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The new iPad: Now more than ever, we need an Android Nexus tablet

March 7, 2012 8:55 pm by Ben Sillis

Categories: Computers & Accessories Tags: Android, Apple, Google, iPad, opinion, tablet

The new iPad is here, in case you didn’t get the memo. There are no real surprises, but it still leaves Apple out in the lead when it comes to tablet tech: that 2048×1536 resolution display is unparalleled. Only Asus’ upcoming Transformer Prime 700′s 1080p screen comes close – and that’s not out until the summer.

As I said in January, Google desperately needs a tablet success story. Today’s announcement from Apple – as well as the drastic price slash to the iPad 2 (£329, down from £399) – is only going to exacerbate this. We need a Nexus tablet.

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Even the Asus Transformer Prime can’t withstand the might of an iPad 3

February 16, 2012 11:14 am by Ben Sillis

Categories: Computers & Accessories Tags: Android, Asus, eee pad transformer prime, iPad 3, opinion, tablet

I’ve been testing out the Asus Transformer Prime Android tablet over the last week: once again, Asus has crafted the best Android tablet out there.

But there’s a problem. Even a razor thin, quad-core beast may not be able to compete with next month’s iPad 3.

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CoPilot Live is proof that with a good app, piracy isn’t a problem

February 1, 2012 3:20 pm by Ben Sillis

Categories: Apps & Software Tags: ALK, Android, copilot live, GPS, opinion

Last month, we wrote about the problem of Android app piracy, and the ready availability of paid-for apps through sites such as The Pirate Bay. Games and pricey navigation apps topped the chart of most stolen Android software, but the maker of one of the leading satnav apps on the platform, CoPilot Live, is doing just fine. In fact, it’s booming.

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Apple’s worst nightmare: Sky just turned everything into a Sky box

January 31, 2012 2:58 pm by Sam Kieldsen

Categories: TVs & Home Cinema Tags: Apple TV, football, on-demand, opinion, premiership, sky

Today Sky revealed plans to launch a new internet TV service. Arriving by the middle of this year, this service will allow anyone with a broadband connection to access Sky’s programming through pretty much any device: computer, set-top box, connected TV, games console, tablet, smartphone, you name it. And unlike the current Sky Go service, customers won’t have to subscribe: if they fancy watching a film one evening, they can rent only that film; there’s no requirement to purchase a monthly pass.

But while Sky’s service could put the willies up the likes of Netflix and Lovefilm, Apple could be the company that really loses out as a result. Why? Well, Sky just turned everything into a Sky box.

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BlackBerry’s new sales figures are not apples with apples

January 30, 2012 5:17 pm by Ben Sillis

Categories: Mobile Phones Tags: Blackberry, opinion, RIM

RIM’s been trumpeting some new findings from research firm Gfk today, claiming that the BlackBerry is the UK’s best selling smartphone. But if everything is hunky dory, why is RIM keeping the results so close to its chest? Let’s take a look.

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Microsoft is ready for game downloads: It’s a shame our broadband isn’t

January 27, 2012 12:18 pm by Ben Sillis

Categories: Guides Tags: Microsoft, opinion, Xbox 720

This week, Kotaku’s Stephen Totilo published a report claiming that the next Xbox may use a system to prevent used games from being played. It’s a tricky situation in itself: the used games market is huge, and doesn’t directly provide games publishers with any revenue, although the situation is far more complex than the likes of THQ would have you believe.

But it also points to something else further down the line: it’s no longer just Sony who wants to sell and send you console games directly over the internet. Microsoft wants in too. It’s a shame our shoddy broadband network won’t be up to the job.

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Windows Phone’s secret Android threat: How Microsoft could hold the budget market hostage

January 19, 2012 4:27 pm by Ben Sillis

Categories: Guides Tags: lumia 710, Microsoft, Nokia, opinion, tania, windows phone, zte

Over the next month, two new Windows Phones are set to go on sale in the UK: the colourful Nokia Lumia 710 and budget priced ZTE Tania. Neither alone will likely change the status quo at gunpoint, but they point to an extremely useful plan B that Microsoft has been working on: getting the price – and the experience – down to compete with the cheapest Android smartphones out there right now.

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The smart TV is already here: It’s just nobody wants it yet

January 12, 2012 12:31 pm by Ben Sillis

Categories: TVs & Home Cinema Tags: HD TV, netflix, ninteno, opinion

This week sees the yearly Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. It’s a cacophony of tablets, car speaker systems, iPhone cases, washing machines, corpulent analysts in blazers and network infrastructure, but because the mainstream media has only so many column inches to spare, this vast show typically becomes a reductionist competition where hacks attempt to boil it down into as few sweeping trends as possible.

Two years ago, it was 3D TV. Last year, it was still 3D TV. This year, it’s all about smart TVs, hooked up to the internet for on-demand content.

Typically, what’s shown at CES eventually trickles into shops at some point in the summer, but this year it’s different. We’re being shown what we already have. Many of us have smart TV technology in our living rooms already, and we don’t even realise it: case in point, Netflix.

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