I am extremely excited to announce our second contest for Sencha Touch, a theming competition geared toward designers. We have some fantastic, designery prizes lined up, including a [MacBook Air](http://www.apple.com/macbookair/), a [BlackBerry PlayBook](http://us.blackberry.com/playbook-tablet/), and three [iPad 2s](http://www.apple.com/ipad/). The contest is…

We've spent a lot of time the last few months evaluating the growing tablet market, starting with our reviews of the Galaxy Tab, the Motorola Xoom and the iPad 2. This week we found ourselves with RIM’s entry in to…

One of the features we haven't discussed much in Ext JS 4 is the new Ext.Brew package. Unique among JavaScript frameworks, the Ext.Brew package uses unique Sencha technology to brew the perfect cup of tea. Using the power of the…

Although most modern mobile devices have good hardware specs, almost all of them are still lacking in areas like memory — especially compared to their desktop counterparts. Others either have week graphics processing units (GPUs), or the browser doesn’t properly…

The grid components have been rewritten from the ground up for Ext JS 4 and will provide numerous benefits over the 3.x versions. The 4.0 grid includes greatly improved performance and flexibility, so extending it and adding new functionality will…