Sony PlayTV available for pre-order in UK, releasing in July

Sony PlayStation 3 users in the UK anxious to get their hands on Sony’s PlayTV add-on have been thrown a bone and the device can now be pre-ordered with an expected release on July 31st.
The add-on will set you back £59.99 (roughly $120) and allow you to use your PS3 as a DVR as well [...]

PS3 Cell and RSX chip shrinking in August?

Nikko Citigroup has upgraded its rating of Sony in anticipation of the company being able to hit the break-even point on PlayStation 3 costs in August of this year.
Sony currently sells the PS3 for a loss, but if the Cell processor and/or RSX graphics chip can be shrunk the chips would cost less to manufacture, [...]

Samsung launches Soul in Europe

Yesterday Samsung launched their new Soul slider phone for Europe.
Later this month the handset will be available in France, the UK, and Germany through major European mobile carriers and most of the GSM-supporting open markets.
Features of the Soul include:

Touchscreen interface that adapts to your usage
Quad-band GSM
7.2Mbps HSDPA
2.2-inch QVGA display
5 megapixel camera with image stabilization, a [...]

Nikon D90 and D3x coming in June?

There’s a new rumor going around about a couple of new Nikon DSLR’s that may be making a debut around June of this year.
Japanese rumor sites say that the D90 and D3x will be hitting the second week of June. Thom Hogan feels that the D90 come arrive as early as May 12th.
The D90 is [...]

Audible content coming to Zune?

According to a post at Paul Thurrott’s SuperSite Blog, Audible and Microsoft are currently working on making the Microsoft Zune media player “AudibleReady”, meaning it will soon be able to play audiobook, audio magazine and audio newspaper content from Audible.
No official word on pricing or availability just yet but it is expected to happen by [...]

MSI releases specs on upcoming Wind UMPC

MSI is getting ready to join Asus, Everex, HP, Intel, and OLPC (among others) and sell their very own UMPC.
Called the “Wind”, its specs will include:

8.9 and 10-inch LED backlit screens with 1,024 x 600 resolution
80GB 2.5-inch hard drive
Weight around 1kg

MSI also claims that it will have a superior keyboard and battery life compared to [...]

10-inch Asus Eee PC coming this year, Atom based models in June

Asus CEO Jerry Shen has confirmed a couple of juicy new bits of info about his company’s Eee PC line:

A model with a 10-inch screen is expected later this year
An Intel Atom-based model will launch at the Computex show

Shen says that “the feedback we’ve received from users has been great. Many have asked us for [...]