Apple’s legal fracas with Samsung has reached Japan, with the iPhone maker asking a Japanese court to ban a slew of Samsung gadgets. The lawsuit was filed in the Tokyo District Court, and requests that Samsung’s Galaxy S, Galaxy S2 and the Galaxy Tab 7.7 be banned from sale in Japan, according to Reuters, which …
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Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S coming 26 September, BlackBerry phones dated
Those eager to get their paws on the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S can put a date in their diary — online retailer Clove says the super-charged version of the excellent Xperia Arc will be out on 26 September, and is available to pre-order now, for the sum of £350. The Xperia Arc S packs a 1.4GHz processor, a step …
Read More »Was this photo taken with an iPhone 5?
A photo has surfaced online, seemingly snapped using Apple’s imminent iPhone 5 at Apple’s Cupertino headquarters. And wouldn’t you know it, the data hidden within the picture hints at a more powerful camera for the next-gen mobile. Examination of the EXIF data (information embedded in a photo at the point of capture), tells that the photo — which shows a …
Read More »Apple investigators hunting for lost iPhone 5 were accompanied by police
The tale of the lost iPhone 5 has taken a bizarre turn, as SFWeekly reports San Francisco police were present when Apple investigators searched a man’s house in a bid to find the missing mobile. Earlier in the week our sister site CNET News broke the story that a prototype of the much-anticipated iPhone 5 had apparently gone missing in …
Read More »Samsung Galaxy Note vs Samsung Galaxy S2 vs iPhone
Samsung is kicking some serious rear-end when it comes to churning out tempting tablets and smart phones — the Galaxy S2 could be the best Android mobile out there, while the upcoming Galaxy Tab 7.7 has us slavering like hungry wolves. But that’s not enough for Samsung — it’s thrown another one into the ring, the Samsung Galaxy Note. The …
Read More »Amazon Kindle tablet coming before Christmas
It looks as though there was truth to the rumours of an Amazon tablet after all — TechCrunch says it’s seen the device, which is simply called the Amazon Kindle, and that it’s a 7-inch tablet headed for shops at the end of November. The Kindle tablet will apparently be very cheap too — Amazon plans on selling it for …
Read More »Apple gets Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 yanked from IFA, banned in Germany
Samsung has yanked the Galaxy Tab 7.7 from demo stands at the IFA tech show in Berlin after Apple administered the legal smackdown to Samsung’s newest tablet, which boasts a 1.4GHz processor and a 7.7-inch Super AMOLED Plus display. Two days ago Apple won an injunction against the Tab 7.7, Bloomberg reports, preventing any sales and marketing of the new …
Read More »Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 vs iPad 2
Undoubtedly the hottest gadget to emerge from the IFA tech conference in Berlin, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 sprang out at us like a monkey hiding in a kitchen cupboard, clawing at our eyes with its gorgeous Super AMOLED Plus screen. It has the monumentally popular iPad in its sights, but does Samsung have the chops to flummox Apple? Grab …
Read More »iTunes Match to offer music streaming
iTunes Match, the upcoming Apple tool that lets you store your music in the cloud, has gone into beta testing, revealing that the service will let you stream your music as well as download it from Apple’s magical hard drive in the sky. Here’s how it works. If you’re willing to shell out $25 (roughly £15) for a year’s subscription, …
Read More »Google TV headed to the UK
Google could be bringing Google TV to the good ol’ U of K within the next six months, the Telegraph reports. Google TV is built on Google’s own Android operating system, and will basically put the Chrome Web browser inside your TV, letting you search the Web and stream video from TV providers, or watch your own videos. Google TV …
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