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Polaroid camera works with Android smart SC1630

2012-01-22T08:59:00.000+05:30

Remember that last year at CES Polaroid output saw the launch of Lady Gaga glasses GL20? Well, this year no such pulling power of celebrity, but that does not mean that Polaroid has nothing interesting to offer to the masses. The SC1630 is a smart camera Polaroid Android, which will have a high definition camera of 16 megapixel camera that has built-in 3x optical zoom, a touch screen on the other side and Wi-Fi connectivity, which allows you to upload took photos to social networks but only one click.

You do not need to make the choice between a smartphone or an entry level camera point and shoot digital photos when it comes to casual, such as Polaroid SC1630 smart camera does the job just right - which is more or least one Android device without phone capabilities, so to speak. You can also record the scenes with a better quality thanks to 18 scene modes to choose from, and preview them in 3.2 "widescreen display makes your job easier to eliminate the shot Louise. You want to capture portraits ? That's not a problem, face and smile detection automatically kicks into action, while the Smart Album function allows the SC1630 smart Polaroid camera to automatically organize photos by date, place and people. Heck, this is a holiday staple and from the geo-tagging feature allows you to add latitude and longitude coordinates to your photos. All photos are hidden in a microSD memory card (up to 32GB in size). Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity lets you share your images with ease, and with the support of Google Android Market will not be surprised to see people using this to play games when they are bored. I have no idea about the prices, but the next step to this would have to come with a integrated printer. To see more photos from the Polaroid SC1630, check out the extended post.

Requirements for Windows 8 tablets

2012-01-21T15:24:00.001+05:30

A document published by Microsoft, about 900 pages, shows the characteristics and requirements that have to have a tablet hardware to be certified as Windows 8.

     The owners of a tablet ARM can not disable safe boot, making it impossible to install another OS on the same device. One detail that was already known for some time, but will queue.

     In tablets, the famous Ctrl + Alt + Del will be replaced by Windows + Power.

     All devices must have tactile contact five points at least.

     If a Windows 8 has NFC, contact marks shall include deposit products to support this technology
     All computers must have Windows 8 button, lock the screen orientation, Windows key and audio controls (plus and minus volume).

     All computers with Windows 8 must have a minimum of 10 GB of free disk space after installing updates, and firmware UFEI.

     All tablets and convertible laptops Windows 8 will have at least one USB 2.0 port, a magnetometer, speakers, Bluetooth 4.0 (hurray), WLAN, gyroscope and accelerometer.

     Cameras installed on Windows 8 devices must have a minimum resolution of 720p.

     The tablets with Windows 8 will have a minimum resolution of 1,366 x 768.

Must be necessary to upgrade the video hardware drivers without rebooting the computer.

Sony introduced the paper and sugar battery

2011-12-21T18:17:00.000+05:30

The system generates electricity through a chemical reaction of cellulose with enzymes.
TOKYO - Japanese electronics giant Sony on Thursday unveiled a technology that generates electricity from paper strips.
As an ecological products fair opened in Tokyo, Sony invited the children to put the paper in a mixture of water and enzymes, stir and wait a few minutes to see the liquid become a source of electrical energy, powering a small fan.

"This is the same mechanism by which termites eat wood for energy," said Chisato Kitsukawa, public relations manager for Sony.
While academic research has taken place previously in this type of power generation, proof of concept demonstrations are rare, he said.
The performance was part of Sony's campaign to develop a sugar-based "biological battery" that turns glucose into energy.
Shredded paper or pieces of corrugated cardboard used in the fair to provide cellulose, a long chain of glucose sugar in the walls of green plants.
The enzymes used to break the chain and the resulting sugar is then processed by another group of enzymes in a process that provides hydrogen ions and electrons.
The electrons travel through an external circuit to generate electricity, while the hydrogen ions combine with oxygen from the air to form water.
"Biological batteries are environmentally friendly and have great potential," it does not use harmful metals or chemicals, Kitsukawa said.
But the technology is far from commercial viability, due to its low potencia.Actualmente output is sufficient to run digital music players, but not powerful enough to replace the batteries in common use, he said.
Sony first unveiled the sugar test battery technology in 2007 and has since reduced the size of the battery on a small sheet.
Another battery of sugar was on display at the fair integrated into a Christmas card that played music when drops of juice were added to it.

Microsoft adapted Kinect to PC for the arrival of Windows 8

2011-12-17T21:28:00.000+05:30

Kinect, the motion sensor and voice that Microsoft released for Xbox 360 for just over a year, prepares his jump to the PC. The company is working on adapting the peripheral to PC to complete the new features will be in Windows 8.

The arrival of the new operating system will serve to kick-start the PC Kinect. The Redmond company has confirmed it will release an official version for PC of its revolutionary technology, which served to show a new way of playing with game consoles and soon began to adapt in other fields experimentally. The projects were multiple laboratories and universities. Now its benefits will be transferred to PC.

While the Xbox 360 game catalog employing the device is still limited and not just to convince users that make more intensive use of the console, Kinect reuse in other fields has been multiple because of its ability to detect movement, the user's voice and even his face. Now your hardware and firmware will be optimized to take another way to control PC computer.

The new version of PC enhance the work at short distances, since the device will be able to recognize objects without losing accuracy at a distance of 50 centimeters, something that does not happen with the current version of Kinect. It also connects to the computer via a USB cable shorter and avoid incompatibilities with other USB devices thanks to the inclusion of a dongle.

Microsoft sees the launch of Windows 8 at the appropriate time to bring the computer peripheral, but is likely to take some time since the launch of the platform until the arrival of this version Kinect PC. The new interface with which Metro will this version of its popular operating system will undergo an evolution with the release of peripheral, as it inevitably think of a computer control without using the mouse. The voice control or gestural form will be new ways of managing everything that happens in our team, something that you dream for years.

Depth analysis of Windows Phone 7.5 Mango

2011-12-11T09:24:00.001+05:30

Last year Microsoft was launched batteries and Windows Phone 7. With this platform, renewed their presence in the mobile systems market, which still held the heavy slab of an environment as disastrous as in previous generations extended as it was Windows Mobile 6.5 (in its latest version). The look of Windows Phone 7 was very innovative, attractive and easy to use. But do not got out of the bad press, and yet, there were many failures and mistakes, which resulted in the first raid of this resurgence.

From the absence of the function of copying and pasting text to the inability to customize ringtones, Windows Phone 7 raised suspicions among users, who remained in the trenches of IOS (iPhone) and Android, mainly. And on top of the first generation of terminals where would this new foray hosted Microsoft came rigged a series of incidents that did not help overcome the popularity of the software developer as an alternative in a market cornered by Apple and Google.

However, this year intended to strike at the table with Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, a new version of the platform, as well as come up with great new features, is presented in the area of the hand of a handful of interesting terminals, including the new range is a result of its alliance with Nokia: the Nokia 710 and Nokia Lumia Lumia 800. Let's take a look at the new system and consider whether we are faced with an alternative that may jeopardize the competition.

Windows Phone 7.5 Mango

Interface

Windows Phone 7.5 Mango is based in the environment that Microsoft has dubbed Metro (and will have its extension in Windows 8, the desktop platform of the house is to be shown commercially). Metro is an interface that can be seen by scrolling vertically, and is composed of a grid of two columns, you can configure with squares (taking individual spaces of the grid) or rectangles (taking an area of one row and two columns ).

These squares or rectangles (tiles, who called Microsoft when he referred to them as useful in your presentation) serve two functions. On the one hand, make icons for starting applications, and the fact that they have a more than generous size make this environment is the most comfortable and accessible to those who have encountered the undersigned. Of course we have the option to fill the screen as many shortcuts as you want, including applications, contacts or contact groups. On the other hand, the tiles meet the time of floating windows, or widgets, which also offers rich animations and information.

Windows Phone 7.5 Mango

On the other hand, if we shift the screen to the left, will make a secondary list that we have applications installed on the terminal and the configuration panels and other system utilities. Now the icons become much smaller, although the texts continue to be very generous in size. If any of the options in this list we find very recurrent side, we can always press for a few seconds on it, so given the option to "anchor to start," becoming one of the tiles of the main screen.

At the moment we walked in one application or one of the setup menus, enter a new navigation screen, where the vertical scroll horizontally exchanged for another. Again, we find large fonts, a good proportion of images and elements on the screen properly disposed. It seems in these spaces that browsing the phone's display area narrows vertical, like a gazebo, a much larger view, which can only display for pieces. The resulting effect, and very attractive, is really comfortable and organized to distinguish incormación areas.

Windows Phone 7.5 Mango

Contact Management

Here we may encounter a problem. Unlike what happens with the migration of IOS to Android, and vice versa, Windows Phone 7.5 Mango does not recognize the VCF contacts files. Thus, we find an initial problem when moving across our agenda if we proceed from another generation who has the contacts stored in phone memory, not SIM.

The solution to this is through two channels: the synchronization of contacts through Microsoft Exchange or using our Google account. Either way is very fast, but if you do not want to have this type of data stored in the cloud, you may not feel much sympathy for this method. The following would you necessarily involves reviewing the traditional number to number, a more typical work of Edmund Dantes in the Chateau d'If a user than smartphones.

Between contacts not only we can access the phone numbers you have stored in memory. At this point, you must sign up how well it works in Windows Phone 7.5 Mango paragraph of integration with web services (which we will be picking up at other points on). From the moment we turn our mobile WP7 for the first time, the system will give us the option to link with the system our Facebook accounts, Twitter, LinkedIN, Google and, of course, Windows Live. These profiles are clustered in different sections of the phone, and have a major presence in the contact section.

Windows Phone 7.5 Mango

This I will note, for example, when we see that among our contacts are intertwined profiles from the phone book of any other social networking sites we have linked to the phone. Of course, the system will give us the ability to link contacts to group the information disseminated in several profiles through a single tab where they relate to one of our friends, family or colleagues.

Finally, this section will not only allow us to see the agenda. Also focus on the one hand, with the latest news updates and information from our contacts in Facebook, Twitter, or any other social networks added. And, of course, presents a panel with the latest activity that we have developed with them, regardless of the platform that we used.

Windows Phone 7.5 Mango

Posts

In this section, something happens. In principle, one would think that this section is dedicated only to traditional SMS and MMS messages, but none of that. Here is concentrated the whole paragraph of text communication via phone (not counting the emails, which focus on other applications). Thus, on one screen, called "conversations", see the discussions held with our contacts, without discriminating the medium in which they are held (Facebook, IM or SMS).

A failure to note here is that it lacks integration with third-party application as popular as WhatsApp. That Microsoft should review this. On the other hand, here we also have a chat screen, called "online", in which we can see how many of our contacts are connected in any of the services supported for talks.

Windows Phone 7.5 Mango

E-mail

At the time initially set up our user accounts in Windows Live and Gmail open the option of placing on the main screen two separate accesses to our email accounts from Google or Hotmail. Through the Office 365 suite can also add Microsoft Exchange accounts, we will be very useful for our professional emails.

Everything you see, as we say, through dedicated tiles at the interface of Metro. Every time we get a new mail, the new products in the cudrado animated, showing, once opened the application, a very clean user interface and easy to use, following the panoramic perspective sections.

Windows Phone 7.5 Mango

Web Browsing

One of the highlights of Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, due to the presence of the browser Explorer 9 as system default. It says Microsoft, the same version as the PC browser, which would synchronize bookmarks and history between platforms. In fact, the configuration options for Windows Phone Explorer 9 Mango 7.5 we can choose a default preferences to define the application criteria as mobile or desktop browser.

The reality is that Explorer 9 works moderately well. It allows us to open multiple browser windows (that the system called "chips"), but fails on the incompatibility of Flash. At least, it is understandable for a bug for users accustomed to watching videos based on this support. However, in the app store there is a utility used to view content on Megaupload if you're worried.

The search engine is Bing browser, native Microsoft service. How to use it, plus it from within the application Explorer 9 is capacitive pressing the magnifying glass icon that you have installed all Windows based mobile Phone 7.5 Mango, offering a view finder much like the desktop version we see in computers.

Windows Phone 7.5 Mango

Music and Video

One of the shortcuts from the main interface of Windows Phone 7.5 Mango is called Music + Videos. The name says it all. Here are concentrated all power mobile multimedia based on this system, and indeed, once again the star integration of the service. Throughout this section, we can manage all video and audio files that can launch the phone system that works with Microsoft. And when we say everything we mean everything.

For example, launch the application as we ran into a section called "Applications". Here are gathered all the platforms from which we can release music or video, whether or not focusing files hosted on the phone memory. Thus, we find direct access to YouTube, another Spotify (if it is installed) and another to what he calls "connected media" and refers to the DLNA function of the terminal.

Then we have the Zune platform. As you know, Zune is Microsoft's alternative to iTunes, and although its only just misses dedicated device (a sort of italic version of the iPod developed in Redmond), the application lives on in Windows Phone 7.5 devices Mango.

Windows Phone 7.5 Mango

Zune distinguishes between its sections in the local music files that have lodged in the phone memory as well as stored video (both those who have transferred into the terminal as those obtained from recordings with the device itself) and Podcast or radio. Certainly it is once again clarify that the FM tuner can be used only if we have plugged headphones into the minijack input, acting as an antenna.

Another interesting section is the Zune online store, or Zune Market, which allows you to download whole albums or individual songs, in the wake of Apple's iTunes. The service is very similar to that of its rivals in Cupertino, but they offer an interesting differentiation value: The Zune Pass.

The Zune Pass is a service that reminds us of Sony Qriocity or Spotify, a sort of flat rate which gives us access to a catalog of music you could listen in streaming (online) or download them in a proprietary file type only can be played on Microsoft platforms (either in desktop versions of Windows, Xbox 360 or Windows Phone 7.5 Mango). It costs ten euros or 100 euros per month per year (based on subscription to embrace you.) Logically, if you're a Mac user and PS3, it makes no sense to subscribe to this service if you have Spotify account.

Windows Phone 7.5 Mango

App Store: The Marketplace

The mother of the lamb in the mobile ecosystem is in the online storefront allows you to download applications that personalize the device. In Windows Phone 7.5 Mango is called Marketplace, and now exceeds the 40,000 barrier applications. Some of the most important for smartphones are present: Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Spotify, Angry Birds, Pulse, Tango or Shazam, and many others.

If you look at the most downloaded apps, perhaps surprisingly, the most popular Windows Phone 7.5 Mango are the games. And no wonder. The platform used for this is Xbox Live, the online system from its home console, Xbox 360, where some of the games are synchronized with the console, in order to play from the same point this or mobile. In fact, it is interesting that the vast majority of titles (not all) offer playable demos to see how is the game, and more discretion to decide if we want to buy it or not.

Windows Phone 7.5 Mango

Xbox Live

As we enter this section, we develop should be another interesting point about the integration of Windows Phone 7.5 Mango with other services. The Xbox Live is dedicated to very attractive. If you have a Microsoft console, you have an account with this online service, regardless of whether a member of its payment platform. If so, you've designed an avatar that, in theory, it looks like you and be part of a network of users with whom you compete in scoring and achievements.

Well, your avatar can also reside on a Windows Mobile Phone 7.5 equipped with Mango. In fact, this chapter works very well, and when we see our muñecote, we can make dance, wiggle and interact with the user. We can also see all the games we used our profile from the console, in addition to consulting achievements.

Windows Phone 7.5 Mango

User Profile

One of the tiles of the main interface is dedicated to the user himself with the laconic title of "I". From here we can find our latest reports, regardless of platform or service we have built into Windows Phone 7.5 Mango. Simultaneous inputs can also post on Windows Live, Twitter, Facebook or others, and discriminate against any of the options, also including geolocation information.

Windows Phone 7.5 Mango

Personalization

Beyond the layout of the tiles or floating windows on the main interface, Windows Phone 7.5 Mango gives little room for customization. We vary the dominant color of the system and change the background image on the screen, but beyond that, the system is shielded to customize its appearance. In fact, here's a criticism that has persisted since the previous version, we can not use MP3 ringtones for use as ring tones or message, forcing us to use to install the system as the default.

Windows Phone 7.5 Mango

Others

And to close this review of Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, we'll play some of the points that interesting results might be raised as children between the system options. For starters, the integration of Windows Live, Gmail, Facebook or Microsoft Exchange is not only dedicated to the communications section. For example, events and appointments you have registered in the calendars of each of these services are automatically synchronized with Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, and also reflected in the lock screen, which will be very useful to users more forgetful.

This leads us to propose the notification system. Its operation resembles that of Android, but simplified to the maximum, which is very comfortable. The developments are presented in real time at a bar located at the top of the screen, and warn us of new chats on Facebook or Windows Live as well as SMS messages or appointments in the calendar.

Windows Phone 7.5 Mango

Another point of interest is the mapping and GPS. His appearance greatly reminds Nokia Maps, and with good reason: Microsoft is nourished by the famous Finnish firm service, tailored to the aesthetic simplicity of the operating system and lacking the function-turn navigation, Nokia. The configuration of the application allows to view aerial view maps or simply plots of the areas we inspected. The operation is quite correct, but lacks the potential to Nokia or Google Drive Navigation.

And if we talk about the virtual keyboard on Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, the first thing we must note is how well does the text selection tool, which is very convenient to use the copy and paste system that was much criticized for its absence in the first version of the system. The keyboard itself is quite comfortable, but who has been accustomed to offering Android feedback with a small vibration every time you press a virtual button will notice that in Windows Phone 7.5 Mango lack this detail.

Windows Phone 7.5 Mango

Reviews

Microsoft has really done their homework with Windows Phone 7.5 Mango. Besides being a very original and attractive aesthetically, the integration achieved by many of the services that define the use of a smartphone is very successful. The problem is that it has managed to add to WhatsApp between these options, which is subject to the fact that Microsoft has its own plans (GroupM's hand and Skype). By the way, which is very strange that Skype is not present natively in Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, and in fact we did not find the application in the Marketplace.

A serious review must ask Windows Phone 7.5 Mango is the infamous synchronization with Mac We tried to do with the Windows Phone 7 Connector, housed in the Mac App Store as an officer for these tasks, and the fact is that has recognized the HTC Titan that we used for testing.

Windows Phone 7.5 Mango

As for multitasking, while maintaining several applications running in the background, when we pass from one to another, it seems to be started again. This case is repeated in particular the application of Spotify, which incidentally, is the most attractive of all the available versions for other platforms.

Although Windows Phone 7.5 Mango certain stability failure (during the system test process we had to restart in a couple of times, and agility of the passage between applications can be resent when we get to the phone at full capacity) and some more customization, the truth is that the work of improvements in Windows Phone 7.5 Mango is on track to confirm what many forecasts predict, that this platform can become in a couple of years as the second most widespread, second only to by Android.

Verizon Wireless does not use Google Wallet at its next Android device

2011-12-07T08:20:00.000+05:30

Yesterday the U.S. market railed against what was interpreted as a "block" Google Wallet service in the coming Android devices, specifically the next Galaxy Nexus-manufactured by Samsung, which comes with NFC capabilities in hardware operator expansible Verizon Wireless. The buzz has been of such magnitude in the blogosphere that the operator has been forced to submit a statement explaining the situation, arguing that they do not block third-party applications but Google Wallet is special in the use of hardware devices that are working with Google to fix and guarantee certainty. Or what comes to be interpreted as Verizon Wireless does not sell any grace NFC devices now available with an application that competes with its own mobile payment service.

And in the U.S. AT & T, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless own the company jointly established ISIS to develop the NFC service. The three operators, as has happened in other markets identified that should unite for the deployment of the solution to compete with each other only in the range of services. This option seemed to them much more efficient for their interests than trying to make each side of the war for them to compete with Sprint, and Google and Apple have their own agenda in this regard.

Google has bowed his head and not only change the device to Verizon Wireless for the application is not in the device, it will create a system update for the devices marketed by the operator to the next updates the application does not enter the devices already delivered.

The question that follows is what will happen if the next iPhone version comes with built-in NFC and our own solutions. Verizon Wireless Will you ask the same thing to Apple? Apple Will you accept this requirement? The answers should be "yes" to the first and "no" to the second in a rational world, but lately we've seen out of the way Apple to adopt the vices of its competitors, such as grab a taste for the courts to defend their products rather than continue to innovate as it has done so far.

In any case, Verizon Wireless will not offer the Galaxy Nexus with all its capabilities, while Sprint, yes you will, so will be good predictions that Google, and Apple tie up a good niche market with the help of displaced operators, such as Sprint in the U.S., or "3" in the UK. As always small operators can capture market share of the labor NFC Google and Apple if they remain outside any possible connection between other operators.

And as innovators and the other one not clear to me who would rather ally myself with right now, if other operators or Google, Apple or both.

U.S. Judge Apple rejects request to block Galaxy

2011-12-04T23:27:00.000+05:30

Apple failed to convince a judge to block the sale of some smartphones and tablets Galaxy Samsung Electronics in the U.S. market, depriving the iPad and iPhone maker a key advantage in the global patent battle between the two companies.

In a ruling issued Friday, Judge Lucy Koh district of San Jose, California, Apple denied the request for preliminary injunction against a Samsung.
Both companies are involved in a bitter legal battle that includes more than 20 cases in 10 countries, as they compete to get the market leadership of the tablets and smartphones.

Also Friday, an Australian court extended the embargo on sales of the latest Samsung Galaxy tablet in the country for at least another week, after Apple appealed to a ruling that ended the ban.

Apple sued Samsung in the U.S. in April, saying the Galaxy line of phones and tablets copied South Korean company "slavishly" the iPad and iPhone.

But on Friday Koh Apple rejected the request to ban sales of three models of smartphone and the Samsung Tab 10.1.

"It is clear that a mandate on Samsung devices in question to avoid irreparable harm to Apple," Koh wrote.

Apple spokeswoman Kristin Huguet on Friday referred to his company's previous statements about the case, saying that "the obvious copy of Samsung is wrong." There was no representative from Samsung available for comment.

Apple could still prevail in the lawsuit in its entirety, but is unable to stop sales of Galaxy in the U.S. while its share through the roof in one of the consumer electronics markets fastest growing.

The iPhone 4S gets a 96% customer satisfaction, the best percentage of Apple so far

2011-12-03T12:28:00.000+05:30

Apple has reached a new record with his new phone: the iPhone 4S has achieved a 96% satisfaction among its users. Specifically, in every hundred people in the survey, 77 have said they are "very satisfied" with the phone while 19 have said they are "satisfied". Only 2% of users said they are dissatisfied.

The survey also includes data about the favorite feature of iPhone owners 4S: Inevitably, 49% of people said that the assistant Siri is the best of the new iPhone. Ease of use is the most acclaimed second feature with 39% and 8-megapixel upgraded camera follows behind with 33% of users saying it is the best feature of the terminal.

With the Apple iPhone 4 got a 93% overall satisfaction, although the improvement was merely 3% we are talking about is extremely difficult to overcome. Not all companies can say that 96 of every 100 customers are satisfied with them. After the jump you can see the graph where the other user preferences, while including the screen resolution "Retina" and the new icloud.

ASUS Transformer Prime

2011-12-03T12:04:00.001+05:30

Preliminary analysis of the first quad-core tablet in the world, Prime Transformer Asus are emerging and so far the general consensus is that this is machine is the new king of Android tablets. This device does not skimp on hardware terms as it comes with the latest Nvidia Tegra 3 SoC features a Super IPS panel 10.1-inch 1280x800 + protected with Gorilla Glass, 1GB of RAM and 32GB or 64GB of storage - all in a metal chassis with a thickness of 8.3 mm which is slightly thinner than the iPad 2 or Galaxy Tab 10.1.

Among its other specifications is an 8MP camera in the rear and a 1.3 MP camera on the front, as well as port and microSD microHDMI. In addition, like its predecessor, the Prime Transformer can be connected to an optional docking station that adds $ 150 extra battery, keyboard, trackpad, and SD and USB ports for full size.
The tablet comes with Asus flagship Android 3.2.1 Honeycomb, not the latest and greatest version of Android tablet (ICS), but the company says that an update for version 4.0 will be ready soon. It also has Wi-Fi, and although there are rumors about a 3G version there is nothing concrete for the American market.
Apart from relatively minor details and the occasional delay in opening a menu or to change the app - something that can be solved with the ICS update - good critics are its aesthetic appearance, battery life, beautiful screen and powerful graphics. The Verge also says that its camera is better than any other tablet.
This machine will be available in Grey or Golden Amethyst Champagne, and the 32GB model is priced at $ 499 while the 64GB version is $ 599. The presale this list in several retailers including Best Buy and Newegg, but there is some confusion about when exactly will start being shipped the first units but several reports indicate that the hangers will be in digital on December 12 and in stores on 19 concrete December.

Microsoft showed how will Windows 8

2011-12-02T21:30:00.000+05:30

The company did not give a release date, but if you follow the pace set from Windows 7 will arrive in late 2012.

It is the largest redesign of the system since 1995, and was presented at the developer event of the company, Build. It has a completely new interface that coexists with the traditional view of windows.

Microsoft had already anticipated this summer that the successor of Windows 7 would be available for the ARM processor architecture, the dominant microprocessor technology in the Apple iPad and tablets with Android. Thus seeks to reverse the low or no presence in the segment of the tablets. Windows 8 will support ARM chips, Nvidia, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments. At the same time, Intel, the historic partner of Microsoft, announced the arrival of their Atom tablets with Android.

"We've reimagined Windows, said Steven Sinofsky, president of the Windows division and Microsoft Windows Live. Since the chip to the user experience, Windows 8 offers a new range of capabilities."

One of the most striking features at a glance for the next edition of the operating system is the interface Metro, which is similar in function and aesthetics to the tiles with dynamic information that Microsoft introduced in Windows Phone 7. The company claims that the interaction of this design is optimized for both touch screens to use with a keyboard and mouse, and will maintain the traditional view is already known to Windows users.

Thus, the presentation of Metro Microsoft assures the possibility of being present in both 10-inch screens of the tablets as laptops and larger monitors.

In terms of performance, Sinofsky put focus on optimizing the use of memory, a faster start to reach the largest number of computers and mobile devices.

According to Microsoft specifications, hardware requirements are the same as Windows 7 and Vista, which requires a processor of at least 1 GHz, and 1 or 2 GB of RAM on both 32 and 64 bits, respectively.

In a move that is similar to the proposal that Apple moved to Mac OS X, Microsoft confirmed the arrival of a platform called Windows Store, which will provide users with a range of applications and resources in a similar model is available in the mobile world of tablets and smartphones.

Microsoft Surface, the first commercial multi-computer

2011-12-02T20:42:00.004+05:30

Over the years we have seen many gestural interfaces in all kinds of prototypes, but so far nothing had come to a business model, or at least ready to be sold. Microsoft hopes to change the landscape with its Surface, its first venture into untapped segment, and which will begin with a computer, 30-inch table. Over time, Microsoft expects that for example, tomorrow Surfaces can read the RFID tag on the bottle of wine you're drinking in a restaurant, and show information about the vineyard it came out and the aging process. Yes, it still seems somewhat fanciful, but Microsoft is already several working models and dispel any mistrust think throwing on a limited basis this year the first units that will go to T-Mobile stores, Starwood hotels and even casinos Harrah's Las Vegas.

As regards consumers, are believed to still have to spend a few years before they begin to enter our houses, mostly because current prices are 10,000 euros dólares/7.400. Prohibitive figures at the bottom which is just a PC with a projector in your belly and multiple cameras to track the interaction with the surface of the screen (all running with Vista and a 1 GHz CPU). Of course, as with all new technologies, their functionality will be his main argument, and not the price.

Microsoft launches first multi-touch computer: Surface
Microsoft has introduced Surface, the multitouch computer that will revolutionize communication with computers.

May 30, 2007. Imagine a surface that can recognize objects such as a brush, a phone or a camera that allows you to control photos, music and maps by touch. Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, has introduced Microsoft Surface, the first of a new series of multi-touch products with which Microsoft aims to break down barriers between people and technology. Surface turns an ordinary table into a dynamic and interactive area that allows you to run a host of commands in an intuitive way by touch, natural gestures and physical objects. Later this year, Surface will be available in hotels, shops, restaurants and public places of entertainment.

Surface intuitive interface does not need a traditional mouse or keyboard. Your screen over 30 inches with a table allows multiple people to interact at once.

"With Surface we are redesigning the way they interact with technology," Ballmer said. "We believe that we are opening a door to a multimillion dollar business and we predict a time when computers are widespread surface, from tables and counters, to mirrors and pictures in the hallways. Surface is the first step to fulfill this vision."

The Human Touch
Microsoft Surface gives people control technology, making all daily tasks are fun and efficient. Imagine ordering a drink during a meal touching the table with his finger. Imagine being able to select your music and save your favorite songs with hand movements. Or create and send postcards from the hotel lobby where you spend your vacation.

Surface also allows to recognize physical objects that incorporate simple identification codes. This means that when a user places a cup on Surface, the restaurant can provide information through the screen they are drinking wine, pictures of the vineyard where it comes from and tips on the right food to accompany the wine. The experience can be fully immersive, allowing diners to find hotel or buy plane tickets without leaving the table.

Surface is a great collaborative effort between teams Hardware and Microsoft Research, who immediately felt a great curiosity for the opportunity to create technology that would join the real world and virtual. What began as an ambitious project, became a prototype and then a model ready to be commercialized and will transform the way people buy, dinner and play. It is a breakthrough that changes the traditional interface for a more modern, natural and interactive.

Some of the Surface features are:
• Direct Interactivity: Users can "catch" information with their hands by touch and gesture, without using the mouse or keyboard.
• mulitáctil System: Surface recognizes dozens of points of contact simultaneously, not just with one finger in current touchscreens.
• Purpose: The horizontal arrangement allows multiple people to gather around and work together Surface numerous tasks.
• Object recognition: Surface instantly recognizable cameras, phones and Zune media player, and lets you save and download content without plugging a Surface. Among other options, also permits the identification of chess pieces to keep a virtual game.

Surface gives the user control
Since many companies who have chosen to adapt to Surface customer needs. Harrah's Entertainment, Starwood Hotels and T-Mobile are the first companies to offer services to its customers Surface. These partners are working to incorporate applications such as:

• Harrah's Entertainment. Guests at leisure centers Harrah is in Las Vegas, Caesars Palace and the Rio Hotel and may be used as a virtual concierge Surface, for example, book tickets for the upcoming Elton John concert, see the restaurant menu Hate Bradlwy luxury, visit the famous PURE nightclub, or reserve a place at a spa.
• Starwood Hotels. The hotel chain will include Surface in its major hotels, the Sheraton. Surface will listen to music, send pictures, download books and order meals and drinks, all by your account at the hotel.
• T-Mobile. The T-Mobile stores will present the latest phones on Surface, which will allow customers to access all the features of each model, features, price and versions to compare easily.

Surface will also be available through IGT (International Game Technology), a global company specializing in the design, development, production and distribution of gaming platforms.

"Consumers finally have a new way to access the information they need, making everyday tasks fun and intuitive," said Pete Thompson, general manager of Microsoft Surface Computing. "It has hundreds of thousands of restaurants, hotels and shops that want to offer their customers a unique and memorable experience through Surface. In return, companies have an opportunity to generate additional revenue and improve customer relations."