Love Apple or hate Apple; regardless of what end of the spectrum you fall under, when there is tech news to be heard technology fans rejoice.
Today, there will be a constant stream of updates to this post regarding the events happening at Apple’s event; view live blogs as well as opinions on the release below:
With the new metro tiled iteration of Windows being splattered across the web due to the recent Consumer Preview release eyes are on Microsoft.
The latest tests have shown that this copy is actually very responsive with a mouse and keyboard; one aspect that was thought to be lacking since Microsoft is aiming across the board at multiple platforms. One important feature to make note of is that fact that the traditional desktop is still there and can be used just like Windows 7. In addition, the more one looks at the Windows 8 platform it seems more and more like Windows 7 with a new “launcher” on top of it. The core features will not change; yet the added features will bring more social media and apps right to your fingertips.
Get the Windows 8 Consumer preview HERE
Bottom line: Don’t fret, Microsoft might be on to something. To think — for a second I thought they’d lost it.
Motorola, Samsung, LG, HTC, Huawei, and more apply their own custom user-interfaces atop of the Android operating system. However, the question that should be asked is what is so wrong with the operating system that makes that custom UI useful? Launchers and other interfaces that can be put on top of stock Android can potentially slow down and make for an unstable experience. This is one reason that many users avoid Android is because it looks so different across the manufacturers that Google allows to use it. With the advent of Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Google has told manufacturers that they must keep the original coding their to ensure that apps work properly so end-users (you, the customer) do not suffer in the end.
As a Samsung Galaxy Nexus owner, I have become more and more of an Android purist and these themes and customizations appear more useless and cluttering everyday. The user should decide what their phone looks like and has on it, including the pre-installed bloatware that manufacturers love to put on devices in order to get you to spend money.
Bottom line: Pay close attention to Android devices that are released and you will deem this as an issue to. Simple is best, Android is about customization; but it is best left up to the user.
Nokia has officially been deemed the #1 manufacturer of Windows Phone 7 devices. This certainly comes as a huge surprise for some, since they haven’t been manufacturing WP7 devices for that long and other companies have had a year or more time to fully put themselves into that market.
Samsung has the ONLY WP7 device on Verizon’s network, so for the thousands of users that choose VZW as their carrier this would be their only choice. However, with other carriers increasing their WP7 lineups such as T-Mobile and AT&T we have seen HTC get involved more heavily with large screen sizes and 16 MP cameras. Yet, it seems that design and name prevail in this fight because the Lumia series devices have proved to be the best designed and the only devices to have a real push from the manufacturer.
Bottom line: This is exactly what Windows Phone 7 needs to succeed, they have had little to no backing; no wonder few people know or want to know about this ecosystem. Once the user gets going they can really start to love this beautiful mobile OS.
As we all know the Mac ecosystem is similar to Fort-Knox, they want no one in and will only give you access to what they see fit. So why is it that Microsoft allows this competitor of theirs to virtually run Windows systems inside of OSX?
It seems odd that a company that has already bailed out Apple one time continues to help their ecosystem thrive.
To make matters worse, Office could possibly be landing on the iPad soon. This situation as whole is a little unsettling; does this mean that Apple will one day take the shackles off of some of it’s iOnly software and components?
Bottom line: The PC/Tablet markets are competitive; don’t give your competition leverage.
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