Instead of hosting a press event on New York's waterfront, Google has launched the LG Nexus 4 without a formal press event. The latest Nexus smartphone has killer specifications and a very attractive price on its side. The only real downside to the device is a lack of storage expansion. …
Read More »Samsung’s Nexus 10 tablet gets leaked
Obviously new mobile devices are becoming forever harder to prevent leaks of. We've seen it recently with the Nexus 4 and iPad mini and now Samsung and Google's Nexus 10 tablet has been leaked. The tablet itself has been rumoured for a long time but this is the first time we've …
Read More »Android event in New York cancelled due to Hurricane Sandy
While the presidential race may be taking up many news slots, the other big news from the United States recently has been Hurricane Sandy. According to reports the storm is set to cause in excess of a billion dollars in damage. Now, the same storm system has prevented Monday's Android …
Read More »Samsung tablets don’t infringe Apple’s patents – official
That's according to Apple. We checked. Going to Apple's site, you find a lot of PR spin about Samsung not being as cool as Apple, but – in the end – the conclusion is very clear and simple. KitGuru dons a barrister's wig and prances around the office with a …
Read More »LG Nexus 4 pricing and specifications confirmed
In what might be one of the worst kept smarphone secrets of the year the LG Nexus 4 has again been leaked. Just a day after a press render leak, retailer Carphone Warehouse has decided to put the device up for pre-order and has since taken it down. What it …
Read More »Android to be more common than Windows by 2016
On the same day as Windows 8 official launch, a research study by Gartner reveals that Google's mobile platform Android will be seen on more computer systems than Microsoft's Windows by 2016. As the world slowly shifts to mobile platforms Android will undoubtedly become ever popular. The study expects that …
Read More »iPad Mini now on sale from £269-£529
The iPad Mini is finally available to buy today, starting at £269 in the UK. The store was down for a short while last night while Apple updated the pages. It is available in Black/Slate and White/Silver with the following prices: 16GB £269.00 32GB £349.00 64GB £429.00 If you want …
Read More »Xbox Smartglass launching tomorrow
While we might have discussed a fair bit here about how the Wii U could potentially open up some interesting new avenues of gaming, thanks to its inclusion of a tablet controller in the standard gaming environment, Microsoft Smartglass for Xbox has even more potential – and it launches tomorrow, …
Read More »LG Nexus 4 press render revealed ahead of October 29 reveal
By this time next week LG and Google would have already announced the Nexus 4 at an October 29 press event but for now we've have to deal with another leaked press render rather than a full run down of details. Evidently, the Nexus 4 will take a lot of inspiration …
Read More »“Sh*t Android Fanatics Say” highlights fanboys’ favourite sayings
Every platform has its livid followers, and every group of followers can become well known for certain sayings over time. On occasion these sayings are bundled into a comedic video and Google's Android platform has been given that treatment. Points of interest widgets, standardised ports, larger screens, pricing and even Steve Jobs. …
Read More »Could Apple’s logo be banned in Russia?
Apple is well known for creating and attracting a lot of legal attention; whether it be with the competition from Korea or the Swiss Federal Railway service. I'm sure there's been a few odd cases involving Apple and other tech companies but this is the strangest one I've ever heard …
Read More »Counterfeit ‘iPad Mini’ tablets already available
In the run up to Christmas there is never a better (or worse) time to get lumbered with a ‘fake' item, produced in some underground lab in the Far East. Andy Churley, the market director at brand protection specialists NetNames has informed us this morning that there are already dodgy …
Read More »Apple release expensive new 13 inch Retina MacBook Pro
The latest reports show that the mobile laptop sector is struggling to grow, compromised by the constant stream of powerful smartphones and tablets. One company who doesn't seem to have a problem releasing high end machines is Apple. Their new 13 inch MacBook Pro Retina enabled machine is said by …
Read More »Apple launches the worst kept secret – also known as the iPad mini
Last night London time Apple unveiled the iPad mini, the same device that we have all known about for quite some time. The biggest difference being that most of the leaks I saw claimed a display size of 7.85 inches where Apple is now officially claiming 7.9 inches. However pointless …
Read More »Everything Everywhere unveils first 4G data pricing
The pricing plans for Everything Everywhere's 4G offers have been unveiled for the first time ahead of its launch on 30th October. While they will all offer much faster wireless data transfer, there won't be any unlimited packages made available initially. For a basic package that includes 500MB of data …
Read More »LG executive confirms Nexus 4 launch for October 29
LG's upcoming Nexus device, now referred to as the Nexus 4 will leave the Korean company in search of some greater ability to hide their products before launch. A company executive has said that the Nexus 4 will indeed be unveiled on October 29, coinciding with an Android event announced …
Read More »8% of Android apps leaking personal details
Scientists have tested 13,500 Android applications and they have found that around 8 percent of them are failing to protect bank account and social media login information. The disturbing findings have highlighted that the software is failing to implement standard protection routines allowing ‘man in the middle' attacks to reveal …
Read More »Nokia unveils Lumia 510, headed to India and China first
Nokia has just unveiled the Lumia 510, the lowest end Windows Phone handset from the Finnish company to date. The 510 is primarily aimed at developing smartphone markets and as such it will launch firstly in India and China in November. This will be followed by other Asia-Pacific countries and …
Read More »Samsung cancels contract to supply Apple with Retinas
Around a year ago, the magic glue holding Samsung and Apple together as technology partners, was called into question time and time again – as both sides were investing million in suits and counter suits. In most normal walks of life, the two would have parted company a long time …
Read More »Sony confirms what phones will and will not receive Android 4.1
Over the weekend Sony has announced which of their smartphones will be updated to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. The list as it stands is as follows: Xperia T Xperia TX Xperia V Xperia S Xperia acro S Xperia ion Xperia P Xperia go Xperia J Strangely, some other models released …
Read More »Apple set to update existing iPad next week
In just a couple of days at a press event on October 23rd Apple is now expected to unveil not only the iPad mini and a 13.3 inch Retina Macbook but also an updated iPad. The current “Retina” class iPad was unveiled in March and the most likely new feature …
Read More »Docomo launches realtime voice translator
It's the stuff of Star Trek. Japanese telecoms giant Docomo believes its ready to unleash an app that will translator English, Japanese and Korean in real time on phone calls. This is one of the most stunning announcements we've heard, in any language. KitGuru 聞くための準備. Companies like Dragon Speak have …
Read More »MSI GX60 Gaming Laptop Review (A10-4600M/HD7970M)
Today we are looking at the latest gaming laptop from MSI, which features the new AMD A10-4600M Trinity APU, 8GB of DDR3 memory, Steelseries keyboard, 750GB hard drive and 2GB Radeon HD7970M graphics card. At less than a grand, is this the new gaming laptop you should be shortlisting for …
Read More »Acer Jelly Bean tablet coming later this month for $229
Acer has just announced retail availbility and pricing for their own attempt at a 7 inch tablet running Android Jelly Bean, the A110. The Nexus 7 competitor will be available for $229 from October 30th. What you get for this price is a 7 inch, 1024×600 display, a NVIDIA Tegra …
Read More »Tablets and smartphones continue to hit laptop sales
The growing demand for tablets and smartphones is still hitting global laptop sales hard this year. Intel's financial report for Q3 this year indicates that the notebook sector sales are still not picking up. According to sources close to Digitimes the demand for notebooks will not pick up until 2013. …
Read More »Samsung & Google release ARM based Chromebook
Google are attempting to answer some of the pricing criticisms of their Chromebook range of computers with partner Samsung. The two companies are planning to release an ultrabook style Chromebook laptop which will only cost around £160 in the United Kingdom. This is a huge drop in price from the …
Read More »AMD begins to move away from PC industry
Alongside the news that over 1,000 jobs would be lost to redundancy, last night's Q3 earnings call gave AMD the opportunity to discuss the changes it sees happening in the market – and how it sees itself ten years down the line. One thing was loud and clear, it won't …
Read More »Arctic Charging Station Review
Today we are going to take a brief look at one of of Arctic's products that falls under their ‘Power' range. The Arctic Charging Station is designed for users who want to charge a number of mobile devices from a single power point. It features four USB charging ports which …
Read More »Google announces a new $249 Samsung Chromebook
Google has today announced the latest addition to the Chrome OS family, a Samsung Chromebook that is set to cost just $249, down from $449 for last year's model. The other big change is the move from a x86 based Intel Atom processor to the ARM Cortex A15 Samsung Exynos …
Read More »Microsoft riding on Surface, literally
With just over a week before the next generation of Windows is officially launched the marketing campaign is starting to get under way. No one can doubt the importance of the next few months for Microsoft with launches of Windows 8, RT and Phone 8 in place, so I guess you …
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