Ring in the ‘Year of the Rabbit’ with Star Wars Jewelry

Friday. 28 January. 2011. 1:57 pm

Get your geek bling right here in Hong Kong.

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Seleven Gallery in Tsim Sha Tsui is bringing a new level of sophistication to rich geeks in our fair city. Enter: Marvel Super Jewelry!

If those superhero accessories we showed you last year were too mainstream for your tastes then its time to show off your real love for superheroes and sci-fi character starting with this amazing C-3PO ring for only HK$4,200 or a Chewbacca one for HK$2,520.

Not into Star Wars? You’ve got everyone’s favorite wallcrawler Spider-Man, Batman, Alien, Venom and even Gundam to save you this Chinese New Year. And since we’re so close to Valentine’s Day ladies, think about buying your dude one of these – it will no doubt endure you to him forever in a galaxy far, far away…

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The Playstation Suite is Bringing Sony Closer to Android

Thursday. 27 January. 2011. 5:21 pm

Holy S#!T, Sony steps up its game at today’s Playstation Meeting 2011.

playstationsuite The Playstation Suite is Bringing Sony Closer to Android

Ok so 2 big announcements from Sony today – a new PSP and a way to get Playstation games on your Android device.

The new PSP is codenamed NGP (Next Generation Playstation? So clever!) is going to be quite the badass:

  • WiFi and 3G connectivity with built-in GPS
  • 5″ OLED screen
  • Multi-touch
  • Oval design form
  • Dual analog sticks
  • LiveArea (or XboxLive for PSP)
  • Flash card game media!

We’re not done yet – it looks like that Sony Playstation Phone we have on our Top 2011 gadgets goes further than just a new Android phone…

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Nintendo Shipping 3DS in March

Thursday. 20 January. 2011. 2:52 pm
March 27, 2011

Is this the next generation for Nintendo or the last?

nds3d Nintendo Shipping 3DS in March

Nintendo has confirmed that the worldwide launch for the 3DS will be on March 27th – at a whopping US$250/HK$1,950!

Amazon has it up for pre-sale now but with no discounts yet on the black or aqua colored 3.5 inch screened device that doesn’t require you to wear glasses to see the 3D effect, which apparenty isn’t going to be like Avatar but more like cardboard cut-outs that add depth to the characters – so yes, sort of like Clash of the Titans.

And the 3DS is going to launch with at least 7 games that you all will want from Super Street Fighter 4 to Legend of Zelda to Lego Star Wars to Nintendogs – ok maybe not that last one. And 30 more to hit the stores by early June.

We personally haven’t seen this thing yet but we are excited to try it out. But after playing retina display iPhone games how will these games compare even in 3D and how long before the next iPhone also has 3D capabilities?

HP Palm Tablets Announcement on February 9th

Thursday. 20 January. 2011. 11:48 am

Well, actually today if you have a browser and an internet connection.

Topaz HP Palm Tablets Announcement on February 9thEngadget released these CG renders of HP’s entry into the tablet wars after they announced that February 9th they would be hosting a special event not only for media but for developers.

HP appears to be jumping in with 2 sizes – the 9″ Topaz and the 7″ Opal – two price points that will hopefully be priced competitively in the marketplace. From a post at Engadget today a few new specs have been leaked:

  • the Opal will measure 180 x 144 x 13mm
  • Opal and measures in at 241 x 190 x 13mm
  • the “premium audio” we saw on that leaked marketing slide will indeed be powered by HP’s Beats audio processing
  • the tablets will be provided with “tens of gigabytes” of cloud storage
  • inductive charging will, in fact, be a feature of the HP / Palm tablets. (i.e. Touchstone)
  • Flash support
  • Phone-to-Tablet communication — if your smartphone rings it can be answered on the tablet or phone
  • Tap to share: A feature that lets users easily transfer a website, document, or song from the phone to the tablet (or vice versa) simply by tapping the two devices together.
  • the ability to run “up to 20 applications simultaneously”

So before you go jumping onto an iPad or an Android tablet, keep your eye open for the after Chinese New Year announcement from HP to see if their tablets will be a must have or not. The WebOS is a beautiful work of art that came out at the wrong time as a smartphone but after seeing the lackluster Android tablets at CES this may be the place it will shine and enter the race it needs to be in.

‘Black Swan’ Spreads Its Wings in Hong Kong on February 24

Tuesday. 11 January. 2011. 12:32 pm
February 24, 2011

Amidala trades in her lightsabre for a tutu!

blackswan Black Swan Spreads Its Wings in Hong Kong on February 24

Natalie Portman delivers another amazing performance and looks to be on her way to winning a ton of Best Actress awards for Black Swan which finally hits Hong Kong on February 24th.

Why are we posting this one? We liken it as a Fight Club for girls! Director Darren Aronofsky describes his vicious ballet movie as a “werewolf movie” and that’s all we want to say about it so as to not spoil it for you.

Whatever you do mark it down in your calendar as a must-see as it’s definitely one of the best films of 2010, and no not just because of the lesbian scene between Natalie and the recently-single Mila Kunis – ok maybe a little.

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