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The release of the iPhone 4S was one of the most widely anticipated in Apples history, with hundreds of thousands of gadget-lovers around the world queuing up outside Apple stores – even resulting in outbreaks of violence, most notably following the recent release in China. The key point of pride of the new iPhone – or at least the focus of Apples marketing – seems to be “Siri”, the voice recognition software that allows you to use the vast majority of the iPhones fantastic features simply by telling the phone what you want it to do.

Unfortunately this great new feature is not without its problems, with recent revelations that it uses almost twice as much data as the previous iPhone’s – making life pretty difficult for operators. In fact, a recent survey suggested that the iPhone 4S used up to THREE times as much as the earlier 3G models. One way to get around this is to buy the iPhone with a SIM only contract that is much cheaper per month.

It would be harsh to blame Siri entirely though because whilst there is no doubt it has contributed significantly to the data usage increase, there are many other iPhone features that have put increased stress on the networks. One such feature is the cloud synchronization with Apples servers to update apps and music which is also likely to be contributing to the increased data requirement for the users. Unfortunately this is unlikely to decrease any time soon with future iPhones likely to also feature Siri and as the other features develop, those actively using the so-called “virtual assistant”, is likely to grow exponentially.

Whilst iPhone 4S users are clear ahead in terms of data usage, the survey that brought this all to light also showed a growing trend with almost all new phones showing an increase in data usage with every manufacturer creating new models that are increasingly data hungry.

One particularly interesting fact put forward by the same survey, carried out by a company called Arieso, is that the iPhone’s main rival BlackBerry’s latest releases actually only require around 20% of the data that the iPhone 4S users currently use. This is in part because the manufacturers aim to compress data but also because the majority of BlackBerry users do not use anywhere near as many applications outside of normal email – unlike iPhone users.

So whatever the reason, we’ve established that iPhone 4S users are facing increased data usage – a trend likely to continue with the future iPhone models. But what does this really mean for the average user? Well the main worry is that it can lead to large increases in your monthly bills. A lot of recent iPhone contracts over the last few years have not shared the restriction-free data access that is offered by many other manufacturers. If you are one such iPhone user with a set limit, the much higher data usage can quickly us up your limit and result in excessive charges for going over it – just by using applications like Siri. For those lucky enough to have unlimited data, there is still the concern that these heavily increasing data usage could put such a strain on the networks that it could result in network failures.

MIPS Technologies and Gameloft have reached an agreement to adapt to the MIPS tablets most popular games developer.

Titles like Asphalt 6: Adrenaline, Spider-Man: Total Mayhem and Let’s Golf! 2 and others are being optimized to be played on Android tablets Ingenic Semiconductor JZ4770 processor, using MIPS-Based xburst nuclei.

These tablets can be purchased at prices below $ 100 and will be installed by default the game Spider-Man: Total Mayhem. Other games can be purchased through the store as usual Gameloft.

In the words of Gideon Intrater, the current vice president of marketing at MIPS Technologies:

“Gameloft’s games are distinguished by their spectacular graphics, able to create a unique gaming experience in the tablets MIPS. We are delighted to work with Ingenic and Gameloft in order to bring this gaming experience to our customers high. This step is essential to building a solid and MIPS Read the rest of this entry »

This is the time of year that the rumors come into play, the last comment comes from Citi analyst Richard Gardner who said that not only the iPad 3 will come with retina display screen would have a resolution of 2048 x 1536 but would on sale in February.

The only question now is how thick it will be the tablet, many sources are now saying that the tablet will come thicker because of the new components required to give power to the retina display screen, but Gardner is also saying “that nothing appears to mean major changes in the tablet as a result of the new resolution. ”

There is something very clear about Apple and make innovative products and always trying to make things small and thin rather than larger and thicker, they always think first of the design and based on that is when they develop their products.

The tablet iPad 2 was introduced March 11 this year and presented the idea of ??the iPad 3 in February would not be for anything unusual. The question is whether the new tablet will be presented as close to the holidays, the iPad tablet led the market since the beginning and many consumers expect the month of December for the purchase of the tablet is to submit a renewal of the product a few months of the holidays is a little weird, but that’s how Apple has handled from the beginning and has always gone well.

As I mentioned at the beginning of the article, the rumors started, so stay tuned for more news about the iPad 3.

For those who know not what it’s BBX, this is the new operating system QNX-based RIM and Blackberry replace the current OS. The BBX was born in PlayBook tablets. RIM still has not given too much information, but we know that BBX will be presented in the new handset models with many possibilities for developers.

Well, there have been some pictures of what appears to be a new terminal with the new Blackberry OS BBX, although not yet confirmed whether it is a prototype or even could be staged.

If it was real, the new terminal would be presented in London next month June 2012 and would have a 4.3 inch screen, processor TI OMAP dual core 1.5 GHz, 16 GB of storage, 1GB RAM and rearview camera (8 megapixels) and front (2 megapixels). As for physical appearance would seem to be thinner than an iPhone and that is designed to leave it standing on one side.

This is all we know so far unable to confirm if it is real or not, we hope to receive more information about the veracity of the device to share with you.

SanDisk has just announced the North American release of its new portable music player, the Sansa Clip Zip model, measuring only 5.7 x 3.6 x 1.5 cm, weighs 15.8 grams, and offers support for MP3 files , WMA, WAV, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, AAC.

The SanDisk player is available in seven color versions: red, blue, black, orange, white, gray and purple, and has 4/8GB internal memory, microSD card slot, a color LCD screen of 1.1 screen, FM radio, a stopwatch, and voice recording function. The Sansa Clip 4GB Zip costs $ s49.99, while the 8 GB drive is priced at U.S. $ s69.99