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Dell to produce slick Windows and Android smartphone

Ashesh Shah — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 08:52:01 +0000

Dell is hardly among the short list of companies you first think of when it comes to smartphones. But Dell is planning a major push in mobile later this year that could change the way the PC giant is perceived in the space. That’s the thinking anyway thanks to information and photos leaked to Engadget. The tech site published details of what is purported to be the Dell Lightning, a smartphone based on Microsoft’s promising new Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system. Engadget also spilled the beans on a new Android-based Dell handset called—you guessed it—Thunder, as well as new Dell tablet computers that are also based on Google’s mobile OS.

Responding to my email asking for confirmation of the new devices, a Dell spokesman said: “Dell continually develops and tests new products that extend the mobile experience. We have not made any product announcements and do not comment on speculation, rumor or unannounced products.”

Specs and design-wise the Lightning device that Engadget is showing looks rather sweet, as least on paper. According to Engadget it’s a “portrait slider” device that houses a robust Snapdragon processor and a 4.1-inch display based on thin and bright OLED technology. It has a five megapixel autofocus camera, 1GB of flash with 512MB RAM, plus 8GB of storage on a MicroSD card. It also has GPS, an accelerometer, compass, FM radio, and full Flash support including video playback.

Though the phone will apparently will tap into AT&T and T-Mobile 3G networks when it arrives later this year, Engadget says Lightning could also receive an upgrade that would let it run on faster emerging 4G so-called “LTE” networks, shorthand for Long Term Evolution.

The Thunder handset carries similar specs.

Resource:
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/technologylive/post/2010/04/tech-site-dell-to-produce-slick-windows-and-android-smartphone/1

MS to launch low-cost Windows Phone 7

Ashesh Shah — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 07:25:03 +0000

BANGALORE: The world’s largest software maker Microsoft is planning to announce a low-cost version of its Windows Phone 7 for developing markets like India next year. Windows Phone 7 is the new operating system for mobile phones by Microsoft, scheduled to be launched by December, this year.

“The low-cost version of the phone will have a different chassis than version 1 to be launched by 2010 end,” said Sudeep Bharati, director, developer tools for Microsoft India’s Visual Studio Team at Tech.Ed 2010 being held here.

The Windows Phone 7 may be priced at $500- $600, same price as Google’s Nexus One. Microsoft officials denied to give any details on pricing .

The Windows Phone 7 will come with a 5 Mega Pixel camera, a large multi-touch screen, Wi-fi , bluetooth and a minimum of 128 MB RAM.

“The new version may also have a smaller screen and will thus be priced lower to suit developing markets like India. We are in talks with OEMs to gain their feedback on a new chassis,” he said. The existing chassis of Windows Phone 7 (due to be launched in December ), carries three buttons.

One of the buttons will carry the Windows symbol and will act like the “start up” key in MS Windows for PCs. The phones to be manufactured by OEMs like HTC, Samsung and LG for Windows Phone 7 will carry a joint branding by Microsoft and the mobile phone maker, the details of which are being worked out.

Resource:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/infotech/software/MS-to-launch-low-cost-Windows-Phone-7/articleshow/5808152.cms

Microsoft To Launch Silverlight 4 Next Week

Ashesh Shah — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 08:49:09 +0000

Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) will officially launch Silverlight 4 on April 13, further bridging the world of Web and desktop applications and sending a message that Silverlight is ready for the enterprise.

Microsoft, which launched the Silverlight 4 Release Candidate at its MIX10 event last month, is positioning Silverlight 4 as a tool for developing line of business applications as well as a way to move the classic Windows Forms and ASP.Net/Ajax into a more modern user experience. Silverlight 4’s hooks to SharePoint 2010, Office, and Internet Information Services (IIS) also reflect this business focus.

Scott Guthrie, corporate vice president of Microsoft’s .Net Developer Platform, will deliver the news in a keynote at the DevConnections conference in Las Vegas. It’s been a busy couple of months for Guthrie, who presided over last month’s launch of the Windows Phone 7 development platform, which is powered by Silverlight.

Microsoft’s choice of Silverlight — the full Silverlight programming model, not a mobile version — as the platform for native Windows Phone 7 application development has sent a charge through the software giant’s army of developers. Windows Mobile didn’t provide much incentive to this group, but Silverlight — which is based on .NET — is right up their alley.

Microsoft is now offering the Windows Phone 7 development toolkit as a free download, a package that includes Silverlight, Expression Blend for Windows Phone and a preview of Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Express.

Microsoft is also planning to launch Visual Studio 2010 on April 12, a release that includes technology that helps programmers bridge the .Net and Java worlds, as well as Windows Azure templates for moving code between cloud and on-premise applications.

Resource:
http://www.crn.com/software/224202066

Apple posts QuickTime 7.6.6 update

Ashesh Shah — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 06:24:00 +0000

There’s another Apple software update coming down the pipe, and this one’s for an old favorite. QuickTime 7.6.6 is for users of Mac OS X Leopard, Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista, and Windows 7.

This update offers two tiny fixes for Leopard and Windows users, respectively. iMovie users can rest easy with the knowledge that QuickTime 7.6.6 offers “general reliability improvements”, while Windows users should see fewer issues involving playback of h.264 content on multi-core PCs.

As for security fixes, QuickTime 7.6.6 has 16 of those, all of which address problems with “maliciously crafted” movies, audio or images that could potentially allow clever ne’er-do-wells to execute arbitrary code or unexpectedly crash QuickTime.

On top of those welcome improvements, QuickTime Player 7 now has a brand new Welcome To QuickTime page that makes use of grey gradients to look a little more stylish than before—well, if you can ignore the garishly white ad to become a fan of the App Store Facebook page in the lower righthand corner.

Snow Leopard users who were unhappy that QuickTime Player 7 was neglected with the lack of a 7.6.4 patch will be pleased to know that this update was rolled into Monday’s Mac OS X 10.6.3 update. Unfortunately, there is no 7.6.6 patch for Tiger users; looks like it’s time for the Tiger faithful to upgrade.

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Yahoo News