Research In Motion have taken a drop in share price after they reported revenue from the latest quarter which fell short of expectations. They also said that sales in the current three month period are shifting to cheaper models. RIM shares dropped $6.59, or more than 10 percent, at $57.50 …
Read More »Apple to grow larger than HP and IBM, say experts
George Colony of research group Forrester claims that Apple are going to be growing over the next few years to a point when they will surpass both IBM and HP. “They’ll be bigger than IBM next year, and they’ll be bigger than HP the year after that,” he said. He …
Read More »Apple iPad 2 sneaks past the UK’s defences
People have been waiting for this launch for a long time. Well, the day is finally here when Brits can place an order for the Apple iPad 2. KitGuru investigates. Saying that the UK's Apple stores are ‘open for business' today, is a bit of a given, right? However, today …
Read More »Apple send ‘cease and desist’ order to Adult ‘App Store’
While Apple and Microsoft battle it out through legal channels over the trademark of ‘App Store', Apple are current taking more legal action against MiKandi – an ‘adult app store'. MiKandi have received a ‘cease and desist' order from Apple, over the use of the term ‘App Store', company co …
Read More »Apple’s SVP Bertrand Serlet leaving company
Apple have announced that their senior vice president of Mac software engineering Bertrand Serlet is leaving the company. Serlet has said in Apple's official release that he ‘wants to focus less on products and more on science'. He holds a doctorate in computer science from the University of Orsay in …
Read More »Microsoft patch Windows Phone 7 – properly this time
Microsoft have updated Windows Phone 7, and it looks as if nothing has gone wrong this time. After a disastrous Windows Phone 7 pre update which hosed a lot of Samsung phones, the new update should fix many of the niggling issues with the mobile platform. The ‘NoDo' update features …
Read More »Blackberry Playbook will match iPad 2 pricing
Rumours have emerged from KitGuru sources that Blackberry will be matching the iPad 2 £399 price when they release their PlayBook in the UK. While it seems like a no brainer to be matching Apples retail price, hitting a £399 inc vat price point for a modern performance oriented tablet …
Read More »Amazon AppStore features ‘test drive’ demo mode
Amazon opened their App Store yesterday, a rival store for the official ‘Android Market'. The new App Store offers both free and paid for applications based on the open source operating system. While the Android market will let users download free and paid for applications, the Amazon App Store will …
Read More »iPad 2 will be available for under £400 in UK
It looks like Apple aren't shafting the UK public this time around, we are hearing that the 16GB version of the iPad 2 will cost only £399. Well, if you can manage to get a hold of one that is. With the original launch of the iPad, the UK was …
Read More »Microsoft take legal action against Barnes & Noble
More legal action news today, as Microsoft are targeting Barnes & Noble and their Android based Nook ereader device. They claim it violates their patents. Microsoft have filed legal action against Barnes & Noble and manufacturers Foxconn International Holdings and Inventec. “The Android platform infringes a number of Microsoft's patents, …
Read More »Apple sue Amazon, over ‘app store’ term
Apple have taken the gloves off, suing Amazon for using the phrase ‘App Store' without their permission. Heavy hitter Apple have been fighting Microsoft in legal channels recently for the permission to trademark the term. Apple have filed the complaint against Amazon in the federal court for the Northern District …
Read More »Thunderbolt tech to feature in Sony Vaio Hybrid PC
Sony are apparently working on a new Vaio PC which will include Intel's Thunderbolt technology and compete directly against the Apple MacBook Air laptop. According to Sony Insider, the company are working on a notebook that ‘consists of two components' and includes the Intel Thunderbolt technology, previously code named Light …
Read More »Apple confirm iPad 2 on schedule for March 25th launch
The iPad 2 is continuing to sell out in America, selling millions in the first week of sales alone. An Apple spokesperson has confirmed that the international launch of the new touchscreen tablet will proceed as initially planned, hitting stores on Friday, March 25th. “Everything that is on [Apple's U.K.] …
Read More »Flash Player 10.2 released for Android
Adobe have released version 10.2 of Flash Player for the Android operating system. This brings marked improvements to those people using compatible hardware. The latest release which is compatible with Android 2.2 ‘Froyo', Android 2.3 ‘Gingerbread' and Android 3.0.1 ‘Honeycomb' offers better integration with the browsers and offers improved security …
Read More »‘Gay Cure’ iPhone app is under attack as 80,000 complain
Apple are coming under attack from gay rights activists after they approved an application targeting ‘homosexual strugglers'. More than 80,000 people have signed a petition against this ‘gay cure' application which Apple has said contains ‘no objectionable content'. Exodus International, a pro Christian group behind the creation of the application …
Read More »Apple’s latest Macbook Pro crashing: overheating problems
Apple are in the middle of another batch of customer complaints as reports filter in that their new range of the ultra slim Macbook Pro is overheating and crashing. Both 15 inch and 17 inch machines apparently have the problem, with machines crashing under heavy load. Some users are even …
Read More »Fully loaded Toshiba 10.1 inch tablet hits Amazon
Toshiba have a new tablet which has just been listed on Amazon's website – it is not yet available, but Amazon are offering user alerts for when the time is close at hand. The tablet is a 10.1 inch unit with 720p support (1280×800 in this case), so therefore higher …
Read More »Hewlett Packard Pavilion DM1Z Fusion Ultraportable Review
AMD released Fusion in January and KitGuru has reviewed many motherboards and systems from partners … all to this point within a desktop environment. Today we are analysing the new Hewlett Packard Pavilion DM1z, our first look at AMD's Fusion technology in the mobile space. Intel have been ruling the …
Read More »iPad 2 part shortage feared due to Japan crisis
The disaster in Japan will have a knock on effect for the technology industry, affecting many devices, including Apple's newly released iPad 2. The iPad2 has sold over 1 million units already in the US, however the campaign has yet to hit the United Kingdom and parts of Europe. The …
Read More »Android browsing already outperforming iOS
Google really do have Android sorted. Their latest Android browser has been shown to render websites faster than even the iPhone browser, up to 52 percent faster according to research and testing. This study has been carried out by Blaze.io, which measured performance across 45,000 tests on pages from websites …
Read More »Choiix Power Fort Rechargeable Power Backup Battery Review
We've all been in that situation where we go to use our smartphone on the go and find that the battery is flat. This is why a number of companies have produced battery packs that can be used to charge an array of different mobile devices on the go. We …
Read More »iPad 2 launch in Japan delayed
The recent disaster in Japan has been one of the worst in history. The economy is trying to deal with widespread devastation and loss of life. The latest news we have heard is that Apple feel that launching the iPad 2 at this time is not the wisest of choices. …
Read More »Microsoft delay March Windows Phone 7 update
Microsoft confirmed that the March ‘NoDo' update for Windows Phone 7 will be postponed for several more weeks to ensure that a repeat of the February ‘brick' update doesn't happen. CEO Steve Ballmer had said initially that the update would reach their smartphones in the first week of March. Eric …
Read More »Motorola Xoom wifi launching at $599
Motorola are launching the wifi only Xoom on March 27th, according to a Staples flyer, offering a 3G free and cheaper version of the Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet. Droid Life spotted the flyer, which indicates a $599 price for the Xoom WiFi model. This is the same price as Verizon …
Read More »iPhone 4 – in white launching in spring: Schiller confirms
Many people have been waiting patiently for Apple to release the white iPhone 4. Apple executive Phil Schiller has confirmed on Twitter that the white iPhone will be coming later in spring. Schiller, is a senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, posted to his verified Twitter account yesterday that …
Read More »Apple sell 500,000 iPad 2 tablets, estimates
Apple may have sold over 500,000 iPad 2 tablets on the debut weekend, according to Piper Jaffray Cos. analyst Gene Munster. Stores such as Best Buy and Target contacted by Munsters team had sold out of the iPad2 over the weekend he said in a research note yesterday. Online orders …
Read More »Amazon prepares plans for free tablet PC
From nowhere, to absolute must have product, to ‘completely free' in the space of 18 months? Will that really be the fate of the tablet PC? Is mega-retailer Amazon, ready to do something Amazing? KitGuru tries to read the after images on our Kindle. While Samsung, Motorola and others are …
Read More »Compal sales plummet – Intel blamed by CEO
Sales have dropped almost 20% at Compal, the world's second biggest contract manufacturer of laptops. This is a massive slump – big enough for KitGuru to want to dig a little deeper to see what's going on in the Neihu-based company. If you or any of your friends have ever …
Read More »Parliament selects iPad – says no to Windows
OK – that's not exactly what's happened, but with the UK's House of Lords choosing tablets and rejecting the introduction of netbooks and notebooks, it seems that Parliament will become iPad central. KitGuru considers the situation. Prime Minister's question time has a certain cut and thrust, even though both sides …
Read More »Apple iPad 2 available in store from 5pm*
Well, that's certainly true in the United States of the Americas. Elsewhere in the world, we may need to wait a little longer. The eagerly awaited product is finally here, so KitGuru decided to look at the hype a little. When Steve Jobs got off his hospital bed at the …
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