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Following Thursday's announcement of the Samsung Galaxy S III, the local UK carriers have been quick to to indicate that there will be wide availability of the flagship phone later this month. Just like with the HTC One X, the Galaxy S III will launch on all major carriers. This …

Custom OEM skins such as HTC's Sense or Samsung's TouchWiz are commonplace on Android smartphones these days and are used to differentiate their phones. HTC Sense has as many lovers as haters; much like most other Android skins. In a recent interview HTC's head of Sense development, Drew Bamford, provided some valuable …

While the majority of minds were focused on the Samsung Galaxy S III last night, LG has attempted to steal some of Samsung's thunder by announcing the Optimus LTE 2. If you ask us, LG has succeeded; the latest Optimus smartphone is the first Android device to have a 2 gigabytes of memory. …

Horace Dediu from Asymco has released data on operating profits from the top eight mobile phone vendors in Q1 of 2012. The report highlights that Apple and Samsung now hold 99% of the overall profits. Apple claim 73% of this 99%. The Apple share has dropped from 75% in the …

While we have already reported on Samsung's contribution to the Olympics, we did not mention the exact and precise details of the arguably flagship smartphone that was launched last night in London. For all the rumours about naming schemes over the past few months, “the next Galaxy” will be be known …

Apple continue to dominate the tablet sector, selling 55 million iPads since the original product launch in 2010. According to latest reports from Viewsonic, Tablet PCs in the Taiwanese market have dropped to 30,000 a month compared to 40,000 during the peak period. Digitimes posted that Max Liu, ViewSonic Asia …

Shares in Research In Motion dropped to an 8 year low yesterday. This was fueled by a demo of the new BlackBerry 10 Operating system this week, which has failed to inspire investors. Research In Motion have had a very tough 12 months, facing a growing challenge in the smartphone …

Having captured the ‘number one spot' for Android smartphones, Samsung is now gunning all out for overall top spot – in the hearts and minds of the global public – with the launch of the Galaxy S3/S III. KitGuru steps into a high street independent reseller to see what all …

What started off as one man's vision for bringing the whole college dating experience to a much wider audience will, around 18th May 2012, propel Mark Zuckerberg to around number 33 on the Forbes list of the richest people on the planet. KitGuru spend half an hour editing a pic …

Nokia has just announced that their camera-centric 808 PureView will start to roll out in Russia, India and possibly other markets in May. The handset is the first of Nokia's phones that comes with their exclusive and award winning PureView technology. The technology includes a massive 41 MP sensor, Carl …

Arctic Cooling are releasing a new liquid and air cooler for high end graphics cards. To improve performance and to lower noise levels. Graphics Card Cooler for Enthusiasts Unmatched cooling performance Active Cooling Unit and thermal adhesive for lower RAM and VR temperatures Maintenance-free closed-loop liquid system Lightest high-end graphics …

It was only a few short years ago that we had mobile phones that would last for weeks on end without life support enabled. More recently in the smartphone era you are expected to live with near-daily charges. While claims of improving not just smartphone battery life but also battery …

There has been a lot of discussion online about the upcoming Black Ops II game from Activision. The story, set in 2025 seems unusual, but developer Treyarch have stood by their storyline decisions and have even released a series of documentary videos. A terrorist leader takes over America's robot and …

Research In Motion haven't generated anywhere close to the sales they wanted from the BlackBerry Playbook, released April 2011. Instead of cutting their losses and moving ahead they have decided that they will release an updated model later this year. The move is causing some confusion in the industry as …

Target Corp are dropping the Amazon Kindle from 1,700 stores and their website, just as they plan to create mini shops for Apple products in 25 of their stores this year. Amazon's Kindle has proven a strong seller, despite Apple's dominance in this sector. Spokeswoman for Target Molly Snyder said …

A German court has ruled in favour of Motorola, claiming that Microsoft have infringed two patents which are owned by Motorola. The German state court in Mannheim have upheld the Motorola complaint on patent ruling and have said that Microsoft are now liable for damages. No amount of money has …

The Z77 platform has been in full flow now for almost a month and Intel partners have been releasing a variety of motherboards for the 3rd generation of Intel Core processors. Recently we reviewed a prototype of the latest Kingston HyperX Genesis 2666mhz memory and today we are looking at …

The Asus Padfone was, and still is regarded as a very unique device. After all, it is a smartphone, tablet and laptop hybrid. Launched at Mobile World Congress in late February, expectations were that it would launch sometime in April. April has been and gone and the only Padfone news …

Motorola Mobility, while better known in the finanical section of the newspaper for its merger with Google has today released its earnings for the first quarter of 2012. During this period they had a net revenue of $3.1 billion and a operating loss of $86 million. This loss was primarily …

Sony have released their first ultrabook – the stunning looking T11 and T13. They are planning to release this next month fully loaded with a Sandybridge Core i3 processor. The machine won't feature the latest 3rd generation Intel Processor, but the Core i3 2367M processor should pack a mighty punch. …

Apple face an inquiry in the United Kingdom after advertising 4G support from their latest iPad tablet. The Advertising Standards Authority have widened their search according to the BBC. It appears that the regulator are not happy with Apples advertising for the iPad and their subsequent claims to comply with …

Apple's iPhone has been riding high on the American market, with the latest reports claiming that it now has taken 30.7 percent of the smartphone market, and 14 percent of the mobile market in Q1 2012. comScore released their quarterly data report from the MobiLens Service yesterday. While these figures …

Research In Motion are facing critical mass, as declining sales and an extremely competitive market continue to cause issues for the Canadian smartphone maker. Much of their future success is riding on their upcoming operating system, otherwise known as BlackBerry 10. The first incarnation of the operating system was unveiled …

Today we are taking a look at the Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H, the latest Z77 motherboard targeting the mainstream enthusiast audience. This board is built for overclocking and stability using the 3D power system with Auto Voltage Compensation. Is this an ideal board to shortlist for your next system build? Over the …

It comes as no surprise that the smartphone market is growing at an impressive rate, but some numbers to back up the obvious to always pleasant. The global smartphone market has grown by 42.5% in the year ending Q1 2012, while the overall mobile phone market has declined 1.5% according …

Huawei was the first manufacturer to launch a Android 3.2 Honeycomb tablet late last year and the tablet in question was the seven-inch MediaPad. Fast forward six months and it is one of the first tablets to get its own Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update. The 330 MB update …

Nokia have been dislodged from the top spot by Samsung in Q1 for the first time ever in the phone sector. Samsung shipped 92 million phones in the first quarter, compared to 83 million from Nokia. According to IHS iSuppli however Samsung are in second place behind Apple in the …

The gaming industry has changed in the last year, with more people becoming sucked into the cheap ‘casual' mobile gaming sector. Angry Birds Space is the latest success story, breaking new records. They claim that the game has been downloaded 50 million times in 35 days. Rovio announced on their …

The UK High court has ordered that British ISP's place a block to famous file sharing site ‘The Pirate Bay'. The UK court has sided with the music industry as they are forcing UK Internet providers to block all access to the file sharing website. This latest order is following …

Having acquired the world’s best publishing software with WordPress and the voice over IP leader with Skype, Microsoft is now kicking off its slippers to get into bed with Barnes and Noble. KitGuru peers under the covers to see where the glow is coming from. With a $300m investment, Microsoft …