15th Nov, 2011 |
The latest edition to the Call of Duty franchise; Modern Warfare ® 3, has shattered all previous records of release day sales, reporting 6.5 million units sold across the United Kingdom and North America within the first 24 hours of its release. An estimated 13,000 midnight launch parties held in retail stores worldwide assisted enthusiastic gamers to kick start their online multiplayer campaign before the rest of the world.
Modern Warfare 3 achieved a day-one sell through of over $400 million, gunning down the record previously held by predecessor Black Ops ($360 million). Interestingly, the sales from the entire Call of Duty franchise exceed theatrical box office sales of the iconic “Star Wars” and “Lord of the Rings” franchises.
From a personal level, I was lucky enough to get my hands on a PS3 copy from a midnight launch party at my local Tesco. I’m a great fan of Survival mode on Special Ops with its increasing difficulty and variety of targets to eliminate. With a shameful kill ratio of just 0.5, it’ll be a long time before I can shake off my noob status!
4th Nov, 2011 |
This week Apple released its GarageBand app for the iPhone, for all music making fans out there. Users can now play music on screen such as drums, guitar and even the piano! The app has all the features that the iPad app has, including a multi-touch interface with Smart and Touch instruments. As there’s a built in mic you can also record vocal tracks and with the use of the adapter you can even plug in an electric guitar into your iDevice and record your own music through the amp and add stompbox effects. It’s amazing that you can do all this just from your phone.
It’s definitely a fantastic app for all creative and musical people out there, so get ready to make some great music!
28th Oct, 2011 |
Android 4.0 or Ice Cream Sandwich is the latest operating system to soon be released by Android. Google have said that this operating system will be a ‘one operating system everywhere’ version so that the operating system can run on both phones and tablets. This will be extremely useful for users of both devices.
Other exciting features of the new operating system include the updated App launcher, the multi-tasking panel and the new home screen widgets. For the tablet users of Android, the system will be able to act as a USB hub and allow for keyboards and mice to be connected to them. This is great for people on the go as it makes your tablet an even greater portable device but can still fit your needs with additional equipment. Ice Cream Sandwich will also include face detection, which is great for people who use their phones for taking photos. You will also be able to enjoy integrated Google+, messenger, Google Talk and Google Cloud services. What’s more, users of this operating system will be able to take panoramic pictures so they can capture amazing photos in one go.
These are just some of the new and exciting features that will be in Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), so keep your eye out for this and make the most of it.
14th Oct, 2011 |
It’s the big day today as the iPhone 4S has gone on sale in the UK and six other countries. People have been waiting for this day for a long time and there have been around 1 million pre-orders of the phone. Around the world people have been queuing up outside Apple stores to buy their new handset. The eagerness of many people is shown by some people waiting for 80 hours just to be first in line to get the iPhone 4S in Australia and Japan. This may seem excessive to some, but the hype around the iPhone 4S really is huge and Apple are expecting to sell around 3 million of the new handset over this weekend.
Many people around the world have said that they will be buying the iPhone 4S as a tribute to Steve Jobs who sadly passed away a few days ago. The phone went on sale at 8am this morning and people had been queuing for hours before this. In some stores, Apple staff have applauded customers as they walked in to purchase their new phone which helped them to create a buzz. Many fans are excited by the new Siri feature, where you can ask the artificial intelligence system questions, such as ‘where is the nearest petrol station?’ and it will answer for you. This is definitely an amazing and very useful feature amongst many others such as the 8.0 megapixel camera which is great for snap-happy people.
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4th Oct, 2011 |
Unless you have been hiding in a cave for the past few months, you will have found it impossible to miss that the biggest smartphone release of the year, Apples latest iPhone is on its way! Here at OSPS you can pre-register your interest to be first to hear when the iPhone 4S will be available. All you need to do is click the link below, enter your name and contact details as well as your current network and preferred network for the iPhone 4S and we will email you as soon as it becomes available.
The iPhone 4S sports a dual core A5 processor with dual core graphics, 8 megapixel camera with 1080P HD video recording, face detection and video stabilisation. It’ll come with Siri, your personal voice activated assistant, the new iOS5 operating system with a host of great new features, Airplay to allow seamless streaming to your HDTV, and iCloud, a service that allows you to wirelessly backup and access documents, photos, videos and music across all iOS devices.
By pre-registering you can make sure that you will be one of the first lucky individuals in line to pre-order, which will make sure you don’t miss out on the biggest smartphone release of the year, the iPhone 4S. Demand is going to be absolutely huge, so make sure you don’t miss out on the smartphone release of 2011 by clicking below.
Be the first to know when the iPhone becomes available – register your interest now!
