Apple have updated their 15 inch Macbook Pro laptop by replacing the device’s old dual core processor with a souped-up quad core Intel i7 chip.
The i7 clocks in at 2GHz and has a 6MB L3 cache and a TDP of 45W.
Android tablet users could be weeks away from being able to access digital newspaper, The Daily on their devices.
The Daily launched earlier this month as an iPad only app, although owner Rupert Murdoch did admit that he expected to expand the venture to include other tablet devices in the near future.
It appears that Murdoch has taken the decision to waive this exclusivity sooner rather than later, amid rumours that the enormous cost of launching the app would make device-monogamy impossible.
Apple have confirmed the launch date for their iPad 2 device as March 2nd.
Invites circulated by the company feature an image of a March 2nd calendar page with one corner peeling. Behind the page is what appears to be an iPad 2.
The words “Come see what 2011 will be the year of” are emblazoned across the invite, as Apple posture ahead of what is a critical release for the company.
With the release of RIM’s PlayBook only a month away in the US, the Canadian company are stirring up hype about their new tablet.
One of the features of the new device will be a FaceTime style video chatting system, a slick application, which will be preloaded onto the device and allows peer-to-peer video conferencing. The app has been developed solely by RIM and will be exclusive to the PlayBook.
Chinese tech firm, ZTE have announced that their new 10-inch tablet will be hitting the UK in the second half of 2011.
Currently going under the name of “Light”, the tablet will support Google’s Android 3.0 operating system, otherwise known as Honeycomb, an OS specifically designed for the tablet market.
Motorola has confirmed that its first Android tablet, the Xoom, is to be made available in the UK and much of Europe at some point during the second quarter of this year.
How much it might cost consumers to get their hands on a Xoom is yet to be revealed but Motorola has been keen to talk up the attributes of its Honeycomb slate at the on-going Mobile World Congress in Spain.
An American release is expected in a few months time and Europe shouldn’t be all that far behind, with the company aiming to capture what it can of the non-iPad tablet market on both sides of the Atlantic.
Samsung has confirmed the launch of an updated version of the Galaxy Tab, which has been named after its screen size of 10.1 inches.
The launch of a Honeycomb-operated competitor for the iPad had been strongly rumoured for this week’s Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona but Samsung has now officially unveiled its newest tablet offering.
Powered by Tegra 2 dual-core processors, the up-dated Tab will be the first from Samsung to take on the iPad in the same size category and the Korean electronics giant is billing its release as an “entertainment powerhouse”.
