Windows Phone 7 To Get 500 New Features
Microsoft on Tuesday offered a preview of the first major update for Windows Phone 7, the platform the company is counting on to save it from irrelevance in the key smartphone market.
The update, for now code-named “Mango” until it officially becomes Windows Phone 7.1 when it launches in the fall, is meant to help Microsoft fulfill its mission to “redefine the smartphone,” according to Andy Lees, president of Microsoft’s Mobile Communications business, and adds a whopping 500 new features, from major improvements like multitasking to transparent back-end services.
Information Week – Windows Phone 7 To Get 500 New Features
Microsoft – Steve Ballmer window-dresses Windows 8
Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer confirmed yesterday that the company’s “next generation of Windows systems” will be released in 2012.
As we progress through the year, you ought to expect to hear a lot about Windows 8. Windows 8 slates, tablets, PCs, a variety of different form factors.”
Android Honeycomb 101 – Know Your Android Tablet
Not sure how to get started with your new Android tablet? Fear not: We’ve got you covered.
So you’re the proud possessor of a shiny new Android tablet. Now what?
iPhone secretly tracks user location
A pair of researchers have found that Apple iPhones and iPads track users’ locations and store the data in an unencrypted file on the devices and on owners’ computers.
The data, which appears to have been collected starting with iOS 4, which Apple released last summer, is in a SQLite file on iPhones and iPads with 3G capability, said Pete Warden, the founder of Data Science Toolkit and a former Apple employee, and Alasdair Allan, a senior research fellow at the University of Exeter.
“iOS 4 logs up to 100 locations daily in unencrypted file on iPhone, iPad and syncing computers”
“If you’re not around, someone else can access the information on your home or work computer,” said Cluley.
10 Useful Android apps for IT Pros
Good news for network administrators, tech support staffers and other IT pros who use Android smartphones: There are hundreds of Android apps designed to help you get your work done faster, better and — best of all — remotely. Do a little searching and you’ll find tools that enable you to remotely access desktops, monitor servers, tether your laptop to your phone and more. And the vast majority of these tools are free.
Manage files, monitor servers, discover network devices, remotely access desktops and more!!! Check out Computerworld’s 10 Useful Android apps for IT Pros.
Wi-Fi only Xoom launching March 27th
It took a while for Motorola Mobility to confirm it, but the Wi-Fi-only Xoom is now official.
On March 27, the tablet will launch in the U.S. for $599, Motorola Mobility announced today. The device will feature the same 10.1-inch display as its 3G-equipped counterpart. It will also come with Android 3.0 Honeycomb, 32GB of onboard storage, and a 1GHz dual-core processor.
This is huge for the people that are looking for a tablet for home use with out needing to sign up with Verizon to get one. Samsung and other manufactures to follow. Staples has a list of tablets that they are planning on carrying in 2011.
Read cnet’s article on the announcement.
Five Reasons You Should Switch to IE9
Microsoft will be officially launched Internet Explorer 9 as of Monday, March 14. Whether you are using Internet Explorer 8, or you’re one of the dwindling stubborn few clinging to IE6, or even if you are using an alternative browser like Chrome or Firefox–here are some reasons you might want to start using IE9.
- Pinned Sites
- Enhanced Tabs
- Download Manager
- Tracking Protection
- Hardware Acceleration
Read the details of the 5 Reasons in Tony Bradley article.
iPhone, Blackberry Tumble to Hackers
Do you have an iPhone 4 or Blackberry? This week at Pwn2Own, companies were challenged to exploit everthing from web browsers to smartphones.
If you are one of the proud owners of an iPhone or Blackberry beware what you use it for, unless you want exploited. Apple’s iPhone 4 and RIM’s BlackBerry Torch 9800 both succumbed to hackers today at Pwn2Own, but two other smartphones running Android and Windows Phone 7 were unchallenged.
Read the article to find out the details.
iPad2 vs. Android Honeycomb
So with the launch of the Apple iPad2 and the Android Honeycomb version of the Motorola Xoom, they can finally be compared. Here are some snippets from the article from JR Raphael.
Quick Analysis: Apple’s iPad 2 matches the competition in terms of hardware basics, but it lags behind in features, flexibility, and customization potential.
What I found impressive is the Xoom’s higher resolution display (10.1 inches at 1280-by-800 vs. 9.7 inches at 1024-by-768); support for expanded storage via MicroSD cards; and support for USB connections. For those of you that will buy one of the tablets with connectivity thru a Sprint, AT&T or Verizon, the Xoom is upgradeable to 4G in the near future, while the iPad 2 is 3G forever.
Android’s strongest advantages, though, come via the innovations found in the Honeycomb operating system — innovations that will be present in all Android 3.0 tablets, not just the Xoom. So as other models become available from multiple manufacturers. In addition to creating a far wider spectrum of prices, that’ll present a far larger choice in size and form factor — something Apple’s single iPad can’t offer
Read the full analysis and come up with your own opinion.
Top 5 Apple iPad2 Contenders
With 2010 being a year of the Phones (Android, iPhones, Window Phone) and the introduction of the iPad, technology took a huge leap with the capabilities of these person devices. The introduction of Apple’s iPad sailed through 2010 without much opposition as a worthy competitor from either Android or Windows camp failed to emerge.
However, 2011 will be a different year. Apple is planning on releasing the iPad2. Google has plans for the Honeycomb version of Android for the tablet market. HP has their new operating system to the tablets. So there will be more and more competition in the tablet market.
So what do the experts think will be the top 5 contenders to the new iPad2? Read the Full Story and find out.