January 30th, 2010 8:03pm
mike s
Michael Dell, Lord King Emperor of all things Dell, was hunted down by the TechCrunch team who persuaded him to slip them a glimpse of the eagerly awaited Dell Mini 5 tablet.
Looking well chuffed and cheery as he scuttled en route to the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, Supreme Being Dell gave the camera crew a quick peek of the Android-powered device, swishing through four home screens with gay abandon.
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The almighty tiff between Apple and Adobe continues to ratchet up, with Adobe releasing a set of screenshots showing what iPad users will be in for when they try and access popular Flash-powered websites.
The collection, put together by a Lee Brimelow – who is, apparently, a ‘Platform Evangelist at Adobe’ – reveals a long strip of content-reduced pages revealing the blue ‘plug in needed’ icon – something that will soon become very familiar to iPad users.
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January 30th, 2010 10:23am
mike s
Palm’s webOS is slowly establishing itself as a mobile gaming platform to rival the best of them, and developers Gameloft have just released videos showcasing their latest offerings for the Palm Pre.
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January 29th, 2010 12:43pm
Lee J.
Despite being number one in mobile global sales for an eternity, Nokia have been through something of a rocky patch recently, but their latest financial results sees the Finnish phone maker fighting back with gusto.
Figures for the the last quarter of 2009 show the company returning a 38% growth in smartphone shipments over the past year, shifting over 20 million smartphones in the fourth quarter – a hefty increase on the the 15 million sold the year before.
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January 29th, 2010 12:02pm
mike s
Like a bickering couple locked in a loveless marriage, Apple and Adobe don’t get on, but they’re forced to work together from time to time.
Such is the acrimony between these two, that Apple preferred to cripple its iPad by leaving out Flash support, and Adobe has declared itself seriously unchuffed, responding in its blog:
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We’ve already declared ourselves a little disappointed by Apple’s self declared “revolutionary” iPad tablet, and reactions have been mixed everywhere else too.
On the whole, reviewers seem to have warmed to the tablet a lot more than most ‘ordinary’ people who have generally greeted the announcement with a shrug and the questions, “what’s the point of it?” and, “why do I need it?”
We’re not sure if we can answer those questions, either, but read on for some more reaction and comment about Apple’s new tablet computer…
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With today being International Data Privacy Day, Google has decided to mark the occasion by publicly publishing their guiding Privacy Principles, accompanied by an explanatory video.
We reckon anyone using their services should cast a swift eye over what they’re saying, so we recommend reading on!
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January 28th, 2010 11:58am
mike s
It’s still under development and not expected out until the second half of this year, but Lenovo ‘s U1 Tablet/PC Hybrid has already got us a lot more excited than Apple’s frankly underwhelming iPad offering.
Showcased at CES earlier this month, the tablet packs everything you’d need from a fully functioning tablet PC – touchscreen, full multitasking, automatic screen orientation, 3G, Wi-Fi, onboard camera etc, but comes with a very clever twist: it can clip into a special shell to become a full Windows 7 laptop with a proper keyboard.
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January 28th, 2010 11:36am
Lee J.
Football fans who like to mix up their three favourite passions: the beautiful game, beer and the pub; are going to be in for a treat this Sunday, with Sky announcing that it’ll be broadcasting the world’s first 3DTV sports event – an Arsenal vs Man Utd match.
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January 28th, 2010 11:04am
mike s
The Android operating system may seem to be totally overshadowed by the iPhone when it comes to gaming, but there’s perhaps more high quality games available than you think.
To show off the platform’s abilities as a top notch gaming platform, AndroidHD has put together a ten minute video showcasing no less than fifty games – click on for the video and full listing:
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January 27th, 2010 8:48pm
mike s
The full specs of Apple’s new iPad tablet device have been released for your viewing pleasure.
As expected, the battery is another of Apple’s sealed units and there’s no built in SD card, although optional Camera Connection Kits lets you either import photos and videos to the iPad using the camera’s USB cable or via a SD Card Reader.
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January 27th, 2010 7:34pm
mike s
Apple has announced its pricing for the iPad, with the Wi-Fi only version priced at $499 for 16GB, $599 for 32GB and $699 for the largest 64GB model.
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January 27th, 2010 7:15pm
mike s
Much as we love Amazon’s Kindle, you could never call it a looker, and it comes as no surprise to see Apple aggressively targeting this market with their new iPad.
Their new iBooks site already has the backing of five of the biggest publishers in the world including Penguin, Macmillion and Simon & Shuster.
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January 27th, 2010 6:46pm
mike s
More details are coming out about the iPad at today’s launch.
Sporting a full capacitive multi-touch screen, the 0.5inch thin tablet will run on a 1GHz Apple A4 chip and offer 16GB to 64GB flash memory capacity, and come with Bluetooth 2.1EDR.
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January 27th, 2010 6:28pm
mike s
Steve Jobs has unveiled the eagerly awaited new tablet device – known as the iPad – and our first impressions is that it looks just like a large iPhone with its 9.7″ screen – but not as pretty.
The body is chunkier than we expected for an Apple product, with a large bezel surrounding the screen.
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