Next Xbox Will Upgrade Xbox 360 Games to Look Amazing, Use New Controller Features

matt buchanan — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:00:00 EDT

I don't even know how this would work, but Xbox Evolved says that the next Xbox (720 or Next, whatever) won't just be backward-compatible with games, it'll be forward-compatible. What the hell does that mean? Forward-compatibility would mean that games made for the 360 will be able to take full advantage of the next Xbox's muscle to look more amazing and like that generaation—not just cleaner textures and higher resolutions, but better frame rate, draw distance, the whole deal. Also, it would mean features in the 720's controller would be used in the game as well—in effect, yanking it forward a generation.

Xbox Evolved says that Microsoft is “testing the waters” on the next Xbox's final specs, but wants to put this option out to developers sooner, rather than later. The whole thing sounds a bit too good to be true (meaning it probably is), but they say that it's from one of the same sources that told them the Xbox 360 hard drive would be optional long before it was official, as crazy as it sounded at the time. [Xbox Evolved via Xbox Scene]

T-Mobile's 3G Plan Details Coming December 6th?

Brian Lam — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 12:42:47 EST

We've heard things like this before without results, but The Inquirer is reporting that a reader was tipped off to TMO US 3G handsets and plans. That rep replied with a date of December 6th, citing internal docs. It's a thin thread to hang this rumor off of, but last September, T-Mobile won an auction for 2100 and 1700MHz bands covering 474 million people. One would hope they're pulling the trigger sooner or later on 3G. I mean, their attempts to blanket the country in Wi-Fi haven't exactly replaced EDGE. Probability guess-timate: 20%. [Inq]

Gizmodo: big fat rumor

Next Xbox Will Upgrade Xbox 360 Games to Look Amazing, Use New Controller Features

T-Mobile's 3G Plan Details Coming December 6th?