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HTC offered Sense-free Honeycomb Flyer for Google I/O giveaway?

Chris Davies, May 12th 2011 Discuss [10]

Samsung's 5,000 strong Galaxy Tab 10.1 Limited Edition giveaway at Google I/O this week won them a few fans, but behind the scenes it seems there was plenty of controversy over who would get to give out freebies to the attending developers. Inside word among developers, Android coder Al Sutton tells us, is that HTC wanted to give every attendee an HTC Flyer as well as an unspecified smartphone from its range; however, Google decided to go with Samsung instead. Read The Full Story

Viewsonic 7x bringing the 7-inch Honeycomb in June

Chris Davies, May 11th 2011 Discuss [4]

Google IO may have seen its fair share of new devices, but it's not the only new Android hardware due this month. Viewsonic is apparently readying a new Honeycomb tablet, the Viewsonic 7x, and according to Pocket-lint it slots in at the smaller end of the spectrum with a 7-inch display. Read The Full Story

Google Chrome OS “Student package” notebook for $20 tipped imminent

Chris Davies, May 11th 2011 Discuss [1]

Google IO day two doesn't kick off for another nine hours or so, but it seems the search giant may not have revealed all its secrets in the jam-packed first day. According to a Forbes report quoting an unnamed senior Google exec, the company is readying a Chrome OS based notebook launch which will be positioned as a "student package", offering both hardware and cloud services for $20 per month. Read The Full Story

T-Mobile SnapPad tablet trademark revealed: Flyer or Sony S2?

Chris Davies, May 10th 2011 Discuss [6]

T-Mobile USA has potentially revealed the name of an upcoming tablet, the T-Mobile SnapPad, courtesy of a new USPTO trademark filing. Details are scant, with the notice - filed on May 5 2011 - only saying that the title relates to "tablet computers"; the slate could be a new model, or a rebadge of an existing tablet we've already seen. Read The Full Story

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An ARM MacBook could revolutionize the industry

Chris Davies, May 6th 2011 Discuss [14]

It’s a strange week to be talking about Apple dumping Intel. Only a few days ago, the company was proudly unveiling its new iMac line-up, relying on Core i5 and Core i7 processors – along with AMD GPUs – to make them the fastest all-in-ones Apple has offered to-date. Yet at the same time as Intel’s latest quad-core chips are finding their way into what Apple’s Phil Schiller describes as “the world’s best desktop,” there’s also talk that the company’s close relationship with Intel is about to get served with divorce papers. ARM is coming, and the computing industry will never be the same again.

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Apple ditching Intel for ARM in future MacBooks tip insiders

Chris Davies, May 6th 2011 Discuss [15]

Apple is reportedly planning to ditch Intel’s processors for ARM-based chips, a potentially huge revolution that will supposedly kick off with the company’s MacBook notebooks. According to SemiAccurate‘s sources, Apple is looking to a mid-2013 timescale for the transition, when 64-bit cores such as NVIDIA’s Project Denver are common.

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iPad 2 shortage down to LG Display tip insiders

Chris Davies, May 6th 2011 Discuss [0]

LG Display is reportedly ramping up 9.7-inch LCD IPS panel production for the iPad 2, after production issues supposedly hamstrung Apple's ability to get the coveted slate onto shelves. According to DigiTimes' sources, LG Display's shipments will only get back up to original estimates sometime this quarter; analysts have suggested that production rather than demand is the biggest limit on the iPad 2's sales success. Read The Full Story

OS X Lion release via Mac App Store as Apple puts DVDs on notice?

Chris Davies, May 5th 2011 Discuss [1]

Apple is already delivering developer version of OS X Lion via the Mac App Store, but according to the latest leaks the company plans to distribute the full version through its download store too. AppleInsider's sources claim Apple intends to make the Mac App Store the "preferred method" for distributing OS X 10.7 Lion, the Mac OS update expected to arrive this summer, with a physical version only for those with connections too slow for the download or who, for whatever reason, prefer not to download. Read The Full Story

Anonymous denies Sony PSN “We are Legion” calling card

Chris Davies, May 5th 2011 Discuss [11]

Hacking collective Anonymous has reportedly denied being responsible for planting a file seemingly incriminating itself in the PlayStation Network hack, suggesting that instead the group has been framed by whoever completed the exploit and stole millions of user records and credit card data. Kazuo Hirai, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sony Computer Entertainment America, had told a US subcommittee investigating data theft that the file - named Anonymous and containing the phrase "We are Legion" - was discovered on one of the hacked Sony Online Entertainment servers. Read The Full Story

Refreshed Google TV to miss Google IO, debut for holiday 2011?

Chris Davies, May 4th 2011 Discuss [0]

Google TV may be faltering, but we'll have to wait longer than next week's Google IO conference in order to see the search giant's proposal for fixing it. That's the latest murmur from the rumor machine, with AllThingsD hearing from their insider sources that while Google will be holding a session for developers wanting to code TV-friendly apps at IO 2011, the actual reveal of the refreshed Google TV - and, indeed, the launch of the Android Market for Google TV - "won't be announced until sometime in the coming months." Read The Full Story

Nokia phone/tablet strategy leak alleges Windows 8 slates and Vanjoki “backup”

Chris Davies, May 4th 2011 Discuss [7]

Details on Nokia's alleged phone and tablet strategy for 2012 and 2013 have emerged, suggesting that the company is indeed looking to Windows 8 for its slates and that Maemo 6 will be rolled out for one final hurrah before being effectively dropped. Arch insider Eldar Murtazin has spilt the beans, claiming that Nokia is looking to release 5-7 mid-to-high end Symbian^3 handsets in 2012, along with a single tablet. Read The Full Story