In the recent past, Nokia has come up with a whole lot of Lumia handsets. Now, the company is gearing up for yet another event in September, although the nature of this event is not clear yet. Some have speculated that the company may finally unveil a Lumia tablet at the event.
Word processors have been around for a long while now. However, they haven’t evolved sufficiently at pace with the recent explosive growth of mobile computing. Quip, a new word processor which has been developed specifically for mobile devices, aims to change this.
The new Nexus 7 is now available for pre-order at Google Play Store in the U.S. The Nexus 7 is the first device to get the new version of Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) operating system.
In the past, Google has made frequent attempts to gain a foothold into consumers’ drawing rooms through their TV sets. However, so far, the search giant has failed miserably. Now, the company has launched a new low-cost TV dongle called ‘Chromecast’ which can stream content from a plethora of devices.
Intel has been pushing its back into the development of low-priced laptops, convertibles and tablets by leaning on the mobile Atom processors. The company’s CEO, Brian Krzanich has reiterated that Intel would continue its committment to mobile products and that $300 laptops and $150 tablets are on their way.
We reported that Google wants to recreate Nexus 7. Later Google confirmed that a new Nexus 7 is coming soon. Google will hold an event on July 24 where the company will unveil the new Nexus 7. But ahead of that date, yesterday our friend Android Central leaked some photos and a video of that device. And the leaked images and video hints that the Google Nexus 7 is undoubtedly a tough competitor of iPad mini.
Google has finally rolled out version 2.0 of Google Maps, equipping the new version with a number of new features. The version also comes with iPad compatibility, bringing the service to the tablet for the first time. Among the new features are the ability to get live traffic updates, event reports as well as indoor maps.
Wearable gadgets may not be that popular yet, but nearly all analysts agree that they are the future of smart computing. While Google has already unveiled Google Glass, smartwatches may be far more popular. Analysts estimates that by 2014, the volume of smartwatches shipments will reach 5 million.