So that iPad 2 thinks it’s big, eh? Pah. The new Asus TOUGH could eat it for breakfast. Faced with this beast, the iPad 2 would be a nervous wreck, cowering in the corner with its hands in front of its face and begging for mercy. Well you get the point — this tablet is …

Amazon unveiled the $199 Kindle Fire, which some believe it’s taking a loss on. commentary While the Kindle Fire’s dramatically low price may seem revolutionary, Amazon is actually taking its cues from a well-worn playbook. Industry analysts, blogs, and even our own site cooed at the $199 price point of Amazon’s freshly unveiled tablet. The company is using price as …

The CTIA 2011 fall show is a couple of weeks away, but Samsung has already created a buzz with an invite it sent out last night for an October 11 event in San Diego. The invitation notes that we’ll get to see “what’s new from Android,” which certainly isn’t anything out of the ordinary. Samsung is no stranger to pumping …

Nokia’s headquarters in Espoo, Finland. Nokia Nokia said today it would cut another 3,500 jobs as the handset giant continues to seek ways to lower its operating costs to run more efficiently. The Finnish company will close a manufacturing facility in Cluj, Romania, and reduce workers in its supply chain operations, accounting for a loss of 2,200 employees. It will …

GetJar Independent app store GetJar said today that it had given away $1 million worth of pay applications through its Gold program. That equates to roughly 500,000 apps at an average price of $2 an app given away since the program started earlier this month. GetJar is just one of many alternative app stores that have sprung up catering to …

Samsung and Google are teaming up for an announcement on 11 October. Are you thinking what we’re thinking? Because we’re thinking Nexus Prime and Ice Cream Sandwich. What do you mean you were thinking about Batman? Concentrate for a second, dude. Samsung is holding a press conference at the CTIA mobile industry shindig in California in just over a week, …

The progression of iPhone. benm.at Not satisfied with the abundance of Photoshop mock-ups for Apple’s forthcoming iPhone 5, Giga Netzwerk blog benm.at has machined a physical mock-up of an iPhone 5 using specs and rumors as guidelines. Sure, we’ll see the real deal on October 4, but for those of us who must absorb every rumor, speculation, and theory, this …

Beleaguered phone giant Nokia is working on yet another new operating system for low-end mobiles, the Wall Street Journal reports. Citing folks “familiar with the matter”, the report reckons Nokia is constructing a Linux-based OS for cheap blowers. Codenamed ‘Meltemi’, it’s named after the Greek word for the dry north winds of the Aegean Sea. That’s impressively specific for just …

Ice Cream Sandwich, the next version of the Android operating system, has apparently been revealed in a video, after someone who bought a Google Nexus S on eBay found themselves with a phone running an early version of the upcoming update. In a two-minute video acquired by Engadget, you can get a glimpse at how Ice Cream Sandwich handles the …

British cinemagoers reckon 3D film is a “gimmick” and makes little difference to the quality of a movie, according to a new survey. Fewer than one in five (19 per cent) of those polled by market research organisation YouGov said that 3D improves the cinema experience, with over double this amount (41 per cent) stating it’s just a gimmick — …