Posted on 05 January 2011
If you’ve read the live blog of the ASUS event today you’ll be aware that 4 devices were launched. It’s interesting to note that there were no traditional netbooks launched which indicates a mainstream status (some will call that ‘death’) of the netbook. What ASUS are doing here is looking for new form factors and [...]
Tags: asus, eee pad, eee pad slider, honeycomb, tablet, tegra 2
Posted on 04 January 2011
Vic Gundotra, VP of Engineering for Google, explained at Google I/O last May that Google intend to deliver a whole lot more than just applications on the Android Market by demonstrating a Android music download service. It seems Google don’t plan on stopping with just music downloads as a recent report in The Wall Street [...]
Tags: amazon, android, google, google news, kindle, news, tablet
Posted on 04 January 2011
We’re in and waiting. I’ll try and update as we go along… 1341hrs now. It starts at 1400. Lets see how the Wifi holds up! MeetMobility co-podcasters next to me… Nicole Scooter (Netbooknews.com) and me…. Joanna Stern of Engadget next to me. I’m honoured! View from outside. This is what we can expect today. Will [...]
Posted on 04 January 2011
Days before CES officially kicks off Toshiba have announced their Honeycomb tablet offering, or at least demonstrated the hardware. Similar to Toshiba’s previous Android tablet, the Folio, it’s powered by the Tegra 2 platform however it has been given a much needed makeover with a higher resolution 1280 x 800 10.1” display, 5 megapixel rear [...]
Tags: android, honeycomb, tablet, toshiba
Posted on 04 January 2011
I’ve arrived and I’m getting ready for the big event. Sitting here with JKKmobile and Galaxy Tabs in the casino it’s a big change from our Netbook-focused experience of last year. Neither of us have our netbooks with us and we just can’t stop talking about it! No doubt the netbooks will come out when [...]
Tags: CES, jkkmobile
Posted on 04 January 2011
You have to love this time of the year, CES is starting and companies are providing all sorts of sneak peaks into what they have been working on to keep our gadget appetites suitably moistened. Opera haven’t disappointed with quick preview of a new version of their popular mobile browser designed specifically for tablets. Announced [...]
Tags: android, galaxy tab, ios, opera mobile, tablet
Posted on 03 January 2011
Its been a long time coming and anyone who has a new phone every year or eighteen months will know what its like to have many different chargers laying around just in case. Well if you live in Europe, you can say bye to a draw full of tangled mess and hello to the new [...]
Tags: micro-USB
Posted on 03 January 2011
I was watching the film ‘Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas’ the other night. It’s a strange story about a journalist and his journey to Las Vegas to report on a desert race. He gets somewhat distracted by drugs. As much as you might like to see reports of me running naked through the expo [...]
Tags: CES, tabletpc
Posted on 02 January 2011
If you thought waiting for the latest Android update was the only issue your phone has, think again. A bug that was reported to Google last June that makes Android send SMS messages to the wrong recipient still appears to be impacting a vast number of users. When sending SMS the Android messaging client will [...]
Tags: android, android bug, android security, android sms, security, sms
Posted on 02 January 2011
CES, the big consumer electronics show starts officially In just 4 days but for us, and you, it all kicks off tomorrow. Not only am I flying out tomorrow for the first pre-events on the 4th but the PR companies will be back at work after the new year break so expect a lot of [...]
Tags: CES