The Apple iPad

OK so amongst all the rumours it seems there is no smoke without Fire. A little while ago Apple announced the launch of the iPad, I mean tablet, I mean iPad!

In terms of details, what we know so far is it is a little over a centimetre thick, and weighs in a little over 1 and a half pounds. As standard it comes with a 9.7-inch touchscreen IPS LCD display, and is powered … Continue Reading

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Interestingly Jason Calacanis (@Jason) has broke today he has been a beta Apple Tablet tester. And before you laugh this off, the guy is the founder of some off the biggest tech stuff out there including Weblogs, TechCrunch50 and Engadget. Although he hasn’t put up any pic’s he is reporting;

• Two sizes. one about double the size of an iPhone and one is 20% smaller than a Macbook air
• Wireless charging using optional base station
• Facial Recognition (really?!)
• Multiple tablet connections via Wi-Fi
• Nitendo Wii innovation for games
• Built in HDTV tuner
• Two cameras, front and back
• Short battery life if playing games, though a solar … Continue Reading
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Well if you havent heard already today sees the release of the latest incarnation of Windows, Mircrosoft Windows 7.

After Vista was dubbed a failure (though it sold more copies than XP, work that out!), Microsoft is back promising Vista looks with XP performance! Geared towards multimedia and the internet, it has greater support for touch screens, handwriting recognition and to work better with the latest technology.

The operating system will be released in six separate editions. Home Premium and Professional which you are most likely to see, followed by 5 more corporate / special editions such as 64bit. Windows 7 is … Continue Reading

YouTube are going to stream their first ever live show this weekend when U2 continue their world domination by again hitting the headlines.

The concert in Pasadena Rose Bowl in California, is a 96 thousand sell-out and will now be streamed to millions of viewers worldwide. And in true web fashion, viewers will also be able to chat in realtime about the concert using the micro-blogging sensation twitter. The top twitter trend will be U2 this coming Sunday, I guarantee it!

You can watch the official video release below; Continue Reading

Coming to the app store near you, expect a lite version of Adobe’s Photoshop for the iPhone. The world famous leaders in imagery software are releasing photoshop.com, which as well as a version of Photoshop for iPhone it also included 2GB of online storage for your photos etc.

The app will include sketch outlines, a variety of blur effects, B&W conversion, brightening options and simple cropping and mirroring tools amongst others.

Just hitting the App Store in the US and expect it in the UK very soon!

At last, it seems that flash is coming to your mobile. Although apps allow you to watch youtube movies and the like, flash is currently not available for your normal smartphone browser to view other video sites, ads etc.

Well Adobe has just announced that a full version of flash will be hitting mobile devices soon. Starting with Windows Mobile and Palm Pre, then Symbian and Android and closely followed by Blackberry. Noticed I am missing someone?! Yes Apple it seems and still not willing to play ball and at present there is no news of flash coming to the … Continue Reading

Good news! After yesterdays announcement that Orange will be selling the iPhone from late 2009, it is now Vodafone’s turn to get in on the act.

The deal, announced this morning comes after O2’s exclusive deal with Apple ended, fueling speculation of more widespread availability of the iPhone in the UK. Vodafone hope to be offering the iPhone early in 2010 and have announced you can already register your interest on their website (although we cannot find that link at the time of writing).

Vodafone believe that not having access to the Apple iPhone was a key reason why the operator … Continue Reading

Good news! Music videos are finally returning to UK users of Youtube!

Youtube blocked thousands of music videos to UK users way back in March over a failed agreement with songwriters’ group PRS for Music. However all that looks to be behind us now after Google agreed to pay a lump sum to PRS, backdated until January and lasting until 2012.

PRS for Music said it was pleased an agreement had been reached but neither side would reveal details of the deal. It is surprising how long the deal has taken to come about, with artists knowing most of their modern day … Continue Reading

LG BL40 The new LG Chocolate

The worst kept secret in mobile tech (well nearly) has been running around for ages with the new LG BL40 pics popping up left right and center. Well finally we have some official shots to feast our eyes on. It does look pretty sweet but being tall and thin it just seems impractical to me, far too many apps on the front page so don’t even worry about buying … Continue Reading

So so not what I was expecting!