The huge popularity of the iPhone in Japan has created in-roads into a market previously thought impenetrable by foreign companies. The arcane nature of the Japanese mobile phone market has, up to now, made it almost totally inaccessible to non-Japanese companies looking to sell and develop games and other applications. The typical Japanese mobile phone […]
Probably the most eagerly anticipated gadget on the market, Apple’s iPad 2.0, continues to fascinate tech watchers and the Internet is awash with rumours about what it will include. Respected techno-soothsayer The Economic Daily News, a paper based in Taiwan, is reporting that the next iPad will come have two cameras, a video-calling facility and […]
Always quick to embrace changes in technology, British band Gorillaz have released an album created and recorded on an Apple iPad. The cartoon hip-hoppers released the new album – The Fall – on Christmas Day free of charge to members of their online fan club. Former Blur frontman Damon Albarn is the leading creative figure […]
If you have an iPhone but you don’t think iPhone insurance is necessarily for you, take a look at the statistics below and they might make you think again. You may be surprised to know that: around 14% of iPhone 4 owners report accidentally damaging their iPhone* (this is a higher percentage than previous iPhone […]
As 2010 draws to a close – a year which has seen a dramatic global increase in the use of smartphones and tablet technology – the figures for global internet population continues to rise, as does the valuation of social networking and microblogging site Twitter. The technology ‘start-up’ may not be brushing shoulders quite yet […]
A list of the top 20 gadgets of 2010 has been published by the consumer electronics site gdgt.com and whilst it is no surprise to see Apple’s iPad at number one, the iPhone 4 might cause a few surprises at number two in the list. The Apple smartphone appears to have ridden the storm around […]
More and more gamers are participating in social games through smartphones, tablets, laptops and desktops, providing a stiff challenge to the games console market. Recent trends indicate that consumers are spending less on traditional games consoles and individually purchased games, whereas cloud based social gaming via social networks such as Facebook is on the rise. […]
There is no doubt that Apple have stolen a massive lead in the tablet market this year with the highly successful launch of the iPad – one of the most talked about and sought after gadgets in recent history – but their competitors are likely to be hot on their heels in 2011. The Android […]
At the end of another phenomenally successful year for Apple, the American technology giant has revealed the top ten lists for most downloaded paid-for app, most downloaded free app and the overall highest grossing apps downloaded from the iTunes store in 2010. The headline news is that the highly addictive and undeniably enjoyable Angry Birds […]
Initially announced in October of this year, the Apple Mac App store will go live on 6th January 2011, following up the tremendous success that the company has had with the mobile App Store for iPhones and iPads. As increasing numbers of Apps are released for Macs, desktops and laptops, the new store gives Apple and its developers […]
An updated version of Google Maps for Android has been released by Google. The new Google Maps has been updated and will include a 3D capabilities, as well as on and offline access. The previous Google Maps, with its inclusion of turn by turn navigation and both a satellite and street view, was already considered […]
If one of your nearest and dearest asked you whether you want cheap iPhone insurance for Christmas this year, you’d probably assume they were joking – or had lost their sanity! Yet it might not be quite as strange an idea as it sounds. It’s reported that each year in the UK, approximately 100,000 mobile […]
Google have announced their second foray into the mobile phone market, with the Nexus S. Despite Google CEO Eric Schmidt stating the Nexus One was “so successful, we didn’t have to do a second one”, the new smart phone is set to retail on 20th December in the UK. The Nexus One was exclusively available […]
Nokia has formally admitted that there is a problem with their new Nokia N8 model, in response to complaints about a selection of devices automatically switching off and not switching back on again. There have been a number of complaints from Nokia N8 owners in terms of this power issue, and Nokia have now officially […]
The key developers behind the first ever MP3 player are now working towards launching a new, multifaceted version of the MP3 music file. MusicDNA is a newly released music file format, which includes music lyrics, videos, artwork and continually updated blog posts, as well as music. The new deluxe music file format has been developed […]
Having iPhone insurance might be a smart move because it may help you replace your iPhone in the event something goes wrong. That may be very useful because the iPhone marketplace is really buzzing now with large numbers of new apps around. They’re all helping to make the iPhone an indispensable part of many lives […]
The chief executive of video game giant Electronic Arts (EA) has stressed that Tiger Woods position heading up their golf games is not under threat but that he does need to start winning tournaments again. EA’s chief executive John Riccitiello was speaking at the Reuters Global Media Summit in New York on Monday and stressed […]
Why might camera insurance be a good idea? Some people may associate the term ‘camera’ with a relatively modestly priced holiday-snap disposable device sold in a supermarket. That’s reasonable enough and when cameras are truly very-low cost, insuring them may not be entirely necessary. Yet a serious or professional camera can also be very expensive […]
For those looking for an ‘entry level’ tablet experience with a lower budget level required than for an Apple iPad or Samsung Galaxy Tab, the Advent Vega could well be worth a look. The device is a 10.1-inch Android tablet which runs a robust Nvidia Tegra 2 processor, with a capacitive display, featuring a high […]
3D movies have made a spectacular comeback in 2010 and are here to stay, as viewers increasingly show demand for more 3D content, and now 3D radio could become a reality. Surround sound systems already attempt to reproduce life-like audio experiences and now the BBC is experimenting with 3D radio which aims to give the […]