`Buffy` Will Be The Official Name for HTC Facebook Phone
A rumor saying that Facebook will be producing smartphone seems not just a bluffing, the unit developed with a password ‘Buffy’. As written in All Things D, Buffy is the outcome of the partnership between the Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer HTC. However, the inspection of the project is still in line with the command of Chief Technology Officer Bret Taylor. Android OS will be chosen as the base platform for Buffy. Well, because the device is bred by Facebook, this phone will automatically lead to social networks than other phones.
It does not say what kind of special access will be offered and this HTC Facebook phones. But it seems that Buffy would functions with a deeper integration towards Facebook services.
Facebook party itself has still not announced its official statement about the appearance of Buffy. But the remarks that had been pushed out, causing the giant social networking site did not deny that the mobile industry in one of their next shot will land.
“Our strategy in the mobile business is actually simple. We think that every device will be better when he is more ‘social’. And we were trying to wade through the entire mobile industry,” said Facebook spokesman, quoted by All Things D.
“Many parties, such as operators, hardware vendors, makers of the OS, and application developers to bring social networking experience to more people around the world,” he continued.
Barnes & Noble New Nook Tablet
Barnes & Noble unveiled its new Nook tablet Monday, positioning it to jockey against Amazon’s Kindle fire for high placement on vacation want lists.
Barnes & Noble calls its Nook tablet, obtainable currently for preorder, the “lightest, fastest tablet with HD entertainment.” At $249, it’s $50 quite its competition, Amazon’s Kindle fire, that Jeff Bezos presented with fanfare many weeks ago.
The newest tablet reader to hit the market, features :
- the 7-inch touch screen slate grey
- weighs a small 14.1 ounces into that Barnes & Noble packs
- a 1 GHz dual-core processor,
- 1 gigabyte of RAM,
- 16 gigabytes of internal storage – double the number of storage offered by Amazon’s Kindle fire. (Plus, the Nook table comes with a micro SD memory card slot to extend memory with external space for storing.)
It’s got an equivalent basic styling – single black bar home button and rounded hook, in conjunction with a rubberized backing – in an exceedingly sleeker grey color.
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Introducing Android Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0)
Google has introduced the next edition of Android OS, nicknamed Android Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS), a point of reality. Much better called Android 4.0, the update offers a enormous redesign for the user interface and adds a plethora of new features. A number of the highlights include an NFC-enabled feature named Android Beam, offline search in Gmail, new lock screen features and a fancy unlocking method known as “Face Unlock,” which employs facial recognition to ensure strangers can not use your telephone without permission.
ICS also consists of enhancements in virtually every single native app inside Android itself. The SDK is already available for Android 4.0, and the update itself will make its first public appearance on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, also unveiled tonight.
Below the new features from Android Ice Cream Sandwitch :
- Refined User Interface
- Multitasking
- New system font aka Roboto
- Resizable widgets
- Smile and unlock
- Cloud-connected experience
- Powerful voice input engine
- Android Beam
- Redesigned Gallery app with photo editor
- Wi-Fi Direct
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