When iOS 4.2 gets released, it will increase the performance of the iPhone 3G. Ever since the launch of iOS 4.0 a few months back, iPhone 3G users have been left with a device that struggles to run as it did with 3.1.X. When iOS 4.1 was released, it some what fixed those problems although there are still a few speed issues here and there.
After a bit of testing of the 4.2 GM release, it appears that Apple [AAPL] has managed to iron out the bugs and bring the iPhone 3G running iOS 4 on par with when it ran iOS 3. [Read more…]
Verizon [VZ] has announced that the Motorola DROID Pro, designed for business use, will be made available tomorrow for pre-sale.
Samsung is planning to ship 40 million smartphones in 2011. This year alone Samsung has a goal of 20 million which means they effectively want to double sales next year.
Apple [AAPL] is believed to have created some iPad 2 adverts. The commercials were shot in New Yorks Pier 59 by a photographer called David Sims from Britain. The commercials were said to use the current iPad first gen model although it is believed these particular shots containing the iPad will be switched out with iPad 2s when launch time approaches.
One of the functions lacking in Windows Phone 7 is the ability to copy and paste text between apps. This could be changing soon though as Arpan Shah of Microsoft [MSFT] said in a blog post…
We’ve seen Windows Phone 7 before on the HD2 although only a few screen shots have been revealed.
The sheer amount of netbooks that ASUS launch is a bit silly, but they continue to push them out. The next one just landing is the ASUS Eee PC 1215T that has a 12.1 inch display.
An interesting tweet went out recently by Alvaro Fuentes that indicates the Google Nexus One will be getting an OTA update this week (developers handsets only) bringing Android from 2.2 to version 2.3 aka Gingerbread.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab has a large 7 inch screen. This causes some problems for some of the apps in that they don’t scale out to use the full screen by default.
Dell is handing out up to 25,000 Dell Venue Pro Windows Phone 7 smartphones to employees who hand in their Blackberry for the new device. As well as offering phones to staff, Dell is also offering a service that will help clients make the switch from Blackberry to WP7.
Reports today are showing a leaked document from Best Buy that indicates the Samsung Galaxy Tab Wi-Fi only version is being delayed till early 2011. The document says it is being delayed (Post Holiday) as seen in the image below.
iFixit decided to tear apart the new Microsoft Kinect to see what exactly is inside and how it all works.
