Latest iPad 2 benchmarked, 30 per cent better battery life
LaptopsThe refreshed iPad 2 has been put through its paces by the folks over at AnandTech, and there's some good news if you're considering a more affordable version of Apple's tablet than the new iPad. Battery life is up, up, up.
Casual web browsing on the latest iPad 2 gives you a 15.8 per cent longer battery life compared to the older version. But the real savings start with more graphic-intensive usage. Playing games gives you a whopping 30 per cent longer before needing a recharge, which is handy if you're nearing the end of a level and aren't near a plug socket. Continue reading...
Asus N Series laptop's sleek design shown off in video
LaptopsAsus has showcased its new N Series laptop in a new YouTube video (embedded below), highlighting a slim-looking devil packing a Blu-ray drive, the latest Intel chips and a gorgeous design.
The video -- which is full of all the whooshes you'd want from any new product clip -- shows off the new N Series laptop, with a particular focus on the design. I've had the previous iteration of the N Series -- the N55SF -- which looked rather sleek. But the new range seems to have been hitting the gym, shaving what looks like a good 10mm off the thickness. Continue reading...
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Nokia plans 'hybrid' tablets
Mobile PhonesNokia has admitted it was too slow to get stuck into the smart phone revolution -- but it has plans to experiment with "hybrid" tablets to turn things around.
Departing Nokia chairman Jorma Ollila told Financial Times that Nokia moved too slowly at the start of the smart phone revolution. He also shared some of Nokia's plans to turn things around, including "different hybrids, different form factors". Continue reading...
Ice Cream Sandwich for £150 with the Disgo Tablet 8104
LaptopsFancy bagging yourself Ice Cream Sandwich for just £150? That's the promise made by the Disgo Tablet 8104, a new slate offering the latest version of Android for a sum that won't break the bank.
The 8104 sports a 10.1-inch touchscreen with a 1,024x600-pixel resolution. Inside there's a 1.2GHz Boxchip Cortex A8 ARM processor and Mali-400 graphics chip, with 512MB of RAM. The battery keeps on trucking for up to 5 hours of use. Continue reading...
Samsung plans dual-screen folding tablet
Mobile PhonesSamsung's next generation of Galaxy Tab tablet could have not one screen but two. A new patent shows Samsung is considering a dual-screen folding tablet similar to the Sony Tablet P or Nintendo DS.
The dual-screen concept folds in the middle. The screens display either one picture, divided by the hinge in the middle, or show something different on each screen. Continue reading...
Apple in further scuffle with ASA over iPad 4G claims
LaptopsThe ASA has been delving into Apple's advertising policies concerning the new iPad, and it's still not happy about it being sold as '4G', the BBC reports.
The latest iteration of Apple's slate proudly boasts of its super-fast 4G data speeds. The problem with that is that 4G isn't available here in good old Blighty just yet and even when the day comes that it is, it won't be compatible with the iPad. This has caused something of a stir among British Apple customers who have complained to the ASA, demanding Apple alter its advertising policies.
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Alienware M laptops jacked up with Intel Ivy Bridge chips
LaptopsAlienware has given its M14X, M17X and M18X gaming laptops a raucous update for 2012, replacing the dusty old Intel Sandy Bridge processors with the sharp new third-generation Ivy Bridge chips, along with the latest Nvidia 6-series graphics cards and mSATA SSD drives for super-speedy start-up times.
Intel's been teasing us with these Ivy Bridge processors for a while now and Alienware's M-series laptops are among the first to arrive packing the new chips. Ivy Bridge chips are designed to provide greater performance while keeping operating power -- and physical size -- lower. Intel promises a significant graphics boost too, so it's particularly exciting to see them slapped inside gaming laptops like these. Continue reading...
Samsung Series 7 gets Ivy Bridge boost
LaptopsSeries 7 is getting serious. Two Samsung Series 7 laptops are upgrading to powerful new Intel Ivy Bridge Core i7 processors.
The Series 7 Gamer and Series 7 Chronos laptops are to be powered up with Intel Ivy Bridge chips, with 8GB of DDR3 RAM to boost their gaming grunt. Continue reading...
Apple and Samsung to meet on 21-22 May for settlement talks
Mobile PhonesThe date has been set. The CEOs of Apple and Samsung will meet on 21 and 22 May for settlement talks -- and will hopefully decide to stop suing each other once and for all.
The talks will take place in San Francisco and will be overseen by Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero, who'll hopefully stop the squabbles and name calling. The start time has been set for 9.30am each day, Foss Patents reports. Continue reading...
Sony Tablet S Ice Cream Sandwich update arrives
LaptopsThe Ice Cream Sandwich update for Sony's wedge-shaped Tablet S here at last, bringing such delights as panorama photo mode and access to notifications from the device's lock screen.
Sony confirmed that the update is out via its official blog. Next time you connect your tablet to Wi-Fi, you should see a notice offering you the upgrade. Continue reading...
Touchscreen MacBook unlikely as Cook slams tablet hybrids
LaptopsApple head honcho Tim Cook has spoken out against hybrid devices like the Asus Transformer Prime, saying that devices looking to act as tablets and laptops end up "compromising in both", the BBC reports.
When asked for a comment on what he thought about mashing together PCs and tablets -- something Microsoft wants to do later this year with Windows 8 -- Cook said that, "anything can be forced to converge." Continue reading...
Asus Transformer Pad 300 lands in May, costs £399
LaptopsThe Asus Transformer Pad 300 will be out in the UK in early May, available at Currys and PC World when you fork out £399.
Your near-400 sheets gets you a 10-inch tablet running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, along with a keyboard dock that attaches to the tablet with a satisfying KER-CHUNK, enabling you to type at lightning speeds. Continue reading...
Samsung to announce new tablet alongside Galaxy S3 on 3 May?
Mobile PhonesSamsung's cryptic invitation to "Come and meet the next Galaxy" at an event in a couple of weeks offers us precious little information about what we can expect from the new device. All signs point to it being the unveiling of the Galaxy S3, but new rumours suggest that Samsung might launch a new tablet alongside the keenly-anticipated phone.
According to a report by our cousins at CNET Asia, the device will be a 10.1-inch tablet, but it won't be the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1. Intriguing… Continue reading...
Intel Ivy Bridge processors: Everything you need to know
LaptopsChip manufacturer Intel's new range of processors, codenamed Ivy Bridge, will soon be popping up in all kinds of laptops and computers. But what exactly are these new processors and why on Earth should you care about them?
The name Ivy Bridge is purely the behind the scenes moniker Intel has given to the third generation of its Core i3, i5 and i7 processors. They aim to combine better performance with lower operating power than the previous models, named Sandy Bridge. Continue reading...
Apple tries to rebrand 3G as 4G in new iPad palaver
LaptopsApple is defending its new iPad from accusations of misleading shoppers, claiming the 3G networks its latest tablet can connect to should count as 4G.
The Californian tech giant is in hot water down under, our sister site ZDNet Australia reports, citing a story in the Australian, where the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is trying to make Apple change the name of its Wi-Fi + 4G tablet. Continue reading...
Samsung Galaxy Metrix, Velvet, Legend named as future phones
Mobile PhonesSamsung has bagsied a bunch of new names for future phones. Forthcoming phones and tablets could be named the Samsung Galaxy Metrix, Galaxy Velvet or Galaxy Legend.
So Samsung wants to name its new phones after what sounds like an 80s video game, a toilet roll and the HTC Legend? Brilliant! Continue reading...
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 production halted to add quad-core
LaptopsWe may have only recently laid our eyes on the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 over at Mobile World Congress, but apparently Samsung has already stopped its production. Don't worry though -- it's only so it can stuff a quad-core processor inside.
The news comes via a Samsung insider, speaking to Netbook News. He wasn't heavy on details, but indicated that Samsung has halted the production of the GT-P 5100, the codename for the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1, in order for it to be upgraded to a quad-core CPU. Continue reading...
Smell like a MacBook Pro with this new perfume - yes, really
LaptopsHave you ever opened an Apple MacBook Pro box, inhaled and thought, "If I only I could smell like the inside of this box, I'd be the coolest person ever"? If so, your (frankly disturbing) dreams are about to come true with a new fragrance by Air Aroma, based on the smell of unboxing a new MacBook Pro.
Rather than the more traditional scents of sandalwood, rose or ylang ylang, Air Aroma acquired "samples of fragrances with the aroma of glue, plastic, rubber and paper" from the South of France to create the Apple-based perfume. Continue reading...
Windows 8 versions and Windows RT for tablets explained
SoftwareThe three main flavours Windows 8 will come in when it launches later this year have been outlined by Microsoft on its blog. The software behemoth has also confirmed it'll be called Windows 8, although I didn't realise there was ever any doubt about that.
Windows has previously come in a whole smorgasbord of varieties, with home versions, school versions and professional versions cluttering up the shelves, but Microsoft has streamlined the offerings into three distinct categories: Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro and Windows RT for tablets. Continue reading...
New iPad mini coming this autumn, to battle Windows 8?
LaptopsApple's cooking up an iPad mini ready for an autumn release, according to reports currently doing the rounds.
Kotaku cites Chinese site NetEase, which reckons 6 million units will be ready for the launch, with the miniature version of Apple's slate built to do battle with Windows 8. Continue reading...
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