Want the best budget Android tablet this Christmas? If you know an iPad costs just too gosh darn much, have a gander at these Google flavoured stocking filler slates instead, and weigh up your options.
December, 2010
More news from the Apple rumourmill, with new models of the MacBook Pro and iMac allegedly in the pipeline for the first half of 2011, alongside the rumoured iPad 2 launch. The upgraded MacBook Pro notebooks will feature a slight change in chassis design and an upgrade to the new Lion operating system. Sources form component makers have revealed that Apple has plans to launch at least four upgraded MacBook Pro models, as well as an iMac with a new panel size and price point “for the mainstream market”.
[via DigiTimes]
WoW Cataclysm is quite literally the most earth shattering expansion pack for World of Warcraft since its launch half a decade ago. As well as new levels for hardcore players to reach and new characters, the whole of Azeroth has been reshaped. Cos, it’s a cataclysm, innit. What do the online RPG experts make of this mid-life booster for Blizzard’s MMO? Find out in our WoW Cataclysm review roundup.
Sky is showing 
Avatar 3D this Chrimbo, along with a whole raft of other 3D content, including Alice in Wonderland and Flying Monsters 3D. Are you an early adopter, who’s counting the days till Avatar 3D hits your small screen, or are you convnced that 3D is a fad that will pass? Click and tell us if you’ll be watching 3D TV this Christmas?
Google App Inventor is out of beta, meaning anyone with a Google account can use Google App Inventor to design their own Android app. There is a catch though: you won’t be able to upload it to Android Market.
The Mac App Store will open for business on 6 January – right in the middle of CES, the biggest tech trade show of the year. Will the Mac App Store steal the thunder of some of the smaller companies hoping to get some attention at CES?
We asked you what the best Android UI is: if you had a choice, would you choose HTC Sense, Motoblur, or stick to Android pure and simple? To our surprise, HTC Sense completely floored the competition, and even beat pure Android. The HTC Sense Android UI scooped 66 per cent of the vote, with pure Android trailing miles behind in second, with 28 per cent of the vote. 5.6 per cent of you liked Samsung TouchWiz Android UI, and a handful of votes came in for the Motorola Android UI, Motoblur, and for Sony Ericsson UX.