Tag: Europe
Star Wars: The Old Republic release date lightspeed jumps forward
EA have now announced that the eagerly-anticipated Star Wars: The Old Republic will have its European release date pushed forward two days to December 20th 2011. This puts the sci-fi MMO's UK release date the same as its US arrival,…
PS3 price cut due this August in time for Christmas rush?
Industry experts are anticipating a substantial price cut for Sony's PlayStation 3 games console this August in the lucrative run-up to Christmas. Sony are expected to slash the price of their home console to an RRP of £199.99 at Gamescom…
Nintendo 3DS TV service debuts in Japan tomorrow
After a slow start for the Nintendo 3DS console, this week finally seems to find the glasses-free 3D handheld getting into the swing of things. Firstly, you have the launch of the console's first killer-app, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina…
LG release Optimus 3D smartphone
LG's Optimus 3D smartphone is finally ready for public consumption. The partner piece to the company's 3D Optimus Pad tablet (aka the T-Mobile G Slate), it shoots and play's back 3D video without the need for clunky glasses. First…
CeBIT 2011 PREVIEW: Ford SYNC
Click here for more images of the Ford SYNC system Car giants Ford took this week's CeBIT technology expo in Hanover, Germany, as an opportunity to announce the global launch of their new connected dashboard system, SYNC. Already available…
Cheap European data roaming for Vodafone customers
Vodafone have changed their pricing structure for travelling customers to make using mobile data in Europe a bit more tempting. With arms in several European territories already, Vodafone will be able to offer a 25MB per day allowance to their…
Slow start for 3D TV sales in Europe
Hailed as the best thing since sliced bread, it's been hard to avoid the buzz generated around 3D TVs over the last 18 months. However, it appears, so far at least, that the massive promotional push behind 3D TV has…
Android struggling in Europe
New research from IDC shows that, despite the buzz floating around Google's Android mobile platform, European consumers are steering clear of phones packing the OS. The research shows Android's market share to currently be 5.4% in Western Europe. Though this…
Brits get easier way to personalise T-shirts with CafePress UK launch
Anyone who’s been hanging around the Internet for a while will probably have come across CafePress, a US-based site that allows T-shirts and various other gift/novelty items to be personalised and shipped.
Nice idea, except for the appalling pound-to-dollar exchange rate at the moment, plus the added cost and delay of importing gear from the States.
Fear not! CafePress has launched its UK web site which should make it less of a hassle to get your designs to the UK and Europe…
US and Europe get Playstation 2 price cut
Sony has seen fit, 9 years after the release of the Playstation 2, to finally bring the price down under $100. The world’s best-selling console ever will be available for $99.99 in the US within a month.
Europe’s seeing a similar discount – from €129.99 to €99.99, but SCE UK is refusing to budge on the UK’s £93 price point. It won’t bother most people – you can get one for £20 on eBay – but it does seem a bit odd that we’re not getting the same reduction.
(via Techradar)
