COMPUTERS

Samsung Galaxy S3 users who are waiting for the latest Androidv4.2 Jelly Bean may be disappointed as the upgrade may not be coming soon to the device.

Samsung Galaxy S3 users may also enjoy the incredible features of the Galaxy Note 2 as the company is said to be working on a firmware upgrade that includes Multi Window View and Smart Rotation.

Gartner's third quarter report for 2012 released on Thursday showed that South Korean tech firm LG remained in fifth place in overall global mobile phone sales by vendors.

Nokia badly needs a lifeline, research firm Gartner said on its latest report, which showed that the Lumia 920 maker crashed out from the coveted list of the top five biggest smartphone makers in the world.

Two new smartphones jumped in the smartphone battle recently – LG Nexus 4 and HTC Droid DNA.

BlackBerry maker, Research in Motion (RIM), is frantic but confident in conquering the world consumer market as the struggling company readies its new handsets topbilled as the new Blackberry 10.

Small footprint and easy on the hand (but not necessarily on the pocket) easily land the iPad Mini on everyone’s shopping list, plus of course the excitement that gradually built up on the gadget prior to its unveiling last month by Apple.

Samsung Galaxy Note 2 wowed Aussies at a fancy launch event in Sydney last night as the device finally hit Australian shores and will be up for grabs next week.

Much of the world barely noticed but yes Apple actually released the iPad 4 alongside with the iPad Mini a few weeks ago and it has generated enough buzz, at least for those paying keen attention.

Anyone who has a mobile phone probably owned at least one Motorola unit in his lifetime. Motorola used to be the global leader in mobile phone sales in the 1990s until Nokia, Apple and Samsung stepped up their game and caused Motorola sales to plummet. Based in Schaumburg, Illinois, Motorola lost $4.3 billion from 2007 to 2009, which caused the company to be divided into two independent units, Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions.

Google recently announced its latest Nexus smartphone early this November. Does it still fall short to beat the Samsung Galaxy Note 2?

The Android dominates the global smartphone market. A recently released Gartner report found that for the third quarter of 2012, Android comprised 72.4 per cent of mobile sales worldwide.

As Australia and the United States refocus their priorities toward Asia, Washington will move a powerful radar to Australia from Antigua and a space telescope under a bilateral space deal between the two nations.

Three million units sold so far and counting – that’s the measure of success attached with the Samsung Galaxy Note 2, which later on this month will be challenged by HTC’s Droid DNA and other phablets in the months and quarters ahead.

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are right around the corner and people are looking forward to the hottest deals on these dates.

Australian retailers better be prepared with the influx of shoppers in the lead-up to the holiday season and its best that they configure their online stores to accommodate the expected traffic surge in Q4 2012, a new report said.

Some Samsung Galaxy S3 owners are complaining that they did not receive notification for the Androidv4.1.1 Jelly Bean update.

The Big Apple hosted the recent U.S. launch of the latest smartphone flavour from Taiwan-based HTC, the Droid DNA, which Verizon has picked up to become its latest Android mobile device.

For the Friday, Nov 16, release of the HTC One X+, AT&T started to take pre-orders for what is considered now the captain of the HTC football team. HTC is counting on the expansion of its HTC One series through the extra affordable unit, to boost its position in the global marketplace for smartphone.

Sony, once one of the leading electronic brands in the world, has slipped in comparison to other telecom companies such as Apple and Samsung in terms of sales and popularity of products. However, the Japan-based company could still count on the strong features of its products in a bid to reassert its place in the marketplace. For 2013, Sony targets to ship 50 million Xperia smartphones, relying mainly on Xperia T and TL, which were featured in Skyfall, the latest James Bond movie.

To others, Nov 14 in Australia is marked by a total solar eclipse. To astrologers, Wednesday's phenomenon should be called the solar eclipse in Scorpio. What does this mean? And if you're looking for photos, check out the iOS apps that look into the sky.

HTC and Verizon Wireless finally unveiled the rumored smartphone HTC Droid DNA and its amazing specs and features that make other smartphones bite the dust.

What is there to gripe about the Google Nexus 4? It is powerful thanks to the quad-core Snapdragon processor that clocks at a peak speed of 1.4GHz and brandishes the native version of Android Jellybean.

Samsung Galaxy S3 currently has an Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update, but with the release of a newer version of the Google's mobile OS, many consumers are frustrated with the prolonged agony of waiting for another Jelly Bean update for the device.

With the speculated roll out of HTC Droid DNA, 5-inch devices such as Samsung's Galaxy Note II face a challenge in the marketplace. All eyes are in New York City if HTC and Verizon will confirm leaks of the Droid DNA, reportedly bearing some similarity to the HTC J Butterfly model announced in Japan several weeks ago.

Cyber Monday is the traditional post-Thanksgiving shopping mayhem in the United States. Australian retailers are planning to adopt the trend.

The Surface tablet has been moving modestly so far, Microsoft said on Monday, hastening to add that the overall push for the Windows RT version of the gadget has encountered minimal glitches.

Although HTC Droid DNA is not yet official, it is already making a big fuss in the smartphone market since HTC J Butterfly was released in Japan and when Verizon hinted that it will release the device.

After more than two years of reign, a rival tablet appears to be gathering enough steam that tech experts seem convinced an iPad killer is now on the horizon.