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Apple iPod nano seventh-gen regaining camera?

Chris Davies, Apr 4th 2011 Discuss [1]

An image of what's purported to be Apple's next-gen iPod nano chassis has leaked, with a space in the back panel for a camera. The picture, sent to Apple.pro, shows a nano casing in the same square style as the existing 6th-gen model, but seemingly with camera functionality restored from the 5th-gen version. Read The Full Story

Kyocera Katsura Android “Gaming Tablet” Exclusive Leaked Shots

Kevin Fubar, Apr 1st 2011 Discuss [0]

Android Community released some exclusive shots of the Kyocera Katsura, an otherwise unknown gaming tablet. Their source is revealed only as “our man in Eastern Europe.” These blurry shots give some nice teases of a piece of tech that may well be the hardware company's answer to the Xperia PLAY - in tablet form! Read The Full Story

BlackBerry Touch aka Monaco/Monza caught in wild

Chris Davies, Mar 31st 2011 Discuss [2]

Perhaps the most interesting device from RIM's leaked 2011 roadmap has been caught in the wild, the BlackBerry Touch (aka Monaco/Monza). The all-touch smartphone has found its way into BGR's clutches, who have wasted no time in sharing hands-on photos of the BlackBerry OS 6.1 device. Read The Full Story

Google puts Android on lock-down: Non-fragmentation contracts, standardized ARM chips, more

Chris Davies, Mar 31st 2011 Discuss [14]

Google's approach to Android 3.0 Honeycomb, the version of its OS designed for tablets, has drawn criticism recently over the search giant's refusal to release the source code to OEMs; now, it seems, that could be part of a push to reduce fragmentation. According to DigiTimes' sources, Google is considering "standardizing" not only the Honeycomb software but collaborating with ARM to standardize the chipsets Android 3.0 will run on. Meanwhile, BusinessWeek claims execs from multiple big name companies have confirmed that Google now insists on "non-fragmentation clauses" from partners hoping to have the earliest access to Android code, limiting the changes they can make to the UI, services and apps, and even which companies they can partner with. Read The Full Story

Retailer sends staff on 3DS “mission” to snag Nintendo stock from rival

Chris Davies, Mar 30th 2011 Discuss [3]

UK retailer GAME has been caught dispatching staff on a secret "mission" to buy up cheap Nintendo 3DS stock from supermarket Tesco using store money, which was then sold on as "mint" quality pre-owned stock. According to an internal GAME document, acquired by Eurogamer, staff could take £209.90 from the cash register and use it to take advantage of Tesco's 3DS launch deal, which offered the console and a game for less than the £219.99 GAME price for the 3DS alone. Read The Full Story

Windows Phone NFC update for mobile payments in 2011 tipped

Chris Davies, Mar 30th 2011 Discuss [0]

Microsoft is the latest company to be linked with a mobile payments strategy, with new reports suggesting that a Windows Phone update potentially arriving later this year could bring NFC shopping support to the platform. According to Bloomberg's sources, Microsoft's intent is to take on Google's fledgeling mobile payments strategy, using its own patent portfolio and the existing expertise of new partner Nokia. Read The Full Story

Nokia E6-00 leaks in full: Video, Specs, More

Chris Davies, Mar 29th 2011 Discuss [0]

We've been gradually building a picture of the Nokia E6-00 over the past few months, but the unannounced Symbian smartphone has just seen its biggest leak to-date. A prototype has apparently found its way to the NokioTeca forums and been thoroughly snapped, tested and detailed. On the confirmed list, a VGA resolution capacitive touchscreen, paired with a physical keyboard, and an 8-megapixel camera with 720p HD video recording. Videos after the cut Read The Full Story

AMD Radeon HD 6790 tipped to bring mid-range battle to GeForce GTX 550 Ti

Chris Davies, Mar 29th 2011 Discuss [0]

AMD may have got a spanking with NVIDIA's GTX 590 - on paper at least - eclipsing their own Radeon HD 6990, but the company isn't wasting time weeping and applying cooling balm. Instead it's apparently readying the AMD Radeon HD 6790, according to NordicHardware, set to take on NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 550 Ti in the lucrative mid-range segment, with a Barts LE core based on the GPUs used in the Radeon HD 6800 series. Read The Full Story

LTE iPhone 5 in time for Holiday 2011: Apple Rumor Roundup

Chris Davies, Mar 29th 2011 Discuss [4]

With it looking unlikely that Apple will be bringing the iPhone 5 to WWDC 2011 in early June, speculation has returned to circling how the company's hardware plans may shape up for the rest of the year. Rather than a June launch, there are suggestions that Apple will release the white iPhone 4 later in the spring and use that to prolong the handset's shelf-life until a Q4 2011 refresh. That later date might allow for the inclusion of 4G LTE connectivity, in an attempt to better take on what's expected to be a growing number of LTE-equipped Android devices. Read The Full Story

WWDC 2011: All Software focus and Hardware no-show?

Chris Davies, Mar 28th 2011 Discuss [5]

Apple officially announced WWDC 2011 earlier this morning, and now the dates are confirmed the attention has turned to what surprises the company may have up its collective Cupertino sleeve. The WWDC 2011 invite promises "a preview of the future of iOS and Mac OS X" which certainly implies iOS 5.0 and OS X Lion will make more than an appearance, but what about the iPhone 5? Read The Full Story