Set for release in June is EA’s download-only Battlefield 1943: Pacific, which will feature 24-player action on Wake Island, Iwo Jima, and Guadalcanal — priced at 1200 Xbox Live Marketplace points. Video after the break.
If you’re not familiar with the Japanese shooter Ikaruga, this game can get very intense, as only bullets of the opposite polarity can hurt you. So, you’ll have to switch polarity on the fly when battling different enemy ships. Continue reading to watch a video of a player who has seemingly memorized every move the computer makes and is thus able to control two ships simultaneously, after lots of practice.
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Called the HiPhone Nano N3+, this iPod Nano meets swiveling flip phone contraption features a 2.8-inch touchscreen, 1.3-megapixel camera, Bluetooth, and dual SIM slots. Priced at $190. Click here for first picture in gallery.
This is the HiPhone Nano N3+, a 2.8-inch touchscreen based with swivel screen cellphone. It’s a Chinese clone of an Apple product that never happened, but which actually looks like it could have happened.
[via Gizmodo]
Priced at $10, Bucky Balls are essentially magnets that “stick together and can form basically any 3D object that you want.” Think of them as the silly putty of magnets. Video demonstration after the break.
You can mold these things into perfect cubes, sure, but you can also make big clumps and work on making a beautiful sculpture with them.
[via Gizmodo]
The SwissPen X-1 from Vat19 is “one of the few pens that includes a map light, scissors, screwdriver, nail file, and knife/letter opener and doesn’t weigh 15 lbs.” Product page. Video after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery.
It’s sleek and perfectly balanced. It also writes upside down, under water, and is water resistant (even salt water).
[via Vat19]
Amazon is seling the SwissGear Computer Backpack (Blue) for just $40.77 shipped, originally priced at $120.00. This bag “includes a mobile phone pocket, a computer compartment, an airflow back system, shoulder straps, a water bottle pocket, audio interface organizer pockets for business accessories, and a sunglasses holder.” Product page.
[via Amazon]
Mobile-Review provides us with a hands-on look at HTC’s upcoming Touch Pro2. This Smartphone features a 3.2-megapixel camera, 3.6-inch touchscreen, Qualcomm 528MHz processor, and Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional. Video after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery.
Props go to the quality of the voice calls and especially the QWERTY keyboard, noted via the machine translation as one of the most user-friendly in modern mobile devices.
[via Engadget – Mobile-Review]
Released in 1987 by Jaleco, Bases Loaded for the NES featured a television-style pitcher and batter matchup, which made it one of the most popular baseball games of its time. ScrewAttack takes a look back at this title after the break.
Catching a glimpse of the Lexus LF-A is hard enough without resorting to spy pictures. Fortunately, “this one-of-a-kind specimen is a Lexus LF-A with a shell of transparent acrylic.” Click here for first picture in gallery.
Lexus has referred to this project as an exploration of “L-Finesse” design language, and has tastefully named the art piece Crystallized Wind.
Say goodbye to tangled wires, these Zipper Earphones “promises to solve the problem once and for all.” Basically, users “unzip their earphones, and afterwards, zip them back up for storage.” Click here for first picture in gallery.
[via Toxel]
