Launch News & Articles

  Just a few months after launch, and as it goes on-sale in the U.S., BlackBerry has announced that its app store is into six-figures, with the promise of more big name apps to come. 

  With the big show just hours away, the usual suspects are leaking high quality images and final specifications of Samsung's new high-end smartphone, can the hosts provide some magical twist to wow the crowds?

 Having dabbled with a smartphone OS, the countdown for a project that will see Ubuntu running on tablets has almost expired with the reveal due today. Could it transform how tablets are used, or is this another playful niche contender?

  Despite having its launch event cancelled due to Blizzard Nemo, Microsoft managed to get people queueing for its new Surface Pro tablet. But, poor stocks left many users frustrated according to reports. 

While the big show in New York is just moments away, the company is staging events around the world to help get the message out about the new BlackBerry 10 OS and phones.

  The news is fairly surging out of RIM this week as the company prepares for the launch of the Blackberry 10 platform and devices that will decide its future in the marketplace.

 The next escalation in the increasingly power-mad smartphone wars has snapped into focus with a seemingly official press picture leaked and a fix on the date for Samsung's next high-end model. 

 RIM's BlackBerry 10 OS and smartphones will get their first proper public unveiling at a New York event at the end of next January, marking what it hopes will be a major turnaround in the company's fortunes.

 Despite the lack of huge queues and choatic scenes, Apple has announced sales of two million units to Chinese customers over the three-day launch period of the iPhone 5. But now all eyes will be on Apple's plans for 2013. 

 The iPad Mini has gone onsale in China and, aside from the gangs snapping them up for resale or export, there was little in the way of consumer interest for Apple's baby tablet. 

 At the LeWeb conference in Paris, Nokia has just shown off another model to broaden its Windows Phone 8 arsenal. The Lumia 620 packs most of its big brother's features, but without the cost. 

 It looks like Microsoft has the stage all to itself today with a west-coast launch of Windows Phone 8. Google has been forced to postpone its Fall product launch due to the impending hurricane, which is being recording in minute detail across the web. 

       The computing world won't change overnight with the launch of Windows 8, but in a few years time, the digital environment could be influenced heavily by what Microsoft shows today in New York. 

 Microsoft is finally ready with its iPad challenger, selling the Surface tablet exclusively from its web store in a range of memory options and colors to match Apple, with the unique keyboard cover as an optional extra

 Why do the press even bother turning up to Apple's shindigs these days, already details and imagery of the new iPad Mini are raging across the web, even as the invites are sent out.