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Rabu, 31 Oktober 2012

It will be a while before Windows Phone 7.8 update is released

Windows Phone 8 might be officially out, but the Windows Phone 7.8 update is nowhere to be found. Microsoft even ignored the matter during the press conference yesterday.

Latest online rumor has it, the Windows Phone 7.8 will be released a few weeks after the first WP8 devices hit the shelves. Then we would have to wait for the first wave of cheap WP7.8 devices that will run the release out of the box and later all old-gen Windows Phone handsets will get the update as an OTA or via Zune.

We guess all of the previous Windows Phone owners would have to wait at least a month to get the goodies brought by the 7.8 update. Let's hope the update will be worth the wait.

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Eliana Adriana Chandra Buana

Senin, 24 September 2012

HTC Windows Phone 8X photo and video samples surface

The HTC Windows Phone 8X is still hot off the announcement stage and we weren't hoping for camera samples to appear so early.

The new smartphone is touted for its 8 megapixel camera with a backside illuminated sensor, wide f/2.0 aperture and 28mm wide viewing angle, so we were quite excited to see some real-life shots.

From the looks of it, the HTC Windows Phone 8X delivers some sharp photos, though the noise suppression clearly leaves its marks on the really fine detail. The macro shot reveals some really close focusing and a nicely shallow depth of field.

As you'll notice, the shots are not full 8MP because they've been shot in 16:9 mode but nevertheless, they most certainly convey the full capabilities of the camera.

HTC Windows Phone 8X camera samples

And here's a 1080p video sample shot by the HTC Windows Phone 8X. When watching the video, make sure you select the 1080p option and open it fullscreen to appreciate the quality as much as the YouTube conversion has preserved it. The video footage is impressively sharp, though it looks as if it could have used some extra color saturation.

If you are curious in more HTC Windows Phone 8X coverage, don't miss our hands-on report from the unveiling event.

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Eliana Adriana Chandra Buana

Kamis, 13 September 2012

Windows Phone Store is the new name of the Marketplace

Microsoft has officially scrapped the Windows Phone Marketplace, folks. The new go-to place for the software giant’s mobile OS applications will be called Windows Phone Store from now on.

Along with the new name, Microsoft has introduced several improvements to the Windows Phone Store. They include better search functionality powered by Bing, as well as overhauled app lists. The latter include Top Free, Top Paid, as well as New + Rising categories. The new application lists will only be available at the Web Store for now. They are however, expected to hit upcoming Windows Phone devices.

The changes have already landed in Australia and New Zealand. The rest of the world is bound to follow in the coming weeks.

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Eliana Adriana Chandra Buana

Rabu, 05 September 2012

Samsung announces Windows 8 based Series 7 and Series 5 AIOs

Samsung has announced three new members of the Series 7 and Series 5 range of All-in-One (AIO) desktop computers running Windows 8. The Series 7 includes a 27-inch and a 23-inch model whereas the Series 5 includes a 21-inch model.

All three models come with a 10-point multi-touch display that supports the full range of gestures you find in Windows 8. They also all have a resolution of 1920 x 1080.

The 27-inch model comes with a Intel’s third generation Core i7 processor 3770T processor, 8GB of RAM, discrete AMD Radeon HD 7850M graphics and 1TB hard drive. It’s priced at $1,699.

The 23-inch model comes with Intel Core i5 3470T processor with Intel integrated graphics, 6GB of RAM and 1TB hard drive. This one costs $1,099.

Finally, the 21-inch model (pictured above) has an Intel Core i3 processor with Intel integrated graphics, 4GB RAM and a 500GB hard drive. This one will set you back by $749.

All machines come with USB 3.0, Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi, 1.3 megapixel front camera, wireless keyboard/mouse combo and Windows 8 64-bit. They will go on sale alongside Windows 8 on October 26.

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Eliana Adriana Chandra Buana

Senin, 27 Agustus 2012

Samsung gives a sneak peek at the upcoming Windows 8 tablet with keyboard dock

The Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin or IFA will commence by the end of this week and naturally a bevy of manufacturers will be displaying their latest and greatest this year at Berlin. With the event this close, you are bound to see some leaks and teasers and Samsung has just provided one of the latter.

What you see above is Samsung’s upcoming Windows RT tablet, complete with a keyboard dock in the background. There is no name, no specs, just a picture with a tagline “Ready to be smart?”.

It will be interesting to see what hardware this tablet will be running on, and whether Samsung will use the Exynos 5 Dual that they announced earlier this month.

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Eliana Adriana Chandra Buana

Rabu, 15 Agustus 2012

Microsoft details battery saving and touch features on Windows 8 RT, device sizes

Microsoft is gearing up to launch Windows 8, a version that marks a significant departure from previous incarnations in that it supports ARM processors. The Redmond-based company is quite excited about what it has achieved with Windows 8 RT (that’s what the ARM version is called) and the kind of hardware it and its OEM partners have designed.

One of the biggest advantages of ARM over Intel or AMD made x86 processors is energy efficiency. Windows 8 RT was designed to reduce power usage to capitalize on that, but also allow for smaller batteries, which in turn means thinner and lighter gadgets.

One of the power-saving features is Connected standby, which is the answer to the dilemma of choosing between putting your computer to sleep or keeping it on to receive notifications.

Connected standby is like sleep mode but Windows keeps an active connection and checks for new events. It uses a lot less energy than just keeping the computer on. Here’s some battery life figures of a Windows 8 RT device in playing an HD video and in active standby (I wish they included regular standby too, to see just how much energy is saved).

Batteries for RT devices will range from 25Wh to 42Wh, while screen sizes will be going between 10.1? and 11.6? for laptops and tablets. Here’s what you can expect in terms of overall size and weight of the devices.

A tablet that’s 8.35mm thick and weighs 520g sounds pretty good, but the 15.6mm, 1200g device seems a bit bulky even if it’s for a laptop. After all, there are laptops with x86 CPUs capable of running classic Windows (which means all Windows 7 apps) that are this big (for a 13? screen too).

Anyway, Microsoft’s desire to reduce power usage had some interesting consequences. They combined all chips responsible for touch interaction, which reduced power usage, but the new design also has some really cool features.

One of them is 100 Hz finger tracking. Here’s a video from Microsoft Research that shows just what kind of difference a high frequency tracking makes (100Hz is at the 10ms part of the video).

Also, check out these finger gestures that Windows 8 supports.

So, are you excited about the upcoming launch of Windows 8 (the Surface should launch on the same date)?

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Eliana Adriana Chandra Buana

Selasa, 14 Agustus 2012

T-Mobile bound, Windows 8 running Samsung handset leaks

It appears that Windows Phone fans who are customers of T-Mobile US are in for treat in the near future. A Windows Phone 8 running Samsung smartphone, carrying the T-Mobile specific model number SGH-T899 has leaked out in a user agent profile.

The smartphone in question is likely the previously rumored Samsung "Odyssey." Its reported specs include a dual-core Snapdragon S4 CPU and a gig of RAM, 4.65" 720p display, 8MP snapper, and NFC connectivity.

The device's most important feature however, will likely be the presence of LTE network capacity. The latter will make the Samsung "Odyssey" one of the first real 4G devices bound for the Big Magenta.

There is no further info on the upcoming Samsung smartphone at the moment. As always, we'll tell you as soon as we find out more on the subject.

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Eliana Adriana Chandra Buana

Jumat, 10 Agustus 2012

‘Metro UI’ name dropped in favor of ‘Windows 8 UI’, or is it ‘Modern UI’?

The term “Metro”, describing Microsoft’s new user interface design gained popularity starting with Windows Phone 7 after its Zune HD beginnings. It really grew into prominence when it became the UI style for Windows 8 and now, not long before its scheduled late October launch date, Microsoft renamed it.

A leaked memo was the first sign that the name “Metro” is on the way out, supposedly due to copyright concerns. “Windows 8 style interface” was suggested as a replacement, but Microsoft may have settled on a simpler name.

Mary Jo Foley now writes that Microsoft is going with just “Windows 8 interface” (dropping the ‘style’), with ‘desktop’ being thrown in when we’re talking about old-school Windows apps.

For example, here’s how Lenovo’s promo material for the Windows 8-running ThinkPad Tablet 2 describes it:

Of course, the new terminology will be carried over to Windows Phone. But it’s going to be awkward – Windows 8 interface on Windows Phone 7.8 sounds like an oxymoron. It’s worse for the Xbox, whose OS isn’t any form of Windows.

The Verge is telling a different story. According to them, Microsoft employees have taken to calling the no-longer-Metro interface “Modern UI”. There’s a list of Microsoft.com pages for planned events that also use “Modern UI”, including the gem “Modern UI-style UI“.

The origin of “Modern” may not be new, this page posted in late May says the following: “A Metro style app that runs in the Windows 8 Release Preview modern shell…”.

Either way, Metro had really taken root, even if it was just a codename for the interface. Changing it to Windows 8 UI or even Modern UI will need increased effort to rebrand the interface (people will probably keep calling it Metro for quite a while) and will lead to some awkward phrasing.

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Eliana Adriana Chandra Buana

Kamis, 07 Juni 2012

Microsoft denies HTC early access to Windows RT

Just in case you are wondering why is HTC not one of the manufacturers currently showing off a Windows RT tablet at Computex, the reason is because Microsoft denied them access.

Bloomberg is reporting that HTC showed interest in making a Windows RT tablet but Microsoft denied them the license, over concerns “that HTC doesn’t sell enough devices or have ample experience making tablets”.

Another reason why Microsoft is said to have denied HTC access is because HTC wanted to customize the homescreen on their Windows tablets (read: Sense), something Microsoft has been against right from the days of Windows Phone.

It’s because of these reasons you won’t be seeing an HTC Windows tablet anytime soon. It’s not that they won’t be making them at all, just that they won’t be part of the first wave of Windows 8 tablets that will be coming out this year.

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Eliana Adriana Chandra Buana

Selasa, 01 Mei 2012

LG has no future plans for Windows Phone devices

LG is dropping from the Windows Phone race and has no plans to release any gadgets of that kind. The decision is not final, of course, and LG will continue its partnership with Microsoft.

As you can imagine, LGs U-turn is based on the really weak sales and most probably the threat from the Microsoft/Nokia team.

Microsofts CEO Steve Ballmer has a scheduled visit in Korea in May to explore partnership opportunities. LG is most probably on the list too, so well have to see what happens then. Keep in mind though, that Samsung will surely be pushing WP8 running devices later this year, which will be an additional threat for everyone else.

Anyway we look at this, it seems a wise decision on LG's behalf - at least for the time being. The Lumia lineup is the most popular WP brand and, combined with the low user demand, it is quite natural for LG to focus completely on Google's Android OS.

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Eliana Adriana Chandra Buana

Steve Wozniak finds Windows Phone more beautiful than Android

Despite being the co-founder of Apple, Steve Wozniak is known to use products from competing brands and publicly speak and praise them as he sees fit. So when he was asked about Windows Phone 7 by A New Domain, he did not hesitate to speak his mind.

As anyone would guess, Woz finds Windows Phone to be visually a lot superior to Android, going as far as saying that there is no contest between the two. He seemed to be especially in love with the transition animations and the simplicity of the UI, which makes it immediately apparent to the user what they have to do next. In comparison, he thinks that the Android UI is a lot more complex and requires prior knowledge on part of the user.

Woz went as far as saying that he thinks Microsoft hired someone from Apple to design certain apps and that Steve Jobs may have been reincarnated at Microsoft as some things Microsoft is doing with Windows Phone reminds him of great Apple products.

It’s not all rosy, though. Woz said that the lack of quality apps is a drawback for Microsoft’s OS. He also wishes that Windows Phone had better voice integration like Android or iOS for searching or typing. But that does not seem to bother him much as he did mention that he carries his Windows Phone everywhere these days.

As for which Windows Phone he uses, Woz was not clear on that but he talked about using a Nokia Lumia phone, which means it’s probably the Lumia 900. He was also using a Motorola DROID RAZR at the time of the interview (and we already know he has a Galaxy Nexus) along with his two iPhones, one on Verizon and the other on AT&T, which he says are his main phones.

You can listen to the full audio interview in the source link below. Don’t forget to catch one of his comments below the article.

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Eliana Adriana Chandra Buana

Rabu, 18 April 2012

Microsoft announces names of the Windows 8 editions

Microsoft has released the list of editions that Windows 8 will be sold in. As of now, there will be four editions, Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro, Windows 8 Enterprise and Windows RT.

The first three will be available for PCs and tablet users running x86/64 processors and will be on sale whereas Windows RT will be exclusively for PCs and tablets running on the ARM platform and will not be sold but would rather ship built into the devices. According to Microsoft, all editions of Windows 8 offer a no-compromise experience, which has sort of become their slogan with Windows 8.

As you can guess, Windows 8 will be the base version meant for home users and is the equivalent of the Home Premium version of the current Windows 7. It will have all your basic features, including the updated version Windows Explorer, Task Manager, better multi-monitor support and the ability to change languages on the fly. You will be upgrade to this OS from Windows 7 Starter, Home Basic and Home Premium.

Windows 8 Pro will have all the features of Windows 8 but will add additional stuff such as encryption, virtualization, PC management and domain connectivity. You will be able to upgrade to this OS from Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate.

Windows 8 Enterprise will include all features from Pro and also “features for IT organization that enable PC management and deployment, advanced security, virtualization, new mobility scenarios, and much more”. This version will only be sold to corporations with Software Assurance agreements. This means if you are a regular consumer, you can only purchase Windows 8 or Windows 8 Pro.

Windows RT (RunTime), or WOA as it was known before, will be exclusively for devices running on the ARM platform. It will be optimized for touch and will come with touch optimized version of Microsoft Office built-in, unlike the other three editions. However, it will not allow the user to install any other application on the desktop side of the OS and the focus will be on using the Metro apps from the Windows Marketplace. Windows RT won’t have Storage Spaces or Windows Media Player built-in but will have device encryption. It will otherwise be similar to the base Windows 8.

Microsoft hasn’t announced the pricing yet but said that it will shortly. For more information, click on the source link below.

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Eliana Adriana Chandra Buana

Senin, 26 Maret 2012

Windows Phone wins ‘Smoked by Windows Phone’ challenge “just because”

You may have heard about the Smoked by Windows Phone competition by now. In these events, a Windows Phone device is pitted against any other smartphone and both are made to do a simple task, with the winner being the one who completes it first. The task is usually something as simple as taking a picture and uploading it to Facebook or finding directions to a place. But as it turns out, this challenge is not as fair as Microsoft makes it out to be, as Sahas Katta of Skatter Tech found out the hard way.

Katta was in a Microsoft store where he wanted to take part in the competition. He was armed with his new Galaxy Nexus. The challenge given to him was to bring up the weather of two different cities as quickly as possible.

Luckily for Katta, he had set up the weather for two cities on his homescreens using widgets and he had also disabled the lockscreen on his phone, a feature found on Android 4.0. Because of this, he could get to his homescreen from sleep mode with just one click of the power button. As you can tell, he was going to win even before the competition started, because no matter how quick Windows Phone is, you’d require at least two interactions (press power button, slide lock screen) to get to the homescreen.

That’s basically what happened when the competition started, with Katta managing to finish before his opponent, who also happened to have the weather for two cities on the homescreen (more on this later). But as it turns out, the winner was actually declared to be the Windows Phone? Why? “Just because”.

That’s just one of the vague replies that Katta got when he asked the people in the Microsoft store for answers. Eventually he had to leave because clearly no one there was in a mood to declare him the winner and give him the prize, a $1,000 special edition laptop.

As you can see, these competitions may not be as clean as the Microsoft’s official videos make them out to be. Other than the fact that the people in the store refused to acknowledge Katta as the winner, they also played dirty by having the weather widgets of the two cities right on the homescreen even before the competition started. That’s not how Windows Phone comes out of the box. Microsoft had set up their phone to a favorable state before the competition, which is basically cheating. Had Katta not had the weather widgets on his phone (which is fine because he actually uses that phone and wasn’t aware of the challenge until he was told about it), he would have taken much longer to bring the weather up. Not that it matters because they declared him the loser anyway.

Of course, this is not to say that all the Smoked by Windows Phone competitions are bogus or that Windows Phone isn’t good at doing some tasks faster than its rivals (it is). But this example here proves that we need to take these things with a heavy dose of Sodium Chloride.

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