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iPhone OS 4.0 finally brings multitasking and six friends
Apple has unleashed an enormous update for the iPhone and iPad with its 4.0 software. Boasting 100 new user features and 1500 APIs for developers, the new software will be made available as a preview to developers today, with a launch this summer for the iPhone. iPad users will have to wait until the autumn for their update. Some new user features include a 5x digital zoom, Bluetooth keyboard support,…
Round-up: The best of CeBIT 2010
CeBIT has once again graced Germany, and there was all sorts of technology on display. Granted, most of it was tedious or irrelevant, but there were plenty of diamonds shining in the teutonic rough. Very kindly, we’ve sifted through the chaff and have found you five pieces of tasty, tasty wheat. Oh, now, stop your thanks. We not heroes, but it’s nice of you to call us that anyway. Asus…
Microsoft Courier ‘digital journal’ rumour round-up
With the iPad lumbering over the hill to general release and hundreds of other other tablets looming on the horizon, we’ve been eagerly anticipating seeing some more details of the Microsoft Courier concept that appeared back in September on Gizmodo. This time it’s Engadget who’ve gained some information from a “trusted source”, and it bodes well for Courier becoming an actual physical product, as opposed to some abstract videos on…
Turn on Tomorrow: Samsung product launch
Latest Gadgets were invited down to Chelsea FC’s football stadium to spend an evening playing with Samsung’s latest and greatest gadgets all under the banner, “Turn on Tommorrow”. After an opening of salvo of Drinks and Nibbles (which included a frankly mind blowing spiced potato dish), we were treated to a broad overview of Samsung’s vision for 2010 by Vice President (Samsung Consumer Electronics UK), Andy Griffiths. Watching a grown…
Further details released about X2′s iTablet
Coming hot of the heels of Apple’s iPad announcement, UK-based computer supplier X2 has announced their new powerful range of portable tablets, called the iTablet. They may well have borrowed the ”I” but this is one of the only similarities between the iTablet and iPad. Apple and many other companies have recently decided that there is a need for device that falls somewhere between a laptop and a mobile phone….
Samsung first to mass-produce 3D panels
Things are getting serious when it comes to 3DTV, with pretty much all the big companies showing off 3D-ready TVs at CES. Samsung seems to be beating them all, though, by actually ramping up full production of 40-inch, 46-inch and 55-inch 3D panels. Samsung is producing standard LCD panels as well as LED panels, presumably meaning there will be 3DTVs available for a range of budgets. The 3D technology at…
The iPhone 4: Rumour round up
Being an Apple product is much like being a celebrity on the red carpet; there is always insurmountable hype and excitement, questions are asked but nothing is really revealed and you can guarantee that whatever it is, it will be dressed in a spectacularly designed outfit. Apple products are the celebrities of the tech world and now the iPad has been unveiled, attention has turned to the prospect of the…
Sssh… lets whisper about the LG Rumor Touch
It may not be available until the spring, but there are some stirring rumors flying around about LG’s new Rumor Touch phone. In bragging a hefty 3-inch touch screen, increasing its 4-line keyboard to a 5-line one, boosting its camera by O.7 MP to 2.0 MP, and including a 3G data capability on Sprint’s network, the Rumor Touch can justifiably be considered as being infinitely superior to its predecessor, the…
Samsung first out of blocks with 3D Blu-ray
Unless you’ve been living underground for the past month, you’ve probably heard or read about Avatar, James Cameron’s 3D epic that’s been wowing audiences and breaking box office records around the globe. This visual masterpiece is the latest in a number of fully immersive offerings as Hollywood seeks to up the entertainment stakes. With the increasing popularity of 3D on the silver screen the race has been on for manufacturers…
Top 10 highlights of CES 2010
For the past week the annual International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has showcased the latest in consumer technology from the world’s leading manufacturers. The annual event is a mecca for geeks with a nice mix of hair-brained concepts and soon to be available tech, and despite the absence of the long-awaited Apple tablet, there was still plenty of jaw-droppingly gorgeous tech to get excited about at this year’s…
