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Sony’s Tablet S is $100 Cheaper

January 2, 2012 By Dora Leave a Comment

I hope anyone haven’t grabbed Sony’s elegant Tablet S Android slate ahead of the holidays, simply because it is currentlya very nice $100 less expensive.

Beginning today, the Tablet S today starts at $399 for the 16gb model and $499 for the 32gb model, undercutting iPad 2 products with a full Benjamin. Sony is additionally hurling in 5 free PlayStation Classic titles, 180 days of the Music Unlimited service, along with ‘tokens’ and downloads free of charge from the Video Unlimited store.

The price cut, may very well be too little far too late for Sony’s tablet products – especially when it appears to have been intentionally moved into a position following the holiday shopping season. Evaluations have discovered the Tablet S being well-designed, yet in any other case a reasonably standard Android tablet. Months from now, Tablet S from and dual-screen Tablet P from Sony must deal with Apple’s iPad 3, along with latest Android tablets operating Android 4.0 or “Ice Cream Sandwich.”

According to Sony, the Tablet S will probably be enhanced to Ice Cream Sandwich OS at some time.

The Tablet S is 9.4-inch primary iPad rival, featuring a somewhat curved style that looks like a rolled magazine, and apparently makes it much simpler to carry using one hand.

The Tablet S is operated with a dual-core Tegra 2 CPU and features a 5mp rear camera.

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iOS 5.0.1 Update Improves Battery Life of iPhone 4s

November 11, 2011 By Chezz Leave a Comment

Not long after Apple launched the iPhone 4S, lots of customers started reporting problems with the battery life about the latest iPhone, which apparently exhausted at an annoyingly fast rate. The issues began on October 15, in the official Apple forum site, and persisted for weeks, gradually forcing Apple to push out a a statement.

“A small number of customers have reported lower than expected battery life on iOS 5 devices,” Apple representative informed Ina Fried from All Things D. “We have found a few bugs that are affecting battery life and we will release a software update to address those in a few weeks.” Now, this update comes, by means of of iOS 5.0.1. If you are an iPhone customer, you will receive a download prompt next time you synchronize your unit with iTunes.

The update is about 790 MB and will take 10 minutes or more to download, according to TechCrunch. But will it really enhance the life of the battery on the latest iPhone? As outlined by Wired, it definitely does.

“Frankly the difference is nothing short of amazing,” according to one reader who told Wired. “To go almost an entire day without a change in the meter reading seems unbelievable. Where before I could almost watch the battery drain, now it doesn’t move at all.”

A quick browse of Twitter and technology blogs appears to have very similar results: iOS 5.0.1 will do the job.

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RIM Offers $100 Worth of Apps for Free as an Apology

October 18, 2011 By Jharma Leave a Comment

BlackBerry customers will be able to find out free of charge if there are $100 worth of applications which interest them.

By means of apology for the service failure that left countless Blackberry mobile phones customers all over the world with no service for about 72 hours last week, Research in Motion stated Monday it will give a $100 consumer credit for select applications in the online store.

Whether or not that may placate customers, nonetheless, is not clear.

“RIM’s challenges are bigger picture,” according to Mike Abramsky, an analyst from RBC Capital Markets. “It would mainly be of interest to some people who see value in apps.”

One serious problem for both RIM’s apology as well as the company’s general fortunes could be the relative not enough interesting applications for the BlackBerry units, in particular in comparison with Apple’s iPhone or smartphones which use Google’s Android os.

In the statement, Research in Motion outlined only 12 applications that will be offered at free of charge, though it stated that much more might become available until the downloading phase kicks off on Wednesday.

Whilst the offer could possibly prompt BlackBerry customers who in the past hadn’t been to the BlackBerry App World to consider a look, it would also advise them regarding the limited amount of the RIM’s application promotions.

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India Introduces Cheapest Tablet Computer

October 7, 2011 By Dora Leave a Comment

India has 1.2 billion people are most and of these are poor, this means that technology is out of reach and products like Apple’s iPad is beyond the grasp of many.

Telecoms and Education Minister Kapil Sibal said “The rich have access to the digital world, the poor and ordinary have been excluded. Aakash will end that digital divide…”

The government is going to buy the first batch of units of the lightweight device, called Aakash or “SKY” in English. Each unit cost $50 from a British company which assembled the web-enabled tablet computer in India.

A dry run of 100,000 units will be handed out to students for free, with 500 units handed out at the launch to have a mixed response. The tablet computer supports video conferencing, two USB ports and a battery life that lasts for three hours but some users said the performance is poor or slow.

Under development for two years, Aakash or SKY helped the government’s goal of introducing information technology in education, but critics were doubtful about it.

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Apple’s “Multi-Touch” Trademark Application Rejected

September 29, 2011 By Chezz Leave a Comment

Apple made another move to trademark the term “multi-touch” in the United States but unfortunately it has been denied. The decision was made by the United States Patent and Trademark Office dated from last week and was posted by MacRumors in their website. The governing body rejected this application citing that the term is simply describing how consumers interact with the products.

“Thus, from the foregoing, we find that ‘Multi-Touch’ not only identifies the technology, but also describes how a user of the goods operates the device,” according to the USPTO’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. “Based on the evidence discussed above, as well as other evidence in the record, we agree with the examining attorney that Multi-Touch indeed is highly descriptive of a feature of the identified goods.”

Also in the filing, it says that the evidence included by Apple Inc. in the trademark application is concentrating in their iPhone hardware device opposing to the multi-touch signature.

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Al Gore Gave a Clue About the Release of iPhones Next Month

September 22, 2011 By Chezz Leave a Comment

Al Gore, the environmental campaigner and vice president, gave a clue or maybe slipped the tongue about the launching of the new iPhone when he said it will be coming out next month.

Al Gore has been a board member of Apple for more than eight years, and this is the first time that he let the tiniest detail slip about the forthcoming product from Apple.

During Al Gore’s speech at the Discovery Invest Leadership Summit in South Africa, the former vice president uttered the the following words: “Not to mention the new iPhones coming out next month. That was a plug.”

This could be a confirmation or an indication that Apple is finally ready to sell out multiple iPhone models next month.

The comments added to the spreading rumors that Apple would release two new iPhone models in October. One is the expected and much awaited redesigned iPhone 5, and the other one would be the iPhone 4s that looks exactly like the previous iPhone 4 but with some features added.

The plug could have been referring to different models of iPhone which can vary on memory sizes and colors or this could just be another Apple strategy. Apple has been so silent about the iPhone 5 as the rumors spread.

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RIM Income Falls Down

September 16, 2011 By Jharma Leave a Comment

RIM income falls down Research in Motion, the maker of BlackBerry reported a big drop of revenue on Thursday and said that it sold fewer tablets that they expected. The company’s shares fell down more than 19%.

The results show a struggle to compete with the big players like smartphones running on Google’s Android Operating System and Apple’s iPhone and increased pressure for BlackBerry’s long-promised new phone to be the next hit.

The company stated Thursday that the net income was 419 million after three months. That’s a big fall down from 796.7 million a year ago. According to the survey from FactSet, Analysts expected 90 cents per share.

Although BlackBerry phones have been dominating the market in terms of corporate smartphones, their popularity is getting low. Consumers from the U.S. are now moving to phones with big touch screens like smartphones that runs on Google’s Android operating system and Apple’s iPhone.

An analyst from Jefferies & Co., Peter Misek said, “They are just not selling. They are not competitive,” and also noted, “They are getting really hit hard by Android phones.”

Peter Misek said that the company’s future now depends on releasing new BlackBerrys with the new QNX operating system which is designed to compete against Android phones and iPhones. RIM already announced that they are going to release the phones with that software in early 2012.

“They need them out as soon as possible. They need to be good, and they need to be well received by consumers,” he said. “If they are not, they will be in a lot of trouble. It will be very difficult to envision a turnaround if they do not get those out as soon as possible.”

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Delivery of iOS 5 to Manufacturers this Month

September 14, 2011 By Chezz Leave a Comment

iOS 5 As the tentative release date of the latest iOS from Apple Inc., the iOS5, comes to a close, Apple already released another beta version of the forthcoming OS to developers. According to reports coming from BGR, there is going to be a released of new beta version of iOS 5 (this is going to be the 8^th version) this Friday. According also to the report, this is going to be the final release of the beta versions of the latest iOS. BGR said that the rumors about Apple Inc.’s plans of delivering the final version of the iOS to idevice assemblers in China by the end of September this year are mounting.

Reports coming from MacRumors, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said that by sending the Final version of the iOS 5 to the makers in China at the end of September 2011, this version of the iOS will be available and mounted in the iPhone 5. The latest iPhone from Apple is said to be released by mid-October. Ming-Chi Kuo also added that if Apple continually goes with the design of iPhone 5, there will be no overhaul as expected. According to his sources, the forthcoming iPhone will have an iPhone 4 design but the hardware specifications bumped up. He also said that there is no indication of a new design, but there would be a 3.5-inch display, 512mb RAM, and back and front glass design.

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Unlimited Data for iPhone by Sprint Nextel Corp.

September 10, 2011 By Jp Leave a Comment

Sprint Nextel Corp. iphone Sprint Nextel Corporation is going to offer the latest iPhone of Apple Inc. next month with unlimited data service plans to stand out from its rivals; Verizon Wireless and AT&T Inc., reported by people familiar with the said matter.

The third’s largest US wireless carrier, Sprint Nextel Corp., is said to begin selling out the new phone in mid-October under the deal with Apple Inc. for their latest iPhone, the iPhone 5 according to the sources that cannot be named due because the plans are not in the public yet. Sprint is the only wireless carrier in the US that offers the device with unlimited data service for a flat fee, this will help the company to pull customers from the leading Verizon Wireless and AT&T Inc., which already carries the device.

The Overland Park, Kansas based company (Sprint) is competing against the giants but struggling and has lost profit for 15 consecutive years. According to Matthew Thornton, an analyst from Avian Securities LLC, the iPhone in Sprint’s lineup will help it win back the customers again.

In the interview with Matthew Thornton, he said “It’s a competitive disadvantage if your two larger competitors have the iPhone and you don’t,” and also noted “Getting the iPhone closes that gap.”

Sprint spokeswoman Michelle Leff Mermelstein, said that Sprint doesn’t comment of the service or the products that they announced. Apple spokeswoman Natalie Harrison also declined to comment on the rumors.

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Assembly of iPhone 5 Begins

September 6, 2011 By Chezz Leave a Comment

Apple Inc. has reportedly begun the assembly of the iPhone 5 in preparation for the launching this October.

Macotakara, a Chinese-based source stated that Pegatron and Foxconn have begun assembling the iPhone 5 preparing for the early launch this October in the U.S. and late October launch in Asia. Launching for other countries is not yet mentioned.

The report also said the once these units are assembled, they are not going to be boxed up yet. This is because Apple Inc. said that they are not ready to install the latest iOS 5 for the iPhone but apparently it will happen later.

About the rumors and lost iPhone prototype.

Early August, there are reports that Apple ordered 10 million units of iPhone 5 from Pegatron and that the company will begin delivering them to Apple in September which goes exactly with the latest reports. A photograph taken from the plant that belongs to Wintek last month (August) shows an iPhone 5 in production.

Several parts of the latest iPhone 5 went into production last July, according to the reports from Digitimes, and since then there have been numerous mystery parts seen that could be for iPhone 4s or iPhone 5.

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