“Three times in 87 years we let a woman design a product. Isn’t that great?!” That’s B&O’s CEO and president Tue Mantoni speaking at this morning’s London launch – clearly proud of his company’s radical, forward-thinking attitude to gender equality. The female journalist he was motioning towards? Not so impressed.
But maybe, just maybe, these “women” people he’s talking about know their stuff: the new B&O A3 iPad speaker is a stunningly different device. Shame you probably can’t afford one…
Waiting in anticipation for Apple to drop the bomb and reveal its HD TV sets with Apple TV super powers? What if we told you that you could buy one tomorrow? And what if we also told you that it wasn’t made by Apple? We’re talking about the B&O V1: The TV that’s just beaten Apple to it. Read more
I’ve spent the last couple of weeks using RIM’s seemingly ill-fated PlayBook, to see just how ill-fated it actually is. At just £169, with new software, a raft of new apps and all the right accessories, can it finally be seen as a viable tablet alternative to the new iPad? I’m at the end of the journey now, so I need to make a decision… Read more
Is iOS 5 starting to feel a bit stale? Apple’s latest mobile operating system is now nearly a year old, which means it’s nearly time to make the jump to the next iteration, just as Android settles into the slump between Ice Cream Sandwich and Android 5.0. Good news for Apple fans then: an event invite may have just revealed the launch date of iOS 6. What should it have baked in? Read our suggestions after the break… Read more
For a while now, we’ve been wondering if Apple has plans on merging its MacBook line with the iPad. The only downside of Apple’s tablet is that typing at length a bit of a chore, so a converged solution – akin to the Asus Transformer Prime – makes sense, right? Wrong. It’s not going to happen as long as CEO Tim Cook’s in charge… Read more
Google Drive rumours have been building and swirling around for ages now, but the general rule of thumb is that the more rapidly they emerge, the closer we are to a launch date. Such is the prolificacy of Google Drive rumours now, that the consensus seems to be expecting a launch today, Tuesday 24th. What can you expect from Google’s cloud offering? Read on to find out. Read more
Last year, Apple threw us all for a loop. Every year since 2007, the Cupertino company had updated the iPhone in June. We all spent summer 2011 eagerly refreshing our inboxes, waiting for an event invite that didn’t come until October. Now, we don’t know what to expect this year, but rumour emanating from the supply chain says the iPhone 5 can’t possibly launch any earlier than October. What’s going on? Read more
When the iPhone 4S was announced, there was a fallout among those who like their Apple products to look different to the previous generation. After all, how are you meant to let fellow commuters know that you have the latest iPhone if it looks the same as the old one? Apple must be listening to the griping, because rumour has it the iPhone 5 is going to look very different indeed. Read more
