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May 07

RIM Offers Peek at BlackBerry 10, Alpha Hardware

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Research in Motion still has a long way to go before launching its first BlackBerry 10 smartphones, but the company is hoping to tide fans over with a sneak peak at the operating system.

A new video, released during RIM’s BlackBerry World conference, focuses on the slickness of BlackBerry 10, showing an extreme departure from RIM’s existing phones.

Like the BlackBerry Playbook’s QNX software, BlackBerry 10′s interface is swipe-based, with no navigation buttons on the bezel. Incoming calls slide in from the top of the display until the contact name hangs at mid-screen, where the user can swipe down to answer the call or swipe up to dismiss it.

A new software keyboard aims to capitalize on RIM’s reputation for accurate typing. as the user taps on the virtual keys, suggested words appear directly above the next corresponding letter. so for instance, if you type “M,” the keyboard suggests “may” above the letter “A,” and “move” above the letter “O.” The video also shows wireless video streaming from the phone to a TV.

As Engadget reports, BlackBerry 10′s camera will have a unique “timeline” lens feature, which captures a couple seconds’ worth of frames even before the user snaps a photo. That way, if someone has their eyes closed during the shot, users can still salvage a better picture.

Of course, BlackBerry 10 can’t succeed without support from third-party app developers. RIM will have to work hard to win developers over, but the company has already secured commitments from Gameloft, Endomondo and Poynt, among others, as Mashable points out. (Netflix, however, has said that it has no plans for BlackBerry devices.)

To spur more developer interest, RIM is offering a “Dev Alpha” device for creating and testing apps. According to The Verge, the device runs a version of the BlackBerry Playbook OS, but RIM has added some of BlackBerry 10′s hooks and calls, and will add more of those elements later. The design isn’t indicative of a final product, but it looks like a miniaturized BlackBerry Playbook, with a 4.2-inch, 1280-by-768 resolution display.

RIM plans to launch BlackBerry 10 smartphones in late 2012, but the company hasn’t announced more specific timing or any hardware yet. as RIM’s new chief executive, Thorsten Heins said, “We want to make sure we get it right.”

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RIM Offers Peek at BlackBerry 10, Alpha Hardware

May 07

First look at BlackBerry 10 alpha

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Like the BlackBerry Playbook’s QNX software, BlackBerry 10′s interface is swipe-based, with no navigation buttons on the bezel. Incoming calls slide in from the top of the display until the contact name hangs at mid-screen, where the user can swipe down to answer the call or swipe up to dismiss it. a new software keyboard aims to capitalize on RIM’s reputation for accurate typing. As the user taps on the virtual keys, suggested words appear directly above the next corresponding letter. So for instance, if you type

Apr 18

Google Nexus Tablet News Thrives

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The conjecturatti have been at it again this time looking tablet photos and calling it names, namely the  Samsung Galaxy Nexus tablet without any proof at all.  Then the rest of the bogusazzi republished the Google Nexus tablet story without asking any questions, except for one.

Over the weekend, it was reported that Google was not working on just one tablet but multiple tablets from Motorola, Asus and NVIDIA. these report seem logical and credible.  However, the latest so-called Galaxy tablet photo interpretation is more bogus than our April 1, shattering news.

It all started with a glamorous shot of a unidenitifed tablet which just had to be the Google Samsung Galaxy Nexus tablet because it only Google icons on the homescreen and called a “naked Google experience.” it also showed Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich navigation buttons, which looked like Samsung Galaxy Nexus rainbow wall paper.

However, the original publishers noted that the tablet was a 10″ tablet and the market icon was not Google Play. meanwhile, the conjecturatti need news about the Google Nexus tablet.

Another blogger pointed out the tablet shows  a MicroUSB port, standard USB port, SIM card slot and what looks like a full-sized SD card slot which is most likely a Toshiba  7.7 inch  Thrive tablet that was shown at CES.  We ran the image through our color analyzer and red homescreen is the same iconic red used by Toshiba to promote the Toshiba Thrive.  The  Toshiba Thrive is noted for full size ports.

If Google wants to compete in the cheap tablet market it would not be including all those ports because they are more expensive to manufacture. Google usually stays clear of the color red in its logos and homescreens.  If storage can be expanded it also gives the tablet a longer user life for adding more videos, music and media.

The one rumor that seems to make sense is that Google Nexus tablets tablets will go into production this month and be introduced at the sold-out Google I/O conference on June 27.

Because Google pulls so much power, we may see many different Ice Cream Sandwich tablets in many flavors.  We don’t know yet if the tablets will be as cheap as the deal-of-all-time 9.7 inch HP TouchPad that is now selling for $219.99 at PCConnectionExpress but we can hope that the tablets will at least compete with the Kindle Fire.

Google Nexus Tablet News Thrives

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Jan 21

ViewSonic ViewPad 10pi dual-boot tablet hands-on ...

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The ViewSonic ViewPad 10pi was announced here at CES, and according to the company, it’ll be in retail stores later this month. This is a scary proposition. Sadly, our time with the tablet was filled with glitches and frustration — as is, this dual-booter seems entirely unfit for the market. the Android 2.3 environment is nearly unusable and often freezes completely. while this could certainly be resolved with a software update, the hardware implementation is regrettably poor for Android use. rather than capacitive navigation buttons, necessities such as home, menu and back are located along the edge of the tablet as small, physical buttons. Half the time, they didn’t even work. our fleeting moments with a usable Android environment were generally pleasant, but the system generally locked up after a few minutes. As another black eye, Android Market is nowhere to be seen, which means the Amazon Appstore will have to suffice. We’re told that customers will need enable Android themselves, because out-of-the-box, the tablet will only run Windows 7. It’s painfully apparent why this decision was made.With a 1.5GHz Intel Oak Trail Z670, we had decent expectations for performance within Windows. unfortunately, even web browsing was generally unsatisfying. Pinch-to-zoom and scrolling were both rather choppy, and — as much as this comment pains us — we longed to return to Android. Windows has never been friendly for touch use, and while ViewSonic has included a special environment that’s designed to make applications and settings more accessible, in practice it takes a while to load and is no more useful than a set of well-appointed desktop icons. Another gripe, the included Swype keyboard would often appear at inopportune times, even when there was no option for text input. Priced at $849, we struggle to see much of a value proposition here. while the ViewPad 10pi attempts to be the jack of all trades, in reality it’s just one big headache.

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