PlayStation 4′s Killzone: Shadow Fall Featured On Jimmy Fallon

Sony unveiled the PlayStation 4 this past Wednesday, which we’re sure you were already aware of. But if you’re not the kind of person to check tech websites on an hourly basis, you might not have been aware such a big announcement occurred. So what better way to educate the gaming public than by showcasing the PlayStation 4 on a late-night talk show like Late Night with Jimmy Fallon?

Jimmy Fallon had Guerrilla Games’ Hermen Hulst to show off Killzone: Shadow Fall on a prototype PlayStation 4 unit. The demo Fallon plays through is the exact demo that was played during the PlayStation 4 event, although he’s probably one of the first people outside of Sony to get his hand,s on the new DualShock 4 controller.

Fallon and guest Anthony Anderson play Killzone: Shadow Fall for a bit and discuss the PlayStation 4. Judging by both Fallon and Anderson’s performance, we’d guess neither of them actually played either a first-person shooter or Killzone before as they both spent a lot of time missing their targets and yelling in fear for their lives.

iPhone 6 news, rumours, specs and release date

There's a new breed of iPhone on the way, code-named “iPhone Math”, according to the rumour mill. There is a good chance that this could be the iPhone 6, a partner to the iPhone 5S, and may even launch at exactly the same time.

This article is based on rumour. We'll update it as more information becomes available.

iPhone 6 = iPhone Math?
The raison d'etre of the iPhone Math, which we'll refer to from now on as the iPhone 6, is that it has a larger screen. 4.8 inches across rather than the four inches of the iPhone 5 and iPhone 5S, it competes rather more directly with the Samsung Galaxy S4, the iPhone series's key rival for 2013.

This screen size creates a number of crucial problems, though. The iPhone 6 needs to maintain compatibility with existing apps, and can't significantly drop pixel density, especially if it's to be a “higher-end” alternative to the iPhone 5S.

If Apple was to simply blow-up the screen of the iPhone 5 to 4.8 inches, pixel density would be 306dpi. That's a solid figure, but less than the 326 of the aged iPhone 4, and more crucially well below the 440dpi of the Samsung Galaxy S4. Even if there's little discernible difference, we doubt whether Apple would make do with such a “low” pixel density.

The other issue is that Apple can't simply make its resolution a bit higher. In the past, Apple has doubled the horizontal and vertical resolutions of its devices when upping resolution. This let the iPhone 4 and the iPad 3 simple double-up on pixels when running apps designed for previous-generation models. Such a move assured near-flawless backwards compatibility.

To pull off the same trick in the iPhone 6, Apple would need to ramp-up resolution to either 2,272 x 1,280 (if it uses the iPhone 5 screen aspect ratio) or 1,920 x 1,280 (if it is to use the iPhone 5S screen aspect. This will result in pixel density of a Samsung Galaxy S4-beating 543dpi, or 480dpi. These may sound impossibly high, but the latter in particular is not far off the 1,920 x 1,080 pixels of the latest 5-inch 1080p phones.

Also, the iPhone 6 is likely to use a new screen technology, Sharp's IGZO. This is an LCD-based panel tech designed for high screen resolutions, and high power efficiency. It's cheaper to produce than current low-temperature polysilicon iPhone 5 screens. IGZO is also flexible.

However, this “iPhone Math” rumour is new, and doesn't deserve all that much weight. The iPhone 6 will come, but will it arrive this year, and will it be a 4.8-inch device? That's the part we can't be so sure of.

We'll be back with more iPhone 6 and iPhone Math news as it appears.

The Sony Xperia V is here for review, dual-core Krait, HD screen and water resistance in tow

We like the trend of capable smartphones, which can stand a little dip in the bath or pool and live to tell the story, without the sacrifice of the good looks.



Out of this very same mold comes the Sony Xperia V, sporting a dual-core Krait processor, a 13 MP FullHD-capable camera and IP67 certification. We’ve got the video after the break.

Android Jelly Bean will come eventually and didn’t make it to the Xperia V out of the box so Ice Cream Sandwich will have to do for now.

Tasks are covered by two 1.5 GHz Krait cores and a gig of RAM while graphics rely on the Adreno 225 GPU.

Sony has covered the Xperia V with its extensive custom launcher that features the Walkman music player, Album gallery, Camera app and much more.

Here’s our video demo of the Xperia V.



An obvious believer in the Xperia arc legacy, the Xperia V features an arched back design and a flat front surface.

Aside from the front-facing glass screen the smartphone relies mainly on plastic for its enclosure.

That’s not to say we dislike its matte finish that is no friend to smudges and fingerprints or the back panel’s rubbery feel.


Sony Xperia V live images

The Xperia V isn’t a contender for the big leagues anymore, that place is reserved for the likes of the Xperia Z. But it still looks the part and brings to the market a solid feature set with a water-resisting twist.

Stay tuned for our in-depth review.

Samsung Galaxy Music leak shows budget music phone

A fresh batch of leaked images are hot from the oven, wafting a whiff of a new addition to Samsung's Galaxy range our way. Before you get too excited about an S3 replacement, the leaked slides show off a music-focused mobile with specs to suit a very modest budget.

The new blower is detailed in what appears to be leaked marketing shots, unearthed by SamMobile, along with a full specification list. The phone will apparently offer a 3-inch screen with a 240x320-pixel resolution, along with a single-core 850MHz processor under the hood.

Those aren't exactly top-end specs and they certainly don't compare to the flagship S3's 720p screen and quad-core chip, but this phone is evidently aimed firmly at a young audience. It packs speakers at the top and bottom of the handset to help make your music sound a little meatier than it would with standard built-in speakers.

That does, of course, mean that the backs of our nation's buses are likely to be polluted with the irritating sound of tinny dance music. Fingers crossed Samsung bundles it with decent headphones, or at least makes the battery life so poor it can't get through more than two plays of Call Me Maybe.

It's running on Android Ice Cream Sandwich, which isn't the latest version of Android, but that can be forgiven on a budget phone like this. It has an internal memory of only 4GB, which is pitiful, especially if it's designed to store and play music. But it does at least house a microSD card slot to expand the storage with an extra 32GB.

There's no word on how much this phone is likely to cost, but if it wants to set up home in a kid's pocket, it shouldn't cost more than £150 on pay as you go. Samsung has an official event planned for 11 October in Germany, so make sure to keep it CNET UK for all the latest news.

Does the Galaxy Music excite you? Do you love nothing more than to play your music aloud from your phone on the train? Do you look forward to people throwing coffee at you? Let me know in the comments below or over on our Facebook page.

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