The track list for The Beatles Rock Band game is out. It's a little heavy on the Ringo songs. There's two. But I don't suppose you can complain when one of them's Yellow Submarine.

There's supposed to be 42 in total but our list seems only to have 25, so Harmonix, EA and MTV are probably holding a few speical ones back to make another splash before the big release on 09/09/09. See what they did there?

I'm going to break this to you straight away. The Sony Handycam CX520 starts at around £1000. That's for the 32GB SSD model. If you want the 64GB version, you'd better be prepared to part with another £200 or so.

When I saw this thing on paper, I couldn't quite see what all the fuss was about but as soon as I got the thing in my hand it was obvious I was playing with a top quality HD camcorder.

What impressed me most about this machine is that the 3-way image stabilisation actually works staggeringly well. You can shake the thing pretty vigorously and the picture barely wobbles. The quality of the optics also sound pretty spectacular and it's got all the touches you'd want like GPS and touchscreen too. A little surprised that it only records interlaced images before upgrading them though.

One wonders how much more you'd have to pay for professional video cameras, if any at all, but ignore that thought and you'll be really pleased with this one. Looking forward to a full review.

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I can normally see where the extra money goes when paying through the eyeballs for a Sony Vaio but I can't say it was all too obvious when I got my hands on the Sony Vaio Mini W. It looks and feels just like pretty much any netbook out there and, in fact, there are much slinkier ones in the shape of the Acer Aspire One for example. Take a look and see what I mean.

At approcimately £400 that's quite a lot more than any other netbook and the only thing it really has going for it, on first inspection, is the keyboard. It's still pretty small but Sony has somehow managed to keep their isolated keys design while making it easy enough to type on. I'm not saying I'd want to write a book on the thing but it'll drive you a lot less crazy than a lot of the others out there.

I'd need some up close and personal time with the thing to really see how much I'd pay for it but, until then, I'm not going to be losing any sleep. Oh, and brown was the other colour I was after.

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Photos of the under wraps mobile of the moment, the LG BL40, have appeared on a German forum confirming some things we knew and some we didn't.

You can see from the shots that we have confirmation that this next Black Label phone is indeed sexy. The 21:9, 800 x 345 res screen is there for all to see. What we now know is that it's got a 5-megapixel Schneider-Kruznach lens camera, 355MB of onboard storage (expandable by microSD), Wi-Fi and an FM transmitter.

It's of little surprise that it also runs on the S-Class operating system given what we've already witnessed in the promo video and LG's push of the jury's out software. Perhaps the most interesting news of all, though, is the image over the jump...

The Amazon Kindle is finally set to land in the UK. Word is out that the online book giant is in advanced negotiations with a mobile operator and is working at full speed to ensure its eBook reader can hit our shores in time for Christmas.

Qualcomm will take care of the manufacture of the Kindle in the UK as well as secure the deal with an unspecified operator (please not O2) which should mean 3G connectivity as well as Wi-Fi and PC side-loading for access to a wealth of books, newspapers and magazines.

Amazon is said to have held talks with Orange, Vodafone and 3 in the past but all broke down. There also seems to be a belief among some of the operators that they can produce a reader of their own in light of their control of connectivity, relationship with hardware manufacturers and customer base but Amazon argues that it's their access to the publishers will be key.

The trouble is that theses are just the kinds of problems that will cause talks to break down again and, ultimately, it could be the consumer that ends up with the raw deal. There's no doubt that there's plenty of good things about the Kindle and lots of other eBook readers but will it really be worth paying the subscription price as set by an exclusive operator just for the access e-ink newspapers and magazines?

(via Mobile Today)

A Facebook engineer has been spotted tweeting from an application called Penguin FB, as you can see in the picture, and it doesn't take a genius to work out that the FB probably is probably short for Facebook.

So, putting two and two together combined with denials from Facebook and the removal of the tweet by engineer Ross Blake, there's a very good chance that this was a test of a Twitter application on Facebook which allows users to tweet directly from the world's biggest social network.

The move would be in line with Facebook's drive to get in on the act in some way, whether that be by aping Twitter or, in this case, by trying to hold on to a lot of the traffic through the API. Doubtless, we'll hear more about it soon.

(via Facebook Insider)

What T-Mobile dismissed yesterday as "merely speculation" looks set to come true from September with both them and Orange to start selling the iPhone 3G on their networks.

O2 is said to be fuming at the loss of their exclusivity, on even the older Apple handset, and is concerned that their prices will be undercut. What a terrible shame.

Apple has been able to secure cheaper component parts for the phones, cutting the cost of manufacture, and there seems little reason to believe that this won't be passed on to Orange and T-Mobile customers looking to get in on the touchscreen action.

Of course, you can already unlock an iPhone and put it on any network you like but the move will doubtless see floods of customers take up the deal at a more affordable price.

(via Mobile)

Sharp has unveiled its first LED TVs in London today and about time too. From what I've seen this afternoon, though, they appear to be worth waiting for. There's two ranges to choose from, the LE600 and LE700, both AQUOS sets, and they come in 32", 40" and 46" sizes. There's a bonus 52" if you opt for the 700.