TECHNOLOGY

As 2012 comes to a close, new rumours emerged claiming that the upcoming iPhone 6 will pack sharp, new features under its belt.

Not to be outdone, Huawei has let loose its own smartphone flavour by image leaks that tech blog sites quickly picked up. It is a supersized 6.1-inch smartphone that numerous blog reports said will be known as Ascend Mate.

Giant Chinese telecom firm ZTE is all set to play the high-end smartphone game with a slew of devices that the company plans to unveil come the 2013 CES gadget showcase next week in Las Vegas.

Rooting Motorola RAZR M is now easy and unrooting the device is simple too. Users are always warned about rooting any device due to warranty void but unrooting it will definitely restore back the warranty as if nothing happened.

Gaming before was exclusive to console devices such as Xbox and Playstation and then later to PC units with multiplayer features too. However, in the last decade, games flourished in portable devices including smartphones and Android is becoming more prominent in the gaming world today.

In 2013, more Android devices will receive Jellybean updates, but most likely will have 4.1 firmware versions instead of the 4.2.1. HTC One X+ users will not expect just an update yet of Jellybean 4.2.1 version, so Cyanogen mod developers provided a stable Jellybean 4.2.1 firmware.

LG Nexus 4 is one of the most popular smartphones of 2012 evident with the limited supply and high price of the device.

The new Samsung Galaxy S4 will have thinner shell and wider screen, likely reaching 5.0-inch mark, based on a rendering video prepared by a Russian website.

Google’s Nexus 4 remains out of reach but fans of the popular but hard to get smartphone have devised ways to make the waiting a bit easier. If you are one of the many wanting to own the LG-manufactured handset, head out to Google Play store now.

A new Samsung Galaxy S4 rumor claimed that the device will be equipped with S-Pen stylus like the Samsung Galaxy Note and Note 2.

The latest rumour mill claimed that iPhone 6 and iPad 5's iOS will be integrated with MacOS X.

New rumours and a leaked video claimed that the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S4 will have an ultra-thin body and a laser keyboard.

Mac and iPad uses their internal hard drives for both running and storing data. The best way to avoid piling up data inside these devices is by using an external hard drives and transfer them if not usually used. The internal hard drive, like any other smartphones or computers, records traces of programs, applications and other tasks and stores cache memory for faster access the next time a user accesses it.

Rumours claimed that the popularity of Samsung’s phablet Galaxy Note 2 paved the way for the release of 7-inch tablet version.

Samsung has finally announced the upcoming update for the Samsung Galaxy Note N7000 with the Android Jellybean Premium Suite.

Apps are very important to any smartphones, and without it, the device appears like the old technology mobile phones sold before. Tablet computers have the same needs for new apps to maximise its use as well as make it an enjoyable experience for iPad owners.

South Korean YouTube mega sensation Psy continues to be on a roll. After his Gangnam Style video hit officially exceeded one billion views on the video sharing site (latest count is 1,065,599,218 views), reports said that the dance that he popularised was among the new words in 2012 that made it to Collins Dictionary.

The Korean technology giant Samsung is getting ready to launch the Galaxy Note 3 in 2013, recent reports said. The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 speculations began when the said device reportedly appeared on the GLBenchmark.

Mark Zuckerberg’s sister and Facebook co-founder, Randi, expressed her disappointment when a personal family photo she posted exclusively for her friends was shared to the public in another social networking site “Twitter.”

A new rumor claimed that the forthcoming Samsung Galaxy S4 will ditch Google’s Android for another operating system.

Reports said that search engine giant Google is already working on the successor of the popular LG Nexus 4.

Apple is rumored to release another version of the iPad and iPad Mini in March combining the power of the two in one power packed iPad 5, reports said. The March launch is said to shorten the time gap in releasing products to be directly competitive with product fast-churners Samsung and Google. Will this do Apple any good?

Users of iOS devices such as iPad and Mac are mostly joyful once they get their hands on these Apple-made gadgets. Most of the users who have switched from Windows or Android to iOS come to that realisation with a pleasant surprise from the new experience.

New Year 2013 will begin with a bang for all users of Android and iOS as they all wait for the upcoming new releases in May and March, respectively. Android will likely release the new version of its open-source OS platform called Key Lime Pie and iOS is rumored to have a new iPad device.

There are hundreds of thousands of apps available for the iPhone that are considered secure and very useful. Although awesome to download, some of these apps are for purchase with corresponding price tags.

Imitation is said to be the best form of flattery, and it certainly worked for several artists who made parodies of Psy's Gangnam Style MTV which had reached 1 billion views on YouTube on Dec 21. Based on latest YouTube data, here are the top five parodies of 2012's monster hit dance and MTV.

As Psy's Gangnam style hit one billion views over the Internet, it was not only young people who were seen hopping and swaying to the dance craze. Even politicians and other non-showbiz celebrities were spotted dancing Gangnam Style ala-Psy.

Android lovers would agree: Firmware updates from handset manufacturers remain its weakest link but the best in this woeful lot, that is to provide the most current Android patch cycle, is HTC.

Google is reportedly ramping up its hardware business by coming up with another signature smartphone on 2013, which reports said is tentatively dubbed ‘X Phone’ and now under development by Motorola.