Neowin News Feed for: Region

Samsung now region-locking phones; stops you using local SIM cards when you travel

Andy Weir — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 07:31:00 +0000

Samsung has begun to region-lock its smartphones, with the company confirming that it is preventing new devices bought in one region using SIM cards bought in another, starting with the Galaxy Note 3. Read more...

Confirmed: Microsoft is testing streamlined region porting for Xbox Live

Brad Sams — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 23:03:29 +0000

Microsoft is about to make porting your Xbox Live account to a new region much easier and we have obtained all the information you will need relating to this process including screenshots of the tool. Read more...

PS3's Home: Region locked

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:10:07 +0000

Sony's PlayStation 3 Home service – which has been constantly beset with delays since launch – is going to be 'region-locked' according to a Sony rep at E3. While users will be able to visit... Read more...

HD DVD Movie Titles to be Region Free

Thu, 13 Oct 2005 15:53:47 +0000

The DVD forum organized the "DVD Forum Japan Conference 2005" on Thursday. Industry sposkmen presented the progrees that had been made in HD DVD standardization, introduced the updated format roadmap and also unveiled that the... Read more...

Software Round-up, Reget, The Bat & DVD Region Free

Steven Parker — Tue, 03 Dec 2002 11:49:02 +0000

Erick of SLO.ru has informed us of these following updates, enjoy! ReGet Delux 3.2.157 the powerful download manager. Aimed at advanced and professional users it comes with extra features (advanced scheduler,... Read more...