Remember the old Instagram Socialmatic Camera Concept we discussed in detail back in May? Well, as it turns out, the folks behind the concept are now working on turning the concept into reality with a mass manufactured digital-camera-shaped-like-the-Instagram-logo that lets you shoot, edit, and share / print tree easy steps.
There's been plenty of talk centered around iOS and Windows Phone 8 of late, but today seems to be the turn of Google and their fabulous Android OS as the Android Open Source Project is seeing the release of 4.1.2 Jelly Bean. The 4.1.2 incremental update is only a minor improvement over the previous 4.1.1 release, but will definitely bring some notable improvements to Nexus 7 owners.
With their $199 7-inch Nexus 7 tablet successfully launched in the market and successfully received by critics, Google may be eyeing the high end tablet market to take on the 9.7-inch iPad and upcoming Windows 8-based tablets directly. This comes by way of a new report which we have discussed after the break.
Facebook may be the world's largest social network with over one billion monthly active members, but Mark Zuckerberg's attention towards mobile users has been somewhat lacking, until now. The official Facebook app for mobile devices is generally one of the most downloaded apps available, regardless of the platform, the company's decision to produce their mobile software using HTML5 is one that dramatically backfired and resulted in the the founder himself admitting that it was a fairly large and costly mistake.
If you happen to be in the United Kingdom and are looking for a new smartphone deal and tariff, then it might be worth considering the O2 network as they have officially made the James Bond-branded Sony Xperia T smartphone available for customers. It's been known for a while that the network would be offering a 007 Xperia T experience to customers, but we just weren't sure when it would start appearing on the company's online store, but what they are calling "The Bond Phone" is now available.
Rovio's latest Bad Piggies title on iOS and Android definitely brought a new challenge for mobile gamers to sink their teeth into, but if you happen to be a huge fan of the company's Angry Birds creation then November 8th may be a date that needs to be added to your diary. Fans of the Angry Birds franchise may have seen a teasing image from Rovio last week that had a number of people wondering if those pesky birds were about to move to the dark side. It seems that they are.
The smartphone world may be dominated by Android, iOS and Windows Phone at the minute, but it wasn't always that way. There was a time when webOS was around and was deemed to be probably one of the best and most accomplished mobile operating systems available to users. Unfortunately, those days are long gone, and when HP acquired the software from Palm, its end was somewhat inevitable. Let's not try to get sad over the long gone days, and all is not lost, since the source code of webOS is now available for all to have and consume.
A couple of years back, before rooting of an Android device had advanced to the stage it's at now, many used to pursue the rooting of their handset without unlocking the bootloader. Nowadays, it is generally an accepted prerequisite, but in the early Nexus One era, for example, bootloaders couldn't be "re-locked" once unlocking had taken place, so alternative methods were frequently sought. If you are in ownership of the Samsung-made Galaxy Nexus, you'll be pleased to know that now it can also be rooted without the unlocking of the bootloader.
PlayStation Mobile has just been released for Android, but as often the case with Sony, only certified devices have been able to enjoy the new app. Owners of the company's own branded smartphones and tablets - as well as some HTC One handsets - can download and begin using PlayStation Mobile, but for the tens of millions of PlayStation users and PlayStation Mobile fans not running one of those select few Android devices, a solution is at hand - providing you're rooted.
The 2012 Mobile Choice Awards have just taken place in London and the results are in - with Samsung's Galaxy S III coming out on top as Best Smartphone of 2012. Despite its main competitor - the iPhone 5 - enjoying a great deal of early success and record sales figures, it is the Korean company's quad-core effort which came out on top this time around.
