It's been a great week for skinflints. Not only has the 8GB iPhone come down in price by £100 (prompting the web to go ablaze with rumours of an imminent 3G version), but students' supermarket of choice Tesco has also announced a new download service, called Tesco Digital. And it promises 'competitive' pricing when it launches in May. Judging from how it's priced out local shops from the kind of villages that look like they're made of shortbread, we reckon it'll be cheaper than iTunes.
Is there a new Nintendo DS incoming? A Japanese gaming mogul seems to think so. And who are we doubt him? Touted for announceage at trade show E3 in July, the DS Extreme is said to do away with the GBA port, being even slimmer and lighter than the DS Lite, and feature a new design. As long as it's got new versions of Brain Training, we'll be happy.
It's also been a big week for wireless. The Nokia 6212 has gained Near Field Communications (NFC), along with a new Parrot speaker, the Party Black Edition. Instead of searching for paired devices like with Bluetooth, you just tap each to sync them wirelessly. Sweet.
Would you buy trainers from a vending machine? Well it's nice to have the option. Onitsuka Tiger's trainer vending machine made an appearance in London's Carnaby Street this week, and will soon be touring the country. One of our chums went down to try it out, only to find you needed a voucher from the Onitsuka Tiger store to be able to use it. Look like our dream of buying kicks at 4am will remain just that.
So you reckon you're a big man with your iPod Classic and its 160GB hard drive, huh? Well check this punk: Irn-Bru swilling researchers at Glasgow University reckon you'll soon be able to fit 300 million tracks on one. That's probably more than you could listen to in your lifetime, which makes us want it even more.
In other news, 3D gaming is here, O2 now does mobile broadband, Tag Heuer has admitted it's making a phone, and self-destructing DVDs are go.
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