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Samsung ATIV Tablet – IFA 2012

Lots of awesome things are expected to turn up at IFA this year, and one already has - the Samsung ATIV tablet. Sporting a snappy Snapdragon S4 APQ8060A processor clocking in at 1.5GHz, the tablet should be a strong tablet competitor. It also features a clear 10.1 inch HD display screen, a microSD slot, USB 2.o and runs on Windows RT OS, with apparently full functionality. The tablet is fairly light at ~760 ...

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Google Employees Test Android 4.0 for Nexus S

As you are probably aware, the Galaxy Nexus is the only current phone with Android version 4.0 running on it! Although, soon this could all change - allegedly, according to sources, Google employees owning the Nexus S have received an over-the-air update, giving their Nexus S phones the greatly anticipated Android Ice Cream Sandwich. This is in preparation for a much large roll out of the OS, hopefully soon ...

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Ice Cream Sandwich Official, Report: It looks tasty!!

So along with the Galaxy Nexus Google announced its latest, and greatest OS ever being Ice-Cream Sandwich. Boy does this pack a powerful punch. The UI has been much improved surpassing every skin that I know about, as well as most of the other OSs available. Furthermore every UI element of Gingerbread has been upgraded past the Honeycomb standard to a new level of awesomeness, no widget left unturned, no me ...

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Mac OSX Lion, 2 Months on…

After finally biting the bullet and buying a 15" Macbook Pro, I have been able to spend some quality time with the latest version of Mac OSX after many of the Bugs have been fixed by the early update patches and general getting to know my way around the OS. After an extended period of use I finally have decided to revisit this. So let's get started: Gestures The Gestures in Lion such as 2 finger scrolling, ...

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UK launch of HP Pre 3!

UK launch of HP Pre 3! HP has just released the Pre 3 smartphone! This news comes after Hewlett-Packard unveiled the WebOS-powered device ahead of the Mobile World Congress back in February. The Pre 3 handset, successor to the Pre 2 sports a 3.6 inch (480x800) WVGA touch-screen display and a sliding QWERTY keyboard. It also features a 1.4GHz Qualcomm Processor, Bluetooth 2.1, HSPA connectivity and Wi-Fi. Yo ...

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New Android OS: Ice Cream Sandwich screenshots revealed

Screenshots of Google's new mobile OS, Ice Cream Sandwich, has been released showing new features and user interface The next version of Google's Android mobile operating system has been partially revealed through some leaked screenshots of a Google Nexus S loaded with the OS. Click here for the shots  From the screenshots, which were leaked to the sites androidpolice.com and rootzwiki.com, we can see some ...

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BlackBerry Bold 9900 up for pre-order on Vodaphone

Vodaphone have put RIM's BlackBerry Bold 9900 up for pre-order, to be released by August 16th RIM were extremely quiet about pricing and availability at their official launch of their OS 7-equipped Bold 9900, Torch 9810 and Torch 9860 handsets. We still can't be sure exactly when the Torches will be out, but the Bold 9900 is already up for pre-order at Vodafone UK and delivered to your door within a week's ...

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Android has dominated the smartphone world but could Samsung have done better?

Google's Android OS has been reported with 48% share of the Smartphone market however analysts claim that Samsung could have done more to capitalise on their new-found dominance The latest from the analysts at Canalys indicate that Google's mobile OS have a 48 percent share of smartphones worldwide, or nearly one out of every two sold. Unsurprisingly it is Nokia who lose out here with a steep decline to a 2 ...

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Apple iOS5 Beta 4 Released!

Apple's new mobile OS is edging closer and closer to release. This version offers no noticeable new features jsut stability fixes and under the hood stuff. However this is the first iOS version ever to be updated OTA, a new feature of the iOS 5 update, but as many have pointed out, a feature since day one on Android! Anyway if your OTA doesn't work, it is available from the usual developer channel! Have a f ...

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