Mobile

Opinion: Android tablets must balance freedom with functionality

Who'd have predicted that overpriced slivers of silicon, covered in oleophobic glass trying its best to repel your sticky fingers, would become the first great technological innovation of the 21st century? Most of us... Read More

Toshiba launches P770 and P775 laptops packing 3D webcams

Toshiba has unveiled its latest 3D-toting laptops, the Toshiba P770 and P775, both of which pack in 3D webcams, and the Satellite L-Series with 3D playback capabilities. Does the inclusion of 3D webcams speak of 3D Skype... Read More

In Depth: iOS 5 rumours: what you need to know

We're expecting big things from Apple this year: the iPhone 5 is imminent, some rumours suggest we'll see the iPad 3 as early as this autumn and there's a new version of iOS, iOS 5, in development. So what can we expect... Read More

Chrome OS will not create a walled garden, says Google

Google has insisted that Chrome OS will not give rise to another walled garden, insisting that the apps store for the next-generation cloud operating system will not be a closed system. Google's fondness for openness... Read More

Ice Cream to bring Google TV to Android

The next iteration of Android, Ice Cream, will bring Google TV and smartphones and tablets onto one Android platform, if sources are to be believed. Android fragmentation may no longer be a problem if the rumours are... Read More

Sony S1 Honeycomb tablet release date: summer

Sir Howard Stringer, the CEO of Sony, has announced that there will be a Sony tablet released in the summer that will run Android 3.0 Honeycomb. Sony has been very quiet on the tablet front, letting its main rivals –... Read More

Apple iOS 5 may bring ‘Spaces’ to iPad

A patent filed by Apple suggests that iOS 5 will see 'Spaces' come to the iPad. On OS X for Mac computers and laptops, Spaces is an application that allows you to segment your desktop so you can group applications together... Read More

Microsoft trialing ribbon UI for Windows 8

Windows 8 could integrate the company's successful ribbon user interface into the operating system, with pre-beta screenshots showing off the potential feature. Windows 8 screenshots and revelations are arriving at a... Read More

Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 makes early appearance

  Samsung is set to reveal the Galaxy Tab 8.9 at CTIA this week , but some spec sheets for the interestingly-sized tablet have already been snapped. Some new specs are revealed; that 8.9-inch display will have a... Read More

Early UK iPad 2 deliveries snapped ahead of launch

Ahead of the hotly-anticipated iPad 2 UK launch tomorrow, stores have begun stocking up on the new tablet, and TechRadar has nabbed some snaps. Apple is putting the new tablet on sale from 5PM GMT tomorrow, and stores... Read More