Rock Band 3 Gets October US Release Date

The Rock Band franchise has become one of the biggest names in the games industry and in its various incarnations and numerous spin off titles it has created one of the greatest and most loved games, especially in the music games genre.

Along with Guitar Hero it essentially helped sporn an entire series of games and through offering numerous peripherals and the incredible line up of downloadable content we’re willing to bet it makes Harmonix an absolute packet. The good news is that the next instalment, catchily titled Rock Band 3, will be available from October 26th although this is as yet just a US release date.

Many of the previous titles have enjoyed simultaneous global release dates so it may just be a matter of waiting a day or two for a UK release. In the meantime, we trawled through 3 or even 4 whole pages of the T3 magazine website to find out more about the upcoming title.

Probably the greatest and most intriguing feature of the new game is the fact that it claims to auto-tune your singing voice while you belt out your favourite downloaded tracks. What’s more, up to 3 different people can sing at the same time in a harmonic (or not so) fashion.

The game will also feature a keyboard for the first time, and if you’re not really into keyboard then you can hook it up and play it like a 1980s keytar (although if you’re not really into keyboard we’re not sure why you’d want to do this). Alternatively, it seems, there is a stringed guitar option too. Interestingly the keyboard has MIDI connectability so it can be connected to your PC, laptop, or other music recording device and you can record your own music with it. However, with just 26 keys you’re reasonably limited.

Will you be belting out auto-tuned tracks come October?

Have you played the previous Rock Band titles?

Batteries that charge themselves. Whatever next?

Hamburgers that jump out of the freezer into the frying pan? Cans of lager that open themselves, vomit on the floor and abuse passers by?

Anyway, while some people (me) sits and scratch their heads at a world gone mad other people (Brother Industries) only go and make it madder by inventing crazy stuff like vibrating, self charging batteries. How do they work? How on earth would I know. Oh, ok I’ll go and investigate then…..

It’s seems they’ve put an electromagnetic induction generator in the battery sized generators, which work by a-shaking and a-moving. The new invention will be on show shortly and could make charging batteries even more fun that it already is. Hold on a sec though, it says that the current models only work for low consumption things like remote controls and that old Operation game you’ve had tucked in your wardrobe since your 8th birthday but which you just can’t bring yourself to throw out.

The Most Powerful Porsche Ever, The Fastest Audi Ever, And A Skoda

The line-up of new cars for July is a shortlist of supercars, albeit a very short list of supercars, plus a Skoda. OK, so the 1.4 litre Skoda might be sloughtly out of its depth in the company of the Porsche 911 GT2 RS but according to T3 you shouldn’t underestimate it and at £15,700 it is without doubt the most affordable of the line up by some considerable margin.

Porsche has released a strainge lineup of vehicles lately including the Cayenne which has at least cleaned up its act and almost made roadworthy 4×4 vehicles something that won’t cause you to be spat at when you hit London city streets.

This little beauty, though, the Porsche 911 GT2 RS to give it its full title is definitely back to Porsche’s roots of making fast, hot cars. 611bhp means that you can do 205mph and reach 62mph in just 3.5 seconds. Twin turbochargers and the kind of weight loss that would normally demand a gastric band has given light to these impressive figures but you’ll only be able to enjoy them if you have access to a reasonable strip of unused runway and £164,107.

The Audi R8 caused a major stir when it was first released, largely because it looked stunning and it went. The car that is billed as being the fastest Audi ever, the R8 GT, offers 560bhp from its V10 engine and has four wheel drive so you can hopefully keep it planted on the right side of the kerb when you hit a corner.Price has yet to be confirmed but you know what they say? If you need to ask then you’ve got too much sense to own a car like this.

For a more than reasonable £15,700 you can have the Skoda Fabia vRS which offers a 1.4 supercharged engine and lets you hit a more realistic 139mph. Instead of buying the Porsche you could have 10.5 of these, which would be really useful.

Seagate GoFlex Home NAS Makes Media Streaming Easier

Network storage devices are becoming more commonplace in the home because they offer the simple opportunity to store and share data across various devices including TVs and games consoles, as well as computers, laptops, and even mobile devices. You can even attach a wireless printer to some and use them as photo printers and networked printing devices.

However, they’re not yet as popular as we think they should be and that’s largely because they are seen as being a complicated piece of kit that the average home user wouldn’t be able to get to grips with.

The GoFlex Home from Seagate may well help to change that as it’s incredibly simple to use and surprisingly cheap while still offering all of the features that you would want in your NAS. You can stream content to media players such as games consoles and dedicated media players. It supports USB printers and even offers remote access using an iPad or iPhone. You can even enjoy remote access through Facebook or Twitter although for these latter two functions you do need to pay a little extra.

Currently available in the US, there are two drive size options available – the 1TB and 2TB models and costs will vary up to about $200 making them a very cheap option indeed. networking and set up is also made as easy as possible.

Seagate is very proud of its 5 minute setup and this means that no matter what your level of tech knowledge and wizardry you will be able to set up a home network with network media players in pretty much every room including your kid’s or mum’s room in typically less than half an hour or so without any need to get all messy in the more complex setup procedures.

Are you making the most of your home network?

Do you stream media in your home?

Video Game Top 10 – Crackdown 2 Takes Top Spot

1 – Crackdown 2

Crackdown was one of the stand out games of the XBox 360 when it was first released and the open world sandbox style was well loved by many gamers. Even playing it now, it’s difficult to imagine it was made so many years ago so it’s perhaps unsurprising that developers stuck quite rigidly to the first game when creating the 2nd. However, the formula has once again paid off giving the new and improved Crackdown 2 top spot in this week’s gaming charts.

2 – Dance on Broadway

Dance on Broadway is a spin off to Just Dance and features show tunes from Broadway musicals and allows gamers to throw their moves to these hits. Smaller and less featured packed than the original but has obviously proven popular with fans of the new series.

3 – Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4

Lego games have proven surprisingly popualr with all age ranges and in just about every genre. This combination of Harry Potter wizardry and Lego game mechanics has ensured that the Lego version is easily sueprior to any official Harry Potter titles released on games consoles in recent years.

4 – Red Dead Redemption

Last week’s number 1 has seen something of a drop off in chart positions but that doesn’t take anything away from the game itself. The game is absolutely huge and is massively immersive, as are most Rockstar produced games. The multiplayer has also proven an extremely popular addition to the title and gives gamers a lotof replay time to boot.

5 – Toy Story 3

Game/film tie ins rarely get things quite right but new entry Toy Story 3 seems to have got things a lot closer to right than many of its genre counterparts. It doesn’t do anything particularly unique and innovative but what it does do, it does very well.

6 – 2010 FIFA World Cup

7 – Super Mario Galaxy 2

8 – Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2011

9 – Call of Duty : Modern Warfare 2

10 – Just Dance

Is Crackdown 2 your number 1?

Have you been getting your groove on to Broadway hits?

Reception problems? What reception problems?

Instead of promising a free case to iPhone users and then saying something like, “These things happen. Ah well, it’s sorted now. Cheerie bye.”, the Apple strategy of claiming that others phones have similar reception problems has opened a new can of worms.

The official response from Samsung is that the Omnia II does not suffer from these problems at all and that its design means that it is not prone to them.  The antenna is in a different place from Apple’s, so only left handed people and people with huge, shovel like hands might find find problems.

The other comment in the Apple press conference, about Nokia phones with stickers telling you not to touch certain parts of the phone, has proved equally difficult to verify as being based upon fact. Has anyone else sen these stickers?

It’s a free case then, is it?

The long running iPhone 4 reception debate looks to have been finally resolved. Apple are going to give users a free case. That, combined with the famous patch which shows the correct reception level on the phone,  should resolve the issue once and for all. Anyone who buys an iPhone 4 before October this year will be eligible for their free case. Apple have stated in a press conference that no more patches, fixes or magic beans will be released to solve this problem.

Rumours of HTC Desire HD

We normally only pay attention to the most far-fetched and outrageous rumours doing the rounds. However, when UK online retailer Superetrader releases juicy details of the supposed new HTC Desire HD we can’t resist a sniff around the information. Just out of curiousity you understand.

It is reported to be similar to the US HTC Evo 4G model, with a big screen and top, top specifications. A 1GHZ processor, Android 2.2, HD 720p video facility and a camera with 8 megapixels all add up to a great sounding gadget.

We will keep our eyes peeled for more definite news and launch dates.

Two New Rugged Laptops – Ideal For The Particularly Clumsy

Getac has upgraded its military grade, and surprisingly lightweight. rugged laptop while Panasonic has unveiled their latest entry into a market that is designed either for the rugged worker that oeprates in especially difficult circumstances or for the oathish, heavy handed, clumsies among us that drop everything they get their greasy mits on.

The Getax V100 is seriously hardcore and just got even harder thanks to the latest update of the laptop. For a start, it’s a convertible laptop which means that you can swivel its monitor round to essentially create a tablet or you can use it as a standard laptop depending on the situation and your preference.

It also has a 10.4 inch multi touch screen and all this despite only weighing an impressively lightweight 2.3kg. The V100 packs a 1.2GHz Cire i7-640UM dual core processor and carries up to 8GB of internal memory. Hard drive sizes are available up to 320GB and are vibration and drop resistant. Both the keyboard and webcam are water resistant too so you can drop it, shake it, and pour your drinks over it and it should withstand the pressure.

Panasonic is also getting in on the act releasing the CF-C1 rugged laptop. This is also a convertible so should help you pick up women too. One of the more interesting features of the CF-C1 is that its touch screen will be effective by workers that are wearing gloves and it includes an ergonomic strap so users can type one handed should they so wish. It’s actually a lot lighter than the Getac weighing just 1.47kg and it’s more powerful thanks to a 2.4GHz Core processor. However, we question whether it will have the same military standard strength and resistance but we’ll just have to wait and see.

Do you use a rugged laptop?

Do you wish they were more affordable so you could get one for your kids?

Source:- V3

New Ultra-Light Modu 1 Arrives Along With New Ultra-Cheap Android Mobile

According to the Guardian today a survey has shown that we’re really taking to Internet radio on our mobile devices and smartphones – so much so that 31% of radio listeners get their fix on the Internet and 13% of listeners have listened on their mobile phone or smartphone. Good news, then, for the radio broadcasting industry as two more smartphones are released and both should cause something of a stir in their own little way.

The Modu 1 ahs been promised for a while now and has finally made it through passport control and onto UK shores. It has been verified by the Guiness Book of World Records as being the lightest mobile phone ever made and if they say so then that’s good enough for us.

However the Israeli created mobile isn’t just a one trick pony (well, actually, it almost is). As well as being roughly the size of your credit card it also offers a modular design so that you can change its outfit according to your mood if you like. It has an mp3 player and 2GB of online storage but because of its diminutive form that’s about it for geeky apps and add-ons we’re afraid. Still, if size matters to you, and you don’t mind paying £120 for a very basic phone and a further £20 to £50 for a new jacket then it could be a good choice for you.

A more realistic option, though, is the latest Orange handset. The ZTE Racer, which sounds more like a game you would download for your phone than the actual phone itself, is a very cheap smartphone and it doesn’t run a rubbish generic operating system instead packing the Android operating system that is gaining in popularity. The phone costs £100 on pay as you go or you can have it free on a £13 a month contract – not bad at all.

Are you willing to pay over the odds for a phone you’ll probably lose in a week?

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