Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Tech Review Android: Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Windows Phone 8 secrets leaked


  • Apollo
    • Windows Phone 8
  • Partners with Nokia
  • Interop with
    • Windows 8 tablet apps ?
    • Windows 8 PC apps ?
  • Expected to have 100,000 apps
  • Currently there are 50,000 apps
  • Apple apps
    • 500,000
  • Google apps
    • 400,000

Google's Bouncer shows Android malware the door

http://gcn.com/articles/2012/02/03/google-intros-bouncer-malware-detector.aspx?s=gcndaily_060212
  • Introduced Feb 2.
  • scans code of newly loaded apps
    • malware
  • automatically rejects apps that raise a red flag
  • human review
  • more propagation of Symantec sales fodder

Microsoft to deliver CRhttps://buy.garmin.com/shop/store/manual.jsp?product=010-00632-00&cID=145&pID=8707M apps for iPad, iPhone, Android, Windows Phone in Q2


  • CRM - Customer Relationship Management

NPD: Android attracting more than half of new smartphone shoppers


  • National Purchase Diary (NPD)
  • 57% of fist time smart phone buyer are Android
  • 34% for Apple


The all-powerful U.S. carriers: Biggest obstacle to Windows Phone


  • Phone carriers determine who succeeds
  • they are not pushing MicroSoft

AMD's tablet strategy: Hondo chip, Windows 8


  • 4.5W is still bad
  • Hondo is 40nm
  • coming out with Temash at 28nm chip\
  • tablet wars

Android developers can qualify for a free BlackBerry PlayBook in February


  • BlackBerry PlayBook provides Android support
  • Developers that port get a free BlackBerry

  • 7"
  • 8GB
  • Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
  • Arm Cortex A8 at 1.2 GHz
  • 1080P HDMI out
  • Front facing camera
  • $145

Biscotti TV Phone $199

  • how well does the mic work?
  • Uses your TV for Video conferencing 

Layered Open Source - A better open core model?

  • open core
    • only works well when paired with proprietary shell that wraps it
  • AGPL
    • Make money, than you pay
  • $99 ($130)
  • 7"
  • Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
  • 4 GB
  • SD slot for 16 GB
  • HDMI
  • 800 MHz ARM 1176
  • Speakers and mic
  • Menu/Home button

HTC EVO View Android 4G Tablet With 7" Touchscreen, 1.5GHz Processor, 32GB Memory & Bluetooth - ATP515CKIT

  • $270
  • 7" (1024 x 600)
  • 1.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8655
  • 32 GB
  • 1 GB RAM
  • 3G and 4G hardware
  • Sprint data plan not included
  • 5.0 and 1.3 MP camera
  • Accelerometer
  • Gyroscope
  • Ambient light sensor
  • GPS/AGPS
  • Android App Market
  • {Nice}


  • 4.2" (854 x 480 - FWVGA)
  • Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
  • 8.1 mp camera
  • HDMI
  • 117 grams
  • 8 GB microSD included
  • 320 MB memory (weak?)
  • GSM smartphone

External Battery Pack and Charger

  • $36
  • 7,000 mAh
  • Dual-port (2 devices at a time)
  • Seems to work on anything (iPad, etc)

  • $199
  • USB 3.0
  • 4 USB ports
  • what is this really?
Sony Tablet S - 32GB

  • $499
  • 9.4" (1280 x 800)
  • Camera
    • front 0.3 MP
    • back 5.0 MP
  • 1 GB memory
  • 32 GB storage
  • Android Honeycomb (4.x)
  • 1 lb 5 oz
  • NVIDIA Tegra2
  • Cradle included

Samsung Galaxy Note Review


  • 5.3"
  • 8 MP camera
  • stylus

Five Reasons why Windows 8 will be dead on arrival


  • no one needs Win8 on the desktop
  • Metro: an ugly, useless interface
  • Where are the Win8 apps
  • Vexed Win Developers
    • WinRT
    • Jupiter/XAML
  • Too little, too late for smartphone/tablet market

The 3 steps to securing an Android smart phone



  • not really difficult to secure the current generation of Android phones
  • Apple turned down the military
    • would not let them see source code
  • three thing to secure
    1. restrict physical access to phone
      • dual authentication log-in programs
    2. make sure data at rest is secure
      • delete all special data is not connect to home
      • 256-bit Advance Encryption Standard
    3. proprietary protocols
      • HAIPE (High Assurance Internet Protocol Encryptor)
      • requires access to source code
  • scrub communications going out of phone
    • location
    • Angry Birds score
      • might contain personal data


Linux 3.3 Will Let You Boot Into Android: Greg-KH

  • Android kernel's merge with the mainline Linux kernel
    • 3.3
      • boot an Android user space
      • poor power management
    • 3.4
      • power management







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