HTC unveils first tablet device
HTC has shown its first tablet computer, the HTC Flyer. The tablet is a touchscreen device that comes with a stylus pen.
HTC has also announced HTC Watch, a new video service that will debut on HTC Flyer tablet, and will collaborate with OnLive, to launch a cloud-based mobile gaming service.
The HTC Flyer features a 7-inch display, 1.5 GHz processor and supports HSPA+ connectivity. The OS is an unspecified version of the Android platform, and the camera is a 5 megapixel model.
With the new HTC Scribe Technology on the tablet, the company stated that people can rediscover the natural act of writing. HTC Scribe Technology introduces a wave of integrated digital ink innovations that make it possible to take notes, sign contracts, draw pictures, or write on a web page or photo.
A feature called Timemark enables users to capture the audio of a meeting in line with their written notes, so that tapping on a word in your notes instantly takes you to that exact place in time in the audio recording of the meeting. Notes are also integrated with the calendar so whenever there is an appointment reminder, you are automatically prompted with an opportunity to begin a new note or in the case of recurring meetings, to continue where the last meeting left off.
HTC Flyer will be available to customers globally during Q2 2011. Pricing is still to be confirmed.
Motorola unveils new tablet computer- Xoom
Motorola Mobility has entered into a new market- the tablet computer market with a touchscreen device powered by Honeycomb, the latest version of Google’s Android software.
Sanjay Jha, the chief executive of Motorola Mobility has also presented three new Android-powered touchscreen smartphones on the eve of the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES).
Jha stated that Motorola Mobility’s hotly awaited tablet computer, the “Xoom,” will be available in the first quarter of the year.
The Xoom is a 10.1-inch (25.6-centimeter) screen, which is said to be competing with Apple’s iPad, which hit stores in April and has other leading technology companies around the world scrambling to catch up.
According to Jha, the Xoom will be the first tablet computer to hit stores featuring Android 3.0, or Honeycomb, an operating system developed with tablets in mind instead of smartphones. It’s been designed ground up for the tablet, the user interface, the whole interaction. It has multi-tasking capability. All of these things, he thinks, deliver experiences which make Android 3.0 on their tablet probably in his opinion the most competitive product in the marketplace.
Jha pointed out several features on the Xoom that the iPad does not have including front- and rear-facing cameras and the ability to play Adobe Flash video software, which is banned from the Apple device.
He added that the first Xooms to hit the market will feature 3G connectivity to the Internet through US carrier Verizon Wireless. A 4G Xoom will come out later in the year and 3G versions can be upgraded to 4G.
Jha also unveiled three new smartphones, the Atrix 4G, available through US telecom giant AT&T in the first quarter of the year, the Cliq 2 and the Droid Bionic.
A laptop dock for the Atrix 4G allows a user to connect the phone to a computer monitor and surf the Web using a full Firefox desktop browser.
Commercial companies lag behind in adopting mobile touch than govt, nonprofits: Research
A recent study conducted by a mobile search engine has revealed that government and nonprofit organizations are outpacing commercial companies in developing creative uses and services for the mobile touch Web.
The study has found out how organizations get users to access information and content while on the go. Additionally, religious organizations are the most active of all, making up 72.5 percent of the 13,600 mobile touch Web sites in the category.
According to an official of the research agency, the key finding of the study is that although nonprofits, government agencies and charities are typically slow to adopt new technologies due to budget and personnel constraints, these groups are adopting the mobile touch Web for many purposes.
In his opinion, they found them eager to hop on the touch Web in order to get the word out, raise funds and connect with mobile Web users who have touchscreen devices.
Garmin enters handset market with Nuvifone
Portable navigation device maker Garmin International has announced its entrance into the mobile phone market with the Nuvifone touchscreen device. The Nuvifone is a 3.5G mobile phone, featuring a 3.5-inch touch screen, web browser and personal GPS navigator similar to Garmin’s Nuvi product line. The handset also provides Google local search, and access to Garmin Online, an online service offering constantly-updating information. Other multimedia functions of the Nuvifone include a built-in video camera, MP3 and MPEG4/AAC. Garmin anticipates that the Nuvifone will be available in the third quarter of this year.
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