Although plenty of successful inroads and developments have been made over the years in the modding and jailbreaking of the popular games consoles (most notably Geohot and his famous PS3 jailbreak), they can often take a while to arise due to the tight-belted nature of the console vendors, most of whom tend not to be accommodating.
Since the introduction of Siri along with the iPhone 4S and iOS 5 back in October of last year, voice-recognition implementation has seen a sharp rise, particularly within the smartphone industry. Demoed on the stage during Google's I/O conference, Google search showed a considerable amount promise, and now one Android aficionado has given it a more in-depth run, testing the new entry to the Big G's mobile operating system with forty total questions.
Announced at Google I/O 2012, the Nexus 7 really is the most talked about tablet today. A quad-core chip, HD display along with the latest version of Android - 4.1 Jelly Bean – and a truly unmatched price make it one of the best tablets you can buy today.
Since the announcement of Google's Nexus 7 tablet, the speculation regarding Apple's purported smaller iPad has been incessant, and to add to the increasing tally of rumors and reports, The Wall Street Journal believes the fruit company has prepared component suppliers for large quantities of specific parts in preparation for the device.
Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus was banned as a result of a preliminary injunction ruled four days ago by U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh. Now, we are starting to see the first effects of the ruling as we have received news that Google has stopped selling Galaxy Nexus online. Check out the details after the jump.
On the heels of various analysts coming out and stating that Apple is working on a smaller iPad with a 7-8" (diagonally) screen, Bloomberg has just published its own report claiming that they're hearing the same from their sources. Rumors about such a device have been plentiful for quite some time now. But, why would Apple want to create a smaller iPad?
With Microsoft's Surface tablet not yet even slated for a release date or given a public price, one of the company's co-founders has claimed that the upcoming tablet may lead Microsoft to re-think its tablet strategy. In fact, the one and only Bill Gates believes that Apple may even need to make its own Surface in order to compete.
There is a certain order of things whenever a new piece of technology is released. There's the big, flashy announcement event with lots of press, some music and a few over-excited executives. There's the first reviews. Finally, there's the teardown of the poor thing by the people at iFixit, laying the new tablet, smartphone or whatever bare for all to see. It's a strangely voyeuristic thing, and we love it.
Happy 4th of July to our readers from America! To make the federal holiday special, we went out and hunted for the best iOS / Android apps that have had their prices cut specially for Independence Day; our quest so far has resulted in a treasure trove of awesome apps. All of them are listed right after the jump. Check them out and be sure to share this post with your friends and family!
Steve Jobs once professed to have "cracked" three markets he deemed to be key in Apple's progress. One was the textbook market, which has already become a reality with iTunes U. The next was the television market, which is hotly-rumored to be in the works for the not-so-distant future, while the third area was the photography market, which although affected by both the iPhone and iPad, has yet to be attacked by Apple in a manner which would back up Jobs' claims.
