Articles by: Alistair

Sony Yuga Rumours

Sony Yuga Rumours

0 by / on December 14, 2012, 10:30 pm / in News

The Web is going wild about a new super-smartphone code-named the Sony Yuga. If the rumours are true, this device will be a beast! The top-of-the-range Sony smartphone is alleged to have a 5-inch 1080p screen, backed up with a Exynos 5 quad-core Samsung SOC and a world’s first of 3Gb of RAM and 128Gb of internal storage. As if [...]

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Dollars per Cubic Meter

Dollars per Cubic Meter

0 by / on December 2, 2012, 11:21 am / in Virals

Maybe time to save up for something bigger? Ferrari $23,542/m3 Furby Aqua $36,609/m3 MacBook Pro $40,965/m3 iPhone 5 $12,677,841/m3!

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Apple’s Tim Cook: Sorry About the Maps

Apple’s Tim Cook: Sorry About the Maps

0 by / on September 28, 2012, 12:50 pm / in News

CEO of Apple, Tim Cook has just issued this apology for the disastrous launch of Apple’s own Maps app in iOS6. Some prominent Apple bloggers have already threatened to move to Samsung/Apple due to the fact accurate mapping is so critical in their day-to-day smartphone use. Here is the apology in full: “To our customers, At Apple, we strive to [...]

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Redefining Apple Fanboy’ism

Redefining Apple Fanboy’ism

0 by / on September 24, 2012, 10:25 am / in Virals

We have no words to describe or explain what is going on in this video … it would make more sense had Samsung paid this woman to be in the queue for the new iPhone 5 smartphone and somehow get herself interviewed. They didn’t. As far as we know this is real, which makes it even more disturbing! Prepare yourself [...]

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Apple iPhone 5 Sunspider Score

0 by / on September 21, 2012, 4:28 pm / in Benchmarks

Apple has re-taken the Sunspider benchmark crown (a test of how fast the browser can execute v8 javascript) with an impressive score of 914.7ms. This is faster than the 3rd generation iPad 3 and even the new 2Ghz Intel-powered Motorola RAZR i. The iPhone 5 is believed to have Apple’s own chip design – which is a first for the [...]

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Apple iOS6 Maps #Fail

Apple iOS6 Maps #Fail

0 by / on September 21, 2012, 10:15 am / in Virals

Beware of the directions in Apple’s Maps in iOS6! “Customers around the world are upgrading to iOS 6 with over 200 new features including Apple Maps, our first map service,” said spokeswoman Trudy Miller. “We are excited to offer this service with innovative new features like Flyover, turn by turn navigation, and Siri integration. We launched this new map service [...]

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Sony Xperia S Benchmarks

Sony Xperia S Benchmarks

0 by / on March 9, 2012, 8:16 am / in Benchmarks

The most highly spec’d smartphone to be released so far in 2012 is the Sony Xperia S … the new flagship smartphone from Sony (just ‘Sony’ now as they have bought-out Ericsson). Unlike other phones announced at Mobile World Congress, you can actually buy this phone now. The Xperia S is a 1.5Ghz dual-core handset with a very beautiful 1280 [...]

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Snapdragon S4 “Pro” Processor

0 by / on February 27, 2012, 7:33 am / in News

Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon S4 “Pro” Processor ― Pro Version Builds on Success of First Snapdragon S4 Processor For Even Greater Mobile Computing Possibilities ― BARCELONA , Spain ― February 27, 2012 ― Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) announced today that the Company will offer a Pro version of the Snapdragon™ S4 MSM8960 processor to enable even more capable mobile computing devices. [...]

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Huawei Ascend D Quad

0 by / on February 26, 2012, 3:09 pm / in News, Specs

Huawei Introduces the “World’s Fastest Smartphone”: The Ascend D quad … with Huawei’s proprietary quad-core chip and power management system BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 26, 2012 /CNW/ – Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, today introduced the world’s fastest quad-core smartphone, the Huawei Ascend D quad. Powered by the Huawei’s K3V2 quad-core 1.2GHz/1.5GHz processor and boasting [...]

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LG Optimus 4X HD

LG Optimus 4X HD

0 by / on February 23, 2012, 10:37 am / in Specs

LG’S QUAD-CORE SMARTPHONE MAKES DEBUT AT 2012 MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS LG Optimus 4X HD Takes Desktop Performance to the Mobile Space SEOUL, Feb. 23, 2012 – LG today unveiled its first Quad-Core processor smartphone, LG Optimus 4X HD. Combining NVIDIA’s latest 1.5GHz Tegra 3 with True HD IPS display, the LG Optimus 4X HD delivers PC-like performance in the palm [...]

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