It seems that small, tablet PCs are all the rage these days and with Apple’s iPad leading the way, countless other manufacturers are trying to get their share of the market by bringing in their own versions. We’ve even mentioned on this very blog, the Indian tablet that you can buy for less than £50 so it’s a worldwide thing that will only get bigger.
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In the UK we know that ISP selection can make a big difference to connection speed, with high-speed broadband services such as 100MB BT Infinity and Virgin Media having quite limited availability, but how do we really shape up against the rest of the world?
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Everyone knows that Apple have a legion of fans that will stop at nothing to get their paws on the latest tech, often for products with few technical changes and Apple love it. The “hype machine” is something that Apple are famous for, with people getting extremely excited over the next revision of their phones, tablets and laptops every few months. But recent comments from the Apple CEO, Tim Cook (and his right-hand man) have suggested that it’s actually caused an issue for the company recently, with rumours and hype being so great for future products, that current models aren’t selling as expected.
With the London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic games just around the corner, final preparations are being done to ensure that the event runs as smoothly as possible (this is England after all!) One of the big talking points at this stage, is whether the UK mobile networks will be able to keep up with the demand of hundreds of thousands of people in the capital trying to stream video, update their social media pages and text/call their friends and family, all in one relatively small area. Spectators at the Beijing 2008 Olympics had similar concerns which came into fruition when many people complained of slow network speeds when trying to upload pictures and video of the opening / closing ceremonies. The Olympic Committee here have attempted to combat this issue by teaming up with a venture called the Join Operators Olympic Group (JOOG) which is made up of various UK network operators such as O2, Everything Everywhere, 3, Vodafone and BT. Together, they plan on making networks more available for not only the tourists and visitors to the games, but also Read More »
Last year Indian college students had the chance to get their hands on a revolutionary new Tablet PC that cost just 2000 Indian Rupies ($35 or £23) on release. This however, was marred by the fact that only around 500 of the machines were distributed to students, so the goal of releasing the tablet to get technology and the internet out there to over 100,000 less privileged students well and truly flopped and the company that (rightfully so) took the stick for this was Datawind. The UK based company faced heavy criticism over the delivery of the original low-cost tablet, the Aakash 1 but have been tasked with producing the 2nd edition of the low-cost tablet, the cleverly name Aakash 2. Early signs are promising for students as an engineering institution in the country (Bombay IIT) have said that they aim to distribute 100,000 of the newer models to engineering colleges by the end of the year. Here’s to hoping that other colleges and sectors get a look in too!
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The past 6 months have been crazy for the Raspberry Pi guys. They finally got to the point where they could provide end users the possibility of owning their own micro-PC and boy did people respond. It’s said that over 2 million people have expressed their interest in ordering / pre-ordering one of the tiny machines and it’s easy to see why. Read More »