Hewlett Packard’s Answer to the iPad: The TouchSmart 9300 Elite
Hewlett Packard (HP), the largest maker of Personal Computers in the world has created a massive touch screen computer for desk tops. The TouchSmart 9300 Elite can functionally tilt back at various angles to become flush with the desk it rests upon, like a 23 inch tablet computer! This new PC was designed to help HP retain its share of the PC market and to prevent Apple’s iPad and other tablets from stealing their customer base. Read more
Sony Ericsson XPERIA PLAY Preview
Apple and Blackberry have been dominating the smart phone market lately. I’ve always been a fan of Sony, but none of their phones have impressed me as of late. Sony’s partnership with Ericsson has yielded mixed results. I am a fan of the XPERIA X10, but many within the smart phone industry are not. Sony has finally stepped up their game with a new, formidable entry into the market. Sony Ericsson, a joint venture between Sweden’s Telefon AB L.M. Ericsson and Japan’s Sony Corp, finally offered us a glimpse at the highly anticipated new smart phone they jointly designed for playing high quality video games. Read more
Google’s New App Store Market.Android.Com
Google is fighting Apple tooth and nail in the mobile app sector. Google announced the launch of a new web store for applications that run on mobile devices which operate Android. The Internet company is doing it’s best to keep up with Apple. Users of Android devices like Motorola’s Droid or HTC’s Evo smart phones previously had access to the Android app market only through their phones, but the app makers have complained it was difficult for them to get noticed there because the marketplace was built around lists of featured apps and top downloads. Read more
The Car Key of the Future
Car keys as you know them are about to take a huge step forward. There is speculation in the industry that car keys will soon go head to head with cell phones in the battle for which one will become your new wallet. German auto maker BMW believes that people will be paying for things when out and about not with your wallet or cell, but with your car keys. Read more
Sony NGP: The Next Generation of Portable Gaming and Entertainment!
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCE) today announced its next generation portable entertainment system (codename: NGP), which delivers the ultimate portable entertainment experience. NGP will make its debut at the end of the year 2011. It is poised to be a Nintendo 3DS and iPod killer! Read more
Epic Games to Provide Gears of War & Arkham Asylum Technology to Apple’s iPad and iPhone Game Developers
The development technology that created award winning video games like Gears of War (1, 2 & 3) and the Batman Arkham Asylum Series is soon going to be made available to iPhone and iPad game developers. This is a massive indication that the mobile gaming industry is booming, especially on Apple’s platforms. Read more
Android VS. Iphone
Apple Computers latest financial reports indicate a 61% increase in IPhones sold over the same 3rd quarter as last year. Yet in spite of the record sales for IPhone fueled by IPhone 4 it seems that the Android army has exceeded those figures. Read more
Apple’s New MacBook Air
Steve Jobs has announced Apple’s new MacBook Air. He held a press event yesterday called “Back to the Mac” where he discussed several new products and features. There was discussion of a new Mac software, the ability to use facetime from your iPhone to a computer, and the piece de resistance, the new MacBook Air. Read more
BlackBerry Creator RIM Releases Playbook Tablet to Compete with iPad
Research In Motion. the company who makes Blackberry, has unveiled a tablet as well as a new operating system that will run on it. The unveiling has occured this week as expected. Insiders had labeled the tablet the “blackpad”, but it has been called the “playbook”. It is set to be released in the fourth quarter of 2010. The tablet has a 7 inch touch screen and several cameras. Read more
Sony Set To Launch Music and Video Download Service!
Sony is set to launch a new music and video download service linking a range of its devices. It is doing so to challenge to Apple’s dominance in the market. I have heard rumors that the announcement is set to be made soon at the IFA technology show in Berlin on Wednesday. Not coincidentally, the announcement is being made on the same day as Apple is set to have their own media event in the USA. Read more
