Mobile

With $2.5 billion on the table, Apple and Samsung will be punching each other to death with squads of highly paid lawyers in a California court room. Central to Apple's case is that the launch of the iPad in 2010 (three years after the iPhone in 2007) heralded the world's …

The second day of the Apple vs Samsung case showcased many prototype designs. Christopher Stringer, an Apple designer and first witness produced a wide range of iPhone and iPad designs, some of which he was carrying with him. According to the case, Apple produce hundreds of prototypes for each product, …

It is well known that Apple does delve into the dark underworld of pressuring mobile carriers into getting their own way. It was with a recent iPhone launch that Vodafone New Zealand lost their near-monopoly on the New Zealand iPhone market. While reasons were never discussed, they are easily guessed. …

Touting a 17.3” 1080p screen, 16GB of memory, RAID 0 SSDs, a BluRay drive and Killer Gaming network card, is MSI’s latest ‘Gaming Series’ iteration worth its credit card-crunching £1,999 price tag?!

When the Nexus Q was unveiled at Google I/O in late June it was met with a mixed response. While some liked the idea of a neat looking media streamer dedicated to Google's platform, it received a lot of negative feedback for being basically useless for anything more advanced. Due …

While many of us expect North Korea to be living in the dark ages they do surprise us. While three gold medals in the Olympics thus far may be the fact that first comes to mind, the North Korean state has in fact produced its own tablet. The “Achim” tablet, …

Following the leak of two Windows Phone 8 devices just yesterday, Samsung's plans for a 11.8 inch tablet have also been revealed as part of their court case against Apple. There have been rumours of a 11.8 inch tablet from Samsung for many months now but this is the first …

If you are in the market for a new smartphone then you may want to wait for another month as it looks as if Apple will be announcing their new phone on September 12th. Of course there is no confirmation from Apple that this is correct, but Jim Dairymple of …

Just over a month following HTC declaring they are pulling out of Brazil, South Korea is getting the same treatment by the Taiwanese phone manufacturer. Following poor sales in Samsung's home nation this decision has been made in an effort to “streamline operations”. Analyst firm Canalys estimates that HTC controlled …

Samsung has perhaps mistakenly unveiled two potential Windows Phone 8 devices through court documents this week. The Odyssey and Marco were contained in documents submitted as part of the ongoing Samsung vs Apple legal battles. The Odyssey is at the higher end of the spectrum while the Marco will be …

Microsoft have confirmed that their new Surface tablet will be launched on the same day as Windows 8, October 8th. They said “The next version of our operating system, Windows 8, will be generally available on October 26, 2012. At that time, we will begin selling the Surface, a series …

Apple and Samsung spend a lot of time working together toward a common goal: Making Apple products possible with processing chips manufactured by Samsung. At the same time, each company's legal alter ego seems to have its hands wrapped around the other's throat, in court, somewhere in the world. KitGuru …

Thomson will enter the Smart Phone market and launch at IFA  for all European markets an amazing big screen version: the Android 4 (Ice Cream) – based Thomson X-View-2 with a huge 5,3 inch display. The X-View2 is only the second phone on the market with such a big screen …

While quite a few sites have been reporting that Apple has patented the design for a traditionally PlayStation like video game controller, it looks like that's not exactly true. In reality, Apple has been investigating turning other devices, like the iPhone and iPad into controllers for systems like Apple TV …

Just a couple of days ago the international variant of Samsung's flagship Galaxy S III received a “stability” update that also removed the universal search function. This feature grants users to search through local files using the Google Search application on the phone, as well as the usual Google results. …

Sony is known in the smartphone world for their quality products yet never manage to match the sales of the true giants such as Apple or Samsung. Their upcoming flagship has now been leaked just over a month in advance of its announcement currently scheduled for the 29th of August. …

It seems that Microsoft can't stay out of the headlines recently …. but for all the wrong reasons. With Windows 8 and their Surface tablet just around the corner, we have to ask the question. Do they really know what they are doing? Before I go any further, I need …

Google I/O to the vast majority was so much more than just a developer's conference. While a select few were focused on the many informing developer sessions at the show, many of us were interested in some awesome new products. At the end of the three days we had a whole bunch …

If you have ever been stuck in a foreign airport with nothing to do, you'd probably check out any available Wi-Fi hotspots then have your mouth hanging open a few moments later as the page asking for your Visa details loads. This may be the same feeling some keen visitors …

Microsoft are set to launch their ‘iPad beating' Surface tablet later this year, but it is already circulating that they may be charging more than $1,000 for the privilege of ownership. The news hit after a Swedish Web Site listed the prices of the four future models, including Windows 8 …

The £159 tablet from ASUS and Google has without doubt been selling well since its retail availability in the last fortnight and while some customers wanting the tablet have left stores empty handed, no official sales figures have been released. Data collected by advertisement provider Chitika shows an early insight …

There is a brand new update rolling out to the international version of the Samsung Galaxy S III today. The Samsung flagship has already received a few updates since its launch earlier in the year which smoothed performance but this “stability” update removes functionality. So what does the XXBLG6 firmware …

Apple have announced that OS X 10.8, or Mountain Lion, will be released on the Mac App Store. The software upgrade is a very reasonable $19.99/£13.99, which is a complete contradiction to the high prices that Microsoft charge for their operating systems. The new operating system will bring a raft …

Qualcomm have released their first quad core Snapdragon based tablet with a whopping price tag of $1,300. Not exactly targeting the mainstream market. CNET Asia posted a picture of the new tablet, saying that the new tablet was firmly targeting the developer audience. The machine boosts a 10.1 inch WXGA …

Sir Stuart Rose was asked to leave M&S with an £8 million handshake and, at 61 years of age, could well retire to a humble Yorkshire mining town – supping bitter and regaling locals with tales of retailing wonder. But he's not doing that. In fact he's getting quite dramatic. …

OfCom released its report on the 4G spectrum auction earlier today, suggesting that it would take place later this year, finally bringing the high speed network to consumers sometime in late 2013. In response, several of the big mobile operators have commented on the news. With over 1,000 pages to …

The Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 is another one of those devices with an especially  long announcement to release span, but in a way it has been justified. First announced at Mobile World Congress in February it was meant to ship with a dual-core Exynos chipset. However, it was delayed by …

With the upcoming release of iOS 6 it appears as if Apple will make it much easier for users to install free applications. Users running the third beta of iOS 6 have discovered that they no longer have to enter their password to download free applications from the App Store. …

When a young Nigerian entrepreneur and Bournmouth graduate, Saheed Adepoju, borrowed £40,000 from his family to begin working on a tablet PC for his home market, he had little idea of how much attention and energy his idea would attract. But there are huge struggles ahead. KitGuru scans the 8″ …

Many Apple followers are waiting on the new, upcoming iPhone to be released. The negative impact is that Apple may post low sales in this sector from the third fiscal quarter. No one wants to buy the current model with the new release just around the corner. Apple are estimated …