It’s not guaranteed to make you any smarter, but having such an intelligent little bird upside your ear may at least give you a minor boost in confidence. A full 1.5 years after the original Q1 made its debut, BlueAnt is introducing its Q2 Smart Bluetooth Headset. . . . → Read More: BlueAnt Q2 Bluetooth headset enables noise-free calls during Usain Bolt’s sprints
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, under whose watch Office, Windows, and Server profits have soared while mobile has stumbled and faltered, was bombastically candid when addressing Apple’s 3.3 million strong iPad install base: “they’ve sold certainly more than I’d like them to have sold.” In response, Microsoft is hard at work on a Windows-based alternative (which is curious given Bill Gates’ almost singular drive to popularize Tablet PC over much of the last decade): “They’ll be shipping as soon as they are ready,” Ballmer said, offering few details on the products, which he said will come from partners, not Microsoft itself. “It is job one urgency . . . → Read More: Microsoft thinks Apple is selling too many iPads Flipboard is a new iPad app made to turn your beloved tablet computer into a social magazine. It does that by mining the hundreds of millions of web links posted each day on Facebook and Twitter. Your “job” is to enter your Twitter and Facebook logins and let the app do its magic. . . . → Read More: Flipboard turns your iPad into a social magazine Windows Phone 7 has had its browser thrown against the iPhone 3GS browser and results are, well, not at all shocking. It’s probably never a fair idea to put a tried-and-true browser up against one that hasn’t officially hit the market yet, but it sure is fun to see what happens . . . → Read More: iPhone 3GS Browser Gets Pitted Against Windows Phone 7 Some cried and some cheered when Microsoft revealed that handset manufacturers couldn’t reskin Windows Phone 7 devices wholesale. But as it turns out, at least one major OEM is still banking on software to help differentiate its phones. HTC’s Drew Bamford told Forbes that Sense UI will still appear in the company’s Windows Phone 7 creations, and believes it will live on in Android 3.0 ( Gingerbread ) as well . . . → Read More: HTC Sense coming to Windows Phone 7, after all . . . → Read More: HP to use webOS exclusively for Smartphones, drops Windows Phone 7 Now that HP’s purchase of Palm has earned them a smartphone OS of their very own, how do they plan to offer up products running competing operating systems like Android or Windows Phone 7 without dampening their efforts? Easy answer: They don’t. In an interview with CNBC’s Tech Check , HP’s Executive VP Todd Bradley put it in no uncertain terms: they won’t be building Windows Phone 7 handsets. . . . → Read More: HP: No Windows Phone 7 for us, thanks. One of the bigger pieces of news hitting the wires today has processor design firm ARM Holdings announcing that Microsoft is the latest company to license ARM architecture. . . . → Read More: Microsoft and ARM – What is Microsoft planning to do with ARM processor architecture license? Hooray for free work! Microsoft is really hoping that its employees will lend a hand and develop Windows Phone 7 applications during their spare time. Everyone knows that mobile applications is where it’s at, and that the success of a platform and its handsets depend largely on the quality and number of apps available for it. In addition to handing out free Windows Phone 7 devices to its employees , Microsoft is now looking to call on those willing to develop applications for the platform. . . . → Read More: Microsoft Wants Its Employees to Develop Windows Phone 7 Apps in Spare Time In addition to the 3.2 million iPhones AT&T activated on their network last quarter they also switched on 400-500K iPad 3G. . . . → Read More: AT&T Activates 400-500K iPads 3G in Q3, using more data than iPhone |
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