It's not exactly news that Apple is keen to capitalize on the extensive Chinese mobile market when it launches its upcoming iPhone 5 device. In the latest bulletin of Apple's quest to dominate China, the country's third-largest carrier, China Telecom, has put the wheels in motion for a quarter-billion dollar "Dragon Plan" promotion and ad campaign in anticipation for an October release.
Android enthusiasts will know that the camera on Samsung’s Galaxy S II superphone is widely considered to have the best optics in the smartphone market today. Its image and video quality is, perhaps, second only to the mighty 12 megapixel sensor on the Nokia N8 (which is the only good thing about the Nokia’s Symbian-based phone).
Unless you've been wearing earplugs and covering your ears for the last few hours, you're likely aware that Microsoft finally took the wraps off Windows 8 today, and promised that a developer preview would be released today as well. Best of all, it's accessible to everyone, not just developers.
According to sources familiar with such arrangements, Apple could be preparing a surprise update to its MacBook Pro range. With Intel's next-gen Core i-Series mobile platform not anticipated to arrive until at least Q2 next year, it is thought that Apple will inject some minor changes to keep consumers happy until then.
"Something's in the air"; that's the sentence Apple coined a few years ago and applies here as well. Over the last few weeks, we've heard tidbits regarding a possible release timeline for iOS 5, including today, when a report claimed that the system will reach Golden Master status on or around September 23rd. If this wasn't enough evidence, it now turns out that AppleCare employees were told to brace themselves for an increased flux of calls around October 10th.
It's almost a fact of life that no product is complete. one way or the other. Despite some gizmos leading the market whilst others fail miserably, there are still features both the hardware and within the operating system that we sometimes wish were interchangeable.
It's always exciting when a company holds a keynote presentation and demoes new gadgets hands-on, and as Microsoft's BUILD conference is now underway, the Redmond-based software and computing giant has already shown off a few of its upcoming products.
As you're likely aware by now, Microsoft showed off Windows 8 at its BUILD conference today in detail, in order to finally give enthusiasts, users and developers alike the big picture of what the new system will look like. One of the expected features was the rumored Windows 8 Store, which is very much real and was shown off in-depth today.
According to a new report, Apple is preparing the final beta seed of iOS 5, which is beta 8, before the Golden Master Candidate eventually drops for developers. This is the eighth developer-only release of iOS 5, which will likely be used to squash a few last-minute bugs before Golden Master is released.
After nearly two years of waiting, Microsoft will finally unveil its plans for the next version of Windows, currently known as Windows 8, at is developer oriented conference known as BUILD. While all attendees of the conference will be able to try out Windows 8 first hand, Microsoft isn't leaving everyone else in the cold: all the keynotes will be streamed live from the conference's website.
