Posts Tagged ‘windows’
Feature: Demise of the desktop »
Desktop computers are being squeezed out of homes and workplaces by laptops – but they can survive as a niche player, writes Adam Maguire. As an increasingly rare sight on retailers’ shelves, in people’s homes and even around the office, it is clear that the desktop computer is dying. So what is driving the demise of this once ...Read On »
First Impressions: Samsung Wave »
As a debut for Samsung's Bada operating system and app platform there is a lot of expectation behind the company's new Wave smartphone, so does it stand up to scrutiny? Here's a first impression run-through from teic.ie with a full review to follow soon: The device Physically speaking the Samsung Wave makes a good first impression. It ...Read On »
Opinion: Microsoft need not fear Apple’s market »
Microsoft may have lost much of its sheen but it is far from a company in trouble, says Jason Walsh. Once the belle of the technology ball, Microsoft has been having a tough time of it lately. Never-ending problems with its X-Box hardware, internet initiatives continually eclipsed by Google and Facebook and now its old enemy Apple has ...Read On »
Microsoft reveal tablet-friendly OS »
Microsoft has released a tech preview of its latest 'compact' operating system which is shaping up to be its answer to the emerging tablet market. While also in the running for least catchy title of the year, Microsoft's Windows Embedded Compact 7 OS is specifically designed for dedicated consumer devices. This might take the form of an ...Read On »
Hotmail to get new features & facelift »
Microsoft has announced that its free mail service Hotmail will be given new features and a face-lift in the months ahead. The change will help the client integrate better with other web services and Microsoft's own Office applications and will renew the battle between the service and its rivals Gmail and Yahoo Mail. As part of the overhaul ...Read On »
Opinion: HP show they are tuned in to tablets »
Recent manoeuvres by HP has shown it understands the burgeoning tablet market better than Microsoft currently does, says Adam Maguire. It was with great fanfare that Steve Ballmer took to the stage at CES this year to unveil the HP Slate, or at least that is how he is likely to recount the story. In reality the big reveal of the ...Read On »
Review: HTC HD2 »
HTC's HD2 is a powerful smartphone with a superb touchscreen that rivals anything else on the market but its use of Windows Mobile as an operating system is the one thing that holds it back from being truly great. Taiwanese manufacturer HTC has had a good year in Ireland and internationally. Its Hero handset, available from Meteor at the ...Read On »
Microsoft unveils Kin handsets »
Microsoft has unveiled two much-anticipated phones under the new 'Kin' brand. Both the Kin One and Kin Two are touch-screen devices with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and run on an operating system unique from the company's existing Windows Mobile platform. The phones - which will launch in May in the US - come on the back of Microsoft's ...Read On »
Opinion: PC Nostalgia for a simpler – and slower »
The Commodore 64 has been ‘relaunched’ as a modern Windows PC. Jason Walsh asks if we are getting a bit too nostalgic for times gone by. You just can’t keep an old computer down. The Commodore 64, an ancient machine of the 8-bit era has been relaunched as a quad-core Ubuntu machine. OK, it’s not really a Commodore 64, it’s just ...Read On »
O2 get exclusivity on HTC Smart’s April launch »
O2 will be the exclusive carrier of HTC's Smart handset when it arrives in Ireland in April. The HTC Smart is being pitched as a smartphone that is easy for everyone to use with HTC's Sense user interface deployed to make the phone fully customisable. HTC have also announced a number of new Android and Windows Mobile handsets, some of ...Read On »
