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Microsoft’s Courier: First e-book reader by MS? | Specs Review

Who have heard about the Microsoft’s Courier? According to some discussions I have researched that this devices is like a notebook and it has two 7 inched multi-touched displays. It is very useful in writing, drawing with a stylus and basically searching the internet. It is less than an inch thick and not much bigger than a 5×7 photo when it is closed. A lot of people call it “the late prototype”. Technologies nowadays are simply phenomenal. It is like having a pen and paper without wastin...

Windows Phone 7 Series Unleashed By Microsoft | Specs Review

Everybody seems to be taken aback when the Windows Pone 7 Series was formally introduced in Barcelona during the MWC last Monday. Everyone claims that Microsoft has indeed embodied the unthinkable in this new OS. It is an entirely different operating platform from the previous Windows Mobile. It is by a long shot wider and deeper than the Zune. The interface of the WP7 is designed with the Metro (7 series UI) which makes it “authentically digital” and “chromeless”, as de...

Windows Mobile 7 codename Photon: Leak Review

Photon is the codename assigned to the upcoming version of the Windows Mobile operating system. This OS meant for mobile handsets is developed by the world famous Bill Gates-empire Microsoft Corporation and is built on the Windows Embedded CE 6.0 kernel. It should have already been released back in 2009 but delays have prevented Microsoft from doing so and instead introduced the Windows Mobile 6.5 instead. Current reports declared that information has leaked from inside Microsoft compounds rega...

Samsung shows off Super AMOLED, Qisda QCM-330 lands, Windows Mobile 7 details surface

Samsung is set to show off a new mobile phone at MWC that sports its Super AMOLED screen. The screen promises five times the performance of current AMOLED screens. Vodafone showed off a bunch of new handsets it will be offering customers this year. The coolest was the Qisda QCM-330 with a big 4-inch screen with high resolution. Windows Mobile 7 details are leaking ahead of the expected introduction at MWC. The interface is said to be similar to that of the Zune HD and the browser will have som...

Samsung shows off Super AMOLED, Qisda QCM-330 lands, Windows Mobile 7 details surface

Samsung is set to show off a new mobile phone at MWC that sports its Super AMOLED screen. The screen promises five times the performance of current AMOLED screens. Vodafone showed off a bunch of new handsets it will be offering customers this year. The coolest was the Qisda QCM-330 with a big 4-inch screen with high resolution. Windows Mobile 7 details are leaking ahead of the expected introduction at MWC. The interface is said to be similar to that of the Zune HD and the browser will have som...

TI OMAP4 hands-on, Zune Phone, Palm Pre Plus GPS woes

SlashGear took a road trip to the Dallas Texas Instruments location to get hands on with the new TI OMAP3 and OMAP4 chipsets that will be in smartphones this year. The OMAP4 device can drive three displays and has a pico projector module. Spanish publication MuyComputer claims that the Zune Phone will be debuting at MWC this month. WinMo 7 is also said to be debuting there as well. Apparently, the Palm Pre Plus for Verizon is having some issues with GPS signal locks. Owners are saying that the...

Android 2.0 for Hero in March, hints on Zune Phone surface, Verizon offers pre paid Blackberry plan

Reports have surfaced that claim the Android 2.0 update for the HTC Hero may be coming in March. The date was offered up by a tech support person at an Irish carrier. A new Zune software update has rekindled that long running rumor of a Zune Phone. Some of the code in the software update clearly points to a phone device. Verizon Wireless has announced its intention to offer up a pre paid Blackberry plan. What devices will specifically be offered is unknown at this time.

Day two with the Zune HD (software overview) – Video

I’ve had a bit more time to play with that Zune HD that I unboxed yesterday, and I think I’m going to have a love/mild annoyance relationship with this media player going forward. Here’s what I’ve noticed so far after using the Zune HD for about a day: Pros: The user interface is incredibly slick and the animations are attractive without being particularly distracting. The desktop Zune Marketplace software is excellent for arranging media, downloading podcasts, and purchasing me...

First look at the Zune HD with NVIDIA Tegra – Video

The NVIDIA Tegra platform combines a low power ARM processor with high performance NVIDIA graphics to enable HD video playback on low power devices with excellent battery life. We’re still waiting for the first NVIDIA Tegra powered netbooks or smartbooks to hit the market. But there is one device that’s already available that uses the Tegra chipset: The Zune HD media player. The folks at NVIDIA sent me a 16GB Zune HD to play with. I’m just starting to explore the Zune hardware and sof...

Microsoft to Merge Zune UI and Windows Mobile Teams?

Even though we won't be seeing an official Zune Phone at CES 2009, it seems that Microsoft is still moving ahead with making some kind of ZunePhone at some point in the future. Further still, it seems that it won't be developed on its own. Instead of having two separate teams work on possibly related devices, it seems that Microsoft is merging its Zune user interface team with the team that works on Windows Mobile. If this rumor holds up to be true, it could very well mean that the first ZunePh...