Jan 11, 2012 ~ Geeky Valley

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Sony Says No PlayStation 4 Coming At E3

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There have been rumors over the last few months that Sony would be releasing their next generation games console, the Sony PlayStation 4 at this years E3.

Sony Computer Entertainment CEO, Kazou Hirai has announced at this years CES that we won’t see a new PlayStation 4 console at this years E3.

He also said that the PlayStation would be following a 10 year life-cycle, which would mean that Sony souldn’t release the PS4 until 2014 or even 2015.

Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook Announced

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Uktrabooks seem to be the hot new products form companies at this years CES, we have already seen a number of different ultrabooks from a wide range of manufacturers, the latest one is from Dell.

The Dell XPS 13 ultrabook features a 13.3 inch display withing a 12 inch chassis, and it weighs in at 1.4kg, the 13.3 inch display comes with Gorilla Glass and it features a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels.

The Dell XPS 13 will be available with a choice of Intel Core i3, Core 5 and Core i7 processors, plus a choice of either a 128GB or a 256GB solid state drive, and they will go on sale in march 2012 with prices starting at $999.

Sony Xperia S Headed To Three UK

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UK mobile carrier Three has announced that they will be carrying the new Sony Xperia S here in the UK, although we don’t as yet have any details on when it will be available and how much it will cost.

As a reminder the Sony Xperia S is one of the first new device that will be sold under the Sony brand, rather than the Sony Ericsson brand and it features a 4.3 inch HD touchscreen display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels, plus Android 2.3 Gingerbread.

Other specifications on the Sony Xperia S include a dual core 1.5GHz processor, a 12 megapixel camera which features Sony’s Exmor R sensor and 32GB of built in storage.

As soon as we get some more information on pricing and an actual release date we will let you guys know.

Shazam Player App Launches, Aiming To Replace iOS Music Player (Video)

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Shazam the popular music tagging application creator which has enjoyed more than 165 million users since its launch back in 2008. Has this week launched a new iOS application called Shazam Player. Which has been created to replace the existing Apple music player on iPhones and iPod Touch devices.

The new Shazam Media Player will feature social sharing on Twitter and Facebook together with quick access links to YouTube, ticket information and Lyrics. Watch the video after the break to see the new Shazam Media Player in action.

David L. Jones Shazam, EVP of marketing explains:

“This is a replacement for the music player on iOS devices. We have great technology and features we can wrap around any track, but it’s been so far limited to music you can discover out and about. We thought we’d bring the feature set and technology to music you have on the device already,”

You can download the new Shazam Player app from the iTunes App Store now for free.