ITS THURSDAY, JANUARY 20.
I'M NATALI MORRIS AND IT'S TIME TO GET LOADED.
AMAZON HAS ACQUIRED LOVEFILM, WHICH IS EUROPE'S VERSION OF NETFLIX.
LOVEFILM IS A MOVIE RENTAL AND STREAMING SERVICE.
THIS RELATIONSHIP ISN'T COMPLETELY NEW.
AMAZON ALREADY HAD A 42 PERCENT STAKE IN THE COMPANY.
NINTENDO ANNOUNCED PRICING AND AVAILABILITY FOR THE 3DS.
THIS IS THE 3D PORTABLE GAMING SYSTEM.
THE DEVICE COMES OUT ON MARCH 27 AND WILL COST $250.
IT WILL COME IN BLACK OR BLUE AND HAVE OVER 30 TITLES OPTIMIZED TO PLAY IN 3D INCLUDING MADDEN NFL, STREET FIGHTER, AND THE LEGEND OF ZELDA.
YOU CAN NOW PORT YOUR OWN PHONE NUMBER OVER TO YOUR GOOGLE VOICE ACCOUNT.
ORIGINALLY GOOGLE ASSIGNED YOU A NEW PHONE NUMBER WHEN YOU SIGNED UP FOR ITS VOICE SERVICE.
IN ORDER TO USE YOUR GOOGLE VOICE NUMBER, THE SERVICE WOULD HAVE TO FORWARD CALLS TO YOUR OTHER MAIN NUMBER.
IT WAS A LITTLE CONFUSING.
NOW YOU CAN CHANGE OR PORT YOUR OWN NUMBER INTO YOUR ACCOUNT AND GOOGLE WILL START USING THAT AS YOUR CALL-OUT MAIN NUMBER.
IT DOES COST $20 AND THE FEATURE IS NOT YET AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE.
WHEN YOU THINK OF MOBILE FACEBOOK, YOU THINK OF IPHONE OR ANDROID, RIGHT?
WELL FACEBOOK WANTS THOSE WITHOUT SMARTPHONES TO JOIN IN THE MOBILE FUN TOO.
THEY LAUNCHED FACEBOOK FOR FEATURES PHONES THIS WEEK, WHICH IS THEIR NICE WAY OF SAYING THIS IS FOR THOSE OF YOU WITHOUT SMARTPHONES.
IT WORKS ON OVER 2500 DEVICES FROM NOKIA, SONY, LG, AND MORE AND IT DOES MOST OF THE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO IN FACEBOOK.
VERIZON WIRELESS CUSTOMERS WHO RECENTLY BOUGHT A PHONE BUT WANT THE NEW IPHONE CAN NOW GET A $200 GIFT CARD TOWARD THE PURCHASE OF A PHONE.
THIS WILL MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER IF YOU WANT TO MAKE THE SWITCH BUT YOU DO HAVE TO PAY THE NON-SUBSIDIZED PRICE FOR THE PHONE.
T-MOBILE IS ROLLING OUT A SERVICE THAT WILL PREVENT YOU FROM TEXTING WHILE DRIVING, WHICH I SINCERELY HOPE YOU ARE NOT DOING.
EVER.
THE APPLICATION IS CALLED DRIVESMART PLUS.
IT CALCULATES THE SPEED OF YOUR CAR AND PUTS THE PHONE INTO DRIVER MODE.
THIS WILL FORWARD ALL CALLS TO A BLUETOOTH DEVICE AND INTERCEPT ALL TEXT MESSAGES SO YOU WON'T SEE THEM.
IT WILL AUTO RESPOND TO THE MESSAGES WITH AN "I'M DRIVING" MESSAGE.
YOU CAN OVERRULE THESE FEATURES IF, SAY, YOU ARE THE PASSENGER OF THE CAR.
THE SERVICE COSTS $4.99 AND ONLY WORKS WITH THE OPTIMUS T FOR NOW.
AND FINALLY ABOUT THAT PLAYBOY APP FOR THE IPAD, IT IS NOT REALLY AN APP AFTER ALL.
PC MAGAZINE REPORTS THAT PLAYBOY IS GETTING AROUND APPLE'S NO-ADULT-CONTENT RULE BY BRINGING ITS CONTENT TO THE IPAD VIA THE WEB BROWSER.
SO I GUESS WE COULD SAY WHEN IT COMES TO THE NAKED LADIES: THERE'S NOT AN APP FOR THAT.
THAT IS YOUR NEWS OF THE DAY.
IF YOU WANT MORE ABOUT ANY OF OUR STORIES TODAY, VISIT CNET-DOT-COM-SLASH-LOADED.
SEE YOU TOMORROW.
I'M NATALI MORRIS FOR CNET.COM AND YOU'VE JUST BEEN LOADED.
