Find it difficult to keep up with the fast-paced world of technology? Well, don\u2019t worry: here\u2019s the best of this month\u2019s technology news in one handy blog post.<\/p>\n
After last month\u2019s massive iPhone 6 launch, you could have forgiven Apple for taking the month off.<\/p>\n
Fortunately, they didn\u2019t. Instead, they chose to reveal a couple of new products (although nothing quite as exciting as the iPhone 6, sadly).<\/p>\n
We\u2019ve covered the new iPad Air quite extensively on the blog already (check out our posts here and here), and there are 3 main selling points:<\/p>\n
As well as the iPad Air, Apple also announced a Retina iMac and launched Yosemite OSX and Apple Pay.<\/p>\n
If the word \u201d\u02dcselfie\u2019 alone is enough to make your blood boil, you might want to skip to the next story. HTC are launching a new phone with a 13 megapixel camera on the back and <\/i>front of the phone<\/a>, made especially for selfies!<\/p>\n The HTC Eye (why didn\u2019t they call it the HTC Selfie?) hits shelves next month.<\/p>\n Some sad news now: Nokia smartphones are no more.<\/p>\n Microsoft has announced that Lumia phones will now be known as Microsoft Lumia, rather than Nokia Lumia.<\/p>\n You can still sell Nokia smartphones with musicMagpie though<\/a>!<\/p>\n Loads of new tablets have been released this month, with the Samsung Galaxy Note 4<\/a> (although strictly a \u201d\u02dcphablet\u2019) the pick of the bunch.<\/p>\n Sony\u2019s Xperia Z3<\/a> and Tesco\u2019s surprisingly good Hudl 2<\/a> were also released in October; they\u2019re worth checking out if you\u2019re looking for a cheaper alternative to the iPad.<\/p>\n Unlike most phone manufacturers, Apple have never released a budget model of the iPhone \u201d\u201c and based on recent comments by Apple\u2019s product marketing executive Greg Joswiak<\/a>.<\/p>\n Speaking at the Code\/Mobile conference, Joswiak said: “We were talking about some of the mistakes Apple made in the ’90s, and some of it was trying to do things like making cheap products that were chasing market share instead of chasing a better experience. You make that mistake once in your life, you’re not going to make it twice”.<\/i><\/p>\n If you can\u2019t afford a new iPhone, it seems like you\u2019re best choices are a) saving up, b) selling your old phone on musicMagpie<\/a> or c) going without \u201d\u201c unless you don\u2019t mind waiting a couple of years for an older model\u2019s price to drop!<\/p>\n
\nThe end of Nokia<\/h4>\n
\nNew tablets galore! <\/b><\/h4>\n
\nApple will never make a cheap iPhone<\/h4>\n
\nFlying cars are real!<\/h4>\n