Microsoft 
has confirmed it will release the first pre-beta version of Windows 7 to developers next month. Windows 7 is the next major version of the Windows client operating system.Developers will get their first look at an alpha version of the operating system at the Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in October. Microsoft plans to demonstrate its progress on Windows 7 at the annual event. But the operating system itself won’t debut in retail stores until 2010.
“With Windows 7 at PDC2008, you will see advances across the full range of Windows — including the kernel, networking, hardware and devices, and user interface,” wrote Denise Begley, a marketing manager for Microsoft, on the company blog. “Additionally, attendees will have the opportunity to attend 21 different sessions that drill down into the details of developing for Windows 7.”
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September 26th, 2008
Now that analysts are getting their hands on the T-Mobile G1, talk is beginning about what the first Android-powered phone doesn’t offer. T-Mobile launched the HTC-made device Tuesday, complete with full touchscreen functionality and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard for a mobile Web experience largely driven by Google products, including Search, Google Street View, Gmail and YouTube.The phone is making the intended splash. In fact, Neil Mawston, director of Wireless Device Strategies at Strategy Analytics, is forecasting a major Android impact on the 10.5 million smartphones to be sold in the United States during the fourth quarter of 2008.
“We estimate smartphones with Google’s Android operating system, led by HTC of Taiwan, will reach 0.4 million units in the quarter, for a four percent market share,” Mawston said. “Android is a relatively late entrant and it will join an increasingly crowded market alongside Blackberry, Microsoft , Apple, Palm, Symbian and LiMo.”
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September 26th, 2008
