If you have been patiently waiting for LG’s massive 84 inch Ultra HD TV to arrive in the UK, and have deep enough pockets for its £22,500 pricetag, you will be pleased to know that is has now arrived in the UK.

Unfortunately for UK residents the exchange rate from US dollars to pounds Sterling has not done them any favours, as the saying HD TV in the US is priced at $22,500, but the exchange rate answer the UK equivalent price to $36,000.

The new 84 inch Ultra HD TV is equipped with a display sporting a resolution of 3840 x 2160 four times that of standard HD TVs. Together with LG’s Triple XD Engine Dynamic Colour Enhancer and Resolution Upscaler, which enhances lower resolution content as well as t ... Read more »

Last Friday the day of official launch of Apples new 2012 iMac Intel 21.5″ a couple of quick pictures surfaced showing the new super thin iMac system’s internal workings.

However if you are looking for a little more detail, you will be pleased to learn that iFixit have now taken their screwdrivers to the new full system revealing in detail its inner workings and components.

The detailed takedown of Apple’s new 2012 iMac 21.5 inch system has awarded the new computer with a repairability Score of just 3 out of 10 (10 is easiest to repair). Explaining that you can easily replace the RAM, hard drive, and CPU inside this machine. However:

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Last week we had our first official word from Microsoft on when they will be releasing the Windows Phone 7.8 software update for existing devices, the official word is that it will be available in early 2013.

Now we have a video  of Windows Phone 7.8 running on Nokia’s Lumia 900 smartphone, the video below gives us a brief look at what Widows Phone 7.8 will be like on existing Windows Phone devices.

Microsoft have yet to give an official launch date for 2013 on when they will release the Windows Phone 7.8 software update, although we would suspect it may land some time in quarter one of 2013, as soon as we get some more information we will le ... Read more »

The majority of Apple’s products are made in China by manufacturing partners like Foxconn, but now it would appear that some of Apple’s new iMacs, which launched last week are actually made in the US.

On Friday we saw a teardown of Apple’s new 21.5 inch iMac, and this has revealed that some of these models are actually made in the US, as the casing on some of the devices is labelled with ‘Assembled in USA’.

Of course this does not mean that Apple will be moving the production of all their devices to the US, as it is much cheaper for them to have the devices made in China by their various manufacturing partners.

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Acer has this week taken the wraps off a new edition to their range of notebook devices with the unveiling of the new Acer TravelMate B113 notebook, which Acer says has been designed to provide the perfect everyday learning companion for students.

As you would expect with any new PC notebooks launched after Microsoft’s Windows 8 official launch, it comes equipped with Microsoft Windows 8 Professional, together with a copy of Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system.

The range of Acer TravelMate B113 notebooks are equipped with the latest "Ivy Bridge” 3rd Generation Intel CoreTM i3 processors, supported by 4GB of RAM and 500GB hard drive.

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But this week the Liveside website has discovered snippets within the code of the newly streamlined SkyDrive service applications which indicate that Microsoft may be launching a direct media playback feature within their SkyDrive storage.

Earlier this year Microsoft announced their new Xbox Music service, which fuelled speculation of integration with SkyDrive once again.Microsoft followed that by officially announcing that the cloud storage would be available next year on their Xbox console, stating:

"Cloud Storage. Available in the coming year, a scan ... Read more »

We have been hearing rumors for a while that Google would launch an even cheaper version of their Google Nexus 7 tablet which is rumored to retail for just $99, although these rumors died off when the new updated Nexus 7 tablets were introduced recently.

Now it would appear that Google may have a $99 Nexus 7 tablet in the works, as a new, yet to be announced Nexus 7 tablet has appeared in the GLbench benchmarks, and the device features Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean.

This new Nexus tablet features the model name of ASUS ME172V, and the specifications are different than the current entry level Google Nexus 7 tablet, which include a 1GHz processor and 400MHz Mali GPU, the device also features a screen resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels.

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HTC Windows Phone 8S Not Coming To The US

When HTC announced its new Windows Phone 8 smartphones, the HTC Windows Phone 8X and the HTC Windows Phone 8S, we thought that both handset would be available in the US as well as Europe.

Now it would appear that HTC does not plan to launch the cheaper HTC Windows Phone 8S in the US, you can see an official statement from HTC below.

"The Windows Phone 8X by HTC is our signature Windows Phone available at AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless in the U.S. With our focus on the Windows Phone 8X by HTC, the Windows Phone 8S is not currently planned for distribution in the U.S. market.”

We would have thought that it would have been a good move for HTC to also launch the HTC 8S in the US as well as th ... Read more »

Samsung recently started rolling out the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update to some of their recent Android tablets, and now one of their older tablets has received an Android update as well, although this is the Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich update.

Samsung has started rolling out the Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich update to the original Galaxy Tab 8.9, and it looks like owners of the device who live in Austria have received the update first.

The update is available as an OTA update and also through Samsung’s KIES software, if you have received the Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich update for the original Galaxy Tab 8.9 leave a comment and let us know, also let us know which country you are in.

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HTC & AT&T announced a new Android smartphone recently, the HTC One VX, which we had previously heard would be available from AT&T in November, and now it would appear that the handset will launch on AT&T on the 7th of December.

The HTC One VX comes with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and HTC Sense 4, it features a 4.5 inch qHD display with a resolution of 540 x 960 pixels, and the device comes with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.

Other specifications on the HTC One VX include a 5 megapixel camera which can record HD video in 1080p and it also comes with NFC,the device will be available for $49 when you sign up to a new two year contract with AT&T.

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Verizon Wireless has announced that they will be releasing the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update to two of their smartphones this week, the Droid RAZR HD and the Droid RAZR Maxx HD.

The Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update will bring a number of new features to both devices, which include voice search, updated notifications, Google Now and more.

DROID RAZR HD and DROID RAZR MAXX HD by Motorola are the next smartphones to be upgraded to Android 4.1, Jelly Bean. The software upgrade will be pushed out to customers in phases starting next week. Customers can visit the support page for more information about the Jelly Bean upgrade.

Verizon have not given a specific date this week on when the update will be available for the Droid RAZR H ... Read more »