McPhee
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Chuck, out of curiosity how are you avoiding import tax and duty? I'm guessing you know someone who's going stateside? After using one for a while today I'm considering putting an order in myself and that price would seal the deal for me.
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It's been out for developers for a while. Devs can add iPhone's to their development account (think it's up to 99 per account or something?) so some have been selling spare slots. Once your iPhone is registered as belonging to a developer you can install iOS 4.
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O2 or Carphone Warehouse employee? I guess that does tip the scales. Still can't get why anyone else would want to go with them now though (aside from good local coverage) given they've scrapped true unlimited data. Wasn't that their ace in the hole?
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Word. O2 are more expensive, have the worst 3G coverage of all networks and have the slowest speeds. Makes no sense to buy the iPhone from them.
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So... it's more powerful than the iPad. I guess in theory we could have iPhone 4 apps that can't run on iPad now then. 256MB always was a stupid decision, they should have made it 512MB+ because it's literally the weakest link in the hardware.
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Ah right. Giz lied then. Bastards.
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Not quite. They have one with buttons and this thing; It lets you hook up your own MIDI instruments to your console for use in Rock Band 3. Guitar, Bass, Keyboard and Drums all work I'm wondering how much it'll cost, I'd rather buy a cheap real guitar than the RB3 Pro guitar if they cost about the same (with adaptor). http://gizmodo.com/5565453/hands-on-with-rock-band-3s-pro-guitar-and-keyboard-keytar
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So... thought? New instruments look dope.
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They've never failed me. Only used Reserve and Collect a few times though.
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AT&T use the 850MHz and 1900MHz frequency bands for 3G, all UK operators use 900MHz and 1800MHz. Can't say for certain, but you might not get any 3G coverage with a US iPhone, all depends if they can roam 3G data (not all phones can). It probably does work, but worth the risk? You'd also lose all warranty. Plus, the Yanks aren't getting theirs until July 14th now thanks to the order system falling flat on it's face. AT&T and Apple have made a right mess over there!
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Not sure I can quite justify £120 for a less noisy console. Will probably wait for a special dealio at work instead.
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I'm not hugely surprised by the dull conference, can anyone honestly say they're stuck for games? Microsoft have basically gone "OK, the hardcore gaming market is catered for, lets concentrate on something else.". It's irritating because E3 is kinda like "our" event, but not particularly alarming. Next E3 could well be much the same with Google moving in to the TV space and Apple bringing iOS to people's TVs. I expect there'll be a lot more focus on services, Kinect, XBLA and cross platform compatibility with Windows Phone with less focus on big game releases. The next Halo/Gears/PGR/Forza etc. are going to become a lot less important over the next 5 years.
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No Battlefield 3 Bad Company 2: Vietnam will do though! Can't wait!
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Doesn't impress me that much to be honest. First pic is amazing but the rest? Meh. Doesn't look any better than DiRT 2 on PC.
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I'm feeling very "meh" about this one to be honest. Was hoping for something a bit more inventive and interesting than a Shogun remake. Time will tell though. Hopefully it expands in to Asia or has a genuinely interesting campaign map, I can see Japan alone getting dull fast. Also, I wonder if Kensai will return? :p
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The thing with Vodafone is they tend to do deals on a per customer basis, I might phone up and be offered one for £400 and then you could phone up 5 minutes later and be told £499. I will say if they offer me anything worthwhile though.
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Looks good to me.
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£499 for 16GB? Sorry, no. Too much for me. Even if I was desperate for a new handset right now it'd still be a no, Vodafone offered me a Nexus One for £350. Will wait for Dell to start selling the Streak unlocked or until the end of the year and get the HTC Mondrian (which from the rumoured spec sheet sounds like a beast! Dual-core Snapdragon, 1GB RAM, 800x1280 screen! Windows Phone 7, which I'm not 100% sold on yet).
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If it's really that much smaller I'll buy one, short on space under the TV and I'm kinda worried that the 360 is a bit too wedged in. Plus, my warranty ends at the end of the year.
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Gonna contact Vodafone at some point this week and see what they can offer me upgrade-wise. Not too fussed though, so if they can't twist my arm then I might pick up a Dell Streak. Don't want to increase my line rental, but I'm happy to shell out for the handset. Not sure they'll bite though tbh.
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Smokescreen renders Steve Jobs' stance on Flash pretty irrelevant tbh. When it's released any website will be able to implement it to convert Flash to Javascript on-the-fly. The down-side? It's even more resource heavy than Flash. It barely runs on the iPad, never mind the iPhone 3GS. The only way to stop it? Implement Flash in iOS. Apple are damned if they do and damned if they don't, may as well let the people choose.
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UK times I'm guessing? Looking forward to Nintendo's conference for the first time in years, very intrigued about the 3DS.
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With Flash I'd pick one up tomorrow. Silly that Apple are being so short-sighted really. At the moment there's every likelihood I'll just sell my iPhone and buy a Dell Streak instead.
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Congrats, Flameboy! Bet it's an awesome feeling, knowing the flat is yours! I did the same, moved back "for a few months" 4 years ago and I'm still here. Won't be leaving any time soon either, got enough to do between work, college and work experience without worrying about doing laundry/house work as well. Admittedly very jealous :P Happy Birthday btw
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Acoustic Energy Aegis Evo 3 Just the floor-standers for now though, will have to get the rest some other time (not enough monies). Denon AVR-1909 Sky+ HD All from AV Forums' Classifieds, cost me about £400 in total (which is pretty good considering the lot was worth over a grand when new). About another £250-£300 to go to get the rest of the speakers It's taken 3 hours to cable everything up so far and I'm not done yet. Still got 3 speakers to go. Then I've got to configure the amp. A lot of work considering I've no idea if it all sounds any good yet... I'll post up some AV porn when I'm done (and no, ReZ, I don't mean what you're thinking. Dirty, disturbed boy )
