On the heels of Google’s $199 Nexus 7, Pacific Crest analyst Andy Hargreaves is predicting that Apple will introduce a 7.85-inch iPad in October: “We anticipate an entry-level 7.85″ iPad with 8GB of NAND capacity to price at $299 with an initial gross margin of 31%. We estimate Apple will sell 10.0 million 7.85″ iPads …

It’s more dismal news for BlackBerry-maker RIM, with its upcoming BlackBerry 10 operating system pushed back once more. CEO Thorsten Heins said the launch of the first BlackBerry 10 devices is now anticipated to “occur in the first quarter of calendar 2013”, the BBC reports. Unfortunately for RIM, it gets worse. The company, which has struggled to compete with Apple …

More bad news for Samsung in its legal battle with Apple: A U.S. district judge has just granted Apple a preliminary injunction against Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus phone. That’s the same device Google handed out to developers just a couple of days ago at its I/O conference. Apple had requested an injunction against the smartphone in February, alleging that it infringed …

The Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether Google’s Motorola Mobility unit is improperly blocking access to industry-standard technology that should be licensed to competitors according to traditional industry and legal practice. A source says Google has been served by the FTC with a civil investigative demand — similar to a subpoena. The news was reported earlier by Bloomberg, which said …

It was around 6 a.m. when we dragged the first box labeled “iPhones: Do Not Open Until Directed” to the office in the back room of the Apple Store at Bridgeport Village in Portland. That label, taunting us — daring us to infringe on Apple’s (let’s face it, Steve Jobs’) strict code of secrecy. A few of us had gathered …

Nokia has a contingency plan should Windows Phone fail. Nokia’s new boss assured the world the Finnish folks have a Plan B to cover their behinds if the Lumia range powered by Windows Phone software don’t reverse their declining fortunes. Having hitched its wagon to Windows Phone so completely, Nokia is reliant on the operating system’s success. The Finnish phone …

Here we go again. The current version of Android, Ice Cream Sandwich, is on barely a handful of Android phones and along comes Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, the next generation of Google software for mobile phones and tablets. Jelly Bean is built-in on the Google Nexus 7, but when will your phone get Jelly Bean? That’s the very reasonable question …

CNET No one reason can fully explain why certain tech companies rock while others seem congenitally unable to add two plus two. Especially when you’re talking about the soap opera atmosphere around Research In Motion, where the news goes from bad to worse. On the back of new downgrades following the release of the company’s fiscal first quarter earnings, RIM …

When will the Samsung Galaxy S3 get Android 4.1 Jelly Bean? Samsung’s not giving anything away, telling us only that it will “review the possibility of implementation to existing Samsung products”. “In the case that a new version of an Android operating system is publicly announced and released,” the Korean tech giant says, “Samsung will review the possibility of implementation …

It took a while, but Motorola has finally bestowed the gift of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich upon its legendary Droid Razr Maxx. Sure it may not be Jelly Bean, but this fresh infusion of software breathes new life into an already superb smartphone. For those in the know, when it was launched early this year, the Maxx made a …

There is a battle going on for control of your living room, and while there are many combatants, there’s yet to be a clear victor. Thanks to a handful of so-called set-top boxes, Internet-delivered video and audio are becoming a big source — if not the main source — of TV entertainment for a growing number of people. Nearly all …

Asus and Google chiefs have revealed what it was like building the brand-new Nexus 7 tablet, explaining that the 7-inch Jelly Bean tablet was built in a mere four months, and under extreme working conditions. Asus boss Jonney Shih told AllThingsD about Google’s punishing demands. “Our engineers told me it is like torture,” Shih said, explaining that his team was …

Earlier this week, with almost no fanfare, Apple introduced a new Podcasts app, effectively breaking audio and video podcasts loose from the iPod app where they’ve resided since the iPhone’s early days. As a die-hard podcast fan, I was interested to say the least. But after spending some time with the new app, I must admit I’m disappointed. For starters, …

The Google Nexus 7, Google’s first tablet, is on sale right now — read on for the UK price and release date. The Google Nexus 7 costs just £159, and you can get hold of it in the next month. There are two models: one has 8GB of memory and the other has 16GB for your movies, music and other …

In October 2010, Steve Jobs explained in detail why a 7-inch iPad, or iPad Mini, wasn’t in Apple’s future. “Apple has done extensive user testing and we really understand this stuff…There are clear limits on how close you can place things on a touchscreen, which is why we think 10 inch is the minimum screen size to create great tablet apps,” …