Tag Archives : iPad

Image via Wikipedia Planning on pre-ordering an iPad but hate to wait for the 2 weeks delivery time or avoiding the queues at the 27 Apple stores in Britian, here is some good news. DSGI (Dixons Store Group International ) which owns PC World, Currys and Dixons has 60-day exclusive to sell Apple’s tablet computer in 139 stores according to the news leaked to Times by an insider. A DSGi spokesperson [...]

Image by osde8info via Flickr Folks, its official. Google has formally announced Android 2.2 update named Froyo ( following Google’s alphabetized dessert naming convention, is the next one called Gateau?)  on the second day of Google Conference at the Moscone West, San Francisco. Most of the features which Sporkings.com have written about earlier does find a place,   Android Froyo will [...]

Image via CrunchBase The Apple  iPad users in UK and other countries who have got the device from US -as its not internationally available until May 28 –  had no options for buying apps directly through the device from Apple iTunes store, and this was one of the more frustrating aspects of owning an iPad outside the US.  This  inability to access the App Store on device is now a thing [...]

Froyo – Google Android OS’s 2.2 version seems to have more up its sleeves than what we reported earlier. While developers, Android users and followers wait patiently for Google to announce Android OS’s next major update, more new details on its features continue to trickle in. Google is expected to show off Android 2.2 Froyo update at the upcoming Google I/O conference [...]

Image via CrunchBase Apple iPad is finally coming to UK, Apple have opened up pre – orders and released mobile network & pricing information for UK versions of  iPad tablet device after they previously put back the UK release date due to high demand in the US where it has reached the landmark of selling a million devices last week. There is  a choice of three carriers  – [...]

It’s become a familiar cycle now. Apple launch an exciting new product, it hits the US market first, leaving the rest of the World waiting around for a month (or two, in this case). When the product finally reaches UK shores, we suffer what has become known as the ‘Apple Tax’. This is a price-bump which is often argued to be a result of VAT or exchange rates, a myth we proved [...]

Hosted in San Fran, this year’s Apple Worldwide Developers Conference will be hosted on June 7 – 11. It was reported earlier in the month that Apple had reserved June 22 at YBCA, it was rumoured that this may be the date for WWDC, but industry analysts insist this date was too late in the month. Apple tend to host WWDC in early June. That leaves the iPhone announcement. Could Apple [...]

If rumors are to believed there are strong indications that Apple, makers of immensely popular one and iPad are on the verge of accquiring UK based ARM,the leading maker of mobile chips. ARM’s microchips can be found in most of the world’s mobile phones, including Apple’s iPhone. Last year almost 4bn chips based on Arm’s designs were shipped worldwide which talks volumes [...]

This may come as no shock to you, but Apple have announced today that the International launch of the iPad will be put on hold for another month. Meaning we’ll be receiving the iPad a full 2 months after it’s US debut. Not even a week ago, during a Q&A session after Apple’s iPhone OS 4.0 announcement Steve was asked “Will iPad’s success impact its international [...]

Image via CrunchBase Apple is in the country looking for suitors for iPad’s phone network in UK, this marriage could  be as beneficial for the networks as it was for AT&T in US on whose network iPhone was launched exclusively. According to unverified sources ( rumours ),  the three big networks, O2, Orange and Vodafone, will be getting the iPad at launch as Apple is keen to ensure that [...]