All Entries Tagged With: "user interface"
Windows 8 Touchscreen tablet UI, revealed
Some testers already have testing versions of a new OS from Microsoft. It is just a matter of time before official pictures are revealed. Some Windows insiders posted pictures of the new interface that will be used for tablets, phones as well as small touch computers. The Aero will not be replaced completely but there [...]
Dublin Report: MeeGo Linpus Lite Tablet
At the MeeGo conference held in Dublin, Warren Coles from the company Linpus has revealed the MeeGo Linpus Lite Tablet that I a Linux based system and has functionality for multitouch and also has a number of applications like the Fennec Browser. This is an icon based launch that has a widget that can be [...]
Reviews of HTC HD2 MID (Windows Phone)
Gizmodo and CNET get the multi-touch HTC HD2 in their hands. The device gets quite interesting perceptions with its capacitive screen appreciated by all.
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Fennec 1.0 BETA 3 released for Nokia N800 and N810 Tablets
Fennec is the mobile version of Firefox. Folks at Mozilla have updated the mobile version of Fennec and is now in the BETA 3 stage. The update is for the Nokia N800 and N810 Internet Tablets.
The current update improves browser performance and user interface.
Moblin 2.0 BETA officially released – Tailormade for Netbooks
Moblin.org has officially released Mobile 2.0 BETA. The Moblin OS is tailor-made for Atom-powered netbooks.
The best part about Moblin is that it is Open-Source version of Linux and can be used with almost any processor. The Moblin is based on Fedora-based Linux. The Moblin 2.0 OS includes Firefox, Open Office, GIMP and Skype.
Unlike Ubuntu Netbook Remix, which supports only 1024 x 600 resolution, the Moblin 2.0 OS supports upto 1920 x 1200 resolution. The director of Intel’s Open Source Technology Center says,
We would like to invite and encourage everyone to test the beta. We feel the code has reached a level where both developers and enthusiasts can play with it. While fine tuning, bug fixing, and polishing is ongoing, so is performance improvement, all of which you should start seeing rolled into the weekly builds.
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NVIDIA prefers Windows CE over Android for smartbooks
While some folks have been quite happy with Android as an OS for smartbooks, but General Manager of NVIDIA is certainly NOT one of them. NVIDIA’s general manager, Mike Rayfield says that he prefers Windows CE over Android OS in the case of smartbooks. Reason: Windows CE’s maturity and lack of a “rough user interface”. According to him, NVIDIA and Microsoft both are working together on Windows CE for Tegra-based systems.
I also personally feel that there is no point of running Android or Symbian OS on netbooks. Windows CE is way better than Android in terms of corporate acceptability and support. Having said that, I would still prefer to run Windows XP or Windows 7 on any of my netbooks. Why go for something inferior (Android) when you can run something much better (Windows)?
After EEEbuntu, here comes another Linux distro for netbooks – KDE netbook version
After the great success of EEEbuntu and other custom linux distros for netbooks, KDE has announced that they will also produce a distro for netbooks. Netbooks, no doubt are one of the hottest selling tech-products in the market. However, KDE is not going to make a custom distro just by re-skinning the interface of the original distro.
We aren’t making an interface for a “smaller laptop” or a “larger handheld”; the interface is for a netbook, which has a unique set of use cases and should have a unique, if familiar, user interface. To our knowledge, nobody is really doing this yet. We feel that just as Apple made popular an interface style on handhelds that is for handhelds with their iPhone/iPod touch interface, netbooks deserve a similar treatment.
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