Apple’s OS X 10.7 ‘Lion’ operating system has been released to the world today. With OS X Lion, Apple is releasing the first desktop OS to be heavily influenced by a Mobile OS. Apple’s iOS devices, now numberingsome 221 million, are a runaway success, impressing casual users with their simplicity and ease of use, as well as technically savvy users with their attention to detail and breadth of software support....
Well, where do we start with this Android device? Probably the most leaked handset in existence, the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play received its fair share of publicitybefore its official unveiling at this year’s Mobile World Congress event. This week devices have started making their way to reviewers across the UK. Appealing to gamers, the Xperia Play fills a very specific niche. Will consumers want a smartphone that doubles as gaming handheld that can play PlayStation One games using its slide-out gaming control-pad?...
TheDroid Bionicis here and it’s bringing with it some impressive firsts. It’s the first dual-core LTE phone on Verizon, it’s the first to record 1080p on Verizon and it’s the return of sorts for Motorola as it fields a true flagship device on the partner network that launched its Android career. The Bionic will be launching tomorrow at Verizon stores and elsewhere for $299, a hefty pricetag that should indicate a hefty feature set....
Media streaming gadgets like the Apple TV, the little unit from Apple that allows customers to rent movies or TV shows from iTunes or serve media from a Mac has helped boost the profile devices that can serve digital content in consumers’ living rooms. The units are cheap, yet powerful, but the big disadvantage of an Apple TV is that it’s only designed for streaming audio and video. Western Digital (best known for its hard disks) has offered “in-home entertainment” media player and server type devices for a few years now and has recently introduced a new streaming device, the WDTV Live Hub, that can host and stream media, going beyond gadgets like the Apple TV....
Welcome to the premiere of The Next Web Sessions. It’s a lot like the old TNW Podcast, but more concise. On top of that, Sessions gives you a chance to hear interviews with the people who are moving technology each week. This week, we start off with an interview with Dalton Caldwell from PicPlz. He’ll give us some insight as to where PicPlz came from and where it’s going. Oh, and how it plans to spend its newly-acquired millions....
