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.

Samsung announces dual-screen droid for China...

Samsung W999

Samsung has announced a new dual-screen flip phone running Android carrying the GT-B9120 moniker, the phone is said to be exclusively for China's second largest carrier China Unicorn but if your wanting to get your hands on it, search for the Samsung W999.

The phone's chassis packs in two 3.5-inch SuperAMOLED displays with both of them having a resolution of 480x800. The phone runs on a 1.2GHz Dual-core Qualcomm processor with 1GB of RAM. Cameras include a 5MP rear-facing and a 1.3MP front-facing camera furthermore, the phone has 16GB of internal storage which presumably can be expanded. 

Samsung announce Galaxy Proclaim...

Straight Talk is expanding is range of phone, their latest addition is a entry-level Android device by the name of Samsung Galaxy Proclaim. This device will be available for $179.99 but no release date is currently confirmed.

The Galaxy Proclaim comes with mid-range specs including a 3.5-inch HVGA display with a resolution of 320x480, a single-core 1GHz Processor with an unconfirmed 512MB of RAM, 1GB of internal storage (but a 2GB MicroSD card is included). The device runs on Android 2.3 "Gingerbread" with Samsung's TouchWiz on top. Cameras include a 3MP rear-facing but no front-facing, battery capacity is 1,500mAh.

People are calling this the "Mini Nexus" due to it's contour screen which the Nexus S has. There's also the 4 capacitive buttons are the bottom which again, point to the Nexus S. Nevertheless, the phone looks good with a soft back providing extra grip in the hand.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 now available for pre-order...

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 which was announced at MWC 2012 and was to be be released in March but got delayed is finally being put up for pre-order. Rumours say that the delay would paying off with sources pointing towards Android 4.0 and a quad-core processor being implemented

Samsung has confirmed the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 will ship with Android 4.0 on board however there will be no attendance of a quad-core processor which means were stuck with the same dual-core processor that Samsung first announced will be powering it.

The device will be released this month with a price tag of around $400 for the 16GB version.