Amazon today announced the Kindle Fire, a US$200, 7" tablet which is runs on the Android platform. It comes with a free month of Amazon Prime and is Wi-Fi Only. It is coming Q1 or Q2 2012, although it could not confirm the release date. Jeff Bezos, Amazon CEO took the stage in New York and began the launch with a reference to the massively successful company's Kindle e-Reader, "Four years ago we set out to improve upon the book... Amazon had ...

US tech giant IBM is teaming up with a startup called Streetline in a bid to take the pain out of parking. According to IBM, the service will play a massive role in alleviating congestion in large cities. The company says that an estimated 30% of city traffic is made up of people driving around in search of parking. The two companies have designed a system called “Smarter Parking”, which combines IBM’s data analytics capabilities with Streetline's innovations in parking ...

This week I take a look at HQ: To-Do, a stylishly designed and highly intuitive app that will revolutionise the way you see to-do lists and make you want to project manage the crap out of everything you do in life. As you can see when reading my review of Listbook, I am a big fan of to-do lists. Over the last few months I have gone from scribbling them on my hands (and on busy days, up to my elbows), ...

The iPhone launch event looks as if it will be unveiling more than an array of new devices, it will also hopefully release details of the long-awaited Facebook iPad app. The Facebook iPad app has been making the rounds in certain circles, so its existence can be verified, yet no concrete evidence of its imminent arrival has been proven. The app has remained up in the air at Facebook HQ for a couple of months, owing to the tenuous relationship between ...

Apple has officially announced its iPhone event. The announcement comes care of invitations which teasingly say, "let's talk iPhone", sent out for a 4 October conference at its Cupertino base. Analysts expect Apple to release details on the iPhone 5, launch a cheaper iPhone 4 (known as the iPhone 4S). Exactly what products will be released is unclear, regardless of the speculations. Apple is also expected to discuss iOS 5, as well as minor updates to its cloud service. Other ...

Below is our review of the Samsung Q10 HD Camcorder, a surprisingly expensive, yet exceptionally easy to use option for the amateur recording enthusiast. The digital zoom is wonky, the touch-screen is fiddly and the overall package feels too light and flimsy for this price tag. The video below rips it apart in full detail. [jwplayer mediaid="33743"]

Android allows users full control and customisation of its devices through a process known as “rooting”. There are, however, some risks involved. The big question, therefore, is whether it is worth rooting your device, possibly voiding your warranty, just for a few more options? Simply put, yes. Here's why. When I received my HTC Desire earlier this year, a lot of time and effort had gone into researching which phone I would upgrade to. I choose the Desire, not because I ...

It's an open secret that SMS is a cash-cow for operators. They can charge obscene amounts for messages (compared to the cost of delivering them), obscene amounts that become crimes against humanity when they rape you for sending SMS when roaming. WhatsApp is one of the best alternatives -- and one that may actually have a future when compared to much earlier incarnations like MXit that have millions of users but are still trying to find a way to make ...

According to Samsung, the Galaxy SII has sold over 10-million devices since its April launch. The phone has seen a particularly strong surge in sales since July, when sales were sitting on just under five million. Samsung's premium smartphone debuted in South Korea in late April and May in various European countries. It finally went on sale in China in July and in the US markets in September. JK Shin, chief of Samsung mobile devices said, "In just five ...

Marko Ahtisaari is the head of Nokia’s design unit and the man tasked with presenting the new Nokia N9 to a captivated audience at a glossy launch event. The Minority Report style setting invokes one word, “design”. The N9 is a device torn between two worlds: Cultural relevance and OS irrelevance. It is a beautiful device, cast in polycarbonate from end to end and finished off with an Active-Matrix OLED screen otherwise known as AMOLED. The user interface is minimalistic ...