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Daily Deal: HP 16GB Mini USB Pen Drive, £7.99! (May 4th 2012)

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A new thing here at Tech Square are ‘Daily Deals’, where we will hunt out some of the best technology and gaming deals across the internet. From computers and tablets, games consoles, games and more! So, here’s today’s ‘Daily Deal’.

Play are having a sale on products under £10, and we discovered a 16GB USB Stick made by HP, for just £7.99! Considering the 8GB is only a couple of quid cheaper, this is a steal and will not be around for much longer.

Weighing less than 5g and with a two years warranty, you won’t even realize you have this with you wherever you go, it’s a must have USB, amazing storage capacity, amazing company, amazing price!

Check it out! http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/14366702/Hewlett-Packard-V165-16GB-USB-Flash-Drive/Product.html?searchstring=hp+usb&searchsource=0&searchtype=allproducts&urlrefer=search

The Samsung Galaxy SIII. The Package.

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The Samsung Galaxy SIII. It’s beautiful, stunning, amazing, in every aspect possible, and it’s really hard not to look at this thing a 2nd time. The device contains a lot of the features speculated over the past few months, and a range of ones we didn’t. But let’s round up the Samsung Galaxy S III. Corner to corner.

Firstly, the hardware, the phone snaps up at just 8.6mm, making it one of the thinnest smartphones ever. The phone brings an 8MP camera, a 4.8″ AMOLED display, plus a HD front facing camera, which impacts much of the new technology we’ll get round to in a minute. But what we are all excited for, is the 1.4GHz Exynos processor, that will make this phone next to ‘rapid’.

Software is also amazing and fits the phone perfectly, packing Android’s latest OS, Ice Cream Sandwich. The phone uses some of the worlds, ‘state-of-the-art’ technology, including face recognition features. For example, you only have to look at the phone to unlock it, and the phone also falls asleep when you do. The phone will also NEVER fall asleep when you are looking at it. Which If I’m honest, did annoy me, not just on phones, but also iPods and also tablets. Samsung will hopefully keep innovating us with features like this, and it seems like Apple has some catching up to do.

While the phone seems ‘out of this world’, it seems like the phone still has major competition, with the HTC One X proving to be one of HTC’s most successful device, selling millions and also proving itself worthy of it’s quad-core processor it’s packing. Samsung is trying to erect this possibility by placing ‘Samsung Pins’ across London, which will allow users to try out the Galaxy S III for themselves before buying it. This should help flood in customers from every corner of the globe. And these will places throughout the capital.

With the phone coming at us on May 30th, available in two colours. Marble White and Pebble Blue. This phone will possibly ‘blowout’ the competition, and will be available on many networks, including Vodafone and 02. But no word on pricing just yet.

So, are you excited for this phone coming later this month? Let us know in the comments section and also mine and Tech Square’s Twitter!

Hands on: Samsung Galaxy S3 review

Call Of Duty: Black Ops 2 Rumoured for November 13th?

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The innovative Call of Duty franchise may soon be greeted with a follow up to one of 2010′s biggest shooters, Black Ops, and we could be seeing Black Ops 2 as soon as November 13th, according to a report from US group Target.

However with Halo 4 coming out only on the 4th of the same month, both games could face some rival competition with each other, and maybe need a re-think of the release dates to avoid clashing.

What do you think of Black Ops 2 coming out this winter? Check the image below of what seems to be a Target reservation card for the game for both Xbox(left) and PS3(right)

PS Vita Just Days Away!

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So some people have the PS Vita in America, by ordering the pre-order edition in the US, with a bundle including a 4GB micro sd card, case and a game, for around $349, 3G version. But otherwise, if we do want to just get the the Vita, with a choice of out own game, instead of the one that comes with the vita, we’ll have to wait until February 22nd unfortunately

But again, we’re just saying now, we won’t be picking one up until the price comes down, or it gets nearer the festive period, when the price becomes even lower anyway. But we are very excited for some of the games like Uncharted: Golden Abyss and of course, one of my favourite games, Rayman Origins. It would be fun to try out that game with the 5″ OLED screen, and the rear touchpad.

So, only 3 days to go for us until the 22nd of February! You pre-ordered yours? Or you going to take the same stratergy as the 3DS, and wait for a price drop?

@TechSquareAJ

Samsung To Announce S III In ‘First Half of The Year?’

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We’ve so far heard from Samsung that the company will not be announcing their hyped up S III device at the Mobile World Congress, but apparently the phone will be getting it’s own flagship launch later this year.

The company announced in January that they are still reviewing the launch date of the device. But we can now say that the Samsung Galaxy S III will be coming before June this year!

That leaves the question open to what will Apple be doing with their also hyped up iPhone 5. Will we see it compete with the S III and be released around the same time in the summer? We’ll have to wait and see.

Twitter @TechSquareAJ

Nokia Lumia 710 Hitting UK on February 1st?

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While Nokia have been shouting about their huge and popular Nokia 800, it seems that the 710 has been a little quiet. Until in the past 24 hours, we’ve heard a lot more for the Lumia 710.

Yes, we know the phone is out in the USA, but we have yet heard news for the UK release of this phone. But now we’ve heard from numerous sites including TechnoBuffalo, that this handset will be hitting UK shelves by 1st February!

The phone is expected to be less than the Lumia 800, which is going for around £26 on contract (£449 PAYG), while the 710 should be coming in at around £16 a month (£250 PAYG). The handset will also run Windows Phone 7,5 Mango, 5MP camera and a 3.7″ display.

You excited for the 710? Let us know in the comments!

@TechSquareAJ

PSVita, Sony’s New Handheld at CES

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While it isn’t until February that we will be seeing the PlayStation Vita (Others calling it the PS4), we have had numerous reports on the device from CES, including videos, new images and more! Unfortunately, we cannot be at CES 2012, so we’ve managed to find some videos about the PSVita, thanks to YouTubers SoldierKnowsBest and Jon4Lakers, we’ve been able to find out more information of the Vita, so sit back, and enjoy these videos!

SoldierKnowsBest‘s Channel

Jon4lakers‘s Channel

@TechSquareAJ

 

Batman: Arkham City Review

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Earlier, I picked up Batman: Arkham City for the Xbox 360, I’m really enjoying the concept of the story, and I love the graphics the game has to offer. So, the storyline…

The main character in the story is of course, Batman. Who has powers which help you a lot throughout the game, including being able to attack enemies, and also the ability to grip on to objects, like buildings and helicopters. This feature is very fun to use, but can sometimes be a little difficult to control.

The game comes in a heap of editions to choose from. Of course, there’s the normal edition. But the slightly more expensive editions goes as followed. There’s the exclusive Robin edition (Game & Gamestation), the exclusive Joker edition (Tesco) and the version I picked up, the exclusive Penguin edition (Blockbuster), versions featuring Catwoman and Two-Faced have also been released, but are not exclusive. There’s also the more expensive collectors edition, which comes with an artbook, statue and more. The Robin, Joker, Penguin, Catwoman and Two-Faced editions come with a steelbook case, featuring the character of your edition on the back, and a picture of Batman on the front. The editions are all the same otherwise.

The game itself is very amusing, and the game gives you a lot of stuff for you to do, including sidequests, objectives and side missions later on in the game. The game also uses stunning HD graphics, and in my opinion is one of the best looking games on the market right now.

However, the game does contain it’s floors. For example, we find that the game can seem a bit dark, not because it’s a Batman game, obviously it’s going to be dark. What we mean is the game can be a little hard to see. Which can sometimes ruin the game, and also make the graphics look worse than they really are.

We’re not saying run out and get this game, it is an extraordinary game. But we find that this game isn’t full marks. We hope that the next Batman can pick up the pieces, and hopefully it won’t be long until we see the next Batman hitting our shelves. 8.5/10

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HTC Titan II Announced at CES

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At last, one of the first major smartphones to be announced at CES, have been comfirmed by HTC. There new handset the HTC Titan II will feature astonishing features, which give the iPhone a huge run for their money. Including a 16MP camera, yes that’s right, 16! And also a 1.5GHz Snapdragon Processor. Comparing it to devices like the Flyer, which featured a single core 1GHz processor.

Now the reason why this device is called a titan, is because it offers one of the biggest screen in the smartphone market, a full high-definition 4.7″ display, and also packing in Windows Phone 7 OS.

So, what’s your opinion, do you own the first HTC Titan? Will you be upgrading? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.

Twitter: @TechSquareAJ

iPad 3 in March? iPad 4 in October?

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It’s pretty clear now that we will be seeing Apple unveil their new iPad sometime this year. We’ve had rumors since the iPad 2 came out about the possibility of an iPad 3. But could we see more than an iPad 3 this year? Tech sites big and small have rocketed the thought that Apple could announce two iPads this year. One in Spring (around March) and one around the holidays (around October)

So are these rumors true? Could we see two iPads this year? Or the possibility of two different tablets, one said to be called the hyped iPad 3, and another to compete with tablets like the Amazon Kindle Fire. Let us know your thoughts and what you hope Apple do with the iPad in 2012.

Apple iPad 2 with Facetime

 

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Top 3 Games from 2011 You Cannot Ignore

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In 2011, we saw a whole range of games, on all of the console platforms we are familiar today, all of the major game manufacturers. From Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, to Ubisoft and Sega, we saw one of the most memorable years for gaming in history, so we have gathered out top 3 games from 2011. So while you’re at home playing Skyrim or Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, here are Andrew’s picks for games that are vital to have for your console.

#3 – The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword – Publisher: Nintendo/Nintendo Wii
The Wii hasn’t had it’s best year for gaming, let’s be honest. But when we come across titles like Skyward Sword, it’s time to wipe the dust off your Wii, and head to town and pick this up. This game features stunning graphics, a whole new Zelda experience, and also a game to keep you busy over the next few winter months, a game you cannot miss out on if you are a Zelda fan.

#2 – Super Mario 3D Land – Publisher: Nintendo/Nintendo 3DS

In 2011, we saw the Nintendo 3DS hit the shelves and so far it’s been a massive hit. The company sold 320,000 units in Japan in just two days, while the Vita has struggled to reach 75,000 in the week ending on 25th December sure, it didn’t have the best start, but Nintendo soon picked up by releasing titles like LoZ: Ocarina of Time 3D and Starfox 64 3D in the spring/summer months. Then in November, we saw one of the best titles to hit the 3DS since the release, Super Mario Land 3D. This game offers full 3D graphics, a full Mario experience, and a platformer that will take a lot of beatingnce, and cannot be avoided by any Mario fan. If you’ve had your 3DS sitting on the side for the last few months, now is the time to relive your favourite Mario titles, with Super Mario 3D Land.

#1 – Rayman Origins – Publisher: Ubisoft/Nintendo Wii/PlayStation 3/Xbox 360

This is one of my favourite games of all time, and not just 2011, and that’s a big statement. Even though this game has proven to be popular in the stocks, we still think this game deserves more than that. It could be timing, and that the game was released too near huge hyped up games like Modern Warfare 3 + Skyrim. But  with recent price cuts and sales. You can easily find this game for £20 new at places like Game + Amazon. The main reason we adore this title is because it’s beautiful, It has stunning design and artworks, the soundtrack is phenomenal, and to be honest, it’s rather addicting. Also offering over 65 gorgeous levels, 10 worlds and 4-player co-op, this is one game that shouldn’t be ignored, and if you haven’t picked up your copy. For £20, you cannot go wrong with this title

 

 

-Written by Andrew Jackson, Director