Monday
Dec032012

Holiday Gift Guide: Smartphones  

It’s a great time for buying smartphones as the range of models this year is simply staggering and with the arrival of 4G-LTE as a high speed data standard, the advent of NFC (Near Field Communications) for mobile payments plus improved cameras, more memory and better performance make these smartphones the presents to knock anyone's holiday socks off.

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Monday
Dec032012

Dell's Ubuntu-powered Developer Edition XPS 13 now available for $1449

Dell's selling an Ubuntu-powered XPS 13 geared for developers that is runnng the Precise Pengolin version of Canonical's Ubuntu Linux distro and which has all the necessary drivers and applications. Available from Dell's US online store the Ultrabook features an Intel Core i7 processor, 8GB of RAM, 256GB of SSD storage and a basic set of developer tools and utilities, as well as access to two beta projects: the cloud launcher and the profile tool.

Sunday
Dec022012

CableKeeps keep your Apple chargers neat and tidy

CableKeeps are an innovative series of simple to use yet attractive accessories for the iPad and  iPhone charger. Cablekeeps secure your USB docking cable to Apple power adaptors so cable & charger stay together. The intuitive design will keep your cables tangle free when shoved in a bag, pocket, or purse and can shorten and organize when plugged into the wall.

 

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Friday
Nov302012

Ubuntu for Android turns multi-core smartphones into desktop PCs

Ubuntu believes that multi-core Android phones can be PCs too. Ubuntu for Android enables high-end Android handsets to run Ubuntu, the world’s favourite free PC desktop operating system. So users get the Android they know on the move, but when they connect their phone to a monitor, mouse and keyboard, it becomes a PC. Interesting proposition, specially since most multi-core smartphones today only use a percentage of their processing power.