Jul 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
Everyone can ask microsoft questions about the surface and if they will finally be successful with a mobile device. As we have seen in the past microsoft isn’t the best at developing mobile devices especially on the hardware side. I know I don’t have to say this because everyone should already know what I feel to be one of their biggest failures the Zune. And yes I did own one and I could make the excuse that when I worked in retail we carried them and I received a nice discount on it. Well Microsoft has to send in a report for the securities and exchange commission and within that document we see Microsoft citing some concerns with the Surface tablet.
Microsoft finally conceded something that has been rather obvious to anyone with a rudimentary understanding of the personal computer industry and Microsoft?s historical role in it. On page 14 of the document, Microsoft acknowledges that its Surface family of tablet computers could weaken support for Windows among Microsoft?s partners in the PC industry, known as original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs for short. Now that is huge that they are concerned that this tablet could alienate their oem partners. This obviously would point to that risk could be based on the success of the tablet and the inception of more types of surface tablets based on the success of it. Only time will tell but based on the speculation of price point for these tablets I don’t see a strong run on these tablets.
Jul 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
There has been plenty of speculation behind his much the Surface tablet from Microsoft will be. Today the world of Microsoft reporting is going wild with the news from a Swedish website that listed prices for all four coming Surface models, covering both the RT and Pro editions. Above is a screenshot, via WPCentral from a Swedish website lists the 4 models with pricing. So what do you think about the pricing of a tablet being over 1k.
Jul 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
Mountain Lion is here for every Mac user. It is now available to the public and is exclusively available at the Mac App store for $19.99. Now this new OS will have some nice features to it including the improved iCloud integration with support for notes and reminders, iMessage support via the new Messages application, Notification Center, Power Nap updating during sleep, Dictation, enhanced sharing tools, Game Center, improved security with gatekeeper, and more.
Jul 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
For years if you had an ipod or iphone you.could use the same type of power connectors and put it on any docking station you wanted. Well that is all about to change. The next iPhone will have a smaller dock. The pin will go from 30 pins to 19 pins. Now the reason for this reduction is due to the headphone jack being moved to the bottom of the phone. Many speculated this reduction was due to the nature of the size of the 4g receiver and this could still be true. There has to be a reason the headphone jack is being moved down to the bottom which means there will be more room on the top. Now the most interesting part of all of this that there is a company in China that is already making cases for the new iphone and the jack is set at the bottom of the case and not the top and the company says that the space on this case is correct. The biggest question to.me is when will they unveil this phone? The launch is set for October and we haven’t even seen the phone yet. Makes me wonder if it will be ready for October with just about two months away really. So what are your thoughts on the phone changes?
Jul 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
Last week there was a launch of a hack that allowed users to obtain In App Purchase content free of charge by routing their purchase requests through a server run by a Russian hacker, Apple began taking steps to stop this method. The hacker has still continued to develop his method to get around Apple’s protection. One major suggestion for a method by which Apple could improve the security of In App Purchasing was to include a unique identifier in validation receipts, and it has been reported developers are now seeing something along those lines coming from receipts issued by Apple since late yesterday. The receipts carry a new field called “unique_identifer” that appears to include the Unique Device Identifier (UDID) for the device making the In App Purchase. Such as your your iphone, ipad or ipod. The true question now is will these steps apple is taking will the hacker be able to keep up? Or will the titan known as apple find a way to stop this hacker? Time will tell on this issue however if a hacker puts their mind to it they can accomplish a lot.
Jul 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
Microsoft is making gradual steps to have a mobile presences on all platforms for mobile devices for my Box Live. This app which has previously been available as a remote control perk for the Windows Phone, iPhone and Android users has just seen a nice update to 1.6 which fixes bugs for the iOS and now will support the iPad. This live app is available now for you iPad and gives you the ability to navigate through your console?s media, monitor activity and search new content just like you can do on your phone.
