Gadgets

Sony plans to launch a new line of digital ebook readers

Thursday, 28 July 2011 06:18 Written by Anthony Booysen

Sony, Japan’s consumer electronics giant, plans to launch a new line of digital ebook readers as soon as next month to challenge Amazon.com's Kindle.
The new ereader products will be introduced before Sony’s launch of their first tablets, scheduled to go on sale later this year.
Sony readers are behind in the race, competing against the Kindle and Barnes & Noble’s Nook.

Digital readers are still a viable product as they are still much cheaper than tablet devices.

Sony will be launching two tablets, both of which run Android 3.0, a.k.a. Honeycomb.
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How to install iPad Apps from US iTunes store

Friday, 28 January 2011 14:19 Written by Mark Seabrook

iPad
The iPad is finally available legally in South Africa, and the pricing looks good, in fact much better than expected.

WiFi 16 GB, 32GB, 64GB R4,399, R5,399, R6,399
WiFi & 3G 16 GB, 32GB, 64GB R5,599, R6,599, R7,599

www.digicape.co.za/ipad/ipad.html
www.zastore.co.za/ipad.php

Setup a US iTunes account

As an existing iPad user I can tell you that the most important thing to do (besides not dropping it) is to setup a US iTunes account. There are a number of very cool free Apps which are not available in the South African iTunes store.

This US account will not be used for purchasing Apps from US iTunes store, as that would require a US credit card, but rather for accessing the free Apps from the US iTunes store.

You can have multiple iTunes accounts and swap between them very easily, so I would recommend an SA account linked to your SA credit card for purchases, and a US account for everything else.

So here we go:

1. Launch iTunes & make sure you are currently NOT logged in with any account

Vodacom takes a step towards the $100 computer

Friday, 14 May 2010 11:52 Written by Lara Aucamp

This week, Vodacom has unveiled the Linkbook, which is now available through selected South African Vodacom retail outlets at R199 per month for 24 months (R202 SIM and connect) and includes 300MB of data per month.

Google Android Tablet Prototype spotted running Flash “flawlessly”

Wednesday, 05 May 2010 14:24 Written by Lara Aucamp

Adobe has been showing off the prototype Google Android tablet at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco. According to Max of Zedomax, who spotted this crafty gadget, it runs Flash and Adobe Air “flawlessly”.