New Gadgets

It’s no secret that smartphones cost an arm and a leg, especially for consumers in the unsubsidized market. Moreover, those looking for a pre-paid smartphone solution don’t have a viable option, yet. In a note sent out to clients this morning, Deutsche Bank analyst Chris Whitmore states “It’s time for a mid-range iPhone”. Whitmore notes that there is a potential market of 1.5 billion mobile [...]

Acer Iconia Tab A500 will be updated to Android 3.1 on July 5th in Germany. 1GB of RAM, this 10.1-inch slate packs a 1GHz dual-core Tegra 250 Cortex A9 processor and 16GB of internal storage space, a 5-megapixel rear-facing camera and a 2-megapixel shooter in the front. The battery life is around 8 full hours.

French-based Archos has just announced their latest entries in the ever growing tablet market, where they intend to merge both speed and storage in the latest range of its tablets, carrying along with them an OMAP 4 processor with an ARM Cortex dual-core 1.5GHz A9 processor, in addition to Seagate’s 250GB hard drive to get you started right out of the box. There will be several screen sizes to choose [...]

HTC’s next effort in the Android tablet space, the Puccini, is set to go on sale in the UK from June 27th, it has been revealed. Leaked last month on 911HTC, the hitherto unseen tablet is to follow in the footsteps of its slightly older brother, the HTC Flyer. Although unlike the Flyer, which runs on Android 2.3, aka Gingerbread, the Puccini will be powered by version 3.1 of the slate-optimised [...]

Another unsubstantiated Apple iPhone rumor has hit the internet that merely rehashes old rumors and doesn’t say anything new. This time, Boy Genius Report exclusively says that the iPhone 5 will be a “major update after all” with the “announcement and availability in August”. How ever can we control ourselves after reading such groundbreaking news? Honestly, did anyone expect an August announcement [...]