Posted by Ruk Cooray on January 18, 2010 ·
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The war is well and truly on for the Numero Uno’ spot in location based gaming – Foursquare, Gowalla and MyTown being the contenders for the coveted title. While Foursquare and Gowalla have drawn huge media attention, it’s MyTown which looks to have taken the lead with a mammoth user base of nearly 500,000 users.
MyTown traces its origin to another game, Booyah written [...]
Posted by Ruk Cooray on January 15, 2010 ·
If industry analysts are to be believed, Apple might launch the new version of the very popular iPhone series in June this year. Amongst the top of the chart features for the new iPhone would be a 5 Megapixel camera and perhaps a touch sensitive casing similar to Magic Mouse.
Though Apple has declined either confirming or denying this speculation, there is no denial that the company is under severe [...]
Posted by Ruk Cooray on January 12, 2010 ·
Orange has a habit of eating up its own words and taking U-Turns on its own official statements. The latest being a sequence of a confirmation and then denial for a retail partnership for the about to be launched Apple Tablet with network connectivity, webcam and videophone features.
In a recent interview with Europe 1, Stephane Richard, the Deputy CEO of France Telecom mentioned that “Orange customers [...]
Posted by Calvin Robinson on January 12, 2010 ·
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With so much hype over the new Google phone, does it have a chance of living up to the expectations? I promised myself I wouldn’t use the term “iPhone killer” in this article, but with so people asking this question, I have to at least consider it. The answer is this; Yes, the Google Nexus One offers a huge competition to Apple’s iPhone. Will [...]
Posted by Ruk Cooray on January 11, 2010 ·
The number of registered iPhone Developers is not even one tenth of the two million plus Adobe Flash Developer Base so it’s hardly surprising that Apple has a strong hatred for Flash. No Flash applications are allowed to run on Apple’s two of the most successful offerings – iPhone and iPod. While Adobe has tried every trick in the bag in order to persuade Apple to allow flash on iPhone and iPod, [...]
Posted by Vlad Ionesi on October 28, 2009 ·
Now that the Apple iPhone 3GS has video capability, people need to be able to take professional photos and create amazing videos. I am sure you already saw a lot of these photos and videos on the World Wide Web. But why would you use the iPhone to make videos when you can use a camera for this? The answer is because a good camera costs twice as the Apple iPhone 3GS. You might say that the quality is [...]
Posted by Vlad Ionesi on October 27, 2009 ·
Apple will soon launch a very interesting tablet computer to the public early next year. It looks like the tablet will be first shipped to Australia and then all around the world. Apple is already in negotiations with different media companies about including their content on the future tablet. It looks like the new device will be larger than the iPhone but small enough to fit in a handbag. However, [...]
Posted by Vlad Ionesi on October 27, 2009 ·
I know I posted one or two articles about the new Motorola Droid in which I called it an iPhone killer. This is still my opinion. However, it should not reach a fever pitch. I know that the Droid is not only impressive, but amazing. It is indeed a strong competitor to Apple’s iPhone but we need to think of it as more of a new device than an iPhone killer. There is always a hype leading up to any [...]
Posted by Vlad Ionesi on October 24, 2009 ·
The Apple iMac has the largest display in all-in-ones. This 27-inch screen will charm a lot of you! However, aside the screen size, there are many extra features. For example, the fast dual-core CPU, running at 3.06 GHz. Although it does not have quad-core, this fast processor is very suited to the job.With 4 GB of DDR3 SDRAM memory, it behaves nicely with almost anything. And you also have plnty of [...]
Posted by Vlad Ionesi on October 20, 2009 ·
The title says it all. However, is this so? During Apple’s Q4 earnings call today, someone asked what does Apple think about its increasing competition. The answer was at least bold. “They’re still catching up with the first iPhone.” – Tim Cook, Apple’s COO. There are a lot of Android phones coming out and it looks like Apple has a very clear stance. They think the new smartphones are behind [...]