The Apple Beat: iPad mini will likely succeed by creating its own niche

Amazon's getting twitchy about the iPad mini. It ran this comparison on its websiteBy Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Apple did not create the iPad mini to battle Amazon's Kindle or even Google's Nexus 7, at least not in price. The new 7.9-inch tablet, which shares a lot of the specs of the iPad 2, is likely going to create its own niche while diversifying the iPad's existing user base.

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Watch the Windows Phone 8 launch webcast tomorrow

This weekend has been a Microsoft Windows 8 frenzy and it is not over yet. From the desktop focus now shifts to smartphones with the release of Windows Phone 8. On Monday October 29^th at 1p.m. EST, Microsoft is making a Windows Phone 8 announcement in San Francisco. If you’re interested in viewing the webcast, you can tune into a live webcast here. 

First Impressions of Windows 8

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

I was quite apprehensive about upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 8. My main PC is a Lenovo ThinkPad X220, which wasn't designed with the touch-happy OS in mind and it ran Windows 7 just fine. Did I really need to jump on Windows 8?

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LG leaks their own Google Nexus 4 smartphone online

It's about that time of year when the new Nexus smartphone is introduced, usually with Google's latest and greatest Android OS. Thanks to some product support manuals leaked by LG's Australian and UK websites, we now have a better idea of what to expect in the coming week when Google launches its new line of Nexus smartphones.

While the support website has been taken down, the support manual gives us the goods on the new device. It will ship with either 8GB or 16GB of storage, feature inductive charging and no microSD expansion. In terms of specs, the Nexus 4 is a beast and seems to share many of the great features of the LG Optimus G (quad-core processor, great camera).

Source: Engadget

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