Articles By Alex Angove
iPad Mini Rumours Surface Again
Amongst the bevy of retina screen/to-the-edge displays/super battery/keyboard/even more outlandish iPad rumors from last season one in particular seemed to be the most wide-spread: the iPad Mini. We thought the rumor had died, due to no other evidence than it inexplicably disappearing from tech blogs and geek forums alike.
British Telecom Suing Google
British Telecom (BT) has become the latest in a long line of companies to lunch a law suit against Google. Last Thursday in Delaware, BT filed a suit claiming that Google was infringing upon over six of its patents. After Google’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility things seemed to calm down just a tiny bit in the legal wars, so we hope this isn’t an indication of a continuance of hostilities.
Ice Cream Sandwich Soon for Nexus S
Google recently announced an official rollout of Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, to GSM/UMTS versions of the popular Google Nexus S over the coming month via its Google+ account. The speedy availability of the update is a positive indication of what we hope to become a future trend across Android devices. Google hopes that Ice Cream Sandwich will be the version of Android to herald in a new era of reduced fragmentation of Android versions across numerous devices. Basically what that means is that from Ice Cream Sandwich onwards it will apparently be easier for manufacturers to update their devices, allowing companies like Samsung or HTC to release Android updates much faster than they have previously been able to.
Adobe Flash Player Receives Update
The days of Adobe’s mobile Flash Player may be limited, but there’s still a bit of life in it yet. Apparently disappearing after it’s made compatible with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, the popular mobile service is still kicking on, despite its imminent doom.
Nokia Lumia 710 Finally Rolling Out
…in Taiwan. The Lumia 710 should start seeing some more widespread releases very soon, most likely starting in the UK and Europe. Though we have heard tell that Singapore, Hong Kong, India and Russia are next on this phone’s agenda. The Lumia 710 is the partner phone of the much talked about Nokia Lumia 800 that was revealed in the UK a short while back. Also running on Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, the Lumia 710 is the more budget option of Nokia’s new Windows Phone line. Its 3.7 inch 480 x 800 LCD display is reminiscent of much of last year’s top-end smartphone market, but at a noticeably reduced cost.
iPhone 4S Review
The iPhone 4S, as part of the iconic iPhone line, is obviously doing very well for itself in the market. However, directly after its release there was a lot of discontentment demonstrated throughout the online community. While the negative reactions were initially more abundant that one might expect for an Apple product, things seem to be quieting down a bit now as people come to terms with the fact that there isn’t going to be any iPhone 5 this time around.
iPhone 5 Quad-Core 720p Rumor
Well the hoopla over the iPhone 4S is starting to die down now and it seems it’s about time to get back in to the iPhone 5 rumor business. The latest goss we’re starting to hear about the place is that Apple is currently testing out quad-core applicability, as well as considering upping the res on the iPhone 5 to 720p.
Sony Ditching Ericsson from Title
Now that Sony’s acquisition of Ericsson’s 50% share of Sony Ericsson has gone through Sony has announced its next logical step: dropping the Ericsson from the brand title. As of somewhere around halfway through next year Sony smartphones will simply be labelled “Sony”.
Androidland Launched in Australia
Australia's largest carrier, Telstra, has pulled a world-first out of its pocket and launched an Android specialty store in Melbourne called Androidland. As the name implies, Androidland is an Android specialty store, much in the way the Apple store caters only to its own products, and offers Android fans their own brand-centric hub for everything Android.
iOS 5.1 Beta Available for Developers
There’s been a lot of recent news regarding iOS 5 and its various updates. First there was the big release, then iOS 5.0.1 came short on its heels due to some battery issues. Next we received a report that the iOS 5.0.2 fix, that was designed to rectify issues with iOS 5.0.1, had been delayed. Now we’ve received news that the iOS 5.1update has already been seeded to developers. Don’t worry, we’re having trouble keeping up too.
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