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Tablet PCs are the frenzy currently and you might be bombarded with the shiny displays of latest and greatest tablets, but if you do not have any business purpose, how useful is the gadget to you?

Apple makes beautiful devices and routinely cuts new paths in consumer electronics. So much so that it would be a blasphemy to say the tech giant may have looked at rivals and individual developers for inspiration. However, it's routinely said in tech circles that Apple may have done that in respect to the iOS 5.

Amazon’s new Android tablet will have a streaming movie service, which the Android tablets still don’t have.

Starbucks announced that it plans to extend its popular mobile payment app into the Android market, signaling a power shift in the mobile OS war in Google's favor.

Apple has officially announced the sale of unlocked iPhone 4 through its stores in the United States and the devices will be available hours from now. Is Apple clearing the deck for the arrival of the iPhone5 5? Or is it a marketing strategy aimed at international travellers who would want to insert micro-SIM card from any GSM carrier in their local countries? Or, on a broader scale, is Apple paving the way for what is dubbed as the 'global iPhone 5'?

The release of the white iPhone 4 last month and today's news of the unlocked iPhone 4 are signs that the iPhone 5 may be released even later than expected. The shrinking sales of the iPhone compared to the explosion in sales of Android smartphones sales may threaten Apple's position as a leading seller in the mobile market, even with iOS 5 and iCloud.

There are a few existing online storage and data syncing services that are providing online file storage, and the necessary tools and apps to keep everything synced. But because of the entry of Apple iCloud into their territory, they may have cause for concern.

Apple officially starts selling unlocked versions of iPhone 4 now

Here is a list of the top 10 most essential applications for your laptop while you are traveling.

Apple's new mobile operating system iOS 5 could be the magic tonic the technology giant needs to help it beat Google Ice Cream Sandwich - the new ambitious Android OS.

Can Apple iPhone 5 beat the new breed of transformers - Android phones which convert into a tablet and PC with the use of a dock - primarily Motorola Atrix.

Finmouse, a software development company, focused on mobile application and games for Android, iOS and other platforms, has launched Call Reminder in Android Market

Apple's launch of iOS5, might have played as an update on Apple's mobile operating system to catch up with the other mobile operating systems in the market, but some features sported by Google's Android are way ahead.

Verizon Wireless will sell 4G LTE version of Samsung Galaxy 10.1 from the second half of this month.

Some music apps for smartphones can do more than just play music. Here is a list of the top 10 music applications for both Android and iOS platforms.

A no show by iPhone 5 at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2011 could turn out to big a big miscarriage, marking a tectonic shift in Smartphone race favoring rival Android-based phones.

Does the relentless focus on software reflect a wrong sense of priority? Apple left fans high and dry over when it will launch if the iPhone 5. A lot of reports meanwhile mused if this strategy was ceding ground to the Android-based devices.

Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2011 could be a positive for Android despite Steve Jobs taking the wraps off iCloud, iOS 5 and OS X Lion, as many had expected the next generation iPhone, dubbed iPhone 5, to reveal its face.

Apple is seeking to put its legal weight behind developers targeted by Lodsys, a so-called patent-troll taking aim at app makers on both Apple's iOS and Google's Android.

The 'big-3' of the mobile arena -- Motorola, Nokia and RIM -- are struggling to maintain relevance as they increasingly lose ground in what looks to be an emerging duopoly between Apple and Google.

OnLive showed off its Wii U alternative at E3.