Latest Gadgets, Tablets and Smartphones
The White iPhone 4 has been very elusive over the last 9 to 10 months. It was first announced along with the regular iPhone 4 and since then, it has been delayed over and over to a point where most people believe Apple wont bother with the device and instead launch a white iPhone 5 in the next few months.
Bloomberg is now reporting that “three people with knowledge of the plans” have said the white iPhone will be launching within the next few weeks, before the end of April.
While looking around the Rovio twitter account for the Angry Birds Sync details, we also came across an update that mentions an Easter version of Angry Birds Seasons being launched in the next couple of weeks. Angry Birds Seasons is the version of the game that is themed with special events such as Halloween, Christmas, Valentines Day, St Patricks Day and the soon to be Easter version.
Judging by the previous seasons updates, we expect to see quite a decent update being added to the game along with more worlds and levels for you to play.
Angry Birds has been downloaded millions of times, up near 100 million times to be exact. One problem that has always existed with the game is that when you play it on more than 1 device, you need to start the game from the start. For example, you complete 3 worlds on the iPhone version, get a new iPad, download the game and you have to start right from the beginning on your iPad.
This can be frustrating for those avid and casual gamers who want to continue on from where they left off. Thanks to a tweet sent out by Rovio, it seems that a way to sync games might be introduced within the next few months. The system will be called Angry Birds Sync and from what we can gather, it’ll allow you to to sync your progress among a number of platforms so that when you load it up on the iPad, you play from where you left off on your iPhone.
Four of the main networks in the UK have now confirmed that they will be offering the new HTC Sensation. Vodafone was the first to announce the launch and also commented that it will be launching in May on its network.
Following on from that, we now learn that Orange, T-Mobile and Three will also be offering the device although probably not till June of this year. We suspect Orange and T-Mobile will launch around the same time due to them being under the header “Everything Everywhere”. As for the Three network, the company only says that it will launch sometime in the summer.
I have mentioned the HTC Pyramid previously and over the last few months, we’ve seen technical specs leak and we’ve seen a render of the device. We now have the full and official details. What we learn is that the new device will be called the HTC Sensation 4G.
The specs mentioned back in February hinted at a dual-core 1.2GHz processor from Qualcomm. The chip was identified as the MSM 8260 processor and we actually find that the same processor has made it in to the official specifications. The other detail leaked about the device was the screen which was leaked as a 4.3 inch qHD display and we also find that these details are also correct. The screen will have a resolution of 540 x 960 pixels. The screen is in a widescreen aspect ratio of 16:9.
New details show that when launched, it will run the Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system and that it will come with 1GB of internal memory as well as 768MB of RAM.
The Samsung Galaxy S2 will be launching in the UK on May 1. Samsung made the announcement today where it also confirmed that it will be made available on all networks.
The Galaxy S2 is the next generation model from the Galaxy S that launched last year. It includes an improved screen that is still Super AMOLED, but also carries the Plus name on the end of it.
The operating system running on the S2 will be Android 2.3 Gingerbread. [Read more…]
Angry Birds Rio for webOS has gone live today. The game first launched on iOS and Android a couple of weeks back, and now is available for users of Palm/HP devices.
Angry Birds Rio for webOS comes with 60 levels across 2 episodes with more promised to arrive over the coming months. Rio is a little different to the other Angry Birds games in that it has more of a story line in which the original Angry Birds are kidnapped and taken to Rio de Janeiro. Whilst there, they escape and go on the hunt for Blu and Jewel. [Read more…]
Some official press shots of the HTC Incredible 2 have been leaked. The device is similar to the Incredible S and is expected to launch towards the end of this and where it will arrive on the Verizon [VZ] network.
Due to all the leaks that have been seen about this particular device, we expect to see an official announcement any day now which will finally reveal all the official specs and details about the device and when it will officially launch. [Read more…]
Research company, Gartner, has been looking in to smartphone sales around the world to come up with some very interesting numbers.
The report first hints that smartphone sales will reach 468 million around the globe this year. This is a 57.7 percent increase on sales from last year. We also learn that Google Android could well be the leader in the smartphone market by the end of this year and in 2012, could command about 49% of the market. [Read more…]
The Samsung Galaxy S will get an update to Android 2.3 Gingerbread as early as this month from what we hear today. No exact date has been provided, but we have been informed that we could expect the update sometime mid-April.
We can assume at the moment that the update will be for unlocked handsets not tied down to a specific contract. However, the Three network in the UK has also stated that the Galaxy S on its network will be arriving within the next couple of weeks. [Read more…]
The device pictured here is what is believed to be a webOS based keyboardless smartphone.
The photo was sent to PreCentral by a tipster. The device is believed to be the Stingray, which its codename appeared in webOS recently.
The screen size isn’t known, other than best guesses by looking at the above image, although the screen resolution is expected to be 480×800 pixels. [Read more…]
It’s been about 9 months since Apple announced the White iPhone 4. We have still not seen it launch though and it appears now that Apple might not be launching this device.
The reason we think it might not be launched is that Apple updated the Apple Store yesterday and when it came back up, the only thing changed was the iPhone 4 (in white) being taken off the site. [Read more…]
