HTC's latest handset burns as passionately as a wildfire

Looks like tonight’s been privy to HTC’s latest handset line-up. During a German press conference the — then — unannounced HTC Wildfire was accidentally set loose for the ensuing media. The newest touchscreen candybar brings nothing special to the table, but is surprisingly packed to the brim with quadband GSM and UMTS/HSDPA radios (pitched at 900/2100MHz). Specification wise its running Android 2.1 with HTC Sense, a Qualcomm MSM7225 CPU clocked in at 525MHz, a 3.2-inch QVGA touchscreen, 5-megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash, WiFi (802.11b/g), Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, 512MB of Flash memory and 348MB of RAM. It’s due to hit Europe and Asia sometime in Q3, but in the meantime how about checking out HTC’s press release and Engadget’s hands-on after the break?

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The TOP 10 hardest games of all time

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The TOP 10 hardest games of all time

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If you’ve ever had the misfortune of holding a controller while Battletoads was in your NES system then I feel for you. I really do! 

The same can be said for games like Ninja Gaiden (any of them), Contra, and a few other titles that just are so unfair that you feel like punching babies. Yeah, I said. BABIES! 

If you think you’re hot stuff then try completing any of the games in this list of the hardcorest of the hardcore.

 - Check them out HERE (NSFW)

Is Sony Planning to Reveal a Premium PSN Service at E3?

Alex Tretrop May 17, 2010 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us Gaming, News, Sony

Now here’s some interesting news; VG247 is reporting that Sony is planning to reveal a premium PSN service at E3. Now hold on! Before you get all up in arms about this, VG247’s source is claiming that “nothing planned will impact the service’s current free aspects.”

What it will do, apparently, is give paying subscribers access to one free PSN game per month, from a choice of “two to four” every month. The source also claims that something similar to Spotify will be announced for subscribers to use as well as a stating that the cross-game voice chat will not be a feature you need to pay for. 

Don’t forget that this is a pretty big rumor at this point but stay tuned for any more developments on this story! 

Mayors of Starbucks Get Discounts with Foursquare

Brandon Davenport May 17, 2010 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us Internet, News, breaking

Social media FTW! All Foursquare members who are a Mayor of a Starbucks get discounts - which is awesome, but what is even more awesome is that you get a $1 discount on a Frappucino. The special message greets mayors with this: “As mayor of this store, enjoy $1 off a NEW however-you-want-it Frappuccino blended beverage. Any size, any flavor. Offer valid until 6/28.” - So all you mayors, head over to Starbucks and grab yourself a Frappadapalapachino…

More info - at Mashable

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Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep gets English trailer and Release dates

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Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep gets English trailer and Release dates

I won’t bore you with any talk. Let’s get down to the info:

North America Release is Sept. 7th, 2010
UK release date is Sept. 11th, 2010 

Oh yeah, did I mention that Leonard Nimoy (Spock of Star Trek fame) will be voicing the main antagonist, Master Xehanort?! This is pretty epic, but expected, considering they had Christopher Lee play DiZ last time around.

Leaked Windows Phone 7 ROM hints at the HTC Mondrian and its 1.3GHz Snapdragon

Daniel Carey May 17, 2010 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us Mobile, Mobile Software

As with most ROM leaks it’s to be expected that the guys from XDA-Developers are front and center ready to rub, scrub and dry it of all (or any) pertinent information. In true XDA style the image featured above was extracted from the “oemavatar.cab” file; now it could be nothing more than a generic render (which if so is kind of disappointing) or it could be the elusive HTC Mondrian (as referenced in the 100MB ROM). As the flock of XDA-Developers delved deeper, they happened to stumble upon more pieces to this already perplexing puzzle. According to the information extracted, the HTC Mondrian could be packing a 4.3-inch WVGA (480x800) display and a 1.3GHz QSD8650A/B Qualcomm Snapdragon. Which if true, will quite possibly make the Droid Incredible and EVO 4G (or any other handset on the market for that matter) redundant sooner rather than later.

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The History of Daigo Umehara - Street Fighter World Champion

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The History of Daigo Umehara - Street Fighter World Champion

When you think of the greatest to ever play the game of basketball you think of Micahel Jordan. When you think about the greatest to ever play Street Fighter, Daigo Umehara is the first that comes to mind.

He’s a living legend, winning tournament after tournament, and time and time again defeating his own Ken Master, his international rival, Justin Wong. Watch as his story unfolds in this short film about who he is and what he’s accomplished. 

Part 2 can be seen HERE