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Apple reportedly launching new 3D mapping service with iOS 6
Speculations about if and what Apple will reveal about iOS 6 at the upcoming WWDC in June, suggests that one of the highlight feature of the OS update will be a new maps service. According to reports by 9to5Mac and also All Things D, Apple will be reducing its dependency on Google Maps with the release of iOS 6.
Harry Potter coming to Amazon Kindle lending library
Amazon has announced that it has struck a deal with Pottermore to make the entire Harry Potter series available through its Kindle Owners' Lending Library. The library will begin carrying the Harry Potter collection starting on June 19, in English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish.
N.O.V.A 3 released for iOS, Android version coming later this month
Gameloft has officially released N.O.V.A 3, which the latest addition to the famous Halo-like franchise for mobile devices.
RIM to bring BlackBerry Curve 9320 with 3G
Research in Motion will continue to grow its catalog of Blackberry phones in India, with the release of a 3G variant of BlackBerry Curve 9320. The phone will carry 2.44-inch, 320x240 pixels resolution screen on a traditional Blackberry form factor, and a 1450mAH battery. The hardware will be conducted by BlackBerry 7.1 OS with features such as Mobile Hotspot, Wi-Fi calling, and parental control options.
App Guide: Image Editing Apps for your Android
If you are an Android user, here is a quick and helpful guide which includes a list of some image/photo editing applications. We are sure that these apps will help you make your cherished moments more beautiful.
BlackBerry's Dev Alpha hints names of future BlackBerry 10 devices
Some of the developers who got their hands on the developer device known as Dev Alpha discovered some codenames of future BBX devices somewhere in the BBX code.
Samsung Galaxy S III coming to India in early June?
Apparently, the much awaited Samsung Galaxy S III is expected to launch in India sometime in the first week of June.
Bharti Airtel rolls out 4G services in Bangalore
Bharti Airtel today announced that it has launched 4G services in Bangalore. Airtel customers in Bangalore will now have access to cutting-edge 4G LTE technology that delivers highly advanced wireless broadband experience.
Touché: A very interesting touch-sensing technology developed by Disney
The next apparent stage in touch-sensing technology is under development at one of the most unlikely of places, the Disney Research labs. While such technology can have wide applications in the entertainment business, what Disney is developing here seems to go beyond just that. Research carried out under the Touché program has produced a capacitive, touch-sensing technology that can work and react to more information, as compared to existing technology used in consumer electronics.
Download of the week: SwipeSelection for iOS
Our choice for download of this week is a bit out of the ordinary as it is an iOS application built for and by those dissenters among Apple users, the jail-breakers. Something that started out as a tweak to the official keyboard gesture system of an iPad has now become something of a rage in the underground scene. A YouTube user called danielchasehooper posted his tweak to the swipe-gesture system of iPad, in the hoped of gathering a community around it to petition Apple.
App of the week: Flipboard for Android
Android, through its many beneficiaries, is slowly making in-roads into Apple’s pool of exclusive apps, giving users fewer reasons to not jump the ship. Following the likes of Instagram making an appearance on Android, it is Flipboard that is moving beyond its familiar iOS territory. Flipboard for Android will be releasing with the launch of Samsung’s Galaxy S III, and it will be a timed-exclusive for the handset.
Spice Mi-350n [Review]
This Spice Mi-350n is a good smartphone for an average person who wants a device for emails, documentation, web browsing, music and some video playback. If you need a better entertainment experience then this is not the smartphone you’re looking for.
Samsung release source code for Galaxy Tab 2 systems
Good news for tinkerers and power users: Samsung has released source code for Android working their Galaxy Tab 2, which includes Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 and Galaxy Tab 2 10.1. If you are one of the former, then head on to the Samsung website to download the source code and start hacking away. The source will work with GT-P3100, GT-P3110, GT-P3113 models of Galaxy Tab 2 7.0; and the GT-P5100, GT-P5110, and GT-P5113 models of Tab 2 10.1.Power users who want to do things like replace the Samsung TouchWiz UI with something else will have to wait until the Android community starts brewing something interesting.
Limited numbers of iPad 2 with 32nm fab spotted
When Apple released the third generation of iPad simply called just that, they also announced traditional price-cuts on the second generation tablets. As it turns out, a lower price-tag is apparently not the only change Apple introduced in iPad 2 line. As part of a comprehensive review of the new iPad 2, the brains at Anand Tech discovered that Apple has employed 32nm fabrication process for the A5 SoC, an improvement from 45nm.
Spec Showdown: HTC One X Vs Samsung Galaxy S III
Which phone deserves to be the flagship Android superphone of 2012? It's the match up of the year, pitting Tegra 3 against the Exynos Quad, Super AMOLED against Super IPS LCD2. At face value, both phones have plenty in common, starting with 4.7-inch+ 300dpi+ pixel density displays, and a micro-SIM slot, while on the software front, it's Android 4.0 ICS with a choice of HTC Sense and Touchwiz. Let's see which phone comes out on top, spec-to-spec.
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