Android 4.2 might not be Google’s next major update, as most people hoped it might be, but it’s still the latest smartphone/tablet operating system from the search giant, and that’s enough for most people to desire it more than perhaps anything else. Add to the mix the fact that the latest Google Nexus 4 comes preloaded with the new Jellybean version, and that the device is being sold at an exceptionally reasonable price point of $300, and users will be lining up to buy the device as soon as they can.
Last month, we told you of the grand return of the famed BookBook case. Looking like a book, but functioning as a wallet accommodating credit cards as well as your iPhone, creators Twelve South delighted long-time users by taking the wraps off the iPhone 5 version. As well as having been adjusted to snugly embed the longer, slenderer Apple smartphone, the new BookBook finally offers a hole for the camera, so your device no longer needs to be slid upward in order for the pointing-and-shooting to commence.
WhatsApp Messenger is the go-to instant messaging app for those looking to communicate for free cross-platform. With an app for Symbian, BlackBerry, Android, Windows Phone and iOS, it covers most of the market, and the version for those using an iPhone has just been updated. While there are no significant new features or noteworthy alterations, version 2.8.6 does bring some welcome performance enhancements for those running on the new iOS 6 software and / or the iPhone 5.
It may be something of an ageing console, and the hardware packed within is most certainly of yesteryear, but Sony's PlayStation 3 console has just reached the impressive milestone of 70 million sold worldwide. Having launched now six years ago back in November of 2006, the PlayStation 3 has competed fiercely with Microsoft's Xbox 360 console, and although the Redmond company's Kinect is subject of much press coverage, the Move motion controller for the PS3 has shifted 15 million in just two years - which is arguably the more impressive feat.
The standard of the smartphone snapper has increased dramatically over the past couple of years, to the stage where many rely upon their handset as their sole source of still images and videos. While companies have worked around many design caveats to offer optimal photo and video-taking experience, some issues have proved more difficult to smooth out than others, and just like the iPhone 5 and Galaxy S III before it, it seems the LG-made Google Nexus 4 also suffers with the issue of purple haze.
Whether you love or loathe the larger screens Android vendors keep churning out with their smartphones, there’s no denying the quality of the AMOLED displays Samsung continues to manufacture for some of its foremost products. Rumor now has it that the panel-making extraordinaire is working on a 4.99-inch Full HD Super AMOLED ready to be showcased CES and on top of that, may well give consumers a glimpse of the display to be fitted into the Galaxy S IV.
The notification system for those using an iPhone has improved a great deal over the past couple of years, something which has been helped greatly by software enhancements like Notification Center of iOS 5. However, there is always room for improvement, and while Research In Motion's BlackBerry brand continues to slide, one feature of those old devices many users tend to miss is the notification light.
Apple's iPad mini is still a fledgling device in the market, and as such, accessories from third parties are something of a scarce commodity. Belkin has long since been considered the go-to official third-party supplier of Apple peripherals and such, and with the Wi-Fi and Cellular model of the smaller Cupertino slate just about to retail, has launched a specially-made keyboard case for it.
Facebook has today released relatively major updates to its two biggest mobile apps, with iOS and Android users being treated to a bevy of new features and fixes.
The rumor and speculation with regards to the future direction of Apple TV has been somewhat quiet recently, but James Kisner, analyst at Jefferies & Co., has reignited the debate by suggesting the release of a new device is imminent. Citing "discussions with industry contacts," Kisner believes a new Apple TV is just around the corner, with “at least one major N. American MSO” currently trying to ascertain how much network space it would need to free up in order to accommodate the new product.
