Right, let’s get started. We’ve got another day ahead of us stuffed full of gadget news to look forward to, and we’re kicking things off with a roundup of all the headlines you might have missed while you were kipping. Get them all right here in your techie breakie, right now!
October, 2010
The BlackBerry Bold 9780, the one that’s sprung more leaks than the Titanic in recent weeks, has just been made official, in case you still had any doubts about its existence. RIM has just announced the BlackBerry Bold 9780, which we found on the Vodafone UK website, and in the T-Mobile Christmas gift guide just a fortnight ago.
Microsoft has quietly released Windows 7 Service Pack 1, the first major update to the OS since its launch just over a year ago. But don’t expect it to transform your Windows 7 experience in a major way: this Service Pack is mostly a collection of security updates and bug fixes that keep everything quietly ticking along.
Pizza Express are opening a snazzy new restaurant in Richmond, London, where diners will be seated in futuristic booths that come complete with iPod dock and directional sound system, so that you only get your music piped in, and so you only hear, (or block out, if you’re more on the antisocial side), the conversations on your own table. This is bad news for eavesdroppers, as there’ll be no more listening in on the snipey conversation of the couple on the next table, but it does mean that there’ll be no mediocre chart tat simmering you into a rage before the garlic bread has even arrived.
Another day, another tablet toddles into the world. Now it’s Acer’s turn, although the PC-making giant is playing it cool with the specs of its forthcoming tablet (or tablets), revealing only that it’ll be launching its first line of touchy slates in New York City on 23 November. What could they have in store?
It’s been a non stop month in camera reviews, with loads of brand new shooters hitting our desk. We hit the streets with them all to find out how they stood up against the competition, and we’ve got the lowdown on them all rounded up right here for you.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab was received with lots of hype, but as sky high prices were announced, and more recently, as in depth reviews have started arriving left right and centre, confusion about the Samsung Galaxy Tab is emerging. We decided to pit the Samsung Galaxy Tab against the Toshiba Folio 100, which also runs Froyo, but that’s more similar in size to the iPad. Both are devices that those who want to look beyond the iPad will be thinking about, but which serve different purposes. Click through for our full stat clash…