You might have already heard this one before, but as anyone who closely follows happenings in the tech sector might expect, several companies are already working on their own tablet PC offerings with either the open-source mobile Android OS or a mobile-optimized version of Windows 7. Samsung is among those first expected to deliver such a mobile device, and their upcoming product has been identified in the past as the Samsung Galaxy Tab (pictured above). Today, Reuters has posted news further confirming this as part of Samsung’s future plans, mentioning that Samsung’s tablet PC will have a 7-inch display (compared to the iPad’s 9.7-inch screen). Near the end of its news post, Reuters also mentioned that LG Electronics will also deliver a tablet PC with Android OS, and that it will be released in the fourth quarter following Samsung’s third quarter release date for their tablet.
I really want to see a new and improved Windows 7 tablet PC to come around soon. Don’t you? I personally don’t see much point in a tablet if it runs the same operating system as my aging smartphone. So far, Microsoft has kept my hopes up. They have confirmed that they are currently working on Windows 7 tablet PCs, and today Steve Ballmer talked a bit more about Microsoft’s tablet PC plans. Ballmer was quoted as saying, “We’re in the process of doing that as we speak. We’re working with our hardware partners. We’re tuning Windows 7.” He made it clear that Microsoft will be sticking to Windows 7 for their upcoming tablets, and made it sound like their intent was to take the desktop and reshape it to fit in the form factor of a slate. Sounds like a lot of work, but if done right, it will definitely be worth it. It’s worth nothing that this has already been done unsuccessfully with older versions of Windows in the past, but with Windows 7 and better hardware, this holds a lot of promise today.
Nowadays, it’s no longer considered cool to walk around with an Android smartphone in one hand and a netbook running Ubuntu Linux on the other. But you know what is? Using both hands to tinker with an Android smartphone that’s running Ubuntu Linux instead of the Android OS. It drives the ladies nuts, for some reason. If you’ve got an extra Google Nexus One lying around and have been wanting to mess with Ubuntu Linux for the longest time, well now you can. Even just a faint curiosity about the possibilities would suffice. I have here an embedded video which shows exactly what I’m talking about above, and the Source link below provides some details regarding installation.
It looks like 64-bit computing is finally starting to pick up steam, thanks to Microsoft’s latest desktop operating sytem, Windows 7. According to figures recently published by the software giant, the 64-bit version of Windows 7 accounts for nearly half of all Windows 7 installations at 46%, compared to Windows Vista’s measly 11% back in its “glory days.” This might be due to the fact that most prebuilt computers you can buy nowadays come with at least 4GB of RAM, or even if they come with 3GB of RAM or less, some of them still have Windows 7 64-bit installed. Even I, personally, use the 64-bit version of Windows 7 on a couple computers of mine with only 1GB of RAM. I know the point of a 64-bit OS is to make better use of available system memory (32-bit Windows can only read up to 3.25GB of RAM), but a 64-bit OS has other benefits too. Now all that’s left to happen is for our most used desktop programs to come out with 64-bit versions in order to better take advantage of this development. Notably, Firefox and many other popular programs still don’t have 64-bit versions.
