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There's a really good build of Android for it too apparently.

http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductID=1270746&source=froogle Probably worth the extra tenner over that 5770. Saw a 5830 over the weekend for ~£135 but I can't remember where. Prices are definitely coming down though.

Might go with PS to start with given it's free. Doesn't handle RAW images though (but not the end of the world given they can be 10-30MB each, I only got the 16GB model). Keep hearing about Osmos, will give it a shot!

I just bought an iPad. Was looking for a small laptop but I just couldn't find one that I was happy with inside my £400 budget. Not sure I'll be happy with the iPad either tbh, but I got sick of looking and got offered one at a really good price. It's basically for entertainment on the plane down to Tanzania next week (20 hours from my house to the first hotel!), photo editing while I'm there and for blogging what I see. Any recommendations for apps? I've got a £15 voucher kicking around somewhere. Pages is pretty much a given, but I need a decent photo editor too. I'll probably pick up Wired, Monkey Island and Sam & Max before I go, any other stuff for entertainment (without a network connection)?

May as well wait a bit before buying a new handset now, various leaks are adding up to next quarter being one of the biggest ever for new phone releases. There should be one or two models running Android 3.0 before the year ends (along with a bundle of Android 2.1 and 2.2 devices), as many as a dozen models running Windows Phone 7, a couple of Symbian^3 and Meego handsets from Nokia, at least one Blackberry OS6 device (the Torch is the only confirmed one at the moment AFAIK) and Samsung might have another Bada powered device on the market too. Unless you're in urgent need of a new phone now I think waiting a few months will pay off

Don't buy the 8GB. iOS4 has brought the iPhone 3G to it's knees! It'll probably do the same for the 8GB Touch.

Quite like Revolution. It's got the same old Civ problem though, how on earth can Knights take down a Panzer? I mean come on! It's a freaking tank vs a bunch of dudes with swords! Still, fun for a portable game. Prefer the Total War series on the PC.

I can see some sort of PSP/Android mashup doing well, but the way Engadget describe this one sounds crappy. It's more 'PSP' games on Android than apps, a touch screen and a decent browser on the PSP.

You mean this? http://n-europe.com/forum/showthread.php?t=27896

The Galaxy S uses the Hummingbird, not the Snapdragon. There's no way anybody's launching a gaming platform on a 1GHz Snapdragon SoC, it'd be crap! The chip is built to crunch through Android OS and give snappy UI response, not for 3D gaming. Presumably the phone ain't launching this year so dual-core Tegra2 or similar could be a good bet. Sounds like a good idea from Sony though. If they can get the PSP catalogue running on an Android-powered phone it could work wonders for them

I never had any doubt that it was still going tbh, when 3D Realms collapsed as a developer it was strongly hinted that DNF would "go the way of Prey" and move to an external developer. I'm sure I even remember reading a quote somewhere where Broussard said he couldn't finish the game because there was always something else to add and that he'd handed development to aopther studio as a result. Anyhow, Gearbox. Wicked! I honestly believe we'll be playing this by this time next year. Hopefully it's not another 'Too Human'

Same here to be honest. Miss some stuff from Battlefield 2 (like the size of the maps, large teams and huge array of vehicles) but Bad Company 2 seems to flow better. I suspect the things I miss are the things that'll be in Battlefield 3 anyhow, that's what will make it stand out from other current shooters.

Wow! FAAD did say they had something big planned for today. Civ: Revolution is pretty good!

Not sure what I'm buying this Christmas yet. Reach and Fable 3 are a given, but undecided on the rest. Yet to play Fallout 3, so I'll have to give that a go before buying Vegas. Battlefield 3 and BC2: Vietnam are good bets though (whenever they're released). If it was going to be like Bad Company they'd just call it Bad Company 3 surely? I also seriously doubt they'd be making Bad Company 2: Vietnam. Battlefield 3 will be traditional Battlefield. Would kinda void the point in making it otherwise.

http://www.sammywiki.com/wiki/Samsung_Netbook_Games_List_(N-Series) The Sam & Max games and remastered Monkey Island games are worth a shout too.

Yup. It's just too much for the 3G, despite doing very little more than 3.2.1. I'm just gonna replace it, loads of good devices due around October time.

Bumping a dead thread much?

Thought this was quite funny; His 3G works one hell of a lot better than mine though. I'd have missed the call at the end, the iPhone doesn't register the press in time. Get the music skipping though, a lot.

That's what he said. It's an Android alternative :p

GPU-Z isn't really telling you much that's going to help, it's just system info. You need something that will stress test your PC and check that it's stable. Had a read up on why ATi Tool isn't working and it turns out it's been replaced by GPUTool. Downloaded it, tried it, works fine on Win7 64-bit.

Hellsing's Fire is brilliant. Anyone tried that new Star Wars game? Defence of Hoth or something?

Might need to run it as an administrator. If not then ATi Tray Tools is another option. Video card sounds likely right now.

GPU temp might be a bit high. Download ATi Tool, install, run, and click 'Scan for Artifacts'. Let it run for an hour. It shouldn't find any and if it doesn't then the GPU is 100% stable. If it finds loads then GPU instability is probably causing your problems either due to it being too hot or it being faulty.

Good to hear! Saw it on Giz on Thursday, looked good so I bought it. Not got around to trying it yet tho.

Blown out of proportion, maybe, but there's still a design flaw in the way they built the handset. The only difference after the 4.1 update will be that the phone will stop lying to you about how much signal you have and start telling you the truth. If you have a very weak signal it'll display one bar (or maybe even no bars?) instead of four, so when you hold your phone wrongly the drop won't seem so severe. Still, it seems a fairly moot problem that will rarely affect people so they're being fair with the offer of a free case. It's not really serious enough for a full product recall, it's not like everyone is loosing signal even in strong signal areas.