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Nissan Pathfinder

• Class Mid-size SUV
• Brake Horse Power 240-310
• Price $27,440 – $42,160

The pathfinder has been in production since 1986 and its latest generation series was unveiled at the 2004 North American International Auto Show. The new R51 Pathfinder then released, used the Nissan F-Alpha platform, and was powered by a 4.0 L V6 engine VQ40DE.

Porsche Cayenne

• Class Mid-size crossover SUV
• Brake Horse Power 240-500
• Price $40,000 – $104,800

The Cayenne is a five seat mid-size luxury sport utility vehicle developed by Porsche since 2002. The latest-generation Cayenne was unveiled at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show.

Saturn Outlook

• Class Full-size crossover SUV
• Brake Horse Power 270-275
• Price $30,625 – $36,450

The Saturn Outlook replaced the Saturn Relay when it was introduced in 2006. This SUV boasts a 3.6 L V6 DOHC 24-valve HFV6 engine with Variable Valve Timing. The Outlook can comfortably seat 8 people. This SUV was an Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Top Safety Pick for 2008 and 2009, so if you are a safety first guy, then this one is definitely a worthy option.

Land Rover LR2

• Class Compact crossover SUV
• Brake Horse Power 230
• Price $35,500 – $35,500

A 5-door SUV, the LandRover LR2 is sold as Freelander 2 in Europe. The LR2 debuted at the 2006 British International Motor Show.

Mazda CX-9

• Class Full-size crossover SUV
• Brake Horse Power 273
• Price $28,805 – $34,215

Described as a ”modern station wagon”, the CX-9 was unveiled on April 13, 2006 at the New York International Auto Show. The latest model has a 3.7 L MZI V6 engine and features a 6-speed F21 automatic transmission.

Mercedes-Benz GL

• Class Full-size luxury crossover SUV
• Brake Horse Power 215-382
• Price $59,950 – $82,850

The Mercedes-Benz GL-Class debuted at the 2006 North American International Auto Show and it seats 7 passengers.

The GL 450 model of the SUV received the 2007 Motor Trend Sport/Utility of the Year.

Although the iPhone does hold an almost 60% lead in the market compared to handsets that use Android, this OS is rapidly becoming more and more popular and shows no signs of slowing down.Of course, one of the major factors that influence the move from regular handset to smart phone are the applications available. Considering that there are over 5.9 billion people using a mobile phone in the world today (almost all of the world’s population), it would be crazy to ignore the potential of apps and how they work. Almost 11 billion apps have been downloaded up to now and this is only going to increase, with estimates putting the industry north of £40 billion pounds over the next three years.

Apps World will be holding two events in England and North American over the next 6 months which aims to highlight and inform about apps and the potential they have for smartphone owners and small businesses.The first will be held in London, Earl’s Court 2 over October 2-3rd 2012. This is followed across the Atlantic in San Francisco at the Concourse Exhibition Centre over 5-6th February.

There will be many workshops over the two day event that covers everything from mobile marketing to cloud services. What is really interesting is that for the first time, Android will be getting its own dedicated workshop.

Whilst maybe not the most imaginatively titled, Droid World is on hand to really boost your knowledge of Android OS, as well as taking a look at many aspects that make up the platform of apps on Android. This includes:

• - Design processes
• - How new interfaces such as voice can be applied and are evolving.
• - Using advertising to drive monetary opportunities
• - Creation and marketing of apps
• - Ways to customise and extend the platform and services.
• - Jelly Bean, how it works and what it will do for Android OS

With speakers from successful brands such as Facebook, Ebay, LinkedIn, Samsung and Google, there will be a lot of influential and informative seminars to attend. It’s a great opportunity to enhance your own knowledge of apps, of Android and of how they affect us.