Microsoft Surface Pro is now available in the UK
Remember a few months ago when Microsoft announced the Surface tablets? The Windows RT version and the Windows 8 versions seemed to be the answer to everyone’s problems. The RT came out and people complained about installing non store based [...]
Microsoft are rumoured to be buying Nook Media
Every self respecting ecosystem needs books and magazines, don’t they? Apple have them, Google have them, Amazon have them and Microsoft don’t really have them. Relying entirely on third parties like Kindle and Nook. So what better way to start [...]
Having a bad day?
Try being involved in Microsoft or Nokia right now. First Microsoft, who received lots of attention yesterday for all the wrong reasons. The Financial Times compared Windows 8 to “New Coke”…. Microsoft is preparing to reverse course over key elements [...]
What on earth are these “My choice of apps” articles about
We all use apps on our phones, some more than others, some install huge games that take several GB of space, some install dozens of Social Network apps, some install bafflingly pointless apps like fart apps or soundboards. It really [...]
Bill Gates – iPad users are frustrated and should get the Surface instead
Seriously, don’t do drugs kids. Bill Gates, yes, the Bill Gates, is a very clever chap. Today though he’s stated that iPad users are frustrated and.. oh my… they’re .. mad and … can’t cope with the thing any more. [...]
Gemini Devices announce a new “All In One” PC
Gemini Devices have been making Android tablets for a while now and the upcoming Gadget Show Live event is where they’re going to unveil something new. A Windows 8 running all in one PC. Luke Prodromou, Head of Product Marketing [...]
The Surface Pro…a new horizon or simply another lackluster contender?
So, it has been a super long time since I have written a blog on here and I apologize for that. During this past month, I have been playing with my new toy: the Microsoft Surface Pro. This thing is absolutely [...]
Acer Aspire S7 – Review
A few years ago I thought that to have a small lightweight easily transportable device you would have to get an iPad or an Android Tablet. Or get cross with a Netbook or break the bank and get a fancy [...]
Windows 8 “No better than Vista”
Are you using Windows 8? Do you know anyone that is? Most people, it seems, are ditching traditional PC’s and are instead going for Android tablets, iPads or other devices. Now Jun Dong-soo, who is president of Samsung’s memory chip [...]
Samsung are going to stop selling the Ativ Tab in Europe
What this article should have been titled is: “Samsung decide to stop selling their over priced Windows RT tablet as it isn’t going to sell anywhere worldwide ever” It would have been a bit long winded though. The news is [...]
Acer Iconia W700 – Review
Windows 8 has been one of the most intriguing OS launches that I have ever seen. Manufacturers have been given an OS that lends itself to any shape or form that they can think of. Off the back of that [...]
MWC – Asus transformer Aio PC
As well as the Padfone, Fonepad confusion Asus had the Transformer Aio PC sat in the corner, looking rather lonely. Essentially, the device is an 18.4 inch tablet that has a rather nice looking dock, which also connects to a [...]
Tablets sales increase massively for (nearly) everyone
IDC have released the figures for their Tablets sales tracker for the last 3 months of 2012, and nearly everyone is doing well. The figures show sales worldwide for all tablets, with 52,500,000 tablets sold in the last quarter of [...]
PhatPad is now available for Windows 8 / RT
PhatPad has been around for a while on Android and iOS and it let’s you use a stylus or your finger to write on your tablet screen and it will convert your scribble into real words. This will really add [...]
Surface Pro internal storage mostly used up by the OS
One of the big shocks when Surface came out, was how much room Windows RT itself took up in the device’s internal storage. Although the base model came with 32GB, half that was used up for the OS, giving only [...]
Surface Windows 8 Pro Overview
Microsoft yesterday announced their new Surface with Windows 8 Pro. For some the price jump over the original and over equivalent spec’d devices is too much to handle (expect a chat about this on the podcast). The Surface with Windows [...]
Samsung Ativ Tab gets ditched in the USA
It seems that people really aren’t warming to Windows RT. The idea can be confusing and many people tune out when you start explaining it. Let me try now… Windows RT is a special version of Windows 8 which runs [...]
Samsung ATIV Tab – Review
Samsung ATIV Tab, a Windows RT based tablet, is this to be an Apple or Google competitor? My personal opinion, no. Purely because I believe that a full blown version of Windows needs to be on a desktop machine, not [...]
NVIDIA TegraZone now available for Windows RT
Gaming on Windows RT has huge potential over the next year or so. The NVIDIA TegraZone has previously been an Android app that allowed people who owned Tegra based devices to install Tegra specific games and get news and previews [...]
Windows RT arrives on the HTC HD2
The poor, poor HTC HD2. It shipped originally with Windows Mobile 6.5 but had Windows Phone 7 splattered all over it along with Android Ice Cream Sandwich. Now we can add WIndows RT to the mix as CotullaCode has managed [...]
