Microsoft today launched Windows 7, the next generation operating system that will follow Windows Vista and Windows XP. Microsoft started beta testing of Windows 7 on the beginning of this year, which so far crossed 8 million in number of testers. Windows 7 has a new streamlined user interface, performance upgrades, touch support and couple of new features. As per Microsoft Windows 7 is not a major Windows upgrade, but tweaked version of Windows Vista that covers and fixes the disadvantage it had. More than 80% of beta testers agreed with this argument and they certified Windows 7 as the best Windows after Windows XP. Hardware requirements of Windows 7 32-bit and 64-bit versions remains the same as in Windows Vista . On the software side , users can even run applications wrote for Windows XP using the XP mode . Confirming the global announcement , Microsoft India also came up with country specific price and versions of Windows 7 .
Windows 7 price in India upgrade and full version
October 22nd, 2009 by Mobile Blog Team | 11 Comments |Palm Pixie announced
September 11th, 2009 by Mobile Blog Team | No Comments |
Palm announced Pixie, upcoming smartphone based on their new web OS platform that power Palm Pre .Plam Pre was released few months ago on Sprint with attractive package . Many people across the world including those who in India are waiting for the launch Plam Pre in their countries . While the speculation on this continues , Plam announced just another web OS phone for US customers on Sprint . New Palm Pixie (Pixi) is smaller in size and configuration when compared with Pre . The full qwerty keypad is not slidout , resulting in extra length of the device .There is a 2.6 inch capacitive touch screen that is smaller than in Palm Pre . Unlike in Palm Pre ,Pixie will only have a 2 mega pixel camera with flash. Plam Pixi will be available with customizable back ground covers similar to option in choosing Dell laptops in artist series. The full official specification ,price and launch date of the device will be available soon .
Zune HD price spec and launch date announced pre-order now
August 14th, 2009 by Mobile Blog Team | 1 Comment |
We earlier covered the expected price and specification of Zune HD , the upcoming version of Microsoft’s Zune series of music players .Zune player is Microsoft’s answer Apple iPod touch .The new Zune HD is capable of playing HD definition videos , surf web and stream music over WiFi ,playing HD radio ,storing more than 8000 songs etc .The price of the device is significantly smaller than corresponding iPod touch models . 16GB and 32GB models of Zune HD costs 220 and 290 USD respectively . Microsoft will globally launch Zune HD on September 15 of this year .The device is already for pre-order on Microsoft and Amazon stores.
Microsoft released a PDF with full specifications that you can download here .
Acer Timeline series laptop models configuration price
August 2nd, 2009 by Mobile Blog Team | No Comments |
Acer is famous for producing cost effective and entry level laptops and netbooks with good configuration and relatively low prices . The recent trend in Intel atom powered Acer aspire one netbooks is an example for their marketing strategy . After one series now they have introduced a new laptop series called Timeline .Acer Timeline laptops will focus on the power management . Each Timeline laptop will be capable of holding the battery charge from 6-8 hours in single charge . All Acer Timeline series laptop models configurations are built on Intel Centrino mobile technology platform with Intel core 2 solo processor . Intel core 2 solo processor come with exceptional power saving features . And this is the reason for improved power handling of this notebook .Currently listed Acer Timeline series models include Timeline 3810T ,Timeline 4810T and Timeline 5810T .
Zune HD specification price launch date
June 25th, 2009 by Mobile Blog Team | No Comments |
Zune is Microsoft’s answer to Apple iPod ,Creative Zen ,SanDisk Sansa , Philips Go gear And Sony Walkman portable music players .Microsoft initially launched Zen music players in 2006 with Zune 30 GB HDD model ,which later followed by Zune 4 ,16 80 HDD and 120 HDD models . All current Zune models are powered by Windows CE based Zune software for ARM CPU architecture. The player includes Wi-Fi, FM radio ,image viewer and Video player in all most all models .
The latest and upcoming model in Zune family is Zune HD ,which is already making rumors on its specifications ,price and availability . Zune HD is reportedly using NVIDIA Tegra ,a derivation of ARM CPU which capable of playing HD videos in mobile devices . The special about NVIDIA Tegra is that its an all in chip which includes GPU ,CPU and basic memory in one package .Zune HD ,being the first phone to be with NVIDIA Tegra includes excellent graphics and multimedia facilities . It is the first Zune model to include a Multi-Touchscreen and size more than 3 inch .
Zune HD portable music player :
Microsoft officially confirmed the availability of Zune HD in May 2009 and revealed some specifications and services planned with Zune HD . The existing Zune market place subscription allows users to download music ,videos and TV shows to Zune HD device . There are rumors that the device is capable of running for a continues 25 days with a single battery charge . But there is no confirmation on this features .
Zune HD specification :
Zune HD will have 3.3 inch OLED display capacitive touch screen with 480×272 16:9 resolution).The HD video can be taken out via AV Dock to external HDTV or compatible device .
Flash memory 16GB and 32 GB models .
Built-in accelerometer for landscape mode and screen rotation
HD radio tuner (receives FM only).
Wi-Fi connectivity for accessing Zune market place and webpages using internet explorer 6 mobile .
Unicode Support .
Zune HD will be available in Black and Silver-Bronze colors .
Zune HD price and launch date :
Microsoft has confirmed the official launch date of Zune HD as September 8 2009 . The expected price for 16 GB and 32 GB Zune HD model will be 199$ and 299$ receptively . So India ,when converting the price will be around 10000-15000 INR .
Palm pre iPhone 3G comparison
June 5th, 2009 by Mobile Blog Team | No Comments |
The most awaited Palm pre is all set to be release on June 6 .Sprint will be offering the device for 199 $ after rebate and service contract . Palm pre is the first phone to be powered by Plam web OS , a redesigned version of old palm OS to incorporate challenges of latest web technologies and instant messaging .Plam had released Web OS SDK earlier this year ,but still there is shortage of applications that is expected to be covered soon . While iPhone app store crossed million mark in applications count,this would be the first point for everyone who is making a comparison between Palm pre and iPhone 3G. This comparison would have been more attracted to Plam pre if iPhone OS 3.0 was not there .
Palm pre
Plam Pre features a wide touch screen just like iPhone but smaller in size (3.1-inch ). As you can see there is Virtual and QWERTY keyboard in palm ,and the later is not available in iPhone 3G . Palm pre is geared by TI OMAP3 processor with 256 MB of RAM , and there is 7GB of free space after covering software requirements .
Palm pre is equipped with 3.2 mega pixel camera with LED flash On the other side , iPhone camera is just only 2 mega pixels and doesn’t support video recording and lacks led flash .
Palm pre supports MMS , Bluetooth with A2DP,and video recording which were earlier not supported in iPhone 3G .
Palm pre iPhone 3G comparison :
Palm Pre VS iPhone 3G
3.1 inch touch screen 3.5 inch touch screen
Bluetooth with A2DP No A2DP (available after iPhone OS 3.0 update)
QWERTY keypad Phone based virtual keypad .
Multi tasking and Copy paste . No multi tasking Copy-Paste available via OS 3.0
Inbuilt IM SMS and MMS No MMS ( possible with iPhone OS 3.0)
3 Mega pixel camera with LED 2 Mega pixel camera with out LED
There is no clues regarding the Indian launch of palm pre . Initially we expected iPhone 3 G for around 10000-18000 but things turn around when officially launched by Airtel and Vodfone . So if they are offering Plam pre without any contract the price will be around 18000-22000 INR .
Updated HP and Palm announced Palm Pre 2 smartphone and webOS 2.0 mobile operating system.
Palm Pre features , price and launch date
May 20th, 2009 by Mobile Blog Team | No Comments |
Sprint has announced the release dates of the most awaited Palm Pre smartphones powered by Palm web OS .The device will be available from June 6 of this year , for a price of 200 $ and 2 year contract . Palm PDA devices were using an older operating system which failed to grab attention in recent days . The launch of iPhone and new smartphones affected the sales of Palm and they are rebranding their devices with this new OS .Palm pre ,the first device based on Web OS had already created much hype with its features and advanced web technologies it supports .
Palm Pre
Palm Pre features :
3 mega pixel camera with auto focus
Palm Pre is powerd by Texas Instruments OMAP3430 microprocessor, a 600 MHz ARM Cortex A8 CPU, PowerVR SGX 530 GPU and 430 MHz C64x+ DSP + ISP (Image Signal Processor) .
Excellent web experience , the trademark of Plam web OS .
Bluetooth (A2DP),WiFi ,GPS and 3G.
Multi-touch screen.
Email , MMS and other normal functions .
All other feature can be found here .
With this features and price, Palm Pre would be a great buy if you are looking for alternative for iPhone
Palm web OS features:
Palm web OS is compatible with latest web technologies like HTML5 , CSS , Flash streaming videos etc . A developer SDK for Palm Web OS is already available here .
Indian release dates , price and Operator details of Palm Pre are not available yet .
Updated: Palm and HP announced Palm Pre 2 smartphone.
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