Author: Brett Venter

So you’re considering a virtual reality headset, are you? Printer and laptop maker HP are hoping to tempt you away from the more established offerings from Facebook-owned Oculus and the HTC/Valve collaboration known as the Vive. Their newest offering is called the Reverb and with it HP hopes that a better pair of screens will make you turn your eyes in its direction. HP’s Reverb headset isn’t new. We saw it under a different name back in February this year, when it was still being referred to as Copper. Not much has changed, besides the specifications being confirmed. And availability…

There’s a new subscription service in town… but this time it’s for the printed word.

Like Apple products and services? Well now it can be your bank, too… if you live in the US or Canada.

With 100+ titles at launch and cross-device support Apple’s game subscription service could be a force with which to be reckoned.

Apple’s Apple TV announcement was almost a disappointment, but then it went ahead and brought out the big guns by announcing Apple TV Channels and Apple TV+.

Samsung’s folding smartphone, the Galaxy Fold, has prompted more than a little talk. Most of this has been about the phone’s so-called crease, the central area of the phone where the actual display bends. The company has been going to great lengths to conceal the line down the middle of the screen. When the phone was revealed in February this year, Samsung didn’t actually allow folks to handle it. Promotional material has been shying away from showing the crease as well. I fold That’s all changed. A hands-on video of the Galaxy Fold has been doing the rounds online and…

Okay, okay, so there’s hasn’t any sort of backlash against this new announcement but we had to take a shot at Activision after what happened during the announcement of Diablo Immortal. Acti has revealed Call of Duty Mobile, a smartphone-focused title designed to take on the likes of PUBG and Fortnite on Android and iOS. Because if those folks can release successful smartphone shooters, so can Activision. Right? 

This week in Light Start, we’ve got an Apple Watch study, James Gunn returns for Guardians 3, the newest Avengers: Endgame trailer, and Notmycar.

We’re a long way out from Apple’s annual iPhone reveal but that doesn’t mean that folks aren’t still (always) trying to puzzle what’s coming next from the company. The newest talk about town? Apple’s going to be hopping on the triple-camera bandwagon for the iPhone 11. And if it’s true, helped along with an apparent design leak, we’re not really sold on the design. It doesn’t feel like something Apple would do, you know?

Hey, you know what we really need? A bunch of highly-specific smartwatches, tailored to one of several very specific activities. Just kidding, you never need anything like that. Unless you’re making a living doing said activities, we guess. Wanting them, though? That’s another story. And we certainly want to give Garmin’s new MARQ line of connected tool watches a closer look.