Asus has officially announced the Eee Pad Transformer Prime. The new transforming tablet will be made available in the US in December with a price tag of $499. What you get for your money is a unique device that comes with a tablet and detachable keyboard. This allows you to use the device as just a tablet, or carry around a keyboard in a laptop form factor for typing whilst on the go.
Archives for November 2011
Dictate a Note to Evernote with Siri
November 9, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Although Siri doesn’t allow any direct 3rd party integration just yet, there are a number of work-arounds that allow you to get data in to other applications. In this case we see Siri being used to put notes in to an Evernote account.
Amazon Kindle Family Coming to 16,000 Stores in the US
November 9, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Amazon has announced that the Kindle family of products will be launching at over 16,000 retail locations in the US. Stores that will get the range of Kindle devices includes Walmart, Best Buy and Target as well as a number of other locations listed below.
Mobile Browser Flash Development Stopped by Adobe
November 9, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Adobe is stopping development of Flash for mobile devices. Instead, it will focus its efforts on HTML5.
Our future work with Flash on mobile devices will be focused on enabling Flash developers to package native apps with Adobe AIR for all the major app stores. We will no longer adapt Flash Player for mobile devices to new browser, OS version or device configurations. Some of our source code licensees may opt to continue working on and releasing their own implementations. We will continue to support the current Android and PlayBook configurations with critical bug fixes and security updates.
Apple Confirm to Developer that Siri Is Not Coming to Older Devices
November 9, 2011 by Leave a Comment
A few days ago some rumours were spreading about Apple working on bringing Siri to the iPhone 4, iPad and various other iOS devices. It appears that this isn’t the case though as one developer suggested to Apple that they charge for the update to which a response came back saying they had no plans to introduce it.
iOS 5.0.1 Seeded to End Users for Testing
November 9, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Apple [AAPL] is beginning to send a beta version of iOS 5.0.1 to end users for testing. The group is quite small from what we understand and will give an opportunity for further testing of the battery life problems that a number of users are getting.
SIM Free Nokia Lumia 800 Delayed till Jan 2012
November 9, 2011 by Leave a Comment
We have had confirmation that the Nokia Lumia 800 Windows Phone Mango smartphone will not be available SIM free on November 16. From what we understand, Nokia has moved the date to January 2012.
Good news is that the device will still be available on November 16th on contract at various locations.
Kindle Cloud Reader from Amazon Arrives on Firefox
November 8, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Amazon Kindle users can now access purchased books from the Firefox browser. Amazon has just released a new version of the Kindle Cloud Reader that is compatible with the said browser. Like other versions of the Kindle Cloud Reader, Amazon allows Firefox users to also download all content and put it in an offline mode for use when travelling.
Developer Finds Bug in iOS that Could Infect Device with Malware
November 8, 2011 by Leave a Comment
A developer has managed to get an app approved for the iPhone that allows malicious code to be run after it is installed. The app appears to just provide stock information, but in the backgroud it actually opens up an exploit which can then allow code to be injected in. Tasks like grabbing an address book can be done remotely after the app is installed.
iPhone 4S Recommended by Consumer Reports
November 8, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Consumer Reports has confirmed that it recommends the new iPhone 4S from Apple. If you think back to last year when the iPhone 4 launched, Consumer Reports couldn’t recommend the iPhone 4 because it had antenna problems which saw the signal drop when touching the lower left side of the phone.
Virgin Broadband 100Mb Available to 20 Million People
November 8, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Virgin Media has announced that 20 million people in the UK now have access to 100Mb broadband services. The roll-out of the 100Mbps service began about a year ago.
ASUS Transformer Prime Launched Moved to December
November 8, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The official launch of the ASUS Transformer Prime could be moved in to December. Digitimes is reporting that Google [GOOG] has been helping ASUS in preparations for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. In order to ensure the Transformer Prime launches with Android 4.0 it is likely that the date the tablet will ship will be December.
