New MacBooks: Apple confirms Retina Display by accident
Computers & Accessories
If you’re reading this, chances are you’re desperately scouring the web for any droplet of news that can be harvested about the next breed of MacBooks. We’ve missed the previous estimate of an April launch, so what’s the hold-up? If Apple’s latest Mac OS X update is anything to go by, a glorious new Retina Display. Read more
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Categories: Tags: Android 5.0, dual core, Exynos, Galaxy, Google, iPad, Jelly Bean, Nexus tablet, Samsung, tablets
Google needs a Nexus tablet. If it really wants Android to provide a true rival to the iPad, it needs to stop hanging back and take control of things itself. While previous rumours had suggested that Asus would provide the hardware, fresh gossip points to Google teaming up with Samsung. Is the Samsung Nexus tablet just around the corner? Read more
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Categories: Mobile Phones Tags: Android 4.0, budget, HTC, HTC Desire C, ice cream sandwich, Smartphone
Finally. We’ve been banging on about the lack of truly cheap Android 4.0 handsets for a while now, but it looks like HTC is set to do something about it with this: the HTC Desire C. What’s under the bonnet, and has HTC struck the right blend of hardware for price? Read on for the details.
Fancy a film? Nah, we don’t mean a trip down to the local picture house. Those places are full of yoofs on their phones and overpriced confectionary. We’re on about the proper home cinema experience, here.
Of course, that’s an altogether more enjoyable experience if you’ve got some bleeding-edge kit to do it on - like the Sony Blu-Ray starter pack that’s hitting stores soon. Just as well, then, that we’re offering you the chance to win just that. Read more
Ah, here we go again. The month’s got a ‘Y’ in it, or it’s a full moon, or a Friday, or whatever. Whichever is the reason this time, the rumours of a 7-inch iPad Mini have resurfaced. And the entire tech webosphere is alight with reports that, this time, it’s definitely going to happen. Is it hell. If you think Apple is going to make a mini iPad, you don’t know Apple. Here’s why… Read more
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Categories: Mobile Phones
This? Oh this is the Samsung Omnia M. The budget Windows Phone market is a goldmine waiting to be farmed for all its worth. We’ve mentioned before that cheap phones and the simple WP7 OS are a match made in heaven, but there’s still precious few handsets on that particular shelf. Luckily Samsung’s looking to add to the range with a rival to the Nokia Lumia 610. Read more
Oops. Bit embarrassing for Apple, this: it seems that Siri harbours a secret appreciation for the Nokia Lumia range of smartphones – and actually prefers them to the one that it actually nestles inside. “Siri, which is the fairest phone in the land?” It’s not the iPhone 4S… Read more
Nokia’s just unveiled its assault on the world of mobile phone eReading. Nokia Reading, which launches this week around the UK and Europe will let specific Windows Phone handsets access a ream of classic and new books, but it’s a future update that’s got us excited. Ready for Flipboard on your Lumia? Read more