Top iPhone apps: 100 Floors still topping charts

The iPhone game 100 Floors continues to rule free app download charts in countries including the UK, Canada and Australia, while video editing apps are popular in the USA and Italy. Details of this and other top free iPhone applications by country* for the week, by number of downloads, recorded on May 21 can be found below.

Continue reading

Apple readies iPhone with bigger screen-sources

TOKYO (Reuters) – Apple Inc plans to use a larger screen on the next-generation iPhone and has begun to place orders for the new displays from suppliers in South Korea and Japan, people familiar with the situation said on Wednesday. The new iPhone screens will measure 4 inches from corner to corner, one source said. That would represent a roughly 30 percent increase in viewing area, assuming …

Continue reading

Optimus 4X HD coming to Europe in June

LG’s first quad-core superphone will be making its way to store shelves in the UK, Germany, Sweden, Italy, and Poland next month. Powered by NVIDIA’s Tegra 3 processor and a 4.7″ True HD IPS display, the Optimus 4X HD has its sights set squarely on the HTC One X and Samsung Galaxy S III superphones, giving users a solid alternative if they haven’t been blown away with either other device just yet. The Optimus 4X HD takes full advantage of the larger display, and offers phablet features such as a new Quick Memo, which allows users of the 4X HD to jot notes over a screen image, and Media Plex, which provides desktop-like image and video playback. The Optimus 4X HD will head to Asia, South America, and Central America in coming months, though no official word of a US release has been given. We expect this device to launch as the T-Mobile G4X later this year , perhaps shedding LG’s updated UI Overlay in favor of stock Android 4.

Continue reading

Apple changes iPad ‘WiFi+4G’ branding to ‘WiFi+Cellular’ globally amid complaints

Apple is no longer claiming that its new iPad comes with “4G” connectivity in Australia amid consumer complaints that the device does not support Australia’s current 4G networks.

Continue reading

Samsung Officially Confirms Exynos 4 Quad For Next Generation Galaxy – Mentions Easy Upgrading For Current Dual-Core Devices

There’s been some confusion on exactly which version of the Exynos — either dual, or quad-core — would be featured inside Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S III flagship. This was after an Antutu benchmark showed the results of the Galaxy S III running on a dual-core variant and not the quad. Well, you can now rest assured that Samsung is going big for “the next Galaxy,” throwing their quad-core 32nm Exynos based off ARM’s Cortex A9 architecture, inside each and every GS3. What’s interesting is Samsung also mentions that this new Exynos 4 Quad is “pin-to-pin” compatible with devices using their older dual-core Exynos. This means manufacturers could easily upgrade current devices, without any added cost. An upgraded Samsung Galaxy Note with this new quad-core processor immediately springs to mind (I just got goosebumps)

Continue reading