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Microsoft Windows Phone 8 officially announced, no upgrade for existing Windows Phone users...

Windows Phone 8

I personally use iOS, Android and Windows Phone mobile devices and would definitely put my vote in favor or "Windows Phone 7.5" for common non-tech, day-to-day, cellphone usage. Microsoft kept the "new release" announcement momentum going after unveiling the Microsoft Surface tablet computer, with revelation of successor to its popular Windows Phone 7 - the all new, company's next generation mobile operating system "Windows Phone 8".

The announcement revealed only the new core platform capabilities and no end-user features were disclosed apart from the fact that Windows Phone 8 comes with a newer Start Screen allowing users to re-size the tiles and customize their colors. To start the new mobile OS will feature support for multi-core processors having upto 64 cores, support for two new screen resolutions—1280x768 and 1280x720, support for removable MicroSD cards, NFC wireless sharing, Internet Explorer 10, Digital Wallet, Better maps and directions with integrated Nokia Maps and more. Details and videos posted after the jump

Windows Phone 8 Main Screen

Sadly, the announcement also comes with some bad news for existing Windows Phone device owners. Microsoft has now confirmed existing users won't be able to upgrade to Windows Phone 8 citing the fact that the new core-features are not tailored to work with legacy device hardware. However, another update "Windows Phone 7.8" will allow existing users to upgrade and enjoy the new Start Screen with ability to re-size tiles and color customizations.

Video introduction to Apple OS X Mountain Lion

With 200+ new features and lots of usual bug-fixes and security patches, the all new desktop operating-system from Apple will be revealed July,2012. Christened "OS X Mountain Lion" the new upgrade brings a lot of great things from iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch to the Mac. For example, users can now send iMessages, use Game Center, receive notifications and work with integrated iCloud for a streamlined experiences across various Apple devices. A video introducing all major new features is posted after the jump.

Apple OS X Mountain Lion

Impressive new Microsoft Windows 8/RT based tablet computer "Surface" unveiled

Surface keyboard colors

Microsoft Surface LogoMicrosoft has finally unveiled it's own branded Windows 8 and Windows RT operating-system powered tablet computer named "Surface".

Positioned as an long-awaited alternative and evolution to the current generation of Apple iPad, Android and Blackberry tablets - this tablet definitely seems to be "The gadget of the future", specially with it's new style, kickstand and magnetic physical keyboard bridging the gap between current tablets, laptops and desktop computers.

Windows Surface

Specifications, features, high-resolution images and an awesome video introducing users to "Surface" are posted after the jump.

How to Enable Caps Lock on Apple iOS

There was a time when revolutionary Apple iPhone lacked the very basic text manipulation functionality like copy/paste and we have to use hacks to get the feature. Slowly and steadily the Apple iOS mobile operating system has now matured a lot and offers a decent set of functionality to perform text manipulation.

If you make use of capital letters, you should be happy to know that Apple iOS offers the ability to use "CAPS LOCK" feature - letting users write all capital-alphabets without the need to repeatedly use SHIFT key. Here is how to activate and use this nifty feature from Apple iOS native keyboard.

Caps Lock feature in Apple iPhone

The next automotive battlefront will be all about technology.....

There is no doubt we will be witnessing some revolutionary automotive technology when self-driving cars hit mainstream usage, however the next battlefront for automotive industry will be "in-vehicle technology" and it's already here. Car manufacture's are already offering exciting new tech-features like voice commands, computer controlled safety and driving assistance, and plans to introduce a full-fledged, in-car, app eco-system.

Mercedes Benz, - the well known name in automotive industry has taken things further with usage of technology in it's upcoming "A Class" car series. The newly unveiled video demonstrates the same, it would not be unreasonable to say that "this new car is all about technology" - don't forget to watch the video after the jump.


Smart cars

Video Preview Of Acer Iconia W700 Ivy Bridge Windows 8 Tablet

This video preview of Acer Iconia W700 tablet computer shows how wonderful the "Microsoft Windows 8" powered touchscreen computing experience would be. The powerful Ivy Bridge based tablet boasts a crystal clear, 11.6 inch, 1080p IPS panel.


Windows 8 Tablet

Automatic photo uploads come to Dropbox for iOS with a new way to earn free storage

dropboxThe Dropbox iPhone App has been updated to support automatic photo uploads and gallery view. After upgrading to new version, the app will prompt user for permission to automatically upload phone's camera roll (images and movies) to their Dropbox account.

To promote usage of this feature, users are also offered an reward of up to 3GB of bonus capacity in 500MB increments when data gets uploaded using the new feature.

dropbox iOS

PhoneTrans - Free iTunes Alternative for iPhone, iPad & iPod touch

iPhoneTransWhile Apple iOS devices have the most simplest usability, the accompanied "PC Suite" management application Apple iTunes is equally frustrating to use. There are numerous free iTunes alternatives and today we are reviewing yet another application in this niche.

The root cause of all this trouble is "iTunes Library" concept, which ties a user to a single account and computer - forcing them to sync audio, video and other items from a single computer. But there is way out, with free iTunes alternative application - "PhoneTrans" the user gets the power to just drag-and-drop files in & out of there iPhone, iPad and iPod touch just like windows explorer from ANY COMPUTER without worrying about deletion of earlier content as in iTunes Sync.

PhoneTrans fully supports adding, removing, backing-up and recovering of music, movies, music videos, TV shows, podcasts, voice memos, ringtones and eBooks etc. from Apple iPhone, iPad, iPod touch.

PhoneTrans Main Interface

[Video] Awesome iOS interface concept with Dynamic badges, Flipcons, Mission Control and much more...

Apple iOS 6 got unveiled recently and did packed some exciting new features, here is an interesting iOS concept video that every user of Apple devices would love to use. I specially like the Notification center, Dynamic badges, Flipcons and Mission Control features.

iOS Concept

Apple Unveils iOS6, Developer Preview Available For Download

Apple’s WWDC keynote 2012 unveiled the next major upgrade to the company's highly popular mobile operating system - iOS 6. With over 200 new features the all new Apple iOS6 is currently available as a free download for registered developers and will be made available to users this fall as a free software update.

The most notable new features and changes would be - all-new iOS6 Maps app which entirely replaces Google Maps, new Siri features and commands, Facebook integration for Contacts and Calendar, Social posting from Notification Center, Facebook-enabled apps like Photos, Safari, and Maps, ability to share Photo Streams via iCloud, a universal virtual ticket storage system Passbook. Detailed explanation of these new features with images and video after the jump.

iOS 6
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