COMPUTERS

Few days after tech giant Aplple unveiled its new line of tablets, Microsoft countered it with its flagship device last night in New York.

For two quarters in a row, Apple failed to even equal market expectations, departing from its famed reputation of measuring up or even exceeding the figures churned out by market analysts.

Samsung Galaxy S3 with Jelly Bean update finally arrived in United States via Sprint and in unlocked phones.

Samsung Electronics has again romped its way to record sales numbers in Q3 2012, pocketing $US7.4 billion in operating profits mostly on the back of close to 60 million Android smartphones the tech giant has shipped out in the period.

Sony Xperia TL, dubbed a "James Bond phone" in Sony's marketing strategy, will be available via AT & T beginning Nov. 2 for $99.99 with a two-year agreement.

Taiwan-based mobile manufacturer HTC spotted a great opportunity in the phablet market due to the success of the Samsung Galaxy Note. Thus, it unveiled HTC J Butterfly which is rumored to be making its way to Verizon.

Samsung Galaxy Note 2 has been released in the U.S. Thursday, prompting some holiday buyers to rethink whether the phablet is a better choice than a smartphone. In contrast to another Samsung device, the Galaxy S3, what else could the phablet offer other than the obviously bigger screen?

The success of Samsung Galaxy S3 prompted the South Korea-based company in releasing its next generation by next year.

Tech giant Samsung is prepping up for the release of another device that will cater to the other sectors of the population. This time, the company is rumored to release Samsung Galaxy Premier as its photo and some specs and features leaked on the Internet.

Cupertino-based Apple, after dominating the larger tablet market it popularized, has turned its attention to the slightly smaller screen. The 7.9-inch iPad Mini has Apple's attention to style and detail behind it, but it certainly isn't the only gadget that size worth looking into, especially with the Mini's stepped-down processor and screen resolution.

Samsung continues to attempt to provide one of the most robust smartphone line-ups ever through gadgets devices like the Galaxy S3 Mini that offer consumers more Android smartphone options. One new handset, the Galaxy Premier, has surfaced with the first actual picture of the phone finally leaked.

It’ll be gadgets galore this holiday season as tech firms flooded the market with new toy devices, meant to lure the young and old, that are expected to be snapped up in huge numbers by Christmas shoppers.

Personal computers will inevitably be relegated behind the pacesetting smartphones and tablet computers, research firm Gartner said in a new report made public on Wednesday, adding that mobile phones are likely to emerge as the preferred computing tool by 2013.

While Apple and Samsung were generating so much hoopla in the mobile devices industry, a silent but key player was gradually creeping in and by Q3 2012, South Korea’s LG Electronics is back in black.

With the official release of Windows 8 on Friday, Microsoft has created a tablet PC to compete with other similar devices from iOS and Android and even from other manufacturers that will use the same operating system.

The Optimus G, since it was designed to a flagship standard and powered by the latest in handheld computing, cannot hope for a warm welcome from its competitors. However, it is due every bit of their respect. Although LG is not asking for it, the technology giant is apparently ready to earn it.

Apple recently added three attractive colours to the latest iPod Touch edition, giving consumers more funky options to best represent their unique taste and apparently making it easier for them to buy the upgraded gadget.

Apple dominated the full-size tablet market with its popular iPad. Now that it released a miniature version of its tablet, will it be able to expand its market dominance?

Apple has officially unleashed the iPad Mini with company executives insisting that global consumers will not be getting a watered-down version of its bigger sibling – what will be rolled out come Nov 2 is an entirely new gadget, said the tech titan.

In the surprise of everyone, tech giant Apple unveiled not one, but two tablets yesterday at its media event at San Jose's California Theater. Apple unwrapped the iPad Mini and a revamped full size iPad.

Pro-smoking applications have proliferated on mobile apps, which a new report said were actually masquerading as game or entertainment apps that in effect were being employed as subtle promotion of tobacco products.

When Windows 7 was rolled out by Microsoft three years ago this very day, it was considered a time for celebration. Microsoft was emerging from a very dark time with its troubled Windows Vista operating system, which was long delayed and generally disliked by many users. Windows 7 fixed Vista, and in the process, it also fixed Microsoft.

Within three days, Windows 8 will make its official debut to the tech world- an event which is awaited by the global IT community. On the same day, several computer manufacturers are also releasing their new gadgets capable of running on the new OS.

The number of people selling their old tablets increases as the media event for Apple’s iPad Mini. People are starting to sell their old tablets in various websites such as Gazelle.

Nokia’s floundering fortune is the handiwork of company chief executive Stephen Elop, his predecessor said in a recent blog, which also pinned the blame on the embattled CEO for betting too much on Microsoft’s mobile platform.

Windows 8 will set the stage for greater things to unfold at Microsoft, company co-founder Bill Gates said on Monday, stressing too that the new multi-platform operating system represents “the big time for us.”

Samsung Galaxy S3 handsets with Android Jelly Bean update started to roll out in the tech market.

Just in time that the LG Nexus 4 is making quite a buzz in the tech market, purported photos of Sony’s new smartphone emerged which is rumored to be the company’s own contribution to Google’s Nexus line.

Hewlett-Packard has come up with slick design that could give the iPad a jolt.