Software : Samsung making an 11.8-inch tablet with 'retina' display, court documents reveal

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Samsung making an 11.8-inch tablet with 'retina' display, court documents reveal Posted: The Apple vs Samsung court battle started yesterday, and it's already shed light on an upcoming tablet by the Korean company. The device - codenamed P10 - measures a monster 11.8-inches, which would make it Samsung's biggest tablet to date. And it'll also come packing a display on a par with that on Apple's latest iPad. Retina display According to court documents, the screen will have a resolution of 2,560x1,600-pixels. That dwarfs the iPad's 2,048x1,536-pixels, but spread over the larger screen (the iPad is just 9.7-inches), still has a mighty impressive 256 pixels per inch (ppi). The iPad's screen is 264ppi, but Samsung's should still be just as bright and sharp. And standing nearly 12-inches, it should look phenomenal. August announcement? Samsung is holding an event in mid-August, pre-IFA, so it could well announce the monster tablet then. Or that could be the official unveiling of the Galaxy Note 10.1 we saw back at CES in January, and haven't heard much about since. The 'P10' tablet should have LTE connectivity, too. Though that's not much good to us Brits, seeing as we don't have LTE networks rolled out here yet. The trial These kinds of revelations are an upside to the court proceedings between Apple and Samsung. Previously Apple's prototype iPhone mock-ups were revealed, along with a prospective iPad design that had a kickstand. The case is expected to last about a month. A jury of 10 people has now been selected, and they should be hearing the opening statements later today. Via: The Verge

Lords committee criticises UK broadband focus Posted: Our thinking about broadband is all wrong. That's according to the Lords communications committee, who have said in a report that our focus on high speeds risks communities losing out on internet access. Rather, we should be focussed on how many people can access the service, according to the report. The priority should be to close the digital divide between those with access and those without. Though speeds shouldn't completely fall by the wayside, the report says. Fast internet services should be treated as a national asset, on a par with roads, rail and energy. Impact on daily lives The report says there's a real risk of leaving some people and businesses behind, and that "inadequate access to the internet and all its benefits is actually afflicting their daily lives." It went on: "The delivery of certain speeds should not be the guiding principle; what is important is the long term assurance that as new internet applications emerge, everyone will be able to benefit, from inhabitants of inner cities to the remotest areas of the UK." 2015 to aim for The government has promised we'll have the best superfast broadband in Europe by 2015. In the budget, the government announced 10 cities would become 'super-connected', along with a subsequent 10 smaller cities. This should bring ultrafast broadband to 1.7 million homes, and high speed Wi-Fi to three million people by 2015. We should have 4G up and running by then too, which should help connect previously cutoff areas. Via: BBC

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