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Sony Charging For PS3 Downloadable Content (DLC)
March 23, 2009
I never knew this, but Sony are charging publishers for people downloading FREE content from the Playstation Network! Yet doesn’t apply to content you have to pay for. This all started on October 1st 2008.
I found this quite shocking as Sony are the only console giant to do so. Microsoft and Nintendo don’t charge which is apparently why downloadable content (DLC) is released on the Xbox 360 a whole week earlier than the PS3 so that the publishers can try and save a bit of money.
They don’t charge thousands of pounds per download, but still, at $0.16 per Gigabyte on each download made, it all adds up. So if a million downloads are made, that’s $160,000 that the publisher has to pay to Sony for people downloading their ‘FREE’ content.
Continue reading »Google Latitude – Locate Your Friends!
February 19, 2009
Google Maps have introduced another new feature to their popular mapping software/service called Google Latitude which utilises the GPS functionality of your mobile phone to display your current location to your friends on their mobile devices or on their computer.
On a technical level, I think this a really cool bit of technology that Google have built into their Google Maps software, but another part of me thinks it’s perhaps a little creepy – but given you have total control over whether people can see you or not, I suppose that does make up for it and puts your mind at rest on that point.
Continue reading »Free Downloadable Ringtones (Windows Mobile)
October 7, 2008
What’s this? Microsoft are giving away free downloadable ringtones for Windows Mobile? Well I recently upgraded the operating system on my HTC Tytn II to Windows Mobile 6.1 and in so doing I ended up registering with Microsoft as a Windows Mobile user which means I’ve been receiving a monthly email with the latest news and applications that’s available for my HTC Tytn II.
As part of Microsoft’s Windows Mobile site, there’s section that contains free downloadable ringtones that you can download and use on your smartphone/mobile phone. There are plenty of different categories to choose from, you can preview and play the ringtone before downloading.
Continue reading »Windows Mobile 6.1 – Orange Tytn II
September 14, 2008
Orange recently released their Windows Mobile 6.1 update for the Orange Tytn II which is available for you to download and install on your mobile phone.
Installing Windows Mobile 6.1 onto my Orange Tytn II was the first time that I’d actually attempted to update the operating system software installed on a mobile phone and as such I was a cautious about it – the last thing I wanted to do was screw up my mobile phone which was working perfectly well.
Windows Mobile 6.1 features the following upgrades and new features for your Windows-based smartphone:
Continue reading »Google Maps for Blackberry / Mobile Phone
June 10, 2008
I recently installed the latest version of the Google Maps download for a mobile phone / Blackberry onto my new HTC Tytn II Windows Mobile handset and have been further impressed by how well this free piece of software works and how useful it actually can be.
I previously had an Orange E650 (a branded HTC S710 Vox handset) which ran Windows Mobile 6 and as such I installed Google Maps on that, however I must admit that I never really used it due to a combination of slow data speeds (it wasn’t a 3G device) and the fact that the data usage charges on my tariff were quite expensive.
Continue reading »Lost Season 4
April 24, 2008
Have you watched the first 8 episodes of Lost season 4 so far? Have you missed some? Do you not have access to watch Lost season 4 on your TV? I’ve just found a great way for you to catch up, by watching Lost season 4 online!
You can now also buy the Lost Season 4 DVD boxset here.
The 4th season of ABC’s Lost TV show was originally planned to be shown in it’s 16 episode entirety in one uninterrupted 16 week run, however due to the recent writer’s strike in America, this meant that only 8 episodes got finished before the strike started. This meant that us eager viewers and fans of Lost had to wait until the producers of the show could actually catch up with making the rest of the series (reduced to 14 episodes this year, but seasons 5 and 6 will be 17 episodes in length to compensate for that).
I don’t know about you, but I thought the 5 week break in which we’ve been Lost-free had been quite a long one, especially given that in true Lost style we started getting some answers, only to have lots more questions be thrown at us at the same time! It will be great to watch Lost again.
Continue reading »Hattrick Manager Download
December 5, 2007
Hattrick Manager is a third-party program that I downloaded and been using for Hattrick, which itself is an online football manager game that I’ve been playing for a couple of years now.
Hattrick – an Online Football Manager Game was one of the first things I about earlier this year, since then I’ve managed to gain promotion from my original league and made progress improving my team – Hattrick Manager has really helped in doing this!
Continue reading »Downloadable Movie Trailers
April 4, 2007
If you’re anything like me and you appreciate a good movie, then you’ll no doubt like to see the downloadable movie trailers for new upcoming films by downloading them onto your computer and viewing them on your high quality monitor screen for free! One of the benefits of the Internet is that you don’t have to wait till you’re next at the cinema to see them. You can view them on the individual movie websites, however this obviously means checking lots of different sites for updates.
I’ve been a regular visitor to Dave’s Trailer Page for a few years now, it’s basically a site that brings together links for all the available downloadable movie trailers, but also includes an archive to links for ones that have already come and gone.
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