Steam, Valve’s content distribution platform, has recently received a huge UI overhaul, bringing a sleek new interface to it. Some watchful users however, noticed components apparently designed for the Mac OS X. This, coupled with some verified reports of Valve recruiting Mac engineers, was pretty strong evidence that the game developer was bringing their platform to the Mac soon.
BlackBerry owners, where are you? In case you didn’t know, Amazon has brought forth the Kindle for BlackBerry Beta on various BlackBerry devices. If you are wondering what we are talking about, the new feature is a free e-book app that would open before you more than 420,000 books and that include 100-plus NYT bestsellers. Rush, download it for free.
Fancy getting rid of your mouse and having some fun while Gmail-ing? Try out the new Gboard. Designed to help Gmail users who doesn’t like to maneuvering your mouse while shooting off mails, the Gboard comes across as a new device with lots of fun.
A worrying tidlewave of reports about brand new Macs arriving completely dead is taking over Apple’s forums right now. Users report two most commonly occurring problems – the Macs are either received with a cracked screen, or completely dysfunctional. The problems seem to be affecting just the computers from Apple’s newest iMac model.
All the iMac fans who pre-ordered their BIG iMacs back in October will now have chance to dance around mad, as Apple has started sending off shipping confirmation to their per-order customers. These quad-core all-in-one and BIG 27-inch iMacs should be reaching them soon.
Apple had announced these quad-core Intel iMacs powered by Core i5 and Core i7 processors back in October and had promised to ship them in November. The 27-inch displays will be LED backlit with a massive 16:9 2560×1440 resolution. The Core i5 version is priced at $1999 and the Core i7 version at $2199.
It seems to be raining e-readers. Joining the onslaught is Sony, by hitting stores with its new Sony Reader Pocket Edition (PRS-300). You can pick one now for a price of $199.
In a press release today, RIM have just acknowledged that the BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone is actually in the works and that T-Mobile in the US and Vodafone in the UK are going to get their hands on it sooner than we expected. With a completely redesigned navigation mechanism with a trackpad instead of the traditional trackball, the long-awaited BlackBerry Curve 8520 is aimed at first-time smartphone buyers.
The non-3G handset comes packed with a 2.64-inch TFT display with 320 x 240 resolution, a 2 megapixel camera with video recording mode, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g and Bluetooth v2.0 + EDR, 256MB built-in flash memory, a microSD card slot for storage, a 3.5mm headphone jack, along with BlackBerry’s renowned push email and QWERTY. It also features an 1150 mAH battery that is good for 4.5 hours of talk time or 17 days in standby.
