Rumors of Apple working on a smaller iPad, dubbed the iPad Mini, and Amazon on a larger 10-inch Kindle Fire are on a spree. The recent report from The New York Times joins the rumor bandwagon, along with reports from Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal, and confirms that Apple is working on a smaller iPad that has a less than 8-inch display.
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Lenovo Group Ltd is on track to overtake Hewlett-Packard Co as the world's biggest PC maker by sales as soon as this year, making it the first Chinese company to grab the top spot globally in a technology sector.
It seem that the success story of Kindle Fire tablet inspired Google to develop a sub-$200 Android tablet, which is apparently the best 7-inch tablet available in the market. However, the fame of Nexus 7 might be short-lived as Amazon is looking to strike back with a new wave of Kindle Fire tablets.
Rumors surrounding Apple are mainly focused on the next generation iPhone dubbed iPhone 5 at the moment. But, along with the next iPhone, Apple is also expected to release a smaller iPad this year. There is still no official release date for any of these devices, but new report suggests that the day could be Aug. 7.
Google unveiled its first tablet at the annual I/O conference last month and said that the Nexus 7 tablet will hit store mid-July. Fulfilling the promise, Google has started shipping the much awaited Android tablet, but still there is no specific date about when the tablet will be available for in-house purchases at retail stores countrywide.
Google’s recently unveiled Nexus 7 has turned out of the most awaited Android tablet manufactured so far. Most of the features of the tablet, if not all, are known. But it looks like that there is one feature that neither Google nor Asus talked about.
The Internet Movie Database is probably one of the most well known sources for film information, whether searching for information on an actor’s career or a movie's release date. The UK-based company has announced that its mobile apps on iOS and Android have collectively been downloaded 40 million times.
Rovio is known for its super popular Angry Birds franchise - which it is, from the expansion packs to the Angry Birds toys - but the company has launched a new mobile title: Amazing Alex, a physics-based puzzle game. Rovio’s success with Angry Birds has led the company to be valued up to $9 billion and the company even claimed it wanted to be bigger than Disney.
Much has been heard about the successor to Kindle Fire tablet in past few weeks, especially after Google launched its $199 Nexus 7 tablet. If Amazon wants to make Kindle Fire 2 a big hit, just like the original Fire tablet, the online retailer needs to pack its upcoming tablet with improved hardware and software. And reportedly, the tablet will have Nexus 7 like hardware (or better).
At its gleaming store, RadanMac offers the latest Apple gear - the new iPad, iPhones, iPods, laptops, all-in-one desktop computers and more.
Every time a new gadget is launched it receives two kinds of feedbacks. There is a group that rushes to the market and buys it the very first day. The second set of people are those who tend to get confused as to purchase that one or wait for a better one to get launched. Google Nexus 7 launch witnessed somewhat similar scenario with its counterpart from Amazon - the Kindle Fire
Developers trying to cash in on popular titles are not new to the Apple App Store, notably after the success of Angry Birds spawned apps that were very similar in design with a different set of characters. However, not everybody is lucky. An app, based on tower defense title Plants vs Zombies, has been pulled.
Android's open source nature means developers have more freedom when submitting apps, including the ability to change code after installation. That issue has led to two apps with malware being available for two weeks, with one reaching 100,000 downloads.