Google May Stop Censoring Search Results In China This Month [Google]

John Sisler — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:00:56 +0000

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Though details are scarce in these early days, the device here is built “to spec,” so probably running 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. I can tell you that everything ran smoothly. This is obviously too early to make any technical statements, but it really was impressive, and where there are a few hiccups, it’s hard to say whether it was human error or a glitch, but we’ll leave it be for now. This is just demo software.

On to the screenshots—click here if thumbs haven’t loaded, or if you just hate gallery format:

As you can see from the screenshots above, most hubs are fleshed out, though we couldn’t have a look at Marketplace. Some of the shots here are “in between” shots, that moment between tapping a start screen element and the whole hub springing in behind it. There is also one shot of the slide transition from sleep screen—which has a lot of great heads-up information—to the start screen.

There aren’t a ton of answers yet, but what we do know you can find above or in Matt’s piece: Windows Phone 7: Everything Is Different Now

[Windows Phone 7 on Gizmodo]

Street Fighter IV on iPhone Brings New Definition to Sore Thumbs [IPhone]

John Sisler — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:04:34 +0000

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At first glance, Street Fighter IV on the iPhone—coming this March—looks absolutely gorgeous. But it’s most likely what you don’t see that’s really the problem.

While Capcom built the iPhone’s SFIV from original SFIV assets to create one of the most beautiful iPhone games yet, the virtual controls look like to be layered right on top of the two fighters, making all the character artistry in the world a moot point*. I’m one for authenticity where it works, but maybe reconfiguring the layout so that healthbars took up the bottom of the screen would have been a safer call.

But a redesign isn’t necessary. Capcom can just rename iPhone SFIV as Hadouken Thumb War, take my money and call it a day. [IGN via Kotaku]

It should be mentioned, however, that the Bluetooth-enabled head-to-heads sound fantastic.