Facebook Smartens Up with Plans of Launching Its Own Smartphone

Is this news you would actually 'Like'? Facebook will unveil its smartphone by 2013.

According to The New York Times, Facebook has been busy recruiting the best engineers to work on the FB smartphone hardware. Known as the social network’s 3rd try to develop a decent smartphone. This timely news comes as the Goog has recently acquired Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. Facebook obviously doesn't want to be left behind so it has up its ante into the smartphone hardware business. It has enough funding in its coffers to do what the Goog does and venture on profitable hardware tech.

Would You Strum This gTar?

Strum away feisty fingers because Incident’s now-famous gTar, which was launched both on the Disrupt Battlefield stage and on Kickstarter, has made upwards of $120,000 on Kickstarter since its launch.
Kickstarter is a great place to launch a product. Remember the Pebble smart watch, which saw over $1 million in funding in its first 28 hours on the site, and surpassing $3 million well over a month before their stated goal?

The gTar by Incident makes the steep learning curve of this popular musical instrument a bit easier and a lot of fun. The developer trumps that their new twist on guitar playing features only 3 stages of difficulty, rather than the much-frustrating traditional single difficult learning level. All thanks to the Apple iPhone and one smart app, this electronic guitar basically guide users through thr rhythms of a guitar. All that for $450 though!

Sony’s PlayStation Vita 3G

Heralding the arrival of the Sony’s PlayStation Vita 3G, the $300 Wi-Fi model takes the portable gaming experience up a notch. Here are a few of the essential points of the PlayStation Vita:

•     Front and rear camera
•     Motion sensors
•     Built in GPS
•     3G connectivity with data plan
•     Five-inch touch screen
•     Rear touch panel
•     Dual joysticks on both ends

The PlayStation Vita has everything you need such as input devices and flexible controls. Fantastic games for diehards is definitely promising and in the future of the Vita 3G.

The retail price though is outright higher than their brand rivals such as the Nintendo 3DS. The 3DS comes in at $170, but goes without the 3G connectivity and less graphical juice where the PlayStation Vita is king when it comes to "per pixel" power. Though one could manage decent gaming with an iPhone, its nothing compared to the fun with the PlayStation Vita 3G. Sony also offers the PlayStation Vita in a model without 3G connectivity for $250, which is a great move to show some gamer love, but still much more pricey than the market competition.