Following in the footsteps of US mobile provider T-Mobile and Google’s own Android smartphone platform, Microsoft is now plotting its own effort to create an online store for mobile software in the model of Apple’s iPhone App Store.
The project, t…
The most important piece of equipment in my writing arsenal, outside of my MacBook, is the bag I use to carry it around. In 16 years of freelancing, Iíve swung back and forth between traditional briefcases and the latest in messenger bags and backpacks. I expect a bag to protect my computer, hold all my accessories, not be elephant-heavy, and look good. Iíve used the WaterField Designs Racer-X bag…
Microsoft is almost constantly revising its keyboard and desktop combos to improve their designs and feature sets, even for minor tweaks, and its newest entries — the Wireless Laser Desktop 6000 and Wireless Media Desktop 1000 — certainly reflect their positions as revisions rather than completely new inventions. They do bring in important new features, but are their changes what customers have …
Both Bell Canada and Telus are on the verge of altering the Canadian cellular landscape by announcing a move to the same 3G cellular network type as Rogers, according to tips from alleged sources of the Financial Post. The newspaper believes the two rivals will reveal an upgrade from CDMA and EVDO-based networks to HSPA as early as this coming week and mutually rely on Nokia Siemens Networks to r…
Microsoft is almost constantly revising its keyboard and desktop combos to improve their designs and feature sets, even for minor tweaks, and its newest entries — the Wireless Laser Desktop 6000 and Wireless Media Desktop 1000 — certainly reflect their positions as revisions rather than completely new inventions. They do bring in important new features, but are their changes what customers have…
Apple’s iPod has been easing tensions with Iraqi citizens in a real-world experiment that has seen the music player provide on-the-spot translating for a fraction the cost and size of earlier systems.
Instead of carrying around a relatively bulky…
KeynotePro has announced the release of OM for Pages 08′, an update to its set of templates to allow compatibility with Pages ‘08. The templates have been rebuilt using native shape objects allowing users to modify the templates to their specific requirements; colors can be changed, and photos can be replaced and shapes can be modified. This release has also had a new design added titled OhM (OM H…
T-Mobile’s G1 smartphone has finally been spotted in a real-world photo, courtesy of an anonymous tip sent to Engadget. The design matches the FCC images and outside renderings exactly and carries both the T-Mobile branding as well as a near-final version of Google’s upcoming mobile operating system; the touchscreen, trackball, and hidden QWERTY keyboard are all present as they have been seen sin…
A leak from a Canadian source to Zunited suggests the next Zune update will be limited chiefly to capacity upgrades. The cameraphone image, which also includes the previously confirmed 120GB Zune, shows a 16GB version of the flash-based Zune which is all but identical to the existing model outside of a glossy surface, indicating that both of Microsoft’s existing music players will see few actual …
There was a time when the idea of a high-performance gaming mouse could be considered gimmicky, if not laughable. For the most part, after all, a mouse was a mouse, and game developers couldn’t assume you had anything special. The concept managed to gain ground however, and now companies such as Razer have made it their stock and trade. One of the latest Microsoft entries into the field is the …