While everybody is locked in their laboratories coming up with new ideas and testing new solutions, CEO Paul Jacobs of Qualcomm just announced in San Diego that the company has developed a wondrous new technology that enables smartphones to user either GPS or Russia’s Glonass satellite for location possibilities.
Granted, Apple redefined the tablet market and now owns it, created a need that the consumers didn’t know they have, and now iPad 2 is top of the line device of the tablet range. In addition, just a couple of months from now the next generation iPad is likely to push even forward the boundaries of high-end 10 inch tablets. For the Cupertino based Company everything seems perfect. However, industry observers suggest that Apple needs to design a smaller tablet, with size around 7 inches, to really have it all.
Grand Theft Auto 3 a huge action game developed by Rockstar Games. This game finally release for iOS and Android-powered platforms. The Ten Year Anniversary Edition is now available for purchased from the App Store and the Android Marketplace for $4.99.
A hot update that the most popular VoIP software company just released on Android Market gives the users the possibility of sharing photos, video files, and even documents directly from the app. Skype 2.6 is available for Android 2.2 also known as Froyo since yesterday.
It seems like Verizon is cooking something quite interesting. For those who were expecting a LG Revolution 2 flying to this particular carrier soon, we fear, this is not the case anymore. The handset everybody was expecting turns out to be the LG Spectrum and recently a bunch of photos leaked showcasing it in quite some detail.
It’s time for more updates. Microsoft has just released the OneNote 1.3. iOS app and while they were at it, added iPad support to it. On top of that, the long awaited Lync 2010 app has become available for download if you head on to the Windows Phone Marketplace. OneNote has been available through Office desktop for many years, since the release of Office 2003.
Apple has been sued again for using Caller-ID technology in its Smartphone – iPhone. Apple is already fighting with Samsung & HTC over various patents infringement in its products worldwide. This time it’s a new company named Cequint Inc. The Seattle based data-network service provider accused Apple for illegal use of its own Caller-ID technology in iPhone. Apple is yet to make any official comment over the lawsuit.
As the rumors about the new top of the line tablet Apple’s next generation iPad intensify, analysts are trying to figure out what the competitors will do and how the products on the market are going to evolve. Previously, tablets gained with each generation more powerful processors and more RAM but the display resolution hasn’t got that expected leap that users expect. Many tablets on the market have screen resolutions of 1024×768, 1024×600, and even 800×600.