Samsung ATIV S is the first Windows Phone 8 smartphone

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 Samsung ATIV S is the first Windows Phone 8 smartphone

The Galaxy Note II wasn’t the only flagship device that Samsung announced at its pre-IFA press conference. The company has also revealed the first ever Windows Phone 8 smartphone – the Samsung ATIV S.



The ATIV S is built around a 4.8-inch Super AMOLED display of HD resolution and has Gorilla Glass 2 on top for extra protection. Powering the smartphone is a 1.5GHz dual-core Qualcomm Krait processor and 1GB of RAM. At the back, there’s an 8MP camera with 1.9MP snapper at the front.

Measuring 137.2 mm x 70.5 mm x 8.7 mm the Samsung ATIV S weighs 135 grams and packs a beefy 2,300mAh battery. Connectivity options include Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 3 and NFC. Windows Phone 8 supports memory expansion slots and the Samsung ATIV S makes use of that, bringing a microSD card slot to allow expansion of its 16GB or 32GB built-in storage.

Pricing and availability is yet to be confirmed, but we're guessing the smartphone will hit the shelves immediately after Microsoft officially releases the Windows Phone 8 OS.

Making the Samsung ATIV S company are three new Windows 8-powered tablets – the 10.1” ATIV Tab, and two 11.6” ATIV Smart PC and ATIV Smart PC Pro.

source : samsungmobilepress.com

SONY'S hybrid-style ultrabook

<NEWLY ANOUNCED> SONY'S hybrid-style ultrabook

We've just gotten our first look at Sony's VAIO Duo 11, a "hybrid-style ultrabook" with a hinge that slides the keyboard in, turning it into a Windows 8 tablet. The touch-equipped device looks light as a notebook, but it's hefty as a tablet. The 11.6-inch device is supposed to weigh about 2.9 pounds, a little more than Microsoft's Surface, but it's not too difficult to hold with both hands. The display units have a separate supplementary battery, which adds significantly to the weight. The final battery time isn't set yet; Sony promises us a "full work day" with the supplementary battery attached once the tablet has been released. The version I saw used an Intel Core i7 processor with 8GB of RAM, but customers will be able to select an i5 or i3 as well.

The screen slides smoothly into the keyboard and slots in place when raised, and the prominent spring-loaded hinge gives it a different feel from other keyboard-equipped tablets. The screen accepts touch and stylus input whether it's in tablet or PC mode, but you can also control its mouse with a nub in the center of the keyboard, using the buttons on the edge to click. The mouse felt a little jumpy when I tried it with the smooth, metallic nub, though using it may get easier with practice. In tablet mode, the screen supports palm rejection with apps that implement it, and it's designed for pressure-sensitive input.

While the keyboard is generally spacious, the keys themselves are pretty small, with wide spaces between them. The dark metal around the keyboard looks quite nice, changing from a smooth to matte texture inside the key tray. The black screen bezel matches it well, although with nothing but some thin plastic covering it, the reverse side of the screen section looks almost unfinished compared to the metal hinge holding it. We wouldn't be surprised if some small changes were made to the version we saw, since it won't be launching until Windows 8 is out in October.

Source theverge.com

SONY VAIO

DUO 11 HANDS-ON

Mozilla Firefox 4: New Betas For Desktop PC and Android Mobiles

           Mozilla Firefox 4.0 is now in beta 8 stage for PC operating systems, and beta 3 stage for the Android mobile OS. While it already has considerable momentum on the PC (desktops/laptops), we are particularly waiting to see the impact it makes on the mobile platform. As a freeware app, and being one that is already well-recognized, Firefox has the potential of taking a majority market-share as a web browser, on an OS that is fast growing in user numbers.

 Availability of Firefox on mobile is pretty much restricted only to Nokia's Maemo (N900) and Google's Android OS (2.0 and above). Both are Linux operating systems in essence, running on non-x86 processors. Firefox browser for the PC on the other hand, is available to many x86-based operating systems, including Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and FreeBSD.

The desktop version of the browser, Firefox 4.0 beta 8, brings new features - some of the top ones are listed below:
- Visual overview of all open tabs, for sorting/grouping.
- Improved Firefox Sync, meant for desktop and mobile devices.
- HTML5 support, including WebM video format.
- Hardware acceleration (via GPU) for some rendering operations.
- JägerMonkey, a new, faster JavaScript engine.
This is scheduled to be the last beta, before the final/stable version releases in early 2011.

Firefox 4.0 beta 3 for mobile (formerly codenamed Fennec) brings these features among others:
- Firefox Sync feature built-in.
- Add-ons (somewhat like extensions).
- Option to "Save as PDF".
- Password Manager.
- Support for Android-style menus and keyboards.
- Support for uploading files.
- Supports playing video in Full-screen.
- The "Awesome Bar" and "Awesome Screen".
You can download Firefox Beta for mobile, either through scanning QR code or install by browsing to the mobile site directly using Android's default mobile browser.

source: mozilla Mobile

Nokia, Kites, Endhiran, Dabangg in Google's most searched list

Finnish cellphone company Nokia emerged as the most searched brand while 'Kites' was the most 'googled' movie, according to a 2010 online study by Google Zeitgeist.

"Every year, we bring out this list featuring the most searched for terms globally and in India. This helps us get a perspective on the year's major events and hottest trends online," Google India Head of Products Vinay Goel told said on Monday.
Zeitgeist (German for 'the spirit of the times') provides an insight into what people are looking for online and helps us develop products accordingly, he added.
According to 2010 Google Zeitgeist list, Indians in 2010 have searched most for brands like Nokia, Samsung and  As for movies, Kites, Endhiran and Dabangg were the most searched films.  

Google is testing a product, Google Music, as part of Google India Labs, which allows people to stream music online as well as get information on music albums.

Opera 11.00 back with amazing features

A full-featured Internet browser, Opera includes pop-up blocking, tabbed browsing, integrated searches, and advanced functions like Opera's groundbreaking E-mail program, RSS Newsfeeds and IRC chat. And because we know that our users have different needs, you can customize the look and content of your Opera browser with a few clicks of the mouse.

• Speed Dial: Your favorite sites are just one click away at all times.
• Search Shortcuts: Faster search - type your queries directly into the address bar.
• Trash Can: Instantly reopen recently closed tabs.
• Mouse Gestures: With Opera you can navigate the Web with your mouse.
• Opera Link: Synchronize data of your choice online, or among different computers and devices.
• Quick Find: Opera remembers not only the titles and addresses, but also the actual content of the Web pages you visit.
• Feed Preview: Preview a Feed by clicking on the feed icon, and you will see it in clean and efficient multiple-column layout.
• Quick and customizable Web search: Get quick access to Google, eBay, Amazon and more with the search field in the upper right corner.

http://www.opera.com/download/get.pl?id=33344&location=357&thanks=yes&sub=++++

How to view malayalam fonts in web pages

Some of my friends asked me how to view Malayalam fonts in websites, they see only some boxes instead of the actual font. You might have also noticed this, not only Malayalam but also with other foreign languages. So my first post is about viewing malayalam fonts(or any other languages) in websites. This is not a new thing, but as there are newbies around the net every time, I decided to write a post about it.
The web browsers like Mozilla and internet explorer have a greater support to many fonts, but some other browsers including chrome have less support for fonts. In that case we need to manually add the fonts used by the websites in our computer. The commonly used fonts have an extension .TTF or .FON. first we need to download this font file from the internet and add to the fonts library.

The steps and screen shots are shown below

1.Download the font
some commonly used malayalam fonts are

Malayala Manorama
DOWNLOAD Manorama.ttf

Deshabhimani
DOWNLOAD MLW-TTREVATHI.TTF

Deepika
DOWNLOAD mlkr0ntt_TTF.ttf

Other commonly used fonts
DOWNLOAD jacobs mal medium.TTF
DOWNLOAD AnjaliOldLipi.ttf

2.Right click and copy the file

3.Open Control Panel
   Start>Control Panel

4.Open Fonts folder
 Start>Control Panel>Fonts

5.Paste the fonts
Edit>paste

6.Now close and reopen your browser.
   Now you can read the fonts...Enjoy.
   Thanks for reading.