Showing posts with label Galaxy Note. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Galaxy Note. Show all posts

Thursday, 16 August 2012

16/08/2012

Lenovo remain indifferent to Microsoft's Surface tablets. Pledge to compete!


   Acer have today been made to look like a complaining little brother by Lenovo. The latter finally commented on Microsoft's Surface tablets and they don't seem to be too bothered at all. 

   The company's CEO, Yang Yuanqing, voiced his opinions on the company’s latest earnings calls, saying, “Although we don't like Microsoft providing hardware, for us, it just adds one more competitor." And we're inclined to agree with Lenovo here and it should spur companies on to up their game instead of complaining about it!

   The only thing to mention is that if Microsoft's RT Surface tablets do come in at $199 like the rumours suggested yesterday, then that may slightly peeve all OEM's not just Acer, but it might not even come to that, only time will tell!

RIM sets their screen resolutions for BB10 handsets and it's finally good news!


    Recently RIM CEO, Thorsten Heins, has had a bit of a hard time; he's in charge of a company whose handsets are starting to look outdated and lacking ideas. But, the promised land of BB10 pledges to change all of that. Last week Heins stated the company is in the polishing stages of the BB10 creation and that the devices are completed. Since then we've had word that the company is getting ready to take two “nearly complete” prototype devices to carriers in an attempt to persuade them to carry one or both devices at launch.

   Now Tim Neil has taken to the company’s developer blog to inform folks that upcoming full-touch devices will have Galaxy S3 matching screen with 1,280 x 720p displays, while QWERTY phones will be rocking with 720 x 720 screens.

   So if you're a developer and you want the chance to crack business phones get to work on them resolutions!

 Via IntoMobile!

In other news:

  •  Sony have released their latest eReader; it's elegantly called the PRS-T2 eReader and when it's available it'll set you back $129.99.
  • If you happen to be a lucky resident of China then you will soon be able to purchase the new Xiaomi Phone 2. This wouldn't normally make the news but the device has a quad-core Krait, a 4.3″ 720p IPS, and Jelly Bean! And the price? About $314!!!! Insane! Shame they're not heading west anytime soon.
  • Samsung's monster phone, the Galaxy Note, has been a huge success for the company. It turns out they managed to ship 10million of them since the phone's release!
  • Kaspersky Labs has reported a tripling  of Android malware in Q2 2012 alone!
  • Nokia and Microsoft have scheduled a Windows Phone event for September 5th, new Windows Phone incoming!

Thursday, 12 July 2012

12/07/2012

HTC's rumoured tablet might be the HTC Vertex HD.


   The device above is the rumoured HTC Vertex and it's slated to replace the ageing HTC Flyer and Jetstream. The device above has had a few specs leaked by the usual benchmarking websites; there's Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and an NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor onboard. This device also appears to be working with a 10.1-inch display with HD resolution at WXGA 1280 x 800 pixels. 

   The cameras are currently appearing as a 2MP and 1MP back and front facing cameras. Although, we believe these are only temporary pieces of hardware and they'll likely be replaced before we hear anything official! There's some good connectivity options too; Bluetooth 4.0 is onboard, as is Beats Audio in two separate drivers.

   This is something we're looking forward to seeing given HTC's short history of well built and appealing tablets!


In other news:

  • Next gen Kindles have reportedly been facing a few delays after issues with screen production and in particular their screen light settings.
  • Amazon's rumoured phone might be coming a step closer today after Amazon announced they've snapped up Windows Phone's ex app guru.
  • O2 have now fixed the issues they've been facing over the past few days!
  • Yahoo have confirmed there has been a hack of 400k accounts!
  • If you've ordered a Nexus 7 from Ebuyer it looks like your order may well be on it's way to you at the moment!
  • Samsung Galaxy Note II is slated to be announced on August the 30th!
  • Samsung also reportedly shifted 6.5million Galaxy S3's in Q2!
  • While we're on the subject Samsung's Smart TV's will be getting a helping of Angry Birds soon as Sammy and Rovio have teamed up again!
  • ZTE have announced that they will release a Gaming handset next week so keep it locked!
  • Rovio have announced a new game; Amazing Alex! It's a great game and it's well worth the 64p for the normal version! The HD version will set you back about £1.90 but it might be worth it!

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