Mobile

The iPad 3 news frenzy shows no signs of slowing down as information was leaked this weekend that the iPad 3 may already be in America, after some shipping documents were posted online. These documents show that shipments are already underway starting February 26th from Foxconn to the United States. …

iPad users will be happy to hear that Adobe have released a cut down version of their award winning image editing software package Photoshop for the Apple mobile device. Photoshop Touch, is the tablet version of Adobe Photoshop and it has features for applying photographic effects and to combine images …

Facebook, the social networking giant have been accused of accessing and reading personal text messages from users on their smartphones according to a report published yesterday in the Sunday times. Facebook have apparently admitted that they accessed personal data on users phones during a test of their own messaging service. …

Today at Mobile World Congress the mobile world's underdog Huawei announced the MediaPad 10 FHD. The tablet is still fairly early into the production process with the model on show today being handmade. The tablet has Huawei's home-brewed chipset, the K3V2 quad-core Cortex-A9 chipset inside. This chipset is apparently “more than 49% faster …

Earlier today HTC kicked off Mobile World Congress by announcing its new HTC One series of Android smartphones. The new series marks a new era for HTC and also brings about a new naming scheme. The three phones announced today are the flagship One X, mid-range One S and the …

Suiting up for the trend, HP has quietly jumped on the Cedar Trail train with the availability of its freshly updated HP Mini 210 Netbook in the U.S. – a 10.1-inch unit housing Intel's Atom N2600 (1.6GHz) processor, or you can opt for the higher 1.83GHz clocked Atom N2800. The …

Rumours, and I stress rumours are saying that future iOS devices, including the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch models, could be getting a smaller, redesigned dock connector. The sources state that while this smaller dock will not be in the iPad 3 it will likely be included in the iPhone …

Apple CEO was grilled at the annual shareholders meeting yesterday and some of his answers hit hard. Cook said that the company direction without Jobs is still under debate, indicating that he is carefully weighing all the options. Replacing Steve Jobs is no easy task. The iconic Apple leader has …

Samsung has just teased their latest quad-core Exynos chipset at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) event recently. The new chipset is to be manufactured on a 32nm process unlike the current Exynos dual-core chips that are currently found in smartphones like the Samsung Galaxy S II, which are built …

Research In Motion have released their latest operating system, for the Playbook, simply entitled ‘2.0'. The Playbook hasn't received a very warm reception since it was released, with many people feeling the operating system was never fully featured. This latest update is set to address many of the concerns by …

There's a security flaw to be aware of with iOS 5.0.1 which allows someone to bypass the lock screen on GSM-based iPhones and have unauthorized access to contacts as well as the phone's calling features. The method used is admittedly fairly complicated and involves inserting and ejecting the phone's SIM …

Google has just updated its Docs application for Android devices which features a cleaner, fresher appearing interface that promises a more fluent, smoother experience in working with your documents. The developers have also added in several productivity tools that make Google Docs for Android more of a complete office solution. …

The IBM Thinkpad is an iconic machine well known for the ‘boxy' design, class leading keyboards and chassis rigidity to deal with the toughest of working environments. Lenovo took over the IBM personal computer division in 2005 and have released a wide range of impressive systems since then. We reviewed …

We have known about the Asus Padfone for quite a while now; it has been sighted as early as May last year but it seems as if we are fast approaching an official announcement at Mobile World Congress next week. Asus has uploaded the below teaser video which tells us that …

According to an upcoming profile of AMD, Forbes said that the companies range of Fusion APU processors were almost included in the 2011 revision of the Macbook Air. AMD lost out to Intel however due to late delivery and reports of high failure rates. “AMD struggled with its new fabless …

If you are in the market for a new laptop, you may want to hold fire on a purchase…. well for another month or so anyway. The channel in Taiwan are expecting to see a drop of 20% on current models, as Intel prepare to release the new Ivy Bridge …

Steve Jobs would turn in his grave if he found out that a startup company have managed to stream Adobe Flash onto the Apple iPad. This week the company announced a new version of OnLive Desktop, an iPad application that allows the end user to run a virtual Windows desktop …

In a recent research poll done by Nielsen they have revealed that many consumers wish to use their mobile phones as credit cards. A massive 71% of all application downloaders are intereseted in an application that would allow them to use their smartphone as a credit card. It was also …

Whispers are growing louder on the rumored mini iPad we've been hearing more of lately. The latest from analysts shows increasing confidence that Apple will be introducing a smaller and cheaper iPad to market sometime later this year (after the iPad 3's hit the market in volume). Several analysts are …

Just slightly ahead of Mobile World Congress next week, Nokia has posted up a rather curious and alluring video on its YouTube channel that hints at some sort of big announcement they have on the cards for next week's event. The brief video merely whispers at this time that we …

Nokia Siemens Networks has recently announced it will demonstrate what is currently know as “HSPA+ Multiflow” at MWC in Barcelona next week. HSPA+ Multiflow is a technology that allows a device to connect to two HSPA+ enabled towers at the same time, or to another when signal from one tower …

While the LG Optimus 3D was not an overwhelming sucess when it was debuted last year it did open up a new market of smartphones, namely 3D smartphones. Now LG has announced the sucessor to the Optimus 3D claiming it is “real proof of LG’s commitment to portable 3D entertainment.” This successor will …

25 iPhones valued at 16 grand have been nicked from an Apple store in Charlotte, North Carolina. While Apple stores are prime targets for robberies, it would appear that the suspect in this case is an employee. The Charlotte Observer reported “The iPhones were stolen from the Genius Room located …

Without any real prior confirmation, Research in Motion (RIM) has released its second generation OS for its BlackBerry Playbook tablet today. BlackBerry OS 2.0 for the Playbook brings with it quite the list of updates, some of the most notable being much needed native email, contacts and calendar apps, BlackBerry …

Chinese smartphone maker ZTE have announced their Mimosa X which is powered by Nvidia hardware. This is the first Android smartphone to use Nvidia technology for both applications processing and wireless communications since they took over wireless modem maker Icera in June last year. The attractive smartphone is powered by …

Nightline presenter/anchor Bill Weir was invited to the factories that build Apple products such as the iPad and iPhone. In his report for  the ABC ‘Nightline' show which is due to air tonight he said that building them is boring and that the pay isn't good either. Apple aren't the …

Samsung has just announced two new Android smartphones ahead of Mobile World Congress; the Galaxy Ace 2 and the Galaxy Mini 2. The original Ace and Mini were some of Samsung's most sucessful phones in 2011 and Samsung have now renewed each phone with healthy specifications. The Samsung Galaxy Ace …

Saving your pennies for a shmick new Galaxy Nexus? Today might be your lucky day with Expansys significantly decreasing the price of this high end handset to just £399, down from the usual price of £549. You must be super quick however, as this offer is limited to today only …

You can now pick up Nokia's Lumia 800 smartphone in the U.S. from Microsoft's online store which comes bundled with a number of additional accessories for US $899, SIM free and unlocked. This option comes days after Microsoft started selling the bundle at its 16 brick and mortar stores across …

A little turned off by Google's first generation of of Chromebooks due to underwhelming, sometimes sluggish performance? If you're otherwise keen on having one you'll be interested to know Google's second wave of Chromebooks will supposedly be a lot better not only in that dept. but in terms of simplicity …