If Microsoft is good at any one thing at the moment, it’s muddying the waters and casting doubt on the fate of existing devices and potential upgrades. I’m talking about nothing other than the uncertainty surrounding existing Windows Phone 7 devices and their ability to receive an upgrade to Windows Phone 8 (which will be …
Category Archive: Android
Apr 22 2012
Will Existing Windows Phone 7 Devices Be Stranded?
Android, ARM, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Processors, Technology, Windows 8, Windows Phone 7
by Boyd Chan
Apr 15 2012
Panasonic 2012 Home Entertainment Launch – Smart Viera Highlights
3D, Android, Browsers, Connectivity, Display, Google, Imaging, iOS, LCD, LED, Mouse, Operating Systems, Peripherals, Plasma, Technology, Uncategorized, Wi-Fi, Wireless, YouTube
by Boyd Chan
Last night, I got along to check out the new range of Panasonic televisions, recorders, players and Hi-Fi out at Dunbar House in Watson’s Bay, NSW. The venue was very swish with some tasty food on offer and it presented a setting similar to what you’d expect to experience when you’d be using home entertainment …
Tags: keyboard, LCD, LED, Mouse, Panasonic, Plasma, Skype, Smart Viera, Viera, web browser
Apr 13 2012
Kickstarter Watchlist – Pebble Smartwatch
Here’s another gadget initiative that the iPhone and Android smartphone users out there might fancy as an auxiliary screen or control for their devices. The Pebble E-paper Watch is not quite the “Dick Tracy” watch that people have been after but I reckon it’s pretty close and a whole lot more. In short, this is an app-extensible …
Tags: Android, Apple, iPhone, Kickstarter, Pebble, smartphone, smartwatch
Mar 25 2012
BitLocker and iPods – Will They Blend?
Android, Apple, Interfaces, iPod, Linux, Macintosh, MacOS, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Security, Technology, USB, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Vista, Windows XP
by Boyd Chan
Leading on from yesterday’s article about BitLocker and the unfortunate situation that Mac OS X users find themselves in when BitLocker to Go is enforced at work when using USB devices we should also consider one popular USB device, the iPod. It may be a lesser known fact that iPods will use either HFS+ or …
Tags: Android, BitLocker, encryption, EXT4, FAT32, HFS+, NTFS, smartphone, USB, Windows
Mar 07 2012
Android Market Becomes Google Play
I have long been critical of Google’s fragmented approach to offering content with apps being offered separately from music and books however this seems to be addressed in a new platform going live today. Google Play now replaces the Android Market and is a step up from the its predecessor in that all of the …
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Feb 17 2012
Mozilla Creating Boot2Gecko But Why?
Android, Browsers, Firefox, iOS, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Technology, Windows Phone 7
by Boyd Chan
Seems like a slightly crowded field these days for mobile OS market share. Up front we have Android and iOS while BlackBerry OS and Symbian are slowly being sucked into a black hole. Meanwhile, Windows Phone is carving out a small niche for itself prior to Windows 8 hitting the scene as WebOS is stuck …
Tags: Android, Boot2Gecko, iOS, Mozilla, Windows Phone
Feb 11 2012
Windows on ARM Comes with Office 15 Baked In
Android, Apple, ARM, Cloud, CPU, iOS, iPad, iPhone, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Processors, Storage, Technology, Windows 8
by Boyd Chan
For people seriously considering a Windows 8 tablet as their next tablet OS here is something that might sweeten the deal a bit. While the iPad has built in viewing capabilities for Microsoft Word documents, Excel spreadsheets and PowerPoint slidepacks the ability to edit them as part of the base operating system is absent. The …
Dec 22 2011
Restart a Stuck Samsung Galaxy Tab
Today I was helping someone officially upgrade the firmware on a couple of devices (specifically a Samsung Galaxy S and the original Samsung Galaxy Tab) and unfortunately the Galaxy Tab had seized up and would not respond to any inputs. Even holding in the power button wouldn’t wake the device up from its seemingly infinite …
Tags: Android, Galaxy Tab, Samsung
Dec 03 2011
Demo Windows Phone on Your iPhone or Android Device
It’s almost a two horse race these days for mobile phones for consumers and the enterprise between the iPhone and Android handsets but don’t let that stop you from getting a squizz at Windows Phone. If you want to give the Windows Phone interface a go on your phone just browse to http://aka.ms/wpdemo and tap the screen …
Nov 21 2011
Update – Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) Port for Samsung Galaxy S
Android, Browsers, Communications, Google, Operating Systems, Plus, Social Networking, Talk, Technology
by Boyd Chan
Hi folks, just wanted to give you an update on where I am at with testing the early alpha port of Ice Cream Sandwich (or ICS as it is now being abbreviated) to the Samsung Galaxy S. Initially, I was testing Galnet MIUI as I believed that was a proper implementation of ICS but it …
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