Starting at 8AM local time here in the United States (that’s local whatever time zone you’re in), the iPhone 5s will be going on sale – and at midnight (this morning) the iPhone 5s in gold was the first to start flying off digital shelves. It’s become readily apparent not only online, where at Apple’s […]
Apple Can’t Rely On Design Forever
Posted in: Today's ChiliApple’s executives are out in full force this week, talking about their company’s unique ability to deliver designs that people love. With Jonathan Ive at the design helm, Apple believes that it can continue to be the most successful device maker in the world simply because its “eye” is better than that from other users. […]
This week the team at Omate have let it be known that they’re aiming to be one of the first fully-functional wrist-based boomboxes in the world, not just one of the newest smartwatches on the market this upcoming season. Here in the latest entry in our extended interview session with Omate’s top minds, we’re speaking […]
They’re the new smartphones we’ve been waiting all year for, and Apple’s iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c didn’t disappoint. Replacing the discontinued iPhone 5 and taking the mid-range and flagship spots in Apple’s line-up, each runs iOS 7, itself a considerable departure from versions of the smartphone software before it. With sales set to begin […]
This week the folks at Leap Motion have made clear their intention to dive ever-deeper into the world of high-powered electronics, hitting a real-deal HP notebook here for starters. This is the first of what may be a series of HP/Leap Motion connections, given their announcement of co-development earlier this year. This is the HP […]
Motorola has begun selling the Moto X Developer Edition, its version of the Moto X with an unlocked bootloader that allows Android coders to flirt with different OS versions. Up for sale in Verizon form, with an AT&T/T-Mobile USA version “coming soon”, the $649.99 handset obviously lacks a carrier subsidy but also sacrifices a warranty […]
Google has launched Calico, a new “moonshot” company aiming to extend human life and putting Apple chairman Art Levinson at the helm as CEO and founding investor. “With some longer term, moonshot thinking around healthcare and biotechnology, I believe we can improve millions of lives” Google CEO Larry Page said of the new company, while […]
The first thing you’re going to need to understand about the tablet called NVIDIA Tegra Note is that it’s not going to be released like SHIELD – it’s headed to market like an NVIDIA graphics card would. This tablet will be brought to market by hardware hard-hitters like EVGA and PYN Technologies, taking Project KAI […]
Apple iOS 7 Review
Posted in: Today's ChiliApple reinvented touchscreen smartphones; now it’s reinventing iOS. The new iOS 7 for iPhone and iPad has no small legacy to live up to, and it’s pulling no punches in doing so, refreshing not only the design but going deeper, streamlining commonly used features, paring back unnecessary bloat, and polishing up things like Siri. It’s […]
iPhone 5s Review
Posted in: Today's ChiliWe’ve come to expect evolution not revolution from the “S” update to Apple’s iPhone range, but the iPhone 5s could be enough to buck that trend. Inside the familiar metal casing beats a new processor, the Apple A7, making the iPhone 5s the first smartphone – and iOS 7 the first smartphone platform – to […]