Review: PS3 DualShock 3 Controller – 'Underwhelming' April 5, 2008

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The biggest gaming product on offer in recent weeks hits the US today and it’s the long-awaited, DualShock 3 controller for the PS3.

What’s the big deal, you might ask? Well, it returns the rumble to the PS3 controller, something the Sixaxis lost due to Sony’s spat with Immersion. Now they’re all pals again, the DualShock 3 is the result, bringing some much-missed rumbling back onto the new console’s games.

Nike+ SportBand Jogs Past On April 10 April 5, 2008

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Listen up runners, Nike has just added the latest toy to its range of exercise devices, the Nike+ SportBand.

The SportBand wristwatch promises to provide runners with ‘real-time performance feedback during a run, while linking them to the world’s largest running club’.

In a similar way to how the Nike+ iPod Sport Kit allows trainers to talk to the iPod nano, the wristwatch does pretty much the same job, just without needing an iPod. The band allows runners to check time, pace, distance and calories burned without stopping.

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