As we've noted before, Google's Android isn’t related to Windows Mobile, but we cover it here because it’s one more indication of the trend toward Internet-centric touch devices. Plus this week we’ll note new mobile video sharing sites that even let you stream live video from your device.
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NUI launches new multi-touch applications at Dreamhack and Researchers FridayPosted by: RSS in UncategorizedLast week, NUI launched two brand new applications at Dreamhack and Forskarfredag (Researchers Friday) in Skelleftea 24-26 of September.
Gravitoy is a physics application with 2 modes (Sandbox and Stacks).
Stacks is an object stacking game where 2 players play against each other to stack different shaped objects, with the goal to build the highest tower and reach point X. To make the game a bit more interesting, we have added options to change gravity and remove and add objects to the other players field, to increase the difficulty level.
Aside to that, we launched a 3d model viewer application which allows users to interact with 3d models. This is a good application for companies showing their products, for example cars, shoes or other products in retail stores that can be placed in a 3d environment to enable users to easily see products from all angles. Imagine the ability for architects to digitally interact with their buildings that they are conceptualizing, with this 3d model viewer.
Yesterday an image claiming to be the new MacBook Pro began to circulate, many sites including World of Apple neglected to post the image feeling that the image was clearly fake. Today it has been confirmed by Jason O’Grady that the image is in fact fake but he also offers some details on the future MacBook Pro. On his blog O’Grady states that he’s heard that the new MacBook Pro will retain its more traditional square edged look instead of adopting the tapered edges of the MacBook Air. In addition O’Grady believes that the new MacBook Pro will be much thinner than the current incarnation, “as much as a half-inch narrower” he writes. That space saving is said to come from around the screen. The blogger goes onto write that the MacBook Pro will adopt the black “flat top” keys of the MacBook Air and could also include a trackpad smaller than the current MacBook Pro but also with the addition of a split two-button trackpad button. Finally O’Grady notes that the MacBook Pro will incorporate “full multi-touch support”, but offers no details on exactly what he means. In addition AppleInsider adds that Apple will remove the FireWire 400 port in favour of a backwards compatible FireWire 800 port on the new MacBook Pro. Also in what will most likely be a controversial decision the 28-pin DVI-I port used for connecting external displays has also reportedly been replaced with a mini-DVI port like the one found on the current MacBook and iMac. It has been suggested in the past that the new MacBook Pro and MacBook will be released on October 14th. Windows Mojave is not Windows 7. At least, that’s what the official story from Microsoft happens to be. If you’ve been anywhere outside of a cave over the course of the last few months, you have likely heard of the Mojave Experiment that Microsoft carried out. It was designed to trick people into using Windows Vista and then to catch the surprised expressions on their faces when they found out that the system they enjoyed using (Windows Mojave) was actually a system they were conditioned to hate (Windows Vista). The message on the part of Microsoft was that Vista was a fantastic system but also one that was highly misunderstood by its critics. Well, Windows Vista has been a big bomb in spite of the Mojave Experiment and in an effort to save face (not to mention market share), it appears as though Microsoft has decided to up the ante on their Windows 7 operating system, bringing it onto the market in beta form a lot earlier than many people may have thought possible. However, many in the technology market are very suspicious at this latest turn of events and some have even gone so far as to suggest that the beta of Windows 7 might be another Windows Mojave, designed to trick people into using Windows Vista under another name. One of the elements that seem to have disappeared from the drawing board is the massive Multitouch support that Microsoft had promised to introduce throughout Windows 7. That support appears to be nowhere near as intense now, leaving Multitouch fans to hold their collective breath until the beta comes out. No Tags addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.surfacerama.com%2F2008%2F09%2F26%2Fwindows-7-and-windows-mojave%2F'; addthis_title = 'Windows+7+and+Windows+Mojave'; addthis_pub = '';I've just added the just-released Kinoma Play 1.0 and Spb Online 1.0 to the chart of Sneak peek: the Main Chart of my forthcoming Multimedia Audio Streaming Bible!
Features Include: Windows 7 Mobile is the operating system of choice for people using smart phones and many other electronic handheld hardware devices. As far as the operating system is concerned however, a delay appears to be what is in the process. Recent information obtained through a leaked document appears to point to the system being released for about another 14-16 months. This information, if true, would represent a delay of about six months over the figure that had last been given to the public by Microsoft. Windows 7 Mobile in many ways is arguably more anticipated than its counterpart for conventional computers. The Windows 6.1 Mobile system had a number of problems with it, suffering from bloating in the same way that Windows Vista did. While it is not known whether Windows 7 Mobile will correct this problem, the leaked documents do describe Multitouch functionality that is far greater than anything Windows has brought to the market before in its mobile devices. Theoretically, people with Windows 7 Mobile would be able to use a combination of their fingers and a stylus to input information onto a touch screen. They can use just the stylus, just one finger or a combination of multiple fingers to input commands and they can use gestures like finger swipes much in the same way that users of the iPhone already can. Additionally, Windows 7 Mobile appears to support jiggling motions, allowing you to shake a device or flick it to make different things happen. A lot of this is speculation based on a leaked document of unknown authenticity, but it certainly does present some interesting ideas. No Tags addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.surfacerama.com%2F2008%2F09%2F25%2Fwindows-7-mobile-likely-to-be-delayed%2F'; addthis_title = 'Windows+7+Mobile+Likely+to+be+Delayed'; addthis_pub = '';In an excellent article recently written on PC World, tech analyst Mike Elgan points out that Apple may have replaced Microsoft as the computer company that people love to hate. As he admits in the article, his goal in doing this was not to bury Apple, but rather to point out that neither Apple nor Microsoft deserved a lot of the vitriol heaped at them in terms of bundling software and forcing it on users as well as using the large inertia of their monopoly-like companies to bowl over competitors and stifle creativity in the marketplace as a result. You can get a good lowdown on exactly how Apple is doing today what Microsoft used to do from that article, but there is a point missed in that article that intimately relates to Multitouch. That topic is how Apple came to replace Microsoft as the major industry player. In the opinion of many, the reason this happened was that Microsoft’s monopoly-like inertia reached past a critical point. When this happened, instead of stifling the competition in the marketplace, Microsoft became old news, unable to respond to changes in the marketplace and changes in consumer behaviour. The Surface Computer (an overpriced flashy item that does nothing for the average person) and Windows Vista (quite possibly the worst operating system in history, especially from a mobile and Multitouch point of view) are very good indications of that. Since the consumers are mostly interested in mobile Multitouch products at the moment, Apple seems to be top dog. If they want to avoid Microsoft’s fate however, they need to be more on the ball in responding the next time the tech marketplace undergoes a large shift. No Tags addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.surfacerama.com%2F2008%2F09%2F25%2Fhas-apple-replaced-microsoft%2F'; addthis_title = 'Has+Apple+Replaced+Microsoft%3F'; addthis_pub = '';The Spb folks have just released their online portal, Spb Online. Three other reviews have already been published (some hours ago) on it. Therefore, I've paid special attention to elaborating on issues not discussed in the other reviews, particularly when it comes to comparing Spb Online to the competing alternatives – after all, I've published several articles on several areas Spb Online implemented: radio and TV streaming, podcasting and multiplayer games. This week I want to give you an update on two mobile search services — ChaCha and Google. And although you may be tired of hearing about HTC Touch devices, there’s big news in that arena: the HTC Touch HD, which has an impressive 3.8-inch screen. Plus, we offer other Touch news, including an unlocked Touch Diamond from Best Buy. |
"InterWrite Pro localizes not only standard system parts, but also specific parts of particular device. It will ‘translate’ HTC Diamond into the Arabic language. As a part of the application customers get further add on functions, practical keyboard with layout for over 50 languages, Arabic Fullscreen Keyboard and special Arabic Suite which contains three special Islamic applications:"
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