While the men, like NVIDIA like to show off their new kit at the Consumer Electronics Show it is always good to remember the boys doing exactly the same thing. This year at CES Fulton Innovation will be demonstarting a prototype technology that allows a tablet to act as a …
Read More »ASUS 10 inch tablet leaks ahead of CES
With the first CES related press conferences taking place this morning, details about other products to be shown off at the world's largest technology conference has begun to leak. One of the victims is a 10 inch Android tablet from ASUS. The ASUS ME301T Memo Pad 10 is said to …
Read More »HTC CEO optimistic about the year ahead
HTC took the fast track to smartphone fame in 2010 but spent much of 2012 going nowhere. While we were relatively impressed by the One X flagship Android smartphone and its Windows Phone 8 devices are impressive, HTC went on to release many handsets for no apparent reason – an act …
Read More »Corning introduces Gorilla Glass 3 with improved scratch resistance
Another year and another version of Corning's Gorilla Glass has been announced. As you might expect the third iteration of Gorilla Glass is even tougher than its predecessors. According to Corning, Gorilla Glass 3 has a three times the scratch resistance, a 40 percent reduction in the number of visible …
Read More »Samsung will launch multiple Tizen devices this year
Tizen is another open source mobile platform, similar to Google's Android, that is instead maintained by a primary decision making group. As you might have guessed from the title, one half of this governing body is Samsung; the other is Intel. Other partners include Huawei, Panasonic and the United States' …
Read More »Samsung updates Series 3 Chromebox
Samsung first introduced their Chromebox in late May of 2012 that reminded us perhaps too much of Apple's Mac Mini. In this latest version the aesthetics of the miniature desktop has been modified to look more original. Over its predecessor the new Series 3 Chromebox running Google's Chrome OS has only updated the …
Read More »2013 breaks iOS 6 Do Not Disturb mode
New Years, the night where many of us drink ourselves into a start where we really do not wish to be woken too early the following morning by various notification spam. Fortunately (or perhaps not) a bug has arose in iOS 6 where the recently introduced Do Not Disturb mode …
Read More »Official Sony Xperia Z press shot leaks days ahead of announcement
We first heard about the Sony Yuga back in early November and even then it was apparent that phones like it would set the trend for 2013. A press shot of the device has leaked online revealing its launch name will be the Xperia Z. The smartphone on the left …
Read More »HTC HD2 seen running Windows RT
I was surprised in late November to see the HTC HD2 running Windows Phone 8. Afterall, the Windows Mobile 6.5 device was released only a few months before the launch of Windows Phone 7 in March 2010. The HD2 has a massive developer community behind it and has also had …
Read More »Fujitsu to bring their senior friendly Android smartphone to Europe
As someone who has been working retail as a Summer job, you might just be surprised how much of a demand there is for senior friendly handsets of any kind. The ones I have run into have been your standard cheap candy bar with big buttons. Fortunately, reports suggest Fujitsu will bring …
Read More »Nokia’s Windows RT tablet to include battery-equipped keyboard cover
Nokia is currently hard at work on a Windows RT tablet of its own that will likely be announced at Mobile World Congress in late February and more details have been revealed. The Verge has learned that it will have a 10.1 inch display and include, or at least be …
Read More »Acer Iconia B1 tablet arriving early next year for around $99
These days you can find cheap Android tablets at most PC retailers. However, most of the time these “bargains” are horrible pieces of technology. In the past six months, the general public's expectations of a cheap tablet has changed considerably with the ASUS Nexus 7, and to an extent the …
Read More »Samsung to demo flexible display technology at CES
With the Consumer Electronics Show just over two weeks away we are starting to get a better idea of what will be teased, demonstrated and unveiled at the convention. The latest reports suggests that Samsung's display division will show off a pair of flexible displays that could one day change …
Read More »Nokia planning Windows RT tablet reveal in February
Nokia has been teasing its own Windows RT based tablet as early as March when Nokia's lead designer, Marko Ahtisaari, was said to be spending up to a third of his time working on a tablet design. No results have come of this week just yet but reports are now …
Read More »Infographic: Android’s rise to fame
These days Apple's iPhones are not the pinncale of the smartphone world; and mainstream media outlets now refer to smartphones as smartphones instead of iPhones. Android is currently the most popular smartphone operating system across the world and could quite easily take the tablet throne in 2013. The infographic below …
Read More »NVIDIA Tegra 4 details leak out
Currently, NVIDIA's Tegra 3 mobile chipset is the oldest of the bunch when compared to the equivalent offerings from Samsung's Exynos team and Qualcomm and is the most in need of a refresh so it is no surprise that details over Tegra 4 “Wayne” have been leaked online. The Tegra …
Read More »Google brings library matching to Play Music
Users who are heavy into Android and other Google services have today been given another reason to use the Play Music service. The competing iTunes and Amazon services have had library matching for a while now, at a charge of $25 per year. Google will take record label charges on …
Read More »HTC reportedly cans idea for larger Windows Phone
Thus far HTC have announced and released two Windows Phone 8 devices; the Windows Phone 8S by HTC and Windows Phone 8X by HTC. Both devices are somewhat small by today's standard and neither carry specifications worthy of a true flagship. Back in late June specifications were leaked for a …
Read More »The HTC Butterfly is not headed to Europe afterall
After being announced nearly two weeks ago, it has been revealed that the ‘international' model of HTC's 1080p flagship device is not destined for European markets. Japanese and United States variants have already been announced and released in the form of the J Butterfly and Droid DNA. Right now, the …
Read More »Nokia could be looking to release a Juggernaut
The trend for the smartphone market at the moment is undoubtedly bigger is better. A few years ago, we were looking at 3.5 inch displays; a figure that has since jumped to the higher ranks of the 4 inch range. Thus far, Windows Phone devices has for the most part …
Read More »The Nokia Lumia 920’s refresh rate is 5.4x quicker than the iPhone 5
When you are in the market for a new smartphone we always look at the size of the display and often the resolution but never the refresh rate of the chosen panel. While the size of the display may have the most obvious effect on the usability and more than …
Read More »Dell retires from the smartphone arena, without really being in it
Dell has never been overly active or popular in the smartphone arena. Their only modern day attempts have been the Android powered Streak series and the Venue Pro Windows Phone 7.x device. None of these devices ever gained traction in the highly competitive smartphone market. At the recent Dell World …
Read More »Samsung takes its opportunity to mock Apple Maps
A few days ago Victorian Police warned people against using Apple Maps as it was, and is, “potentially life threatening” as instead of guiding users to a town in the Australian outback, users were directed to the middle of a National Park. Some unfortunate motorists have found themselves stranded without …
Read More »Acer debuts higher specced Chromebook for $299
After introducing the enticingly cheap Acer C7 Chromebook in November, Acer are back again with a higher specced C7 Chromebook; this time priced at $299. For an extra $100 the RAM is doubled to 2 GB, the hard drive size increases from 320 GB to 500 GB and claimed battery …
Read More »Nokia survey reveals possible Windows Phone 7.8 features
With Windows Phone 7.8 currently rumoured for an early 2013 release following the launch of Windows Phone 8, we are gradually starting to get a better idea of what features Microsoft will include in the watered-down version of its flagship mobile platform. We have known for quite a while now …
Read More »Oppo launches the Find 5, complete with 1080p display
Oppo is an emerging phone manufacturer right out of China and today they have officially announced the Find 5; a device that is set to define what a flagship smartphone should be in 2013. The sleek design is not just a decent exterior hiding poor internal hardware. The Find 5 has a …
Read More »Huawei confirms they are working on Samsung Galaxy Note II competitor
Huawei's Senior Vice President Yu Chengdong has confirmed that the Chinese company is indeed working on a competitor to Samsung's Galaxy Note II. The Samsung rival was announced in August and has already sold 5 million units. Chengdong went as far to say that interested customers should wait for Huawei's …
Read More »Samsung advises us to “get ready” for CES 2013
While many of are more concerned about what technology related gifts, or cash for technology, we are going to receive for Christmas, the Consumer Electronics Show is quickly drawing closer. Samsung is one company that will be present that may have more than just new products to show off to …
Read More »Sony jumps ahead of HTC in UK Android sales
Sony has always been somewhat of a quiet achiever in the smartphone arena ever since its split with Ericsson earlier in the year. In Q3, Sony has jumped ahead of HTC in UK smartphone sales; while both companies remain far behind Samsung. Sony sold 500,000 units in the third quarter …
Read More »Australian police describe Apple Maps as “potentially life threatening”
It shouldn't be news to you that Apple Maps was a mess upon its launch a couple of months ago, nor should it surprise you that the Apple Maps director was shown the door last week. However, Victorian Police are now warning users to avoid Apple Maps as there have …
Read More »