The iPhone 3G offers the things missing from the original iphone such as 3G and GPS making the must have phone. Its stylish and has great functionality and its by Apple meaning its gonna be a great product.

Ok so now i have very very briefly explained why an iPhone 3G would be a great purchase, now let me explain why i wont be buying one.

The main reason why people who don’t own an iPhone is because of the price tag. Ok so fair enough its a great phone and Apple have even said that the 3G version will be much cheaper, infact only $199, that’s a measly £100! Now dont get your hopes up like i did. Turns out that to get an iPhone for £100 you have to sign up to a 18 month contract for alteast £30 a month exclusive to O2. The total amount for your contract with the £100 just to get the phone would cost you £640! Still overpriced, still not worth it.

You could buy a Nokia N95 out right on pay as you go and still have loads of change for this price! Im quite annoyed how Apple is marketing the iphone at only $199 when clearly you have to pay a whole lot more. As for the pay as you go option for an iPhone 3G, O2 have siad it will be available shortly for pay as you go but no price is confirmed but i can bet it will be sky high considering the contract price.

A year has passed since the original iPhone has came out, there’s lots of people who want one and a 1000 reasons to have one but all the contract and high price nonsense is keeping people well away.

Meet the Xbox 360’s new hardware gadget. It basically slots on the bottom of your controller turning it into a QWERTY-style miniature keyboard for use with the live messenger integration on the Xbox 360.

Granted you could just plug in a USB keyboard but having the keyboard so close to hand is much faster and easier. There’s nothing worse than chatting to someone when you’re let’s say…….playing Rainbow Six Vegas online! As typing with a controller will lose you a few kills at least and reaching down to your USB keyboard is no better.

So overall it ain’t much of a looker but it’s a great idea and for only $29.99 (around £15) you can’t complain. The only problem I see is that it plugs into your headset jack so unless it has another jack planted on the side of this baby, might be a problem for people with wired headsets.

Yet again we are seeing more Halo 3 merchandise and I must say most of it has been quite good, until now. Microsoft has released two limited edition controllers both halo 3 themed one Spartan and one covenant. To put it in the nicest way possible they are the ugliest piece of hardware I have ever seen, just take a look! They look like they were painted in some dodge porcelain factory in china.

The only good point i can think of is the fact that there wireless, even still would you pay $59.99 for one?

Halo 3 is coming out September 25th and oh boy i cant wait to get my hands on it. Of course Microsoft isn’t stupid they know that this is there most anticipated game for the 360 so there shipping out a limited edition Halo 3 themed Xbox 360 console to make there bank balance a little higher. For the ultimate Halo fans or those who have been waiting for the launch of Halo 3 before getting a 360 you might want to think about this one.

Spec wise its not quite an elite in disguise as it only has a 20gb Hard Drive but it does have HDMI.

Heres the full spec list:

Halo 3 Special Edition Wireless Controller
Halo 3 Special Edition 20GB Hard Drive
Halo 3 Special Edition Wired Headset
Halo 3 Special Edition Gamer Pics and Theme (Exclusive download via Xbox LIVE)
Component HD AV Cable
Ethernet Cable
HDMI Port
Play & Charge Kit
One-month Xbox LIVE Gold Membership

BUT! the number one question is does it include the game?? well the answer is NO. So your gonna have to folk out a bit more depending on what version of halo 3 you want.

The cost of this machine is £279/$399 so if your thinking of getting an elite you could save a few pounds/dollars all though you will miss out on the 120gb that comes with the elite.