Days after the iPhone 5 was announced, Samsung is reportedly prepared to roll out a new version of its Samsung Galaxy S, the phone that has established itself as Apple’s chief smartphone rival. The Samsung Galaxy S4 will be introduced in February at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, according to The Korea Times. [...]
Apple has unveiled the iPhone 5, describing it as the “thinnest, lightest and fastest” handset yet as the brand behind today’s personal computing revolution sets out to prove that it still has the creative edge to dazzle consumers without Steve Jobs at its helm. Promising a camera that makes “the ocean look bluer” and “kids [...]
That was Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos at the company’s Kindle unveiling in Santa Monica, California last Thursday. He was talking about the new Kindle Fire HD, which is available in a 7″ version for $199 and an 8.9″ one for $299. Both models are rather well-equipped for the price. Bezos went on to explain that [...]
Nokia revealed its first smartphones to run the next version of Windows, a big step for a company that has bet its future on an alliance with Microsoft. Nokia’s new flagship phone is the Lumia 920, which runs Windows Phone 8. The lenses on its camera shift to compensate for shaky hands, resulting in sharper [...]
Back in 2006, when Parallels Desktop first used virtualization technology to let you run Windows programs nearly seamlessly within OS X, I thought it might be a stopgap measure. Macs were getting more popular, and I assumed the era would arrive when they’d be entirely self-sufficient. Nope. Six years later, it can still make sense [...]
Windows 7 is now the world’s most popular desktop operating system, according to the August report from Net Applications. In August, Windows 7 had a 42.76% market share, a fraction of a point more than Windows XP’s 42.52%. Windows XP was released in 2001. The much-maligned Windows Vista sits at third place with a 6.15% [...]
Sony has made an attempt to jump start sales of its tablet computers at Berlin’s IFA consumer electronics show. The Japanese firm unveiled a new 20-inch (51cm) Android-powered device which it said was “splash-proof” and thinner than its previous models. It also launched a computer – designed to run Windows 8 – which uses a [...]
Has the Apple iPad mini been confirmed? A recent report by AllThingsD suggests that the Kindle Fire and Barnes & Noble Nook will have some competition this fall. Apple iPhone 5 screens to ship in August, ahead of rumored Sept. 12 event Apple iPhone 4S price drop suggests new iPhone imminent Citing “several sources,” AllThingsD [...]
Microsoft’s corporate logo has a new look, setting the stage for a wave of products designed to cast the world’s largest software maker in a new light. The makeover unveiled Thursday marks the first time that Microsoft Corp. has revamped its logo since February 1987. The Internet was barely around then, and cellphones were considered [...]
Seoul, Aug 25 (bdnews24.com/Reuters) – Defeat in a bitter patent wrangle with Apple Inc, its smartphone rival and biggest customer, will dent Samsung Electronics Co’s $21 billion cash-pile, but could actually help cement its leadership in the global smartphone market. A US court has ordered Samsung – which sold around 50 million phones in April-June, [...]