25 Feb
Proview, the Chinese based electronics firm, has asked customs officials to stop shipments of Apple’s iPads from leaving the country and from entering it. If the company is successful this will be a major problem for Apple as China is the main manufacturing location for all of their products. The recent threat is the result of a long running feud between Proview and Apple over who had the name ‘iPad’ first. (more…)
20 Oct
First we had desktop computers, which took up the space of a small pony, then we moved to laptops and the latest inception is the tablet, small, convenient, extremely portable and becoming more and more popular all the time. These tablets take using the internet to a whole new level, and the convenience of browsing, networking and shopping on the move is appreciated by thousands.
One question that has been raised regarding the latest tablets in about the anti-virus protection they offer. To be honest, when you are queuing up to get your hands on the latest tablet that does everything but sing and dance and bring you a coffee in the morning, anti-virus will not be at the front of your mind.
1 Oct
Blackberry Playbook
RIM’s management is taking some heat in the press as well as its poor Playbook performance as BlackBerry announces that it will soon launch seven new smartphones. Co-chief executive Jim Balsillie announced this week that the company will offer seven new mobiles over the next few months all with the new operating system but told shareholders that admittedly RIM has some challenges to face as it attempts to hit its sales target for the remainder of the year. He added that there have been some delays with the new OS, but that the mobiles will help the company reach its financial goals by the close of 2011.