The same rumours are going around today which is just one day ahead of the iPad 3 announcement. Today the three rumours are about a smaller iPad, 4G LTE as well as new smartcovers.
Android App Size Limit Changed from 50MB to 4GB
Google has increased the app size limit for apps from 50MB to 4GB. The move will allow developers to upload apps that are more than 50MB in size which would essentially allow for larger game apps, some of which can be over 1GB in size.
How to Make an Invisible Car – (Almost Invisible)
Mercedes has created an almost invisible car to market the latest F-Cell vehicle. To make it almost invisible, the company installed a number of LEDs on one side of the car and then on the other side of the car they fit a camera. The camera on the right of the car took an image which was then displayed on the left side of the car which effectively made it a little invisible.
iPad 3 Case from Best Buy Pictured
PhoneArena has reported that Best Buy has a stockpile of thousands of cases for the iPad 3 which are ready for launch on Wednesday following the announcement. What we don’t know at the moment is if Targus, who created the iPad 3 case, have built it on official dimensions and specs or if they are just guessing based on internet rumours of the iPad 3 being marginally thicker.
Galaxy S II Ice Cream Sandwich Update Coming March 15
Some good news for Samsung Galaxy S II owners was announced today. We now hear that Samsung will be pushing out the Ice Cream Sandwich update on March 15th. This will take it from its current 2.3 Gingerbread version to the latest Android 4.0 version.
ASUS PadFone Coming in April
ASUS first announced the PadFone back in May last year where it was made official. After a good number of months we now hear that the company will be launching it in April of this year.
Windows Phone to Get Nokia PureView Cameras
Nokia has confirmed that the new PureView camera technology will be installed on various Windows Phones which are coming soon. For those of you unsure, PureView comes from a new Symbian based smartphone called the Nokia 808 PureView and is used to identify a cameraphone different to others that you have seen. The sensor on the Symbian version is 41 megapixels allowing for extremely high res pictures to be taken or for lower res images to be digitally zoomed without losing any quality.
Apple 25th Billionth App Downloader Named
Over the weekend, Apple hit a milestone in the total number of apps downloaded since the launch of the app store a few years back. There have now been 25 billion of them downloaded.
More iPad 3 Photos Found
A few more pictures of the iPad 3 have been found over the past few days. The latest show the casing of the iPad which includes the aluminium back and the glass front.
Windows 8 Consumer Preview Sees 1M Downloads in First Day
Microsoft released a consumer preview of Windows 8 a few days ago. Within the first 24 hours the new preview had been downloaded over 1 million times.
Canon Announce 5D Mark III
Canon has announced a new digital SLR camera called the Canon 5D Mark III. The new camera has a 22.3 megapixel full-frame CMOS sensor. It uses the DIGIC 5+ imaging processor and is capable of capturing full HD 1080p video at 30 frames per second.
OnLive for Android Launches
OnLive Desktop for the iPad launched recently. The service allows users to access a virtual Windows 7 based computer remotely so that spreadsheets can be edited and flash content can be browsed online. This app for connecting to that service is now available for Android devices.