Samsung hit a huge snag in Europe when Apple successfully petitioned the court to block the sales of the Samsung Galaxy Tab in Germany. Samsung is not about to take it lying down so it has devised a way to still sell its product in Germany.

Samsung plans to take advantage of the Christmas shopping frenzy by modifying the design of its new Galaxy 10.1 tablet. The redesign decision was made to avoid being accuse of patent infringement, the case being filed by Apple against Samsung. The redesigned tablet is now called 10.1N but it only sports minor differences with the original/first 10.1 tablet model. More →

Amazon is intent on making itself a significant player not just in the online retail industry (which it is actually dominating) but also on the consumer electronics front. It has proven that it knows the pulse of the public with the successful launch and significant sales of its Kindle eBook readers. It has continued its foray into consumer electronics with the highly regarded Kindle Fire tablet, one of the most affordable tablet in the market right now. But if reports are to be believed, Amazon is going deeper into its strategy by releasing a mobile phone next year.

According to rumors that have come out of Citigroup’s research department, Amazon is likely already preparing for the production of an Amazon Smartphone. One of the sources of the rumor are the component suppliers from Asia. More →

The tablet war between Amazon and Barnes & Noble commenced earlier than expected with the both companies breaking their own street dates for their respective products.

Amazon announced that it will be shipping its hotly anticipated Kindle Fire tablet a few days before the original release date. Barnes & Noble, smelling that this could potentially derail their own plans have also announced that it will be releasing their Nook Tablet a couple of days before the original release date of November 18. More →

A week ago, we reported on the acquisition of Toronto-based ebook reader company Kobo by online retail giant Rakuten. The acquisition is seen as a beneficial move that will give Kobo the leverage to finally directly compete with the other two giant e-book reader brands being made by Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.

The competition for your e-book reader money is really going to heat up this holiday season as Kobo joins the fray with its announcement of a more affordable new e-book reader. The new Kobo Touch is going to be sold by the company for only $99. More →

SIM cards are an integral part of mobile phones and even though it is one of those use it and forget it pieces of technology it is also evolving as new technologies emerge to change it. The SIM is now poised for another evolution as a new one is going to be introduced very soon.

The new SIM, called the nano-sim, will be introduced by Gieseck  & Devrient (G&D), the same company that released the first commercial SIM card two decads ago. The nano-SIM is slated to be displayed to the public at a trade show that will be held in Paris from November 15 to 17. More →

Nokia makes the coolest concept phones. More than a decade ago they came out with a cool concept phone where the phone fits inside a ring. It was a marvellous concept in miniature technology and diminutive devices. More than a decade later they revisited the ring idea with the Nenya magnetic ring, a ring that can control your phone remotely. This year, Nokia has once again presented a cool concept phone that is cool beyond words.

The new concept phone was developed by the Nokia Research Center to mark its 25^th year anniversary. The Nokia Gem pushes the touchscreen fad to an insane degree – the whole surface of the phone is a touchscreen. The whole touchscreen will change its image or what it shows depending on what function is being used by he user. More →

New update is here for the iOS users. The good news is that the update is free and supports almost every device running in iOS, such as iPhone 4S, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, both iPads, and iPod touch. It is very easy to upgrade your iOS device with this update and this post will assist you further.

The new update is designated as iOS 5.0.1 and claims to fix the battery problems and also provides some additional multitasking gestures for iPad users. Other flairs of this new update iOS 5.0.1 includes the syncing of documents in iCloud and Aussies which dictate your text precisely with the voice recognition.

Elongated battery life is the first thing that the users may notice with this iOS 5.0.1 update. The innovation that this iOS 5.0.1 update had brought is that the users can now upgrade an iOS device over Wi-Fi. However android users have been doing this for years. More →

Purchasing a holiday gift that will save the environment sends a message on so many levels. It lets the person who you are gifting know that you care enough about them and their world to take the time to find such an item. It also reminds them how important the environment is and that maybe they will think twice before they shop. Below are some ideas to get you started on the best approach to finding the perfect choices.

Go Bamboo

Bamboo is one of the most sustainable resources on earth. About one million acres of forest are lost or decimated each week as a result of timber deforestation. Bamboo grows quickly, does not destroy soil when grown or harvested, needs no pesticides, herbicides or fertilizers, absorbs greenhouse gases, can be grown virtually anywhere and even protects soil. Many amazing gifts can be found in bamboo including cutting boards, furniture, clothing, fabrics, jewelry, flooring, musical instruments and more. Look for bamboo gifts online or in many stores that sell the aforementioned list of items as bamboo choices become more main stream every day.
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Adobe will not be supporting Flash for mobile anymore.

This was inadvertently revealed through a memo sent to analysts. The memo was acquired by ZDNet. In the memo, Adobe mentioned that development of Flash for mobile browsers will be effectively stopped and all efforts will be refocused on developing for HTML 5. The rumor became an actual reality when Adobe officially announced that it will indeed stop development of Flash for mobile devices saying that moving forward, HTML 5 is the best solution for “creating and deploying content” across different mobile platforms. More →

The growing popularity of Google+ is attracting more and more bloggers towards it. Bloggers and webmaster are now getting the knowhow of its uses and features. Like any other leading social networking engine it is also taking pace and will soon be one of the favorite social network websites to promote online business.

Google+ understand the needs of the users and thus is gradually revealing all of its useful features. After Google + votes, it is now rolling out the Google + sidebar widgets for the website which could be a real help to promote them worldwide. These Google + widgets can be placed on the home page or even on the other pages of the websites and is visible to only the members which are on Google +. Anyone can join the Google + network and use these widgets, but Google is not yet launching it for public. However the configuration tool to create and preview the Google + badges is visible publicly.
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