SIRI

The Android and iOS markets are buzzing with voice-powered software applications. Some of these applications, though inspired from Apple's Siri, take voice assistance feature in smartphones to the next level.

Apple is seeking a preliminary injunction against the official Ice Cream Sandwich Android OS device which the South Korean electronics giant has developed in collaboration with Google.

It is looking increasingly certain that the iPad 3 (if that is what it will be called) will be released soon, as sources have told the media that Apple will debut the successor to the iPad 2 in the first week of March, during one of its special events in San Francisco.

Until now, the best way to install Siri on iOS devices other than the iPhone 4S has been Spire. Thanks to a Vietnamese dev team, users now can install if not Siri, but an apparently much more advanced alternative, Sara, in all iOS devices.

Various rumors about Apple's next generation tablet - dubbed iPad 3 - are swirling around the Internet and the latest one claims that the device will boast of amazing display and a faster processor, though the body size will be the same as its predecessor.

Apple is gearing up for the release of the new iOS 5.1 software update for its existing iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod Touch 3G/4G, iPad and iPad 2 sometime around the first weekend of March, just in time for the much-awaited launch of the iPad 3 (if rumors are to be believed).

Siri, the voice-controlled intelligent assistant exclusive to the iPhone 4S, will support Chinese language from March, Tech in Asia reported, citing the Chinese tech site DoNews.

Guess what are the top most popular smartphones in the U.S.? It's iPhone 4S, iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS.

South Korean tech giant Samsung's the next big thing, the Galaxy Note smartphone or phablet (phone+tablet) with a massive 5.3-inch Super AMOLED screen, is now available for pre-orders from AT&T's official Web site. Who would be the toughest rival to reckon with after Samsung's Big Daddy debuts in the U.S.?

Nanosensor technology could allow for Siri to one day answer this question because NASA has built a cancer detecting mobile phone sensor at the Ames Research facility in California. Ames scientific researcher Jing Li is working on a small chip the size of a nickel that includes 32 of the amazing nanosensors. They are all made of different kinds of materials, and that lets them interact with different chemicals in unique ways.

First it was Smart TV, then 3D TV and now it's time for Apple iTV to complement living rooms. There's already widespread speculation about the company planning a cloud-based TV service, and the rumor received new legs when Walter Isaacson's posthumous Steve Jobs autobiography was released. In the book, Jobs discussed that television was the next domain Apple would conquer.

Both Apple and Samsung will be at the Mobile World Congress in late February, but it now looks like neither the iPhone 5 nor the Galaxy S3 will be debuting at the annual event.

Apple is expected to reveal the iPhone 5 at the Worldwide Developer's Conference (WWDC) 2012, which will take place in San Francisco from June 6 to June 10. The new phone is said to feature a bigger screen and 4G LTE.

Adding more fuel to the rumor around Apple's third-generation iPad, latest reports highly suggest that the tablet will arrive in two different versions towards the end of March. The device is also very likely to sport a faster quad-core A6 processor, making it the fastest iOS device ever.

Even though Apple doesn't like to reveal anything about its new releases before an official announcement, legions of fans want to know what they can look forward to when Apple upgrades the iPad 2 to the iPad 3 (or iPad 2S). That's because $500 is enough money to get people to think hard about buying the iPad 2 this close to an iPad 3 launch.

Apple's iPhone 4S has been extremely popular since its debut, so popular in fact, the Chinese debut in January 2012 nearly caused a riot when the six licensed Apple stores sold out of the devices. Still, it does cost $200, so if you're not quite ready to spend that much, you should consider the iPhone 4. The difference may not be enough for you to decide to spend the extra $100, but at least you can factor that in to your next smartphone purchase.

Apple's breakthrough achievement in the tech world is a result of its ground breaking platform in the form of iPhone and iPad which were launched in the past few years.

iPad 3, which is the next iteration of Apple's iPad 2, is expected to be launched anytime soon. Check out the top 5 anticipated features of iPad 3.

The next iPhone 5 has at various times been rumored to include LTE connectivity, larger display, a quad-core processor, new design and much more. However, what has been overlooked is that the important feature for the iPhone 5 may not be hardware-related.

This is the tablet battle of the year: The Apple iPad 3 versus the Asus Transformer TF700T HD. Although the new Transformer Prime HD won't be here until this summer, Asus released the Transformer Prime in December, and the Prime TF700T (HD) is nearly identical to it.

The rumors about iPad 3, or Apple's next generation tablet, has touched a fever-pitch with expectations growing that the tablet will launch in late February or early March. From a better camera and Retina Display to a quad-core processor and NFC technology, here's a rundown of the features Tech & Trend thinks iPad 3 will boast of (and not boast of).