Yesterday in Barcelona, during Mobile World Congress, Microsoft published their updated and reformed mobile platform which will replace Windows Mobile 6.5 during 2010. The new platform is called Windows Phone 7 Series and it has been designed mobile phones in mind. They have totally rebuilt the new mobile operating system / platform. They have used elements from Zune HD media player and Xbox Live user interfaces. As with all modern mobile devices, the home screen is customizable with “Live Panels”, small widget-style boxes.
According to the keynote speech, Windows Phone 7 won’t include Adobe Flash support in early stages. It will…
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It is not even clear yet when the Apple iPad will hit the stores in Scandinavia but pre-orders are floating in. Two big Scandinavian resellers have even stopped taking pre-orders. It’s crazy that people are so into iPad. The Scandinavia/Europe pricing has not been even published yet!
Via Digitoday (in Finnish).
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The packaging design of Apple products is amazing. They really know how to use cardboard, shapes and space. Everything has their own little spot inside the compact box. Package design is one of the most challenging things to do. You need to think of the material costs, logistics, durability… I couldn’t do it.
I got my first iPhone this week. I cannot make calls with it yet because the SIM card has not been activated. It will happen on 17th of February. I tried to resist iPhones for a quite long time but I gave up after I got frustrated with…
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It’s a quite large (when thinking of the footprint) surfboard and entertainment (video, music, photos, light gaming) device. It’s a large iPod touch.
Apple iPad is 0.5″ (1.2 cm) thick and weighs 1.5 pounds (680 g). It has 9.7″ IPS multi touch display and 1 GHz Apple processor. It will be available with 16-64GB flash storage. There are built-in Bluetooth and Wifi n, accolometer and compass (does that mean GPS, no?). iPad has speakers, microphone and 30-pin connector (for what, video output?). The battery life will be 10 hours (or one month stand by). Apple iPad runs iPhone applications out of…
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Today’s the day many Apple and mobile fans have waited for months. Today Apple will introduce new products (hardware and/or software). The most anticipated product is the rumored Apple tablet. The event starts at 10am Pacific Time (7pm Central European Time).
Before the Apple iSlate (or what ever it will be called) is presented, it’s impossible to say what kind of device it will be. It can be anything from a portable tablet style computer to e-book reader and large versatile phone. The product has been speculated for months and dozens of “photos” and mockups have circuleted the web since early…
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The writer is a Finland (located in northern Europe) based freelance web designer and photography and technology enthusiast. Sipping Designs is noteboard for ideas, discoveries and implementation.
