iPod refresh announced...

While the iPhone 5 may have been the main highlight of today's Apple event, the iPod range also got some limelight as Apple announced a refresh to the whole line up. They were all updated whether thinner, lighter, powerful-er, they were all given a much needed update.

In particular the one that caught my eye was the addition of a 4-inch iPod touch which of course is retina, powered by a dual-core processor and features a 5-megapixel camera on the rear with a flash. It's a awesome addition and certainly out does some of Samsung's Galaxy players.

With that also comes a 2.5-inch touch screen iPod Nano and features the new lightning connection that is seen on the iPhone 5. Overall, this is a great and as mentioned -much needed refresh to the iPod line up.

iPhone 5 announced!

Well, finally after so many rumours and so much anticipation. Apple has announced the iPhone 5 which follows on from the 4S with a taller display, new processor chip and thinner form factor. The new iPhone is really thin at 7.6mm thick and is only bigger in height being 123.8mm in comparison to the iPhone 4S's 115.2mm.

Specs wise, the iPhone 5's display is taller making it 4-inches with a resolution of 1136x640 and retaining that retina goodness, powering it is Apple's newest generation A6 processor, however there isn't any details on number of cores or an actual clock speed but has 1GB of RAM and run iOS 6 well. Camera's include a 8-megapixel rear-facing camera and 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera for video calls. Internal storage is the usual 16/32/64GB variants with no way of expanding.

I'm disappointed, yes, the screen and processor -which are arguably the most important features on a phone, may have been changed. But Apple really needs to come up with a different design, it's old and boring and it needs a refresh. Still, It's nice to see a new iPhone and it will most likely sell well.

Apple has a point...

Samsung and Apple, in the same sentence can bring countless lawsuits to mind. We're sick of it, Apple customers have turned because of them and many products have been banned due to their lawsuits. One particular lawsuit includes the basic design of the iPhone describing equally rounded edges and a central button at the bottom. The patents seem unfair but Apple has a point.

The Galaxy S, Galaxy S2, Galaxy Note, Galaxy Ace all use these design features. The products may be different in the fact that the central button is rectangular, not circular and that on some of the products the back has a bump in it, therefore they look heavily influenced instead of directly copied. However, that still doesn't rid of the fact that the products just look too-alike, even Google themselves said that it is dangerously close to the iPhone's design.


I think, what you can take away from this is, the Apple doesn't always have a point when their in court as we've seen. They're patent bullying is just out of order, but in this case they do have a point. However, Apple is still winning sales the hard, but nevertheless the most stupidest, stressful and annoying way. Let me just make myself clear, I am in full support of Android, I love it and therefore I am not a Apple fanboy in any way.

Huawei releases advert for Huawei MediaPad 10...

Huawei has a iPad beater on their hands. The MediaPad 10 is very very impressive not just specs wise. It is only 8.8mm thick beating the iPad 3 by 0.6mm. The tablet features a aluminium back panel which is very nice, the device weighs 598 grams which is significantly less than the iPad. The tablet also features a Asus like keyboard dock, which makes the device look like a netbook.

On to the specs! We have a full HD (1200x1920) 10.1-inch IPS display, (your already drooling aren't you?) powered by Huawei's own quad-core processor with a 16 core GPU and 2GB of RAM, the device has 8GB of storage which isn't that good, but Huawei offers 120G of cloud storage (probably meant GB) and the device has a MicroSD card slot which can support up 32GB. The device's battery capacity hasn't yet been disclosed but I'd expect it to be over the 10,000 mark.

Now for the advert:

Steve Wozniak's Gadget bag...

Ever wondered how many gadgets the Woz carries around with him? Well, brace yourselves..

This all adds up to $25,000 and includes, two iPads, four iPhones, two Galaxy Nexus's, a kindle, two iPod nanos, Macbook Pro and more. I just hope for Woz's sake that his bag doesn't get stolen by anyone, Luckily, He does have a list of everything in it, probably preparation in case such thing happens. I know I wouldn't carry around this much gadget. Especially in my town (chuckles).

iPhone 5 model leaks...

There has been a lot of speculation, leaks and rumours surrounding the 5th iteration of Apple's iPhone. Everything has been said, 3D screen, new docking connector and even a totally new design have been said by some people. All this time Apple has been silent, probably laughing at us and the rumours were coming up with.

Well, today, it looks like a model/prototype of the iPhone 5 has been leaked. The prototype includes the bigger screen now a reasonable 4-inch affair. It also comes with the new dock connector which has been said to lock un-certified Apple docks out of it. (great!). So, what about specs, well Quad-core processor is an absolute possibility, the retina screen will be in tact, I'd say that we may see a 12-megapixel camera on the back with a 2-megapixel on the front. Nevertheless, the iPhone still receives the award for most boring design ever. 

Apple designed the Galaxy S3...

Thanks to marquesbrownlee for uploading this video!

Will the Galaxy SIII just be a “incremental upgrade"?

Recently an insider has claimed that the Galaxy SIII -which is to be unveiled on the 3rd of May is just an "incremental" upgrade instead of an all round brand new device, similar to what the iPhone 4S was to the 4. The insider also claims that the naming of the Galaxy S devices will be altered, paralleling Apple with their "New iPad" instead of "iPad 3"

If this were true, then instead of the HD screen we've been hearing so much about, we'd probably see the current screen featured on the Galaxy S2 enlarged by less than half an inch, a faster processor (could still be a quad-core chip) and maybe a few aesthetic changes for the bigger battery to accommodate for the extra two cores.

In my opinion, an "overhaul" of the features on the predecessor instead of brand new features won't be enough to compete with the offerings of other mobile phone companies these day referring to the HTC One X. Remember, The Galaxy S2 literally wiped the floor when it came to a high end device last year. Samsung can do it again and personally I hope they do.

Do you think the much anticipated Galaxy S3 will just be an update? or a totally new device?