Ah, children. With their sticky fingers and quietly inquisitive minds, are tablets the ideal platform for these precious little bundles of noise? Archos thinks so and with the release of its first kid-friendly Android 4.0 tablet, the 7-inch Child Pad, children around the world can now experience the creamy goodness of Ice Cream Sandwich. Let’s dig into the hardware specs. The Child Pad has a 1Ghz CPU, a gig of RAM, a “Mobile Parental Filter” and a retail price of US$129. ...

Windows 8 you filthy boy, why have you chosen to spread across 9 different editions? According to sources who dug through the registry of the recently launched Windows 8 Consumer Preview, Microsoft plans to release 9 versions of Windows 8, which have been handily listed below. Windows 8 ARM edition Windows 8 Professional edition Windows 8 Professional Plus edition Windows 8 Starter edition Windows 8 Ultimate edition Windows 8 Enterprise Edition Windows 8 Enterprise Eval edition Windows 8 Home Basic Edition Windows 8 Home Premium edition Because this list was ...

Round of applause for Samsung please... it's just been named Device Manufacturer of the Year at the Global Mobile Awards. The Galaxy S II also walked away with "Best Smartphone". The awards took place in Spain during the recent Mobile World Congress and the winners are pretty much those you’d expect. Angry Birds Rio won best Mobile App for Consumers, Whatsapp received the Best Overall App award, Google Maps for Android was awarded Best Consumer Mobile Service and the iPad 2 ...

Shooters are the defining benchmark for consoles. How has this bombastic genre translated to iOS? We take a look at the current kings of the hill for iPad and iPhone. N.O.V.A. 2 – US$6.99 Halo-inspired N.O.V.A. 2 is a blueprint for how other FPS’ should be made for iOS. The game is nothing short of inspired, with some of the most frantic shooting action on the iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch. Graphics-wise, N.O.V.A. 2 is hard to top and while it may ...

Grab some popcorn and experience the Windows 8 Consumer Preview keynote held at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona yesterday, for yourself. Hosted by Microsoft’s Windows division president, Steven Sinofsky, the video embedded below gives you an in-depth look at Windows 8 itself, its birth and its future as well as a look at desktop PCs, laptops and tablets -- both Intel and ARM based -- running on Windows 8. There’s also a demo of Windows 8 on a Gorilla Glass ...

When one Apple product emerges, another , usually follows shortly thereafter. If nothing else, this satisfies the naysayers who doubt Apple's gadget prowess. Case in point, a new Apple TV is rumoured to be coming out shortly after the iPad3 launch next week. A developer close to the production of the Apple TV has all but confirmed that the new Apple TV will roll out alongside the iPad 3 launch. With Apple TV sales short of acceptable and the Cupertino-giant now ...

There have been a few attempts at developing smartphones and feature-phones specifically for the elderly. Doro, a Sweden-based mobile phone company, plans to take a stab at this lucrative market with the PhoneEasy 740, an Android-based smartphone which will hopefully deliver a useable mobile experience for the aged. The PhoneEasy 740 is (oddly enough) an Android slider phone with the OS hidden by what the developers are calling the “Doro Experience”. The Doro Experience hides Android behind layers of simplicity. Gone is ...

An incredible selection of mobile phones and tablets have dazzled visitors who were lucky enough to visit Mobile World Congress. The phones launched at MWC will soon arrive on the market. To avoid FOMO, we have compiled a list of some of the tastiest phones that you may have missed out on. Huawei Ascend D Quad Despite its utterly ridiculous name, Huawei may have stolen the show with this quad-core beast. Huawei, best known for phones we’ve never heard of delivers true ...

Windows 8 Consumer Preview with 100,000 new changes is available, download it right now! Select your regional OS and enjoy the big-M’s latest foray into the oversimplified Metro UI. While other sites may have reviews of the latest version of the OS, have faith that Gearburn will deliver the definitive review in the next few days. But for now: Windows 8 includes “charms”, Microsoft’s new name for “options”. Touchscreen is where it’s at, with Microsoft saying that even users with “reduced accuracy” ...

You loved downloading the OS X Mountain Lion wallpaper. Will you be enamoured with the official Windows 8 wallpapers and lockscreens? Thanks to an early leak of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, this website managed to snag 6 lockscreens and 7 wallpapers. Here’s the link to the wallpapers, grab them now and enjoy clean, sexy Windows 8 backgrounds and look forward to the imminent download of Windows 8, coming later tonight at roughly 9AM EST (or 4PM GMT+2 for those in Africa). ...