Showing posts with label Android. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Android. Show all posts

May 5, 2011

Intel Oak Trail Tablet Computer Processors


Intel has formally launched its Oak Trail processor, designed for use in tablet computers.

The new microchip is smaller and uses less power than other models in its Atom range.

Despite being the world's largest manufacturer of microprocessors, Intel has been largely pushed out of the growing tablet market.

Until now, most devices have used chips designed by Apple and Cambridge-based Arm Holdings.

the Oak Trail microprocessor technology designed and developed for use in tablet computers.

Intel, regardless of being the world’s largest maker of microprocessors, is largely out of the fastest growing tablet computer market; most devices use microchips designed by Apple and Cambridge-based Arm Holdings.

Intel admitted being behind competition during the announcement of Oak Trail’s retail name, the Z670.

Kevin O’Donovan, Intel’s Marketing Manager for Notebooks and Tablets, said, “You won’t find a lot of Intel-based tablets on the shelves at the moment.” Even so, O’Donovan asserted that they now have a viable and competitive product, “2011 is about becoming relevant.”

One of the Oak Trail’s largest selling points is the ability to run and use various tablet operating systems, including Android, Chrome, MeeGo and Windows 7. Presently, Arm-based chipsets, including Nvidia Tegra processors, are incapable of running Windows; however, Microsoft just made an announcement to support the popular Arm processors for its next OS release in 2012.

Mar 31, 2011

New Smartphones Review, Apple, Blackberry, Windows Phone 7, and Android


If you are in the market for a new phone, you have two options. Buy it directly, or a phone on a plan. If you buy a complete smartphone, you have to try to find between $ 500 - $ 1000 in your pocket, there are models that are cheaper and more expensive than that, but it is a reasonable average over the most popular models. Therefore, the contracts make very much sense. Not only the cost of switching devices in the longer term, you also get the lowest generously supplied rate calls and data over most pre-paid Tariffs in a phone you have.

The problem is that most contracts smartphone costs more or less the same, independently decide on the phone model you are. Points of entry are down nearly two dollars, but it is usually the phones fell last year to the door while you are still stocks. Fifty to seventy dollars per month, you can use the phone of their choice, including top models. It is easy enough to test the physical configuration of a telephone decision, but what about the software side? With so many ways, the smartphone operating system, do you go for? Here is a brief summary of the platforms of the leading smartphones and their pluses and minuses.


Apple iOS

Representative Phone: iPhone 4

pluses: The largest market for all the smartphone applications, hands down, IOS is a lot more flexibility in what can be done with it, especially in the field of entertainment applications. The fixed hardware platform - essentially almost obsolete iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS and iphone 4 - also means that all applications work optimally with mobile phones. IOS updates are planned and not subject to the approval of shareholders, it is usually a bit faster than competing platforms.

minuses: Apple controls the IOS environment with a steel glove, some people do not like, some applications will not be approved for IOS in a row. Also, there is no such thing as a "live" shows iOS Twitter feeds application, weather, or the like. Everything is based on the hard drive icons


Blackberry OS

Combined Representative: Blackberry Torch

pluses: Blackberry has long been the smartphone of choice for business people and their basic skills were maintained the strength and speed of your mail client, which simply blows away all competition. If you need email addresses (and not the most Blackberry models, excellent physical keyboard) express the Blackberry is available.

minuses: operating system updates, thanks to the operator, and some teams get stuck in over time. The excellent e-mail service is part of a specific service paid, which (according to the company) may not be the most profitable for your e-mail. The library of applications, the devices largely focused on productivity, although this has gradually changed as more consumers become brand BlackBerry.


Windows Phone 7

Combined Representative: Samsung Omnia 7

pluses: Windows 7 Phone "tiles" agreement is one of the simplest versions of visual Smartphone platform, very easy to learn and use. Xbox Live is the integration into the crowd of games and applications built market, while small, is growing rapidly.

minuses: It is a relative dearth of phone options available, although this would go with the Nokia recently changes to the declaration of the shock to begin the construction of smart phones to do with Windows Mobile 7 So far, existing models from HTC, LG and Samsung, the full path to the upgrade of the operating system is very clear, even patches to date have had a rocky history. As of this writing, cut and paste functionality was not still present, although in the "coming soon" when it promised to launched.


Android

Combined Representative: HTC Desire HD

pluses: Google`s "open " Smartphone OS is fast on the mobile phone manufacturers almost everywhere (with the exception of Apple and Nokia) obsolete. This gives you a wide selection of phones and prices, and a variety of functions. Custom applications of Google Search and Gmail Android basic public services are incredibly fast, and growing application market. Applications as a live widget displays a continuously updated information to act.

minuses: The variety of mobile phones can cause some applications to behave abnormally, especially not in application development rigidly controlled as Apple or Microsoft. If appearing at all - can update the system software before installing the support it received, which can lead to delays in obtaining the latest version of Android smartphone will be approved.


For any of these platforms is certainly useful to see a test on a cell phone shop, not only what we have to meet your needs, but also how it to your phone style. Some users prefer the whole configuration of the touch screen iPhone and most Android models, while others for the keyboards on most BlackBerry models.



Mar 17, 2011

Android can surf the Web faster than iPhone


According to the results of an independent testing new Android 2.3 is capable of loading web pages faster than 52% of iPhone IOS 4.3.

Blaze Software conducted thousands of field tests to determine the speed and reliability of navigation on mobile Internet - a total of 45,000 tests - including Google iPhone Nexus S and 4 updated with the latest information about iPhone software. The tests were carried out with the respective phone integrated into the browser.

Sites stress test repeated in the Fortune Top 1000 sites are involved, via Wi-Fi and 3G. These sites are loaded 84% faster Android.

A lof of focus on the right side of the 4G mobile industry and now the company to get in a position to the fastest browsing experience on the Web. But many of them also has to do with the hardware. Neither S nor the iPhone 4G Nexus 4 in a position, but both on the same 3G network data. These results suggest that the phone even more important than the company you choose.

The study showed that when a site is optimized for mobile use, the iPhone also responding. The sites charge 39% faster than standard web sites on the iPhone. In Android, mobile sites for loading of 8% faster than standard websites optimized, but because he has already instructed the normal ranges very quickly.

There is also some doubt whether the browser is involved in the integrated browser, Android, is designed specifically for the mobile environment. Although Google has it as "Chrome Lite" is a product designed specifically for Android phones.

The iPhone, however, are using a browser that is much more similar to their Apple computer counterparts. Mobile Safari browser uses the power of more than the Android browser, may have an impact on website load times.

Mar 15, 2011

HP computer will soon have webOS in 2012


In 2012, every HP computer, still using the Windows operating system de facto, but if you are curious can start with the newly acquired platform webOS HP.

The company still has much to do, when to try the plans, including webOS a viable competitor to Android, IOS and Windows phone 7 It was about taking the tablets and smartphones on the market with the operating system largely unknown, but most of those plans have fallen through the measure.

HP bought Palm for 1.2 billion dollars and we are still waiting to see what really came of this Agreement. HP is one of the largest manufacturers in the computer before the offer and continues today. The motivating factor behind the acquisition of Palm seems to be a desire to enter the mobile phone.

But it proved extremely difficult. How HP can in a market where competing super heavyweights such as Research in Motion and Nokia are dying? Even Microsoft, which has invested significant resources in moving a new initiative that has made ​​hardly a dent.

It seems that HP is a return to his bread and butter - But it proved extremely difficult. How HP can in a market where competing super heavyweights such as Research in Motion and Nokia to die? Even Microsoft, which has invested significant resources in moving a new initiative that has made ​​hardly a dent.

It seems that HP is a return to his bread and butter - webOS to use - computers. Since 2012, he said, each of your computers can dual-boot between Windows and webOS. Since 2012, he said, each of your computers can dual-boot between Windows and webOS.

Whether to do anything for the moving platform, but most PC users would probably have little value in the position to another operating system on which Windows is already running.

In other words, HP is trying desperately to justify the purchase of Palm, and only the last step of this mission.

Mar 5, 2011

Tablet PCs to change the way we work


The release of IPAD a year ago caused a sensation in the vast world of online connectivity and mobile computing. Since then, nearly 20 million people bought an IPAD or one of its many rivals and sales of Tablet PC with a wide range of manufacturers to continue as new models and improvements to increase available. Not surprisingly, the tablets are popular: They are light, easy to carry, easy to use, cool and most importantly.

But not only consumers who realize the benefits of using the Tablet PC. Companies are also beginning to use to buy their employees at work, and inform many professionals and managers to be a valuable tool for the economy. Some companies are replacing portable computers for their employees with pills, while other portable devices for use in conjunction with desktop and notebook computers

With an increasing number of applications and development programs, ranging from work-related use of the tablets - and the variety of professional positions in which they can use - is growing all the time. With pills in hand, you can all industries, companies time and money saved from greater access to real-time information they can make decisions faster and more accurately. Portability and robustness of a Tablet PC, and the relative ease of introducing a flat-screen commands instead of a laptop keyboard and open effort also articulated a number of new applications for mobile users.

For example, engineers and surveyors, a tablet on the site without having to worry that might be affected by some soil to unlock and use it to store, transmit and receive data, estimates and photographs. One tablet is small enough to fit in a pocket and hold in your hand, but large enough to use comfortably. A doctor can do a Tablet PC on the road and use it to obtain immediate information on drug interactions, and differences in the diagnosis and show images from MRI and CT and the treatment used to make quick decisions. Responsible for the supply chain are increasingly also access the Tablet PC in the data real-time inventory and order, so they can see exactly what needs to be moved, when, without having to go to a terminal.

Although IPAD was the first pill, a real impact on the market, and still tops the list in terms of market share, now there are many competing models to choose from. Other manufacturers make their shelves or in the Android operating system Windows 7, with other platforms in development. This helps attract business buyers hesitated to their computers, Apple added the tails, because their existing systems with Windows or Linux

It is also good news for small businesses that want to see their balances, as some - but not all - of the new crop of tablets from now very affordable. This is particularly true for the Tablet PC more sophisticated imported directly from China and sold online at wholesale prices. With very different designs available and a specialist in software for the growing use development, many companies, the mobile computing system in 2011 is forecast to around a quarter of the 56 million tablets sold this year must be purchased corporate buyers.