Latest Gadgets, Tablets and Smartphones
Adobe has released the latest version of Flash for Android smartphones and tablets. The new version is 10.2 and is available for download now, at the Android Market.
To run the new update, users need to be running either Android 2.2 (Froyo), or Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). Android 3.x is also compatible with the new update although you’ll need 3.0.1 to run it. [Read more…]
To complement the announcement of the new T-Mobile Sidekick 4G, the company has now pushed out a hands on video of the new device which shows off the features and what it is capable of doing.
A few things to note include the new sliding mechanism that’s described in the video. T-Mobile decided to keep a lot of the physical aspects the same as the previous version, in that it has four buttons around the screen as well as a 5 row QWERTY keyboard and the slide out screen. [Read more…]
The Dell Streak 7 WiFi Only version is now available for pre-order over at Amazon. Currently, they have it listed at $379.99 although no specific release date has been provided. Due to Amazon already listing it, they could be preparing for a launch within the next 4 – 6 weeks.
The new 7 inch tablet is an Android 2.2 Froyo tablet that has a 7 inch screen that has capacitive touch, and is also multi-touch. Due to it running Android 2.2, it is also capable of running Adobe Flash 10.1. [Read more…]
Rovio updated Angry Birds HD for the iPad last night and along with that, a number of new levels, 15 to be precise, were added. The updates normally go down very well, but this time around, version 1.5.3 was hit with some criticism due to Rovio putting ads in the paid version of the game.
I would have rated this game with 5 stars if the latest update didn’t have ads. I can’t get rid of them. I buy apps to get rid of ads not to get bombarded with more.
Added “News” section when paused- this impacts the time to restart the level and continuous fade-in animation is very distracting. Now we’re forced to wait until the news loads EVERY SINGLE time the game is paused before restarting. Serious players will now have to wait an extra second or so each time a level restart is required.
Come on, Rovio!! You’ve made spam more important than playability. Bad move.
We’ve known for a while that Amazon is launching its own App Store. The website for it actually was put online for a few hours it seems as users entering www.amazon.com/apps were taken to a web page showing 48 available apps, although each app redirected back to the homepage. Before you check it, we not note that /apps also redirects to the homepage now although there is a screen shot below.
Within the app store, a number of apps were found, some of which are a bit cheaper than the official Google Android Market and some were a little more expensive. We also note that a few apps were found to be exclusive to Amazon. [Read more…]
Clove has announced that it will be launching the HTC Flyer in mid April and that it has the tablet available for pre-order right now. Pricing is confirmed at £600.00 inc VAT in the UK although this is likely to change once official pricing is announced. Clove comment that all pricing for pre-orders are updated once confirmed and once stock is ready to be shipped out.
The specs, which we have seen before, are showing the Flyer to have a 7 inch screen. The screen uses the HTC Scribe Technology allowing you to write on the screen and have the text read. The operating system is a step between Android 2.3 and 3.0 and is version 2.4. It brings some 3.0 Honeycomb features to a slightly smaller display. [Read more…]
Although it has never succeeded in getting prices down to $200, we now hear that ASUS are yet again attempting to get the netbook down to the $200 to $250 price point.
ASUS is attempting to drop the price due to competition from the new generation tablets such as the Galaxy Tab, iPad and Motorola Xoom to name a few. Since the launch of the iPad, netbook sales have slowly dropped as people seem to prefer the mobile phone type operating system on a 7 to 10 inch screen for “lazy time browsing”. By pricing a netbook at $200 to $250, it would position the 10 inch netbook at just below the price of regular tablets and in doing this, could help boost sales so that the company hits its 6 million goal this year. [Read more…]
Verizon is dropping the $35 activation fee for those who purchase either a Samsung Galaxy Tab or Motorola Xoom on a month to month contract.
The price drop appears to be for a limited amount of time (promotion), and is effective from March 11 till whenever the deal finishes. When purchasing one of the qualifying tablet devices, you will see a charge for $35 on your first invoice although this will be accompanied by a $35 credit to zero the balance out. [Read more…]
Motorola has officially announced a WiFi edition of the Xoom tablet. When launched, it will be made available across a number of leading retailers in the US which includes Amazon.com, Best Buy, Costco, RadioShack, Sam’s Club, Staples and Walmart.
Price wise, the 32GB WiFi only model will cost $599. As for the launch date, expect to see it on March 27. [Read more…]
We had hopes that Nokia would release Windows Phone 7 devices sometime towards the end of 2011. We now hear that it could be 2012 before we see the first Nokia smartphone with WP7 installed.
The information comes from the managing director of Nokia in India who says that the company is working on a 12 month time line to introduce the first WP7 OS based smartphones. With this in mind, Nokia could be using a next iteration of WP7 that is currently referred to as Mango. Mango is expected to be previewed and perhaps released by the end of this year. [Read more…]
Adobe has announced in a security bulletin that Adobe Flash, Adobe Reader and Acrobat each contain a critical vulnerability which if exploited, could allow someone to gain control of your system.
The vulnerability exists in Adobe Flash Player 10.2.152.33 and earlier versions (10.2.154.18 for Chrome users) and effects this particular version running on Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris. As well as effecting the desktop and laptops, those running Flash player on the Android OS (version 10.1.106.16 and earlier) there is also a problem with this version. [Read more…]
Although we have seen patents going back as far as last year from Apple about integrating NFC in to an iPhone in the future, we learn today from The Independent, that Apple [AAPL] will not be including NFC technology in the iPhone 5 (perhaps 4S as it could be called).
With Google including NFC in the Nexus S and Orange confirming that NFC will be made available in a number of smartphones this year, it was expected that Apple would also introduce it and really make a push forwards with the technology. [Read more…]
