Hot on the heels of recent Apple and Microsoft events, Google are this week staging their I/O Developers conference. The highlight of the event so far is the introduction of the Google ASUS Nexus 7 Tablet. This is positioned as competition for the Amazon Kindle Fire, but unlike the Fire - Google can at least be bothered to release it in the UK at what looks to be a very reasonable £159.00 for the entry level model.
Also announced were Jellybean which is the latest version of Googles Android OS, and a major overhaul of the Google Play Store where you can now buy films, TV shows and magazines.
Windows Phone 8
After announcing "Surface", their very sleek looking stage for Windows 8 - Microsoft have wasted little time in presenting the latest version of their Windows Phone OS. Codenamed "Apollo", Windows Phone 8 will update the existing Windows Phone 7 interface to bring it more in line with the full Windows 8 product that will run on PCs' laptops, and of course tablets - including obviously the Surface.
The Redmond based tech giant are going all out to streamline their impressive emerging range of software and hardware. The only down side of Windows Phone 8 is that existing Windows Phone 7 users will be unable to update to it, but will get a minor update to a version called Windows Phone 7.5.
Best of the rest
In other news, it is rumoured that when Apple launch iOS6 later this year that the Apple TV will get an update to include more native Apps. For users in the UK - it would be nice to see things like Sky Go and BBC iPlayer included. We'll have to wait and see how this unfolds.
Sticking with Apple for the moment, the Cupertino giant has finally suceeded in getting a Samsung product banned in the US - at least for the time being anyway. Samsung have been told to stop selling their Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet whilst yet another patent dispute is sorted out between this pair of petty squabblers. Where will it all end?
Samsung can console themselves in the meantime however in the knowledge that their latest smartphone - the Galaxy S3 has been an absolute runaway success. So much so that they are struggling to meet consumer demand.
I checked one out in a mobile phone store recently and I personally didn't like it as much as the S2, and also thought it was just too big. It's practically a tablet. However, plenty people seem to want one and that's all that counts as far as Samsung is concerned.
Rounding things off, and Facebook are rumoured to be working on a complete overhaul of their much used but little loved iPhone App. We'll have to wait and see what happens here but no matter how good or bad it turns out to be - you can sure that people will find a way to complain about "not yet another Facebook change". There's just no pleasing some folk is there!
And that's it folks! Share and enjoy!
Peter
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