The upcoming BlackBerry 10 mobile computing platform will not be available on any BlackBerry 7 handsets, RIM CEO Thorsten Heins has confirmed. Appearing at BlackBerry World 2012, Heins spoke about the BB10 platform and how it will impact on current BB7 handset owners. In a frank and honest talk Heins made it clear that BB10 is a completely new operating system, built from scratch, and thus it’s not possible to run it on handsets built for BB7.
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Google is set to invest further in low-cost Android tablets in the near future, as it predicts the budget market will continue to boom. The news comes from Google CEO, Larry Page in his quarterly earnings call where he reported revenues for the search giant were up 24 percent year on year, coming in at £6.6 billion ($10.6 billion). In Depth Google Nexus tablet release date, news and rumours In the call Page revealed “we’re very excited about tablets” and suggested that Google is looking at budget tablets, running a stripped down version of Android – something Page thinks will be successful in the near future. So expect a Kindle Fire rival from the search giants pretty soon
In an attempt to improve its iTunes Store and App Store, Apple has started asking customers to answer three security questions which will be associated with their account. This new measure has launched in an endeavour to combat digital fraud in Apple’s online stores, and increase the security of the super-popular iTunes Store and App Store. According to The Mac Observer : The questions appear when downloading an app, song, or books through iTunes
News yesterday that the U.S. Department of Justice was going after Apple and two major publishers over alleged e-book price fixing must have been like Christmas day at Amazon headquarters in Seattle, Washington. In fact, after the DOJ announced its plans, Amazon celebrated by announcing that their e-book prices would soon begin to fall. For example, the price of some major titles could fall to $9.99 or less from $14.99, saving readers a bundle, according to The New York Times .