The Kindle Fire was announced late last year to strong enthusiasm from folks looking for a low price tablet. Based on Android with heavy Amazon-friendly customizations added on top, the Kindle Fire was reviewed as the perfect budget tablet for consuming digital content from Amazon’s online stores.
The Apple versus Samsung dispute is not an isolated incident, and the continual court dates are occurring across the world as we speak. The Galaxy Tab, not really making too much of an imprint on the tablet market, has been banned from selling in numerous nations following court hearings with Apple, but in the United Kingdom, the law has decided the Galaxy Tab 7.7, Galaxy Tab 8.9 and Galaxy Tab 10.1 are not in breach of any Apple patents, and can continue retailing alongside the iPad.
Although it's a wonderful thing to be able to carry a decent snapper at all times in the form of a smartphone, it has been argued that the mundane methods for editing them with a simple effect or a movable focus has sapped much of the creativity that goes with creating a well-edited image.
After a successful run in cinemas, The Avengers is all set to release on Blu-ray in late September. To complement the experience, Marvel Entertainment has released an companion app. Check it out after the jump.
The Apple iPhone may have just celebrated its fifth birthday, but the seemingly never ending list of useful functions that the device can be used for is always on the rise. The introduction of the iPhone 4 brought with it an integrated rear LED that was intended to be used as a flash for the built in camera but thankfully Apple also allowed developers access to the APIs that control the light.
Jailbreak tweaks and apps provide an easy (and usually safe) way to enhance your experience with an iOS device. There are two types of jailbreak apps: ones that add something on top of an included feature or others that bring all new features that improve user experience in a way never imagined before. The awesome tweak we’ll be talking in this post belongs to the former category. Check it out after the jump.
Windows Phone 7.x users were somewhat disappointed to learn that Windows Phone 8 would not be coming to the current batch of WP devices. Instead, Microsoft has laid out a somewhat watered-down iteration in Windows Phone 7.8, so naturally, anybody looking to jump on the Windows Phone 8 background will need to grab themselves a new device, which while a little bit gutting, is still rather exciting at the same time.
Yes, yes, I know; we're featuring yet another image editing app. But when a developer goes above and beyond the call of duty to offer a seemingly endless inventory of manipulation options and effects, it's only right we give it a mention.
Weather is much like paying tax. You may not like it, but it's an unavoidable fact of life. As a cynical Briton used to torrential downpours and cold weather, maybe I'm just a little bitter, but nevertheless, like most people I like to keep track of what the elements have in store from one day to the next, even if it's an almost predictable, gloomy foregone conclusion.
There are a number of very capable note-taking apps within the iTunes App Store, and we've featured plenty of them here at Redmond Pie. As well as offering a great deal of useful features, it's becoming of increasing importance that notes can be backed up via the cloud, and Notesy by Giant Yak Software is prime example of solid features mixed with awesome Dropbox support.
