By Brandon Russell |
Apple on Monday released a 5.1 update for its Apple TV, giving it plenty of new functions such as AirPlay broadcasting, support for multiple iTunes accounts, and shared photo streams. That might not seem like much initially, but it could hint at even more added…
By Brandon Russell |
Jon R. is back to tackle the biggest tech rumors of this week! With the recent release of the Samsung Galaxy Note II, it looks like other manufacturers want to get into the phablet market – specifically HTC and Motorola. Also, more updates on the…
By Sean P. Aune |
While the iPad mini has yet to be officially acknowledged by Apple, that isn’t stopping folks from making physical mock-ups from the supposedly leaked specs. Giz-China ordered one of these physical mock-ups for around $13 USD and gave it the video treatment to see what this rumored…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple’s expected to take the wraps off of its iPad mini during a yet unannounced press event in October and, now, the leaks are coming in full force. We have already published mockups of the alleged 7.85-inch iPad mini, but now a website called BoLoPad claims that…
By Brandon Russell |
Jon R. is back to tackle the biggest tech rumors of this week! It looks like the Apple vs. Samsung legal dispute is all but over. Samsung has retaliated by suing Apple for their recently released iPhone 5 – apparently Apple’s infringed on some of…
By Jon Rettinger |
The original Kindle Fire didn’t dazzle with its specs or design. Rather, the headlining feature was its price. For just $199, it undercut Apple’s iPad by double while offering a rival ecosystem to boot. But the tablet market has changed a lot in a year,…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple unveiled the iPhone 5 yesterday but, despite a host of improvements, tons of leaks already revealed what Tim Cook and his team had in store. As such, we weren’t very surprised or blown away by the event. It turns out we weren’t the only…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple won’t start taking pre-orders for the iPhone 5 until Friday, but at least one analyst already thinks it’s going to be a success. Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu recently revised his shipping estimates for Apple’s product portfolio. “We are raising our September quarter iPhone…
By Brandon Russell |
It was all about the iPhone 5 during Apple’s Wednesday morning jubilee. The screen is bigger, it now has LTE, and the annoyingly fragile glass back is gone forever. Compared to the disappointment of last year’s iPhone 4S announcement, today’s unveiling was pretty darn big…
By Brandon Russell |
The family portrait you see above is likely what Apple’s mobile lineup will look like on retail shelves around the world this holiday season. Apple is gearing up for one of the biggest ever periods in technology, and it’ll need all the ammo at its…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple will announce the iPhone 5 on Wednesday and, while initial reports suggest the iPad mini would be announced on the same day, the iPad mini announcement is now expected to come in October. We’ve already seen several mockups of the 7.85-inch tablet, including a…
By Brandon Russell |
Jon Q. fills in for Noah Kravitz and tackles the biggest tech rumors of this week! In this episode, the latest on the leaks and rumors revolving around the iPad Mini, Apple TV set-top-box, and the iPhone 5! Be sure to check out Rumor Roundup every Friday…
By Killian Bell |
The iPad mini’s rear shell has been pictured again ahead of its much-anticipated unveiling this fall. It’s not the first time we’ve seen it, but these are possibly some of the best images that have surfaced so far. And according to the Chinese site that…
By Brandon Russell |
Apple’s got the larger tablet market cornered, but it’s far behind its competitors in the 7-inch range — largely because it doesn’t even have a device in that space. But that’s all set to change, according to multiple reports, and we may see an announcement…
By Brandon Russell |
Jon R. is back to tackle more questions and queries from Buffalo readers, viewers and fans! In this episode, Jon shares his thoughts and opinions on iOS 6, specifically the maps application. Jon also discusses whether or not it’s better to wait for the rumored…
By Roy Choi |
When Google took the stage, alongside Asus, in June to announce the Google Nexus 7, we fell in love with the $200 tablet. It was everything we wanted to see from a tablet, let alone an Android tablet. It was $199 dollars (less than half the price…
By Brandon Russell |
Amazon’s upcoming Kindle Fire is aligned to directly do battle the Nexus 7, not Apple’s iPad. Not unexpected, although multiple rumors previously suggested the retail giant had plans to scale at least one model up to match the size of other 10-inch tablets on the…
By Sean P. Aune |
According to a new report, the screens for the iPad mini will be supplied by both LG and AU Optronics. According to anonymous sources that have spoken with Bloomberg, both LG and AU Optronics have been tapped to supply the screens for the oft rumored…
By Sean P. Aune |
Apple’s long rumored iPad mini may be accidentally outing itself to app developers who pay close enough attention to their log files. Marco Arment, developer of Instapaper, shared some interesting facts on his blog yesterday. While looking through the list of devices to access his…
By Killian Bell |
Forget the iPad mini, this is the tablet I’ve been waiting for. It’s called the Archos GamePad, and its biggest selling point is that unlike most tablets, it has physical controls built-in for tablet users who like to do a spot of gaming while they’re…
By Brandon Russell |
Apple is said to be preparing an iPad mini event for sometime in October. That means we won’t get just one day — September 12, iPhone 5 day — of Apple-centric narcissism, but possibly one or two months. Sorry, competitors, but Apple wants to drown…
By Sean P. Aune |
According to at least one source, it appears that the iPad mini may indeed end up being the official name of the diminutive tablet. Macotakara is reporting that a source has informed them that the upcoming 7.85-inch iPad – rumored for an Oct. release –…
By Sean P. Aune |
Rumors are once again circulating that the iPhone 5 will be announced in Sept., and the iPad Mini will make its debut in Oct. On Aug. 23 it was reported that Apple would be splitting the media events for the iPhone 5 and the iPad…
By Todd Haselton |
I like analysts, I think they provide a good look at the overall performance of the mobile market and provide detailed information on how different phone makers and operating systems are competing against one another. I love reports from IDC, comScore, Nielsen and others. It’s…
