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Google’s Operating System represents, for most of open source lovers, their main hope in a Microsoft world that is now being invaded by Mac; and seems that insiders in Google are saying that Chrome OS will include a Remote Desktop Connection that will provide running locally normal PC applications.
Remote Desktop for most power and/or IT users represents the way of accessing a remote’s computer desktop by reaching it using an IP address; but is more than that. Using Remote Desktop protocol, users can access their applications, installed on a remote computer, without actually installing them locally.
This functionality, without an official announcement by Google, appeared in a Google forum; made by software designer inside the developing of Chrome: “We’re adding new capabilities all the time,” wrote Kačmarčík. “With this functionality (unofficially named ‘chromoting’), Chrome OS will not only be [a] great platform for running modern Web apps, but will also enable you to access legacy PC applications right within the browser.”
For me, almost anything representing legacy or an interoperability support sounds like a good idea; especially in today’s market when some are thinking that by being more restrictive they will win.
What do you think?
China is receiving Apple’s new toy and is expected, as in the rest of the world, that the iPad will be quite a hit there. But Apple will have a ferocious competitor: The iPed.
Oh no, I’m not misspelling, this one is called the iPed. And you can find it in Shenzhen, China available with a cost of U$S100, where also the iPad costs U$S536.
But that’s not all the differences between these two tablets. The iPed contains an Intel chip inside and Google’s operating system Android.
Let’s take a closer look to the product:
The box seems similar?
Wait… what I’m reading there…?
Oh, neither iPod nor iPad… iPed, of course
Mmm… the manual says APad… I’m a little confused now
This would be a great gift to get a friend excited, isn’t?
Since the release of Apple’s new hot gadget, there’s been a tablet fever all around us. And DELL is taking a new step by introducing Streak, a 5” tablet based on Android OS.
Yes, 5” seems a bit small for a tablet; and since you’ll be able to use 3G technology, possibly is going to be the largest phone available in the market as well. Here are some of the specs:
Android platform complete with Android Market and Dell user interface enhancements- 1GHz Qualcomm Snagdragon processor
- 3G + WiFi + Bluetooth
- 5MP integrated camera.
- 2GB of internal memory and MicroSD expansion slot (up to 32GB).
- Integrated Google Maps with turn-by-turn navigation, street and satellite views.
- Flash 10.1 support.
- Availability in the UK: Early June.
- Availability in the US: Later this summer.
- Pricing: To be announced.
The question is, regular users will be interested in having a big smartphone or using a normal phone plus this small tablet?
Cellphones.org made an interesting report about some of the facts about cellphones operating systems.
In this nice and complete picture you’ll get the primary information about some interesting facts about mobile operating systems: Worldwide market share, top smartphone platforms in the US, market share by continent, popularity of mobile OS and App Stores comparisons.
You will probably find some interesting points about these numbers, let’s take a quick look:
- Symbian is by far the most popular operating system today, RIM and iPhone following next.
- Android is projected to surpass iPhone by 2012 with possibly 14.5% of the market share.
- Blackberry is the most used platform in the US.
- Total number of mobile apps downloads reached 7 billion in 2009, with U$S 4.1 billion revenue. North America only has the 50% of that revenue.
- Average paid per app in 2009: U$S1.90.
- Apple AppStore is the busiest store in downloads, with 3 billion total in 2009.
Via: Cell Phones
Are you having doubts on which is the next phone you are getting? Finally we have a, nice and simple, comparison for the two most promising mobile devices in the market.
Just one image will explain you everything you need 
Via Internetizado
“Yeah I don’t feel like scrolling down my contact list, I just want to scribble a letter and let the phone do the rest”. I guess that was the original idea when they’ve started developing the Android gesture search.
And the functionality is as simple as that, just scribble a letter in your Google phone and Android will recognize the letter as an input, and you’ll get the result. Here’s a little sample:
This feature will be available on Android 2.0 or higher. And the gesture search will work not only with contacts, but you can find applications, bookmarks, music, etc.
Also the system has some interesting features:
- If you type a letter that looks like a different letter, the search result will consider both possible letters.
- The system is prepared to learn from every time you search, and your selection will appear jump to the top of the list the next time you try the same search.
Motorola Droid is definitely one of the most understated smart phones. Well, perhaps not understated, just over-shadowed by the likes of the iPhone and more popular Android devices from HTC. However, it would seem as though Motorola are keeping their hopes up for the OS by releasing a new update for all Droid devices. I don’t think anybody expected it to come this soon.
The announced the impending update, which will ‘start to roll out this week’ on their official Facebook page. Besides from announcing the new update, they go on to tease us anxious fan-boys by saying that they “will have more information to share on other device upgrades later”. So maybe some of Moto’s other devices are due for a service check.
Let’s hope that the new update fixes the known Droid bugs and maybe even gives the OS a slight facelift.
Handsets are hot, the Nexus One, iPhones, and more to come that are sure to burn a hole in our pockets as we look for the best form and function phones we can use. Most recently Android has become the new mobile OS that is driving the market crazy, perhaps even surpassing the usability of the iPhone OS. There seems to be little room for the Windows OS on mobile platform, but they still power some pretty nice handsets, and the new upcoming Sony Ericsson Aspen is just one of them.
Planned for a Quarter 2 release with no price tag attached, the Sony Ericsson Aspen is part of the company’s GreenHeart line. This means you’re going to find a much more eco-friendly handset then in previous models. To set this handset apart the site states that the Aspen will “offer eco-friendly features like a power saving mode, eco mate application, electronic manuals, waterbourne painting, and a body made form recyclable materials.”
While a Windows OS phone may not seem attractive, the Aspen is, and with new developments to the OS, it’s sure to go hand in hand very well. The device will offer a full QWERTY-keyboard for quick messaging, microSD storage, a 2.4in QVGA screen, 3.5mm head phone jack, FM radio, GPS, WIFI, Google Maps and so much more.
It’s been getting a lot of guff lately. And for what? Because it isn’t a high performance windows vista or XP netbook from one of the top dogs? Because it doesn’t look so great?
This is one ting which bugs me about the tech review scene, they tend to bunch all items into the one category. This isn’t like other netbooks. It’s a budget machine for those who need a quick little gadget that’ll do the job for 2010. Nothing more.
They based the OS on Android, the popular mobile device OS. As you can see from the picture, it’s nothing too flashy and it isn’t too powerful either. But then, all you’re going to be using it for is doing Emails, some light web surfing and maybe using the word processor. It’s not for playing video games or creating home movies for god’s sake.
They’re rugged little machines that’ll suit many individuals. This could easily act as a spare PC for households to cope when people all want to use the family PC at once. Or it could accompany you to work on the train. Or it could be a field laptop for photographers, surveyors etc…. And because of that cool $149 price tag, it doesn’t matter if it gets broken.
At the end of the day, there’s a market for cheap yet reliable machines that’ll do a basic job. So maybe the Hivision netbook is worth a go.
Android phones are taking over. The OS is becoming hugely popular and could very well dethrone Apple, not this year, not next year, but soon. As the only real rival in the market, coming from Google, Android phones are popping up across the various cell phone providers to include T-Mobile and Verizon, and now Android will debut on the AT&T network with the Motorola Backflip.
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