Successor to Windows 8

Windows 8 has just launched a few months ago at the end of October, but news about the next generation of Microsoft's operating system that has begun to circulate.

According to a forum member PCBeta cited by Phone Arena, the successor to Windows 8, known as the "Windows Blue" also has another alias, ie "Windows 9 Dev".

Blue Windows called Windows version will be priced will have a new user interface, including the platform and the price changes. Microsoft seems to want so that everyone can use Windows Blue with membanderol relatively cheap or even free to increase the number of users.

As Windows Phone 8, the operating system will have a display saying Live Tiles, application size can be changed as the user desires.

Microsoft also called will maintain desktop environments such as previous versions of Windows, but it will change the interface appearance to look more "flat" and aligned with the visual concept promoted by Metro-style user interface.

In it, Microsoft may be using the new Windows kernel, version 6.3, that will make things run more smoothly. Other improvements include support for tablet-sized 7 and 8 inches, which is still not in the Windows ecosystem.

Interestingly, due to the version of Windows is being used by many users as possible, Microsoft is also rumored to be delivering update "Windows Blue" for free around mid-2013 or later

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Apple will launch watches iWatch

In late 2011, the news came that claimed Apple was working on a future project. At that time, Apple is reportedly making computing device that can be worn on the wrist.

The news seems to be immediately evident. A website from China, TGbus, some time ago to broadcast news about the collaboration between Apple and Intel. Both are currently working on a so-called smart watches (smartwatch) Bluetooth with OLED screen measuring 1.5 inches. Smartwatch will be equipped with the iOS operating system.

Smartwatch can later be connected to the iPhone, allowing users to control the Apple smartphone directly from the arm. This means that users can read text messages, answer a voice call, and update their Facebook status directly through smartwatch.

Users also do not have to wait long to buy this product. Quoted from Cnet, Friday (28/12/2012), Apple is rumored to be launching the device in 2013.

Apple unwittingly've actually provides little guidance for this project. Some time ago, the Cupertino-based company had launched the iPod Nano's that can function as a wristwatch.

However, this design did not last long. In 2012, Apple changed the concept of the newest generation iPod Nano.

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Galaxy S III Laris Manis, Samsung Ready "smoke" Apple

After ejecting Nokia from the position of number one mobile phone manufacturer in the world, Samsung smartphone sales numbers the farther left the rival magnitude, Apple.

As explained by the results of 41 polling analyst quoted by Reuters, Samsung's success is partly thanks to the great demand for the model Samsung flagship smartphone, Galaxy S III.

Samsung is also doing a large-scale marketing campaign to support sales of the product.

Samsung and Apple are competing for a quarter of the largest in terms of smartphone sales, but the Galaxy S III, which was launched last May has put Samsung at a position above the wind.

In the 2012 second quarter ended June 30, Samsung is estimated to have sold as many as 50 million units of smartphones, compared to Apple's iPhone sales estimates as many as 30.5 million units.

Analyst with market research agency International Data Corporation (IDC), Francisco Jeronimo said that Samsung smartphone sales volume could be the largest in a single quarter ever recorded from a single vendor.

"This is due to strong demand for the Galaxy product line, especially the Galaxy S II and S III," he explained.

Samsung's broad portfolio of smartphones the company has been profitable from Korea is in competition with Apple, which depends on sales figures of the next generation iPhone release schedule.

From the viewpoint of the mobile market in general, including cheap phone (feature phone), Samsung is estimated to have sold 15.7 million units of products more than Nokia in the second quarter of this year.

In the first quarter, sales were 3.4 million units higher than the Finnish mobile phone vendor who had held the title of world's largest mobile phone manufacturer for 14 years.

In the U.S., Apple is trying to scuttle the Samsung through a series of lawsuits related to patent infringement. So far Apple has managed to stop the sale of two products to Samsung, the tablet Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Galaxy Nexus smartphone. Galaxy S III also includes a product that is said to violate Apple's patents

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