Indeed. Apple basically sells a premium product with its iPhone just like it does with its computers. Android, being available to a huge range of manufacturers, covers the entire spectrum from the bargain basement low-end "shovel ware" to the same premium market the iPhone caters to.

This is what I found as well. I usually waited for a few weeks to see if I actually needed any of the supposedly "required" books.

I'll be getting it for PS3, but those recommended specs are impressively low. The Unreal 3 engine is pretty amazing.

It isn't just the consumer they're worried about. It's the competition. If you have a great new idea you're developing, having it leak means that not only will the consumer hear about it prematurely, but your competitors will as well. And there goes your advantage out the window.

Bingo.

I'm guessing it's more of a spec race than anything. 4.3" is more than 3.5". More is always better, right?

I really like what Razer is trying to achieve. I've owned two of their mice. Annoyingly, the second of which because the Mac driver for the first one was and still is completely useless and crippled. But, I digress:

I had a similar Casio years ago. It served its purpose nicely.

Honestly, when I first heard the term ultra book, the first laptop that came to mind was something like a 19 inch Alienware gaming laptop that spits out massive amounts of heat and noise constantly, but is more powerful than 90% of already powerful desktops. The "ultra" prefix brings with it connotations of giant size…

I came into this thread ready to vote for interfacelift. I then checked out wallbase, spent a good hour or so saving all kinds of awesome stuff, and... well... I voted wallbase.

I use Gmail, Search, Maps, and Earth. iCloud and Dropbox cover the rest quite nicely. Is Bing actually good now? I guess there's only one way to find out...

Anyone who says Kotaku's commenters are "the worst" has clearly never been to Youtube, Blabbermouth, Engadget, GSMArena... the list goes on.

I guess if you're enough of a nutcase to wait in line, outside, in freezing weather, for long periods of time for a goddamn phone, you're probably enough of a nutcase to start rioting when you can't have it.

Agreed. The Metro/Classic paradigms seem to distinct to me. It seems designed so one will be discarded in favour of the other. Sort of like DOS and Windows, I guess. But, I'd argue that in that case, Windows was genuinely more functional than DOS (based on my memory, at least). In this case, Metro is most certainly…

I've been very happy with iCloud so far. Contacts (groups and everything), calendars (4 of them, and reminders), photos, bookmarks, music (including iTunes Match... admittedly, album artwork is still buggy) have been syncing with my iPhone seamlessly. I'm extremely impressed with the service. Google's services have…

The same interface we've already seen in loads of previews (without any actual interface interaction), a few flowers in HD... apparently I'm missing something.

These look bloody awesome! If Apple ever totally messes something up for me, this (+ Linux) is likely where I'd turn.

Oooooh! I'd love for this to be right!

While a lot of games on this list seem interesting, I can only state four for sure purchases:

Exactly. If the games are good, people will play them, even if the system never leaves the house. Portables in general have always offered a different, more intimate gaming experience. I can't imagine having played Pokemon Red all those years ago on a big TV or something. When you combine that with the Vita's vast…