Tonight, Lenovo has announced 4(four) new devices that are designed for Windows 8! They are built to take advantage of Windows 8 and all of its amazing features. These devices are the IdeaPad Yoga 13, IdeaPad Yoga 11, IdeaPad Lynx, and the ThinkPad Twist! Lenovo has also announced that ThinkPad Tablet 2(previously announced) will begin at $649.99 and will be available this month. Now let’s start talking about these new devices! The Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13 is a very unique device. It is a multimode Ultrabook, and has a unique hinge that allows you to twist, move, and turn the screen 360 degrees. It allows for work and play, and you...
AT&T Unveils 2 Windows 8 Tablets!
posted by Jacob Krol
Today, AT&T has announced 2(two) Windows 8 Tablets for the 2012 Holiday Season! AT&T will be getting the ASUS VivoTab and the Samsung ATIV Smart PC, these will be exclusive in the US to AT&T. Let’s start off with the ASUS Vivo Tab! It has a 10.1-inch multi-touch Super IPS display with ASUS TruVivid technology, AT&T 4G LTE, ultra thin, light weight, 32GB of internal storage, Windows 8, Microsoft Office Home and Student 2013 RT Preview Edition pre-loaded, NVIDIA quad-core Tegra® 3 TE processor, front-facing camera, and much more! And next up we have the Samsung ATIV Smart PC! It features a 64GB of internal storage,...
Microsoft Introduces The New Office
posted by Jacob Krol
Microsoft has just unveiled the New Office, and yes it is office 2013. And it is their biggest revamp yet, and Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer is very excited! It is designed as a service and it thinks cloud first, this will help you save all of your settings and much more. This will work both for business and consumers. This is the modern version of office, and all of this made capable thanks to Windows 8. The consumer preview is available for download today from, office.com/preview. Everything is available in a touch interface, they are currently demoing it on a Samsung tablet. They have also made Office social, this made possible...
AT&T Lumia 900 Lands In Pink On July 15!
posted by Jacob Krol
Today, AT&T and Nokia announced that the very popular Nokia Lumia 900 will be available in a new fun “pink” color on July 15, 2012! he AT&T Lumia 900 in Pink is available at the same great price with all of the same great features, and you can order it online(http://www.att.com) or via direct fulfillment at an AT&T retail location starting July 15, 2012. And of course you can still get the Lumia 900 in either black, white, or cyan. Now, Nokia is also brining some new stuff to the Lumia 900. They will be getting an update in a couple of week that brings flip-to-scene, and more capabilities. And a camera extras and...
Ford Sync Powered By Microsoft Hands-On
posted by Jacob Krol
While at GDGT NY 2012 I stopped by the Ford booth. They were showing off the 2013 Ford Focus Electric with Ford Sync Powered By Microsoft. I got a hands-on with Sync from Jen(Ford), you can see the video hands-on below. My Ford Touch is the specific system working on the 2013 Ford Fusion and other models. However, the main service is Ford Sync by Microsoft. When you first look at the system it does not look like it was made or partially developed by Microsoft, it has its own feel and user interface. I think it is important that they are separating it from the other technologies out there. As it is completely different from what you would...
Microsoft Unveils Windows Phone 8!
posted by Jacob Krol
Today Microsoft unveiled Windows Phone 8! This is the latest and greatest Windows Phone operating system. And believe it-or-not Windows Phone 8 is very similar to the new release of Windows 8! Yes, so it is similar to the operating system that we saw running on the Surface tablet from Microsoft. First off Windows Phone 8 will now support multi-core processors, meaning hopefully we will see a 1.5GHz or even a quad-core processor in the future. It now supports screen resolutions of 1280×768 and 1280×720, giving the device makers the opportunity to make the screens bigger and better. One of the most requested features on Windows...