| |  |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | Week in Tech | | | | Can Nokia and Microsoft be the comeback kids? | | | On Sunday, Andy Murray triumphed at Wimbledon. Last year's underdog was this year's hero, and several tech firms will be hoping to make a very similar journey, including Nokia: the imminent Lumia 1020 with its extraordinary PureView camera. The 1020 "is going to be the device that not only reminds people how good Nokia used to be, but will also herald a real change in the company's fortunes," says Gareth Beavis. Like Nokia, BlackBerry has been eclipsed by iPhone and Android. Could the BlackBerry 9720 be its comeback? Er, probably not: it'll be running BB7, not BB10, which seems odd. More excitingly, the long-rumoured A10 flagship is imminent. In the meantime there's always the Q5, even if it is "difficult to love". It feels odd to call Microsoft an underdog, but it certainly is in tablets. Microsoft hopes to change that in the coming months, and it has new versions of both the Surface RT and Surface Pro due within the year. But that's not all the news coming out of Redmond: Microsoft's had a bit of a reshuffle over at HQ. The company wants to give you one big Microsoft experience across all its devices and software, with the plan being to make more of its own-branded phones, tablets and "small wearables". OK, Microsoft. Here we are now. Entertain us. |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | In this week | | | | | | | ■ | Week in Tech: Can Nokia and Microsoft be the comeback kids? | | | | | | | ■ | Talking points: Xbox One selling PS4s, Sony on PS4's power, EA ups next gen prices, and why phone batteries are crap | | | | | | | ■ | Competition: WIN! A superzoom Nikon Coolpix S9500 worth £279.99 | | | | | | | ■ | The week's best buys: Crucial M500 480GB, Sony VAIO Duo 13 and Lenovo IdeaPad Z500 | | | | | | | ■ | Top 10: The world's top Android phones | | | | | | | |  | | | | | | | |  | | Talking points | | | | | | | In the film Invasion of the Body Snatchers, aliens replace every human with a doppelgänger (writes Gary Marshall). I think something similar is happening right now, but instead of space aliens the culprit is Sony - and instead of a Californian town, it's replaced everybody involved in selling the Xbox One. How else can we explain Microsoft's unmarketing campaign? Read more | | | | | | | | | | | The PlayStation 4 made its debut on UK soil this week, with Sony's retail partners and key press invited to see the new console in action and play the new games. At the event we caught up with Fergal Gara, VP and managing director at Sony Computer Entertainment UK and Ireland. Read more | | | | | | | | | | | Sony and Microsoft have promised that their next-gen titles will start out priced the same as those on current systems, but EA will be pushing up to a higher price point. In a Q&A post, retailer Game stated: "At present, the only publisher to confirm costs of their next generation games are EA, attaching a price of £54.99. No other game prices have been confirmed." Read more | | | | | | | | | | | Mobile computing promises the world: web access, photos, music and maps, everywhere you go. And it can really deliver - for a while. But poor battery life means you'll probably soon run into problems, with some devices leaving you staring at a useless blank screen well before the end of the day. So why is battery life still so poor, and what's being done to improve the situation? Read more | | | | | | | | | |  | | Your tweets this week | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | | Are budget iPhone rumours boring? |  | | | |  | | | @psychomania666 Almost as boring as the non-budget iphone. | | | | | | | | | | | | @DanTalbot4 It's Apple, what do we expect? Long waits for the new product. | | | | | | | | | | | | @whippy31 bad idea for a cheap iPhone. Will de-value the ones we have when we want to sell for an upgrade | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | To find the best Android phone for you, we've rounded up the finest handsets, rating them on hardware performance, OS upgrade potential and, of course, how shiny and nice they are. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | TechRadar Promotion | | | | | | | Lenovo's new era of family computing | | | | | | PCs were once a solo pursuit, but the latest technology is ushering in a new era in family computing with vibrant touchscreens, fascinating new ways to interact and phenomenal software. Take Lenovo's IdeaPad Horizon Table PC. The huge 27-inch touchscreen PC is an amazing Windows 8 all-in-one. But the Horizon Table PC really comes alive when you lay it flat, allowing the whole family to share the experience. And what could be more fun than that? | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | PhotoLive 2013 | | | | | | PhotoLive 2013 is the UK’s biggest and best photography training event. Taking place over the weekend of October 26-27 in London, PhotoLive 2013 brings the experts to you, with over 200 big name-led seminars from top pro photographers, designed to help you improve your photography. Tickets start from just £20. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | New issue out now | | | | | | |  | | This month, T3 explores the future of cars, from Google's self-driving vehicles to BMW's total accident elimination and Peugeot's rapid prototyping. Plus all you need to know about the Xbox One.
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