Ultrabooks are saving the high-end notebook market

For people who want super-thin computers and who don’t feel like paying more than $2,000 for a Retina MacBook Pro, ultrabooks are a blessing. And according to the NPD Group, ultrabooks are helping to keep the U.S. notebook market afloat as they “are off to a fast start capturing nearly 11 percent of all $700+ Windows notebooks sales at U.S. retail through the first five months of 2012.” What’s more, ultrabooks’ share of Windows notebooks costing at least $700 has steadily climbed month by month this year, going from just over 6% in January to more than 15% in May. NPD says strong ultrabook sales are welcome news for the Windows notebook industry, which has seen overall sales of laptops costing $700 or more fall 3% through the first five months of 2012. Full press release after the jump.

Source- BGR

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iPhone 5 to feature 3.9-inch Retina Display

Apple is said to be testing two versions of the iPhone 5 ahead of the device’s official release date later in the year.
The new iPhone 5 test handsets, according to reports, both feature 3.9-inch Retina Displays. The new iPhone display resolution will be 640x1136 pixels, meaning the display features an additional 176 pixels when compared with the existing iPhone 4S.
Sources within Apple confirmed to 9to5Mac that two iPhone models are being tested extensively. Said handsets, however, are locked away in security blocks so as to conceal the actual design of the device.
‘We know of two next-generation iPhones in testing with a larger display: the iPhone 5,1 and iPhone 5,2. These phones are in the PreEVT stage of development and are codenamed N41AP (5,1) and N42AP (5,2). Because Apple reserves certain models for internal-only usage (such as the N96 phone we previously reported on),’ said 9to5Mac.
'We’re not sure which of the two devices will make its way into the world later this year,' it added.
Apple’s iOS 6 is also in testing and will feature some new tweaks designed to take advantage of the iPhone 5’s larger display. One such change is the inclusion of a fifth row of icons.
Another hotly tipped addition is extended application user-interfaces (UI) that will allow more content to be viewed with a single glance - looks like Apple’s looking to mimic Android’s widgets and Windows Phone’s Live Tiles.
More news as we get it.

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