It doesn’t do much for most people, but for the people who hang around wireless access points like bacteria hang around my laundry basket, then this is good news. The Nokia N810 is now cheaper, and by quite a bit. $US90 has been shaved off the RRP of the device, probably in the light of the replacement model in the air (and pressure from all the MID news). The price drop should be available now, so what are you waiting for?

For more info, click over to Engadget.

You have probably heard it already, but the Xbox 360 has dropped by up to 80 Euros in Europe (derr). It is now cheaper then the Wii. Don’t expect those prices to live long though, because the rumoured 60GB Xbox is coming, and you can expect that to push the price up again.

For more info, click over to Engadget.

Microsoft have officially dropped the price of some Vista packages. The highest price drop has been seen on Ultimate, which is now available for $US320, down from $US400. Does this mean you will buy it instead of downloading it from your favourite bittorrent site? Probably not.

For more info, click over to Engadget.

If you didn’t hear, Apple have done the memory upgrade on the Touch and iPhone, making the already delicious devices more so. Remembering that Creative and a slew of other portable audio manufactures had already released their 32GB players, it makes sense that prices drops are bound to happen. The first device to feel the heat of Apples upgrades is the highly regarded Creative Zen 32GB PMP. The original price was $US329, and has now dropped down to $US299. Do they accept checks?

For more info, click over to Crave.

I already talked about the price drop of PS3 dev kits last year. This year it seems the price drop will be repeated, this time for the PSP development kits. Wonder if this will cause an over due influx of PSP games?

For more info, click over to Joystiq.

Blu-Ray has now got the power of the studio’s behind them, so what do Toshiba and the power of the HD have left to fight back with? They have the power of price drop, with HD-DVD players now available for a neat $US129. Two players will see be affected by the price drop, which are the HD-A3 for $129.99 and the HD-A30 for $179.99.
The value is phenomenal for a nextgen player, and still keeps the free HD-DVD movies you get with it (7 movies all up). It is so cheap that Toshiba would almost be losing money on the player, just to get more market share from the fast growing BR format. It seems that the nextgen movie market, may go the same way as the nextgen console market, with companies losing money per player, to then gain the money back on disk sales.
Lets hope Sony follow suit and drop the price on the PS3. With the cost of making the PS3 down, it would be nice to see the consoles price drop.

For more info, click over to DailyTech.

Wouldn’t it be nice if there were awesome games for the PlayStation 3. Sure you have a few new ones that have been just released that aren’t so bad, but most of them are on all gaming platforms. Sony may have noticed that as well, with it now being cheaper to become a developer for the PS3, seeing there has been a price reduction on the cost of the  Playstation 3 Reference Tool. If you are a developer, you can get yours now for $10,250 USD, half of what it use to cost! Lets hope that more game companies will adopt the PS3 and we will finally see some new and unique games for the system.

For more info, click over to the Joystiq Website.

It is all real my friends, and about bloody time as well. The PlayStation 3, the console we lust for (if it had good games that is) and we would love to own, just to wake up in the morning next to it (maybe not that far). The price has dropped in Japan, but only by around 10% (on the 20GB model). That isn’t all either. You can now get the 40GB model over there for 11% cheaper then the now price dropped 20GB (you lose a few things but it is still quite a bit cheaper). The price are now 44,980 yen ($US384) for the 20GB and for around 40,000 yen ($US340) you can get the 40GB model. Maybe all these PS3 changes will have the same affect as the PSP Slim?

For a lot more info, fly over to the PCMag Website.

Good news for all you Aussies like Mwah (me for those who don’t speak idiot) who also can’t afford the $AU999 PS3. It is now confirmed that Australia will also get the new 40GB model, which other then being cut down by a bit, will also be a few hundred dollars cheaper. Though it isn’t cheap enough yet to compete with the Wii or X360, it will sell for $AU699. I think it is still about $100 overpriced. Should hit shelves on the 11th of this month (October).

For more info, waddle over to the Kotaku Blog.

So my estimates were off with my take on the whole situation, but I’m a big enough man to fess up. The 40GB PlayStation 3 is real, at least in Europe anyway, and will be priced at a neat €399 (a little above $US560 or $AU630). Still a little pricey seeing you lose some features as well as HDD space. Would have preferred to see this hit at around $AU599 and the 60GB being dropped to $AU799, but little hope of that now isn’t there!

For more info, click over to the Gizmodo Blog.