Author: Gary H
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Most expensive iPad ever?
a few months ago we told you about this one of a kind iPad that had no rival, it has reared it beautiful head once more and we thought we should give it another mention. So if you have an odd £5,000,000 lying around? I can assure you I don’t, but if you did you could…
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Broadband speeds still misleading, ISPs are advertising faster than available broadband
We all know that when a Broadband provider puts ‘up to’ in the opening line of their marketing campaign that it means we are likely to not get the full advertised speed. Well this is most definitely the case, almost every time. According to Ofcom, who has released its latest study of average broadband speeds…
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Supposed iPhone schematic, points to a larger edge to edge display, curved back and larger home button.
If the above image is true, Mobile fun have supposedly unearthed the plans for the iPhone 5 case, if this is real it shows the next gen iPhone having a larger display, the cast has a curved edge, similar to the iPad 2 styling, in addition to a larger, edge-to-edge display, and a larger home…
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Gingerbread update for Xperia X10 due this week
Sony Ericsson has posted a tasty little treat on their official Facebook Page, telling us that the official Android Gingerbread update for the Xperia X10 is coming this week. The post states “The launch of the 2.3 software for X10 is getting closer, and the planned release date is approx. w30.” Week 30 began yesterday,…
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Looks like the Face Party is only just beginning, with FaceForward
After reporting earlier that Facebook had blocked the iPad app found within the latest update to the Facebook for iPhone app, it seems a clever developer for jailbroken iDevices has made a little hack to re-unlock the iPad app hidden within the code. So all iPad owners can rejoice the fact that Facebook doesn’t hold all the…
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The Party’s over: The secret iPad app has been blocked by Facebook!
Not even 48 hours ago the guys at TechCrunch found the secret iPad Facebook app hiding within the code for the updated version of Facebook for iPhone. Well, Facebook didn’t seem to like people using their new toy early and have found a way to patch things up. Although the app will still launch, it…
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Android’s market share is exploding rapidly – should be ahead of iOS now
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ComScore has just released some new figures showing the word domination of Android, which is coming along nicely at a freakishly fast pace. We all know that Android phones are dominating the market at the moment with a reported 500,000 devices activated monthly, and with the OS still being relatively infantile, the growth shown is…
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Android app player leaked for Playbook
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The Blackberry Playbook is a brilliant piece of kit; it has good hardware, a good design and good prospects. But what it does not have is a good developer base. Bring in Alien Dalvik, a tool that will allow the Playbook to boot and run Android applications, with essentially no difference to the Android app,…
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Android tablets finally make an impact, but iPad still dominates
A report has been published by the global research and consulting firm Stategy Analytics on the current Tablet market and the results are both intriguing and promising for Android lovers. Unsurprisingly, tablet sales grew at an explosive rate; 15.1 million were sold in the second quarter, compared to 3.5 million in the same period of…
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Nissan GTR controlled by Android smartphone
Have you ever wanted a Nissan GTR of your own but cannot find £60-£70 thousand lying around? Well you could be in luck as a company called Blue Drone are looking at releasing a tiny replica of the supercar that can be controlled by your super… sorry smartphone. The mini GTR will be controlled using…
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Is Apple gearing up for an iPad with Mac OS X Lion?
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Yesterday Apple announced some amazing quarterly results. Peter Oppenheimer, the company’s COO, mentioned there will be a lot going on around autumn time and hinted the company had a “future product transition” on the way. Another thing that came from the conference is that the iPad business is booming. iPad sales are surpassing Macs in…
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Google Chrome OS ported to the MacBook Air
If the new Samsung and Acer Chromebooks don’t take your fancy but you really like Google’s new Chrome OS and just happen to have an old MacBook Air lying about, you’re in luck! That is because Chrome OS hacker Hexxeh has ported the lastest version of Chrome OS to his MacBook Air. The port is…