and Techland.
The Times reports that they are seeking 3,000 (about US 5, 600) in payment, apart from demanding contact details from ISPs and preparing to take to court the first 500 of those who refuse to pay. That makes pirate # 501 very lucky, indeed.
Apparently, the legal action was incited by a landmark court-ruling that was held earlier this week, with a file-sharing gamer, Isabela Barwinska, being forced to pay 16,000 damages to Topware for downloading Dream Pinball from a file-sharing website.
Now, even before the day has finished, the music industry has given their own two cents on the issue – another victim of piracy – and surprise, surprise, they’re not backing the gaming industry on this one.
Matt Phillips, director of communications of the BPI (formerly known as the British Phonographic Industry), states “that working with ISPs to educate consumers is a more effective way of combating illegal downloading” instead of punishing those who file-share.
This issue of file-sharing has been growing in significance especially with the boom of the World wide web industry. Unfortunately, there’s still no sufficient jurisprudence that will streamline the rules and policies defining when an act of file-sharing is held illegal. Piracy, though now a generic concept, remains vague and evasive, and so it is fairly easy for any one to fall in the pitfalls of this title.
But since both industries of music and gaming are the most injured in all this, and also the motion picture industry, it would probably help a lot of they take on a united stance on the matter. Unfortunately, with this obvious distancing move of the BPI, it looks like even the industries themselves are not exactly certain yet as to how to deal with the issue of file-sharing. How can we anticipate to finally kill of the alternate-industry that’s killing off the legit industries when they themselves are at a dissonance?
We’ll be updating you more on this matter, but in the meantime, make sure you’re not downloading any illegal files. You just might wake up one morning one of these days to find an invitation to court waiting for you in your mailbox.
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 Palm used to be at the top when it came to smartphones, but with the rise of the BlackBerry and the iPhone, it’s mostly become second- or third-fiddle. Perhaps the release of its new Treo Pro will give it some momentum.
The Treo Pro runs on Windows Mobile 6.1 Pro, with email, Wi-Fi and GPS capabilities. It has a touchscreen – of course, couldn’t do without it – and a QWERTY keyboard. Here are the specs from Palm’s press release:
- One-touch Wi-Fi button Simple, fast Wi-Fi connection experience (802.11b/g).(1)
- This day screen enhancements Web search directly from the Today screen.
- Ringer switch Silences the device immediately.
- Screen saver Lets users know at a glance without turning on the device, what time it is and whether they ve missed a call or have a new SMS/MMS message.
- New voicemail indicator The center button flashes to let users know that a voicemail is waiting.(3)
- Dedicated email and calendar buttons Fast one-button access.
The Treo Pro will be available in September in Europe through Vodafone and O2, with pricing dependent on the provider. In the US, it will cost US 549 and will be released this Fall.
Owning one of the Treo models myself, I just hope the battery life lasts longer than the previous models. I’ve to give it to them though, it’s much sexier than the model I own. Wow.
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The HTC Diamond is already making its rounds in the market, with some interested buyers jumping out of the iPhone bandwagon and heading for other choices. With the HTC Diamond in its infantile stages in the hands of the consumer, it’s right about time that some hidden features are being discovered about the phone.
While it’s not directly marketed and advertised on the box or in the manual, the HTC Diamond and Pro actually supports multi-touch abilities. The feature isn’t fully used right out of the box though, and you’ll be requiring something called the Nav Debug Tool – a file called NavDbgTool.exe.
Using this program, the entire touchpad becomes multi-touch sensitive, meaning, it allows two-finger input at the same time. Check out the video below for a bit of demonstration:
It’s strange why HTC hadn’t blatantly advertised this capability right at the get-go, but probably it’s because it’s still in early development. This, of course, leads us to assume that future firmware updates and programs will probably exploit this hidden feature, thereby making it a worthier contender to the epic iPhone.
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 I honestly just posted this because I want one of these tiny doohickeys for myself so I just want to share it with you guys. Maybe I’ll get one later.
This is Logitech’s new Nano Cordless Laser Mouse, the V550. Nothing incredibly awesome, save for the new dock feature. Essentially now you can stick your mouse to the surface of your laptop.
Now you don’t have to keep wondering where you put the darned thing when you’re not using it. And that’s also one less thing to have to carry around. Battery life is estimated at 18 months. The mouse also shuts down when plugged into the holster, so don’t worry for your battery life. The mouse runs in the 2.4 GHz frequency.
The V550 is priced at US 59.99. Grab yourself one by following the Amazon link below.
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