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LG Optimus 7: confirmed the absence of upgrading to Windows Phone 8

LG Optimus 7 – The saga of Windows Phone: it updates, no updates in the last time we discussed the possibility that the current generation does not receive the update the next version of Microsoft OS and now have new details, and unfortunately a confirmation.

LG Optimus 7, one of the first Windows Phone 7 models out on the market, does not receive an update on Apollo and the confirmation comes directly from LG via Twitter.

A few simple words in response to a request for a user:

     “Hello, no, it will be upgraded to Windows 8 as confirmed by Microsoft.

The reference to the words of Microsoft is probably with the statement of Nuno Silva, who has created a lot of noise in the network and then moved quickly to deny what was said.

Apparently, though, there was some truth in what has been said and it is likely that the truth is in the middle, with some models of Windows Phone 7.5 upgradeable and others who – unfortunately – will the end of LG Optimus 7.

HP Slate 8, the first time in image of Windows 8 tablet by HP

HP Slate 8 – Windows 8 coming soon for the x86 architecture, and already many manufacturers who have signed up to create tablets based on the new Microsoft operating system because of its potential and popularity has reached even without reaching the market. HP is one that has relied on the format promoted by Microsoft and Intel, and prepares its own tablet with Windows 8 for this year. Although these products are a mystery, except for brief appearances during presentations of Microsoft, somehow an image of the HP Slate 8 has made its way and has been published on Neowin, showing for the first time the device in all its glory.

The filtered image comes from internal company reports, and displays the name after the first HP Slate 8 tablet from HP with the new Windows. The device has, according to information accompanying the small sample, a 10.1-inch screen and a really elegant and attractive even for a render. The information leaked by a source “reliable” points to a tablet with a range between 8 and 10 hours, close to the most advanced ARM models with an ultra thin profile of 9.2 mm thinner than the new generation Galaxy Tab, and even thinner than the new iPad, which is impressive for a x86 device. With 680 grams of weight in the image also becomes a device as light as any option ARM front line currently on the market. The screen, hybrid capacitive interface and support for “pen” will come with an option for outdoor viewing, which could indicate a Pixel Qi screen type. HP Slate 8, temporary name without doubt, is a device aimed at professional audiences, and as such come with specific options for work environments, especially in the security field. Read on »

Intel Letexo: hybrid tablet-ultrabook with Windows 8

Intel Letexo – In the future of Intel there are many products that transcend the simple ultrabook with new designs and types. Among these have already been announced tablet and a new and interesting segment may be that of ultrabook hybrid convertible with a touchscreen.

Adding to this equation Windows 8, optimized for touchscreen thanks to the meter but also features visual “dekstop”, is easy to think that the hardware is just a perfect ultrabook Intel Letexo convertible tablet and is the first example of these new devices. Read on »

Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga prices are announced for the UK

Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga – It moves a lot at Lenovo in recent days. After the curtain that rises on its next Android tablet model, the Chinese brand to the press reveals its new line of PCs and ultrabooks. The opportunity to put the famous Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga on the mat. You know, this “ultra-convertible tablet” of rotating on a 13.3-inch Core i5 – minimum – and étrennant Windows 8? Well Lenovo has proudly announced prices. Hold on to your underpants where at any underwear with an elastic and hiding your nakedness, because you will not make the long proud.

As $ 1,900 starting price for this Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga. The bomb is dropped, what’s done is done, we do not change the course of history, we are not revisionists, no no no. Joking aside, the price is really prohibitive for this type of material. Of course we are facing an innovative product, with its 13.3-inch touchscreen, a removable screen 2D 360 ° through its hinges and its dedicated keyboard – good behavior – but what can be the customer of such product . Certainly a niche market, a very small niche. Good enough to undertake the production model. Only time will tell, but when Engadget discusses the model top-end – powered by a Core i7 – to $ 2380, I have not finished to strangle me with the elastic of my socks. Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga

Onkio Windows 7 tablet has a display 10″ IPS and AMD Z-01dual-core

From Japan comes a new Windows 7 tablet, a product of Onkio who has decided to focus on Microsoft and AMD having the choice of chipset AM50 FCH with Z-01 dual core processor at 1GHz. Among the most interesting features of this tablet we have the multitouch 10-inch IPS display that provides wide viewing angles, and a powerful video card Radeon HD 6250 which delivers excellent performance.

The Windows 7 tablet hardware sector is complemented by 2GB of RAM, 32GB of internal memory and a 1.3-megapixel sensor front for video calls. This module also Wi-Fi and the Bluetooth version 3.0 with HS technology for easy data exchange with other devices. The USB 2.0 ports and miniHDMI complete the equipment of the tablet shows that the Japanese in the one image in the press release issued with simple lines and frame partially blunted.

As said the operating system which is fitted to the model-TW2B A31B7PH of Onkio is Windows 7, here in the Professional version 32-bit soon upgraded to Windows 8. It Windows 7 tablet will be available by the end of the month at a price equivalent of $ 772 on the Asian market and there are still some more information on any release for Europe.

Nokia will launch Nokia Lumia Coffee Tab, a Windows 8 Tablet this winter

Nokia Lumia Coffee Tab – Small session “said Digitimes’ Monday, even though they took very slight tongs this time using the modal “likely to”, we congratulate! In short, the rumor says that this time? Nokia will offer Nokia Lumia Coffee Tab , Windows 8 tablets before the end of “Q4″, that is to say towards the winter of this year 2012. Their source, still secret and trust, allows himself to say that the tablet will be 10 inches and should be powered by a dual-core processor from Qualcomm.

No confirmation of course, talking about Digitimes anyway, but apparently Nokia’s first order would be around 200 000 units to ensure stocks right out of the machine. As Nokia Lumia’s about the only Windows Phone that has found buyers, it is possible that Microsoft relies on its partner to repeat the experience on shelf to push its new operating system for desktop and touch pads. Read on »

Dell is preparing a Windows 8 tablet

Windows 8 tablet – Dell recently said that not only a PC company, but this does not mean they will stop making computers and tablets are waiting for the day of the launch of Windows 8, tablets have solution for that day specifically. Speaking to Bloomberg, Michael Dell said it will launch a Windows 8 tablet as a solution to the iPhone (2012).

We tried and we see that Windows 8 feels as good as it looks and Dell seems to have found a way to enter the tablet market with the next version of Microsoft’s operating system. As most know, Dell Streak 5 was discontinued and the 7 inch has little role in the mobile market as one more with Android.

For the launch day we can expect to see a couple of Dell Windows 8 tablets, has not yet said anything about computers. One of them will be directed to the business environment and other model, which is of no interest to the consumer. The good thing launches like the iPad is that companies begin to make ads interesting and it is no secret that Windows 8 tablets could be the perfect match for IOS on the iPad.

HP comes in end 2012 with new iPad rival

Hewlett-Packard (HP) will at the end of 2012 the open attack on the iPad from Apple, it will be a Windows 8 tablet aimed at the business market. That said CEO Meg Whitman opposite a small group of business partners, reports AFP.

The first attack of HP on the iPad was not successful. The company took seven weeks after the launch all the plug from the TouchPad equipped with WebOS operating system. The tablet went on sale and is no longer developed.

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“Our first tablet that had to compete against the iPad had no happy ending,” Whitman acknowledged. They also argued that there is no question of a tablet market, but there is currently a iPadmarkt.

“The iPhone is great. I have one myself. I use it to read books and watch TV, but I do not work on, “explains the CEO of HP.

In this area the company wants at the end of 2012 a battle to save. HP tablet with a business will come equipped with Windows 8. The device should come out around Christmas and is made with security and productivity in mind. Additionally, the tablet several business networks.

“There is a huge trend in which employees use their own devices in the workplace. That’s fine, but there is also a security risk, “said Whitman. “We will provide an alternative.”

Prices or details about the hardware were not disclosed. For example, there is now a number of tablets that are equipped with a physical keyboard, which can be disconnected.

The HP tablet will not only important for the tablet market, but also for the position of HP in the PC market. That’s not good for a number of quarters with the company.

Whitman was almost half a year ago appointed to the company healthy again. Her predecessor Leo Apotheker did HP change especially in a software company, under Whitman seems the hardware to receive focus.

Metro 8, the interface of Windows 8 comes on jailbroken of iPhone

Metro 8 – iPhone users are undoubtedly very attached to the interface of a smartphone, definitely functional and very intuitive. The issues for insallare via Cydia on jailbroken iPhone, there are certainly not all are in perfect style Apple. Sometimes, however, particular issues are released so as to arouse the curiosity of most “traditionalists”. This is the case of the theme Metro 8, an ‘extreme customization DreamBoard bearing on iPhone user interface of Windows 8.

The work done by the developer of the theme is nothing short of remarkable. The user interface of Windows 8, with the known organization of the home in “tiles”, has been replicated in a very faithful. There is a bar located at the bottom of the screen that allows you to access applications and mode of rotation of the display, not missing a widget that shows the date and lockscreen time and renewed in style UI meters. Metro 8

A new Windows 7 tablet: Netbook Navigator NAV10T

Netbook Navigator NAV10T – In the war of the tablet, Windows has never shown great results, but those who invested in this generation can take advantage of the hardware already in its possession to install Windows 8.

Netbook Navigator NAV10T is the latest offering in this area and offers nothing too spectacular: Windows 7 Home Premium, two USB 2.0, microSD reader, 1.3 megapixel camera, WiFi, Bluetooth, VGA and Ethernet. Read on »