Latest Gadgets, Tablets and Smartphones
Just hours after Apple [AAPL] released the iOS 4.1 download, a vulnerability was found by the iPhone Dev Team that allows an iOS 4.1 jailbreak to happen.
The interesting thing with this particular security hole is that its a low level security hole that to fix, Apple will need to introduce new hardware. [Read more…]
iFixit managed to get hold of an iPod touch to tear down. The iPod touch went on sale this week after being announced just last week at the Apple Special Event.
The iPod touch is very thin and hence, a lower resolution camera was used as the 5 megapixel version from the iPhone 4 just wouldn’t fit with the technology used today.
The new touch uses an A4 processor although it comes packaged with 256MB of RAM (just like the iPad) rather than the 512MB of the iPhone 4. [Read more…]
Google [GOOG] has updated its search services by providing instant search results. The service is called Google Instant and allows you to see search results as you type in what you are looking for.
For example in the UK if you hit type A in to the search box, Argos is at the top of the results pages. Add a p to the search box and the results switch to show Apple in the top place.
According to Google, tests indicate that there are time savings by creating search results on the fly as users type.
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Earlier this evening (UK time), Apple [AAPL] launched the iOS 4.1 update and it is now ready for download.
To get the update you just need to sync your compatible iPhone with iTunes and click the check for updates button. The process takes around 10 – 15 minutes to download, reboot and install the latest iOS on to the iPhone. Once done, you’ll get HDR photos, access to Game Center and a few other smaller details.
The new iOS version isn’t a major update, but does bring a few handy features to the iPhone. [Read more…]
RIM has announced on it’s twitter account that the BlackBerry AppWorld has hit 10,000 apps.
Although it’s a milestone for RIM, it’s certainly a fair ways behind the likes of Google [GOOG] and Apple [AAPL] who’s market/app store’s have reached 100,000 and 250,000 respectively recently (or there abouts).
One reason the BlackBerry App World might be quite far behind is due to the types of customers who use the smartphones. BlackBerry devices are aimed at business users and a lot of them are not as versatile in terms of games and other types of apps that you see on Android and iOS devices. [Read more…]
The iOS 4.1 release date is rumoured to be today. Although it hasn’t landed just yet, we see that Game Center has gone live which indicates the iOS 4.1 update is ready to be pushed out.
Game Center was previously only open to developers. After wiping all Game Center accounts out yesterday, Apple [AAPL] now allows developers to set up new accounts. [Read more…]
The latest generation iPod shuffle was announced last week and launched this week. iFixit of course, managed to get it’s hands on one and tear it apart to see exactly what’s inside the new device.
With the shuffle having no screen, Apple [AAPL] has managed to cram everything in to the shuffle and make it a tiny package.
In terms of how easy it is to teardown, iFixit gave it a rating 2 out of 10 which basically makes it very difficult to teardown. [Read more…]
By this time next year, Samsung is confident that over 10 Million Samsung Galaxy Tab devices will have been sold.
The Galaxy Tab was officially unveiled at IFA last week where it was confirmed that it has a 7 inch screen, runs the Android 2.2 operating system and will be running head to head with the Apple iPad.
By shifting 10 million Galaxy Tablets the company estimate that this will take about one-third of the tablet market worldwide. [Read more…]
We’ll take this one with a pinch of salt, but there are rumours going around that the Apple iPad could get an external camera to make FaceTime calls with it.
This rumour started because of the iOS 4.2 release date of November being mentioned last week at the Apple Special Event. In that presentation, Steve Jobs said that everything goes to the iPad for iOS 4.2 which included HDR photography amongst other things. The problem is that the iPad can’t do HDR without a camera and certainly can’t make FaceTime calls. [Read more…]
The Samsung Galaxy Tab UK price hasn’t been officially announced yet although it hasn’t prevented some places from speculating on the price.
Next up is Clove in the UK who has priced the Galaxy Tab up at £617 which takes it to around the $950 price point in USD. This price point gets you a 16GB Samsung Galaxy Tab that is SIM free and not locked on to a contract.
The £617 price tag also includes taxes. [Read more…]
The Apple [AAPL] website was recently updated with the new details of the iPod touch. Along with that the standard pictures were uploaded that show the new device.
Unfortunately for Apple, someone forgot to photoshop the correct screen grabs on to the page and managed to leave the Phone icon at the bottom left of the screen along with text messages showing up in the Spotlight search as pictured below. [Read more…]
The iPad 2 when launched next year, is expected to have a couple of cameras installed. One of which will be used for FaceTime calling.
This rumour has been further strengthened by the image above which shows a video call debug screen running on the current iPad. [Read more…]
