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Sold at less than two hundred dollars, Amazon’s Kindle Fire is the retail giant’s first full color touch tablet. With a very attractive price point compared to Apple’s iPad, this has become a major attraction for tablet lovers.

Last December 2012 was a good month for non-iPhone 4S users because the latest update released by Apple that month made it possible to legally port Siri to other Apple devices running on iOS. Siri is one of the advanced technological innovations integrated by Apple in its iPhone 4S. This integrated highly functional voice assistant has been the point of attention of hackers in their attempt to somewhat illegally port Siri. Some are successful in porting Siri to other devices but public distribution has remained illegal. However, this has changed when Apple introduced its iOS 5.0.1 update.

Although it is not yet confirmed whether Apple’s next version of iPhone will be joining the LTE community, it has be confirmed that the upcoming iPad3 will have the 4G LTE technology. Wall Street Journal confirmed earlier that the iPad3 whose announcement is expected this March 7 will be compatible to run on AT&T and Verizon’s 4G data networks. The report stated that with Sprint’s rapidly growing LTE infrastructure will not be able to support the LTE model of the next generation Apple tablet.

When Kindle Fire was introduced in the market with a less than $200 price point, it suddenly became of the most popular tablet in its category. This is also one of the reasons why a lot of Kindle Fire users are looking for ways to root their Android based devices and install it with client ROM and forego the Amazon default user interface that comes with the Kindle tablet. So if ever you own a Kindle Fire tablet and you finally become bored of its default user interface, you can choose to root your tablet and install one of those custom ROM available online. And for all Kindle Fire owners who never really liked Amazon’s default, here comes good news from MIUI 4.0.

Although RIM is currently hard at work in their effort to bring BlackBerry 10 and its PlayBook OS 2.0 to market, it certainly is not ignoring its present customer base. Last week, RIM updated several of its essential services of which its mobile conferencing applications received the most recent update.

Recently, RIM (Research in Motion) claimed that BlackBerry Apps are among the most popular applications in the market today. However, analysts are sure whether this is RIM’s way of encouraging people to keep using the BlackBerry brand and the let the market know that there is nothing wrong with the company. In a report, RIM’s VP of developer relations Alec Saunders said that the company is enjoying over six million downloads on a daily basis from its App World which is roughly estimated at around 174 million downloads per month.

With Kindle Fire’s success, is Amazon aiming at the gaming industry for tablet. Recently, Los Angeles Times reported about Amazon’s under the radar recruitment of game developers and several job postings have been posted on the site. The sudden interest of the company in game design could be something else. The founder of Digital World Research, P.J.

IPhone’s growing popularity has been largely attributed to Apple’s innovation and revolutionary approach to technology. The cool features and easy customization makes iPhone one of the most in demand smart phones today. With the continued increase of iPhone sales, the number of consumers accessing the internet using their smart phones also increases. This makes it a viable niche market for businesses to tap into. Creating a business app for iPhone is definitely a practical idea for companies who want to create a new niche for their businesses.