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Tablets: the new race to the bottom
Haven’t we been here before? We’ve seen the rise of computer pricing meet low-cost alternative time and time again and there was no reason it wouldn’t happen with tablets. The Dell Streak 7 will be offered at just $199 after $50 rebate and shows us where tablet prices are headed: south. When viewed as commodities, more »
About that $10,000 Motorola Tablet shown off by Google
Last night at D: dive into mobile, Google’s Andy Rubin showed off a new tablet by Motorola. Not only was a new tablet shown off but the tablet was running an early version of Honeycomb. Rubin remarked the tablet (mind you, it’s a prototype) cost $10,000. While not much time was spent talking about the more »
Microsoft (and AT&T) Windows Phone 7 announcement tipped for October 11th
This is not the first time we have heard October 11th in regards to a Windows Phone 7 announcement, however this latest is mentioning that Microsoft will be making the announcement along with AT&T. Are we going to be seeing the official unveiling of the HTC Mondrian? Given that is the handset that seems to more »
Windows Phone 7 rumored for a November 8th launch in the US
Despite a previous rumored launch date of October 11th, it looks like those in the US are going to have to wait until about a month later before they see Windows Phone 7 come available. Of course, this latest bit is still considered rumor until officially announced by Microsoft. That said, according to Paul Thurrott more »
Windows Phone 7 tipped for October 11 release
Assuming this latest (and still rumored) date is accurate then it looks like we can expect to see a Windows Phone 7 launch come next month. The details are coming by way of Pocket-Lint, who are citing “multiple sources familiar with the matter.” As for what they are saying, Microsoft has plans for a global more »
Reminder: Windows XP to be discontinued for netbooks on October 22
For netbooks, it’s obvious that Windows Vista is not the optimal operating system. Many people choose to downgrade to Windows XP as it runs faster and better than Vista when on those tiny computers. It also doesn’t come with the reputation that Vista received in its early days as a highly incompatible OS. But now more »
Official Windows 7 upgrade chart now available from Microsoft
Perhaps in an effort to make it easier for users to upgrade to Windows 7 from XP or Vista, Microsoft has released an official upgrade chart — and to put it simply, the chart seems a little overwhelming at first glance. Diving in, to try and make some sense so you can make sure you more »
Live.com goes social
Microsoft just announced that they are giving Windows Live a major face lift. They plan to debut a whole bunch of new beta Windows Live features to help users combine all parts of their online life. These features are not going to just be Microsoft services either. But they will all be under the Windows Live umbrella page.
Even though they already hold the title of the most used messenger program; they obviously want to reach even farther into the online cookie jar. Microsoft wants to offer competition with the popular social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace. Whether or not they can actually provide any kind of competition coming into the game this much later remains to be seen. What’s Microsoft’s plan? Keep reading.
$200 Eee PC by next year?
Looking to get an Eee PC for less than an iPod? Sounds like a good idea, doesn’t it? Well, in its quarterly investors earnings call, Asustek announced a great number of things, including the fact that the baseline Eee PCs will be lowered to $200 by the end of 2009. It seems 1.7 million Eee PCs were shipped last quarter, and Asus is expecting 1.8 million to be shipped this coming quarter. There is some bad news for some, though.
Along with the price announcement, Asus announced that the 7″ and 8.9″ models will soon be phased out in favor of the 10-inch models. That’s somewhat sad to me at least. The 8.9″ is the perfect size I think, especially if the screens on the 8.9″ and 10″ are the same resolution.
More after the break.
Windows Mobile 6.5 new features? Moto chief points to future
Sanjay Jha, Motorola’s co-Chief executive and chief executive of mobile devices says we’ll see a Windows Mobile 6.5 device by the 2nd half of 2009. This is the first mention of 6.5 that I am aware of and points to a half step before WinMo 7 which we’ve been waiting for to at least stay competitive with the likes of Apple and RIM.
“Windows Mobile 6 has not delivered the experience that I think Apple has been able to deliver, but as you look at the plan that is Windows Mobile 7 and even 6.5, I think there are significant new added features which will help the platform,” Jha said.
Significant new added features in 6.5 huh? Hmmmm. Keep reading to find out our best guess at what that means.
