Nokia’s Ovi Maps have been a prized possession for its smartphones for years. Up until recently when Finnish giant struck a deal with Microsoft, Ovi Maps was limited to Nokia-only hardware. That changed when it was confirmed all manufacturers of Windows Phone hardware would be given access. What we didn’t know was that Android and iOS would also be included. Now that Ovi Maps is available across all four platforms (Symbian, Windows Phone, Android, iOS) will it replace Google Maps?
July, 2011
That’s right, the new Philips GoGear Muse 3 lets you adjust your music settings not with a graphic equaliser or by tweaking lots of meaningless numbers, but by moving your finger on the screen. Make the tune warmer, more powerful, or however you want it, depending on where your finger is. Cue hours of experimenting, trying to find the hot spot for every song in your library.
It’s also packing a cool safety feature letting for protecting your hearing – read on for more.
HP is reportedly ready to ship its MacBook Air competitor, the HP Ultrabook. After last month’s D9 conference where CEO Leo Apotheker confirmed “there’s a whole new product refresh coming out”, anticipation for an ultra-slim HP laptop is at an all-time high. DigiTimes corroborated the story today by confirming two or more Ultrabooks are ready to ship. Can HP actually compete with the Acer UX21 and MacBook Air?
The first quarter of 2011 was a rough patch for tablet sales. Following strong sales over the 2010 holiday season, the start of 2011 was very much a polar opposite. According to IDC, first quarter tablet shipments were down 28 percent sequentially, largely due to iPad shipments that were “well below expectations.” Is this the first sign we’re facing a tablet bubble or was Q1 2011 just a bump in the road?
Welcome to this week’s Best Android apps round-up! As always, we’ve hand-picked the finest downloads for your Android smartphone, with a selection of games and apps to keep you entertained throughout the next seven days. If you’ve got an Android phone, or are just curious what’s new out there in app land, read on.
BeBook is best known for its e-readers, but now it’s branching out into the world of tablets (isn’t everyone nowadays?). As such, the BeBook Live is a super budget 7-inch offering that’s taking tablets out of the polo-necked clutches of the Apple brigade, bringing them to the masses. We can’t argue with the price, but is there anything else that’ll aggravate you should you choose to spend? Read on and find out.
Lunch. The midpoint of the day. The meal between breakfast and dinner. Also time to graze on tech tidbits from the morning’s goings on. Such as? Well today we’ve brought you Steve Ballmer admitting WP7 is struggling, news on the new MacBook Air, and developers being alerted of Mac OS Lion. It’s a veritable feast of information.
The iPad has snuck into many a DJ booth around the country but now you can also use it at the heart of a dedicated set up. Pro-DJ kit maker Numark has released iDJ Live, an iPad dock with two tactile decks and a crossfader plus bass and treble controls.
Once you’ve docked your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch in the iDJ Live, you can use the physical controls to interact with Algoriddim’s djay app (59p on iPhone or £11.99 for iPad) or any other Core-MIDI-enabled app. It also comes with a custom audio cable to allow you to hook up to a sound system and monitor your mix with headphones. The iDJ Live is out now for £79 and you can see it in action on video if you click through…