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  • Uncharted 4 Reveal Coming Tomorrow?

    // Gradly // blog, Consoles, Games, News, PS3, Rants & Raves, Rumors, Sony No Responses

    Uncharted 4 Teaser Site?

    Uncharted 4 Teaser Site?

    A mysterious teaser site pointing to a March 22 reveal has popped up with a style very similar to Naughty Dog‘s Uncharted series franchise. PlayStation Norway has posted a picture of Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen along that site.

    Fridtjof Nansen

    Fridtjof Nansen

    The image was published on Facebook, Nansen’s face is obscured by the word ‘uutforsket‘, which translates to ‘unexplored‘, or uncharted ??. Traveler Nansen is known for crossing Greenland and also reaching a record northern latitude of 8614′ during his North Pole expedition.

    Another tidbits surrounding the teaser site, the font used in writing the date is the same stencil type used in all Uncharted games, the .no Norway domain used for the page and the map used which is a pre-1914 map of Christiania, Former name of Oslo, are obviously in some way the reveal tied to Norway in particular.

    Sony Denmark launched in the past a similar teaser campaign led up to Uncharted 3, the teasing site Uutforsket.dk which looked almost identical to the current campaign, but with a map of Copenhagen in the background However the guys at Naughty Dog are currently split into two teams, one still working on The Last of Us and the other is probably working on the next Uncharted game.

  • Apple Sells 3 Million 3rd Generation iPads in 3 Days

    // Gradly // Apple, blog, iPad, iPhone, News, Rants & Raves No Responses

    The new iPad

    The new iPad

    Apple has recently held a conference call discussing Apple’s plans for its $100 billion cash balance, they are initiating a dividend and share repurchase program later this year, during that Apple CEO Tim Cook said the company saw “record” sales for the new iPad in its opening weekend. Now Apple elaborated on that by issuing an official press release showing how many new iPads were sold in the three days following the product’s launch last Friday; three million new iPads sold in just three days:

    The new iPad is a blockbuster with three million sold―the strongest iPad launch yet,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. “Customers are loving the incredible new features of iPad, including the stunning Retina display, and we can’t wait to get it into the hands of even more customers around the world this Friday.

    These are some interesting tidbits showing iPad and iPhone sales over time.

    • Apple sold 1 million iPads in 28 days after the device went on sale in April 2010;
    • 2 million iPads were sold in less than 60 days;
    • 3 million first-gen iPads were sold in 80 days;
    • 3 million new iPads sold in three days.
    • 4 million iPhone 4S sold in 3 days.

  • Prometheus Official Trailer Released

    // Gradly // blog, Movies, Sci Fi, Trailer No Responses

    Prometheus Movie Poster

    Prometheus Movie Poster

    Fox has unleashed the official trailer to Prometheus! which billed as a prequel to the 1979 classic “Alien.” The trailer of Ridley Scott‘s directed movie looks incredibly epic.

    The movie stars: Charlize Theron, Michael Fassbender and Noomi Rapace. Watch it out below:

    Official Synopsis:

    In the distant future, two superpowers control Earth and fight each other for all the solar system’s natural resources. When one side dispatches a team to a distant planet to terraform it for human colonization, the team discovers an indigenous race of bio-mechanoid killers.

    Ridley Scott, director of ‘Alien’ and ‘Blade Runner,’ returns to the genre he helped define. With PROMETHEUS, he creates a groundbreaking mythology, in which a team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a thrilling journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.

    Prometheus hits theaters on June 8, 2012

    A new internatioanl traile with new footage released! Watch it below:

  • Microsoft Office 15 Gets Metro-like Makeover

    // Gradly // blog, Metro, Microsoft, News, Rants & Raves, Reviews, Software No Responses

    The new Office 15 is being designed for the Desktop, and isn’t a Metro app. But a first look at it reveals that it’s getting a Metro-like makeover, according to Paul Thurrott from Supersite for Windows. That might not be good news for Office users.

    Microsoft Office 15 Gets Metro-like Makeover

    Microsoft Office 15 Gets Metro-like Makeover

    Office 15 is now only available as a Technical Preview to a select group of beta testers, but Thurrot got his hands on it, and gives it a brief review. He installed it on a tablet running the Windows 8 Consumer Preview. He ran into some trouble upgrading from the existing Office 2010 Professional.

    Office 15 clearly is being designed with tablets in mind, the ribbon is present but minimized by default, helping create that clean, Metro-style minimalist look. There is a new tab and the whole experience has got a Metro-style minimalist look.

    Check out some screenshots below:

    Microsoft Office 15 Gets Metro-like Makeover

    Microsoft Office 15 Gets Metro-like Makeover

    Microsoft Office 15 Gets Metro-like Makeover

    Microsoft Office 15 Gets Metro-like Makeover

    Microsoft Office 15 Gets Metro-like Makeover

    Microsoft Office 15 Gets Metro-like Makeover