Trainz Simulator THD launches for Android tablets

Oh yes. This is niche. After a relatively successful spell on iOS devices, N3V Games has published its railway management game Trainz Simulator on the Android Market. In return for around £3.32 you get to “build and operate the railroad of your dreams” via a game optimised for use on tablets – with graphical enhancements for those using Tegra 2 hardware.
The game's listing says it requires Android 2.3 or higher to run, so if you have a relatively modern tablet it ought to be available.

Check out the full listing on the Market, where one of the feature bullet points is “Drive Loads of Trains”.


Eurodroid, Trainz Simulator THD launches for Android tablets

Samsung Wave 578 with NFC and Bada 1.1 will be out tomorrow in Singapore

The Samsung Wave 578 is the first Bada phone to have support for NFC. We first heard about it in April, and back then the story was that it would hit the streets in June. While that hasn't happened, the Wave 578 will become available in Singapore tomorrow. Samsung's Singapore arm announced that on Twitter earlier. If you're in Singapore, tomorrow you'll be able to pick up a Wave 578 for S$338. The Wave 578 runs Bada 1.1 and comes with a 3.2-inch WQVGA touchscreen, a 455 MHz processor, quad-band GSM and dual-band 3G support, a 3.2 MP camera, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, and a microSD card slot.

Unwired View, Samsung Wave 578 with NFC and Bada 1.1 will be out tomorrow in Singapore

MacBook Air Makes Room for Baby Thunderbolt

A teardown of the new 13-inch MacBook Air reveals the logic board, in its tiny, mighty glory. Photo courtesy of iFixit. A quick peek under the hood of Apple's new MacBook Air reveals the company's diligent efforts to squeeze in its brand-new Thunderbolt technology.
Gadget repair site iFixit dissected the new laptop to look at its chip board, which includes an Intel Core i5 processor and an integrated Intel HD 3000 graphics chip.


Gadget Lab, MacBook Air Makes Room for Baby Thunderbolt

Alibaba-Made Aliyun Smartphone Comes to China

China-based e-commerce giant Alibaba is about to introduce its own smartphone by the end of July. The new Android-based Aliyun smartphone, which was manufactured in association with chipset supplier Nvidia and Chinese cell phone maker K-Touch, will feature e-commerce and cloud computing capabilities. The device features a Nvidia Tegra 2 dual-core CPU, in-house Aliyun mobile OS, and a dedicated cloud button (using the “äº'” character) that functions as a search button. It also offers a variety of apps developed by Alibaba such as Aliyun Notes, Ali Mail, and a dedicated app store.

Gadget.com, Alibaba-Made Aliyun Smartphone Comes to China

Mystery HTC device leaked on Flickr – first Ice Cream Sandwich hardware?

There's something a little odd going on with this Flickr account. It's hosting piles and piles of photos of what would appear to be a new HTC Android phone undergoing testing. Also, look at this one – capacitive buttons beneath the screen in landscape mode.





Eurodroid, Mystery HTC device leaked on Flickr â€" first Ice Cream Sandwich hardware?

LG Optimus 3D now available at Three UK, free from £35 per month

A couple of weeks after it finally went on sale in the UK SIM-free and unlocked, the LG Optimus 3D is now available at Three. The Optimus 3D is the world's first 3D-enabled smartphone, and as such may be very interesting to those who are into such gimmickry. Three offers the Optimus 3D for free with 24-month contracts starting at £35 per month. For that amount, you can get a plan with 500 minutes, 5000 texts, and 1 GB of data.

Unwired View, LG Optimus 3D now available at Three UK, free from £35 per month

Chameleon scooter folds up to be electric skateboard

Now here is a device that is not only green, it looks extremely stylish. “Chameleon”, as it is called,  might seem to be a scooter at first glance, but if you decide to take a different approach in traveling from point A to point B, just drop the telescopic handles down, and fold it up into the body of the Chameleon, riding it all the way to your destination on an electric skateboard instead. .

Ubergizmo, Chameleon scooter folds up to be electric skateboard