At the D9 conference today, Steven Sinofsky, Microsoft’s Windows Chief demonstrated the new ‘Metro’ interface of the next version of Windows – Windows 8. Read more…
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On April 1, Google called its bluff that Gmail Motion is real. It was one of many Google‘s April Fool pranks that deceived even the most seasoned techies. Read more…
iPad 2 sure has lot of improvements over its predecessor and boy you have heard it over and over again. So the guys at iFixYouri performed some tests over the original Read more…
The Playbook – Technical Specifications
- Screen size: 7 inch
- Resolution: 1024 x 600
- Thickness: 0.38 inches (9.7 mm)
- Weight: 410 grams (0.9 pounds)
- Processor: 1GHz dual-core mobile processor
- RAM: 1GB
- Operating System: Blackberry Tablet OS (based on QNX OS)
- Tethering: Yes. The tablet can be connected to 3G data networks albeit only via Blackberry handsets.
- WiFi: Yes.
- Camera: Front and Rear. Capable of shooting HD video.
- HDMI output: Yes. For displaying 1080p videos on a TV screen or monitor.
- Full HTML5 and Flash 10.1, Adobe AIR, and HD video supported web-browser
Here’s the preview video of the device:
Product page: http://www.blackberry.com/playbook
What do you think of the new Blackberry Tablet? Will it be an iPad killer or an iPad 2 competitor?
Few days ago, we narrowed the official Windows Phone 7 launch date down to Oct. 11. But recent news from multiple sources are indicating that the mobile OS might land up a little late. Windows Phone 7 is expected to launch on Oct. 21 in the European countries and as per Paul Thurrott’s ‘very reliable source’, the US launch date is on Nov. 8. There’s still no official declaration from Microsoft about the launch date.
Meanwhile, WMPowerUser.com dug up some cool videos of the Windows Phone 7 commercials featuring HTC Mondrian. Do have a look:
![Windows Phone 7 vs. iPhone – Interface comparison [VIDEO]](http://www.techexplorer.in/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/image7.png "Windows Phone 7 vs. iPhone – Interface comparison [VIDEO]")
In a video below, PocketNow compared the iPhone and a prototype Windows Phone 7 phone and showed the differences in the interface and totally different approaches the two platforms works upon to perform tasks. The home-screen itself shows clear differences. While iPhone is an application-centric platform that shows different icons for applications on the homescreen, the Windows Phone 7 phone follows the action-centric approach whereby dynamic tiles showing live feeds of data are displayed on the homescreen. Check out the video below:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gngr3RF_eBY
At the time of this writing, Google offers 26 different products which are free and directly accessible by all users across the globe. And behind every product, there’s a huge team working round the clock to deliver new features and optimize its performance. Apparently, Google felt the need for a standardized platform where users can know about the new features being incorporated into any Google product without visiting individual product page.
At Google New, you can find the latest advancements, new features and latest releases of not only the widely popular Google services like Gmail, Chrome and Docs but also the lesser known products like Google Enterprise, Google Finance, Picasa, Orkut, Adwords, Google Checkout, Google Webmaster Tools, etc.
I liked Google New. It’s definitely a time saver as it enlists updates pertaining to each Google product on a single web-page. Perhaps you’d like to see what Google has to say about its new service. Official Google New introductory video:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql7jGchLAWE
