Monthly Archives: November 2011

Galaxy Tab Injunction Lifted

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Samsung has won its battle in the Australian courts over the legal distribution and marketing of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia. The world-popular tablet was originally banned via legal actions of the computing giant Apple, which claimed that … Continue reading

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iOS 5.1 Beta Available for Developers

iOS 5

There’s been a lot of recent news regarding iOS 5 and its various updates. First there was the big release, then iOS 5.0.1 came short on its heels due to some battery issues. Next we received a report that the … Continue reading

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Android 3.2 For Galaxy Tab and Xoom

Android Honeycomb 3.1

Both the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and the Motorola Xoom tablets are scheduled to receive an update to Android Honeycomb 3.2 sometime soon. The Galaxy Tab’s proliferation perhaps doesn’t match the original hype just before its release, a fact that … Continue reading

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Nokia N9 Review

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The Nokia N9 is certainly an interesting device. Not only was it was Nokia’s first and only foray with the Meego operating system (OS), but also ended up being the physical template upon which the Nokia Lumia 800 – Nokia’s … Continue reading

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Apple Delays iOS 5.0.2 Fix

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If it seems like only yesterday that iOS 5 was finally released with all its upgraded notification/integration splendour then that’s because you’re not far off the mark. In the short time since iOS 5’s release Apple has not only had … Continue reading

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Windows Phone Passes 40 000 Apps

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Arguably the hardest task in front of every burgeoning mobile OS is the quest for app support. It was originally one of the major reasons customers expressed discontent with the now prolific Android platform, and Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform is … Continue reading

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No Flash Support in ICS Confirmed

Android Ice Cream Sandwich

The other week Adobe stunned the tech world by effectively admitting defeat in its war against Apple over mobile Flash for smartphones. In what was a pretty huge announcement Adobe stated that support for Android Flash would be terminated in … Continue reading

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Batteries Could Soon Last 10x Longer

Battery-Improvements

We commented the other week in our post about the rumoured quad-core HTC Zeta that we’d like to see a bit more of a focus in areas like RAM and battery-life improvement and it looks like researchers at Northwestern University … Continue reading

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Cool Christmas Cost Cuts

In just five short weeks Christmas will be upon us. For many people that means blowing the budget on gifts and good times, but before you start loading up that credit card, it might be worth considering a few ways … Continue reading

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Motorola RAZR Review

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The Motorola RAZR is a high end Android 2.3.5 device that takes a slightly different approach to physical design that some of the handsets we’ve previously seen from Motorola. Its sharp edges with just slightly contoured corners make for a … Continue reading

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