A new iPod touch is on the way: we’ve seen enough leaks by now to be convinced of it. But when will it be launching? Now we have an answer for that too: a major news agency is reporting that Apple’s Autumn iPod refresh event will be taking place on 7 September – and that all new Apple TV will be making an appearance too.
August, 2010
Web usage on Android devices has shot sky high, increasing by 400 per cent in the second quarter of this year, snaffling up big portions of the market share of total mobile web usage from Blackberry and Apple. With the explosion of Android and its ever expanding app marketplace. Apple’s share fell by 16 per cent, and the exponential growth of Android streaked past the slow increase in traffic from both Blackberry and Apple.
[via ReadWriteWeb]
It’s hard to believe that we’re rolling close to the middle of the week already, but here we are. Tuck into a feast of all the latest gadget headlines right here in your techie breakie to see you through to the tipping point.
Today we got hands on with the Sony Alpha A33 and A55, and had a go at some amateur falconry while we were at it (more of that later). Sony’s two new additions to the Alpha range pack a lot of nifty features for lightweight, compact entry-level DSLR-type cameras (the translucent mirror means that technically it’s an SLT, a single lens translucent camera) both inhabiting the same chassis, but with slightly different specs – the Sony Alpha A33 is marginally less pimped out than the Sony Alpha A55, which has more megapixels for your money, and can push 10fps, in comprison to the 7fps that the A33 can run.
Boom! The Samsung Galaxy Tab just got a whole lot more concrete. Samsung’s just set loose an official teaser trailer for the Android slate, and serves up several juicy details on it. Read on for the video, plus a close look at what’s coming next week.
UPDATE: Microsoft has issued a statement confirming that Voice Control WILL ship with Kinect on launch day. “Voice control is an exciting part of the Kinect for Xbox 360 controller-free experience and we can confirm that it will be available at launch in November 2010″ (source: Team Xbox). So! That’s that.
Microsoft has confirmed that its Kinect add-on for the Xbox 360 will launch without voice control. Video chat will also be missing from the Kinect package on launch day.
Oh look. The Samsung E60 eReader we first went hands on with at CES way back in January is actually going on sale in the UK. You’ll be able to buy the Wi-Fi packing Samsung E60 reader, complete with 2GB of internal storage, from Thursday at WH Smith for £199.99. It’s almost a pity Samsung is expected to out its all singing, all dancing Galaxy Tab Android slate next week, complete with eReader software. Anyone smell a last minute bid by a huge corporation keen not to out outmode its own gear by accident?
It will be TouchWiz skinned.
UPDATE: The first Samsung Galaxy Tab video is out, and it confirms alot of the details we heard about previously. See which here.
We are all very excited about the Samsung Galaxy Tab, but it is important to sort out the wheat from the chaff when it comes to tech rumours. Here is what we think we know so far about Samsung’s new Android tablet, and what we don’t.