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Don’t blame Ice Cream Sandwich, blame the hardware

Joseph Ruthaford — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:28:58 +0000

So we have been awaiting the major release of Ice Cream Sandwich on more devices. Well it seems like it isn’t the software that is holding up this being on more phones but the hardware. The senior vice president and GM of Motorola’s Enterprise Unit, Christy Wyatt, stated that writing code to support hardware other than Google’s Nexus model has become a tall order for many smartphone makers. The problems with this is that upgrades to phones are more difficult and it takes forever for a person with an Android smartphone to enjoy an major upgrade. They do understand that people want upgrades sooner rather than later but the process is very complicated. Although they will be working hard to make sure that phones can upgraded as fast as possible, it’s just people with Androids will just have to be patient but most people’s patience is getting thinner.

Apple finalizing apps for iPad 3 demos

Joseph Ruthaford — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:18:10 +0000

So if you read my blog you know that Apple is planning an event in San Francisco to announce the iPad 3. Well apparently now the company is in crunch mode and is trying to line up all of the apps for both on stage demos and also show off some advertisements for the new iPad. Apple has been known to be very picky about what apps it will show off on its hardware, on the iPad 2 they showed iMovie and also Photo Booth. This time around my money is going to be on apps that show off the display. With everyone clamoring about the Retina display, you would think they will show off apps that are visually stunning. Now this is still not all confirmed but All Things D reported this and I must say they have been spot on with speculating Apple announcements and I am sure this one will be no different.

iPad 3 to be announced in March

Joseph Ruthaford — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:05:44 +0000

February is going to be a hush month for Apple as many believed they would be talking about the iPad 3 this month and when we might see it in all its glory. Well now it is being said that iPad 3 is going to be announced in March. This event is been speculated to be held in San Francisco and will be one of its trademark special events of the year. Not much is known on what will be included in the announcement especially since there are no street dates of it as of yet and we all hope that is announced in this event. Though from what I have read it is going to be very close to the iPad 2. It is going to be running much faster with better graphics and will have a 2048×1536 Retina Display and if that is not the exact numbers you will be looking at something very close to it. There is nothing we can really say on this event yet other speculating on it until the date is announced but from what I have read it will be sometime in the first week of March and we might be in for some surprises.

The battle for streaming got a big heavier

Joseph Ruthaford — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:33:43 +0000

Amazon is trying to ramp up their Prime service. They have just announced a deal with Viacom which will now bring them to over 15,000 titles in their library. This is a great move for Amazon in the streaming video business however there is still one problem with this issue. You have to buy a subscription to Amazon Prime. Which does give you free 2 day shipping. Although I have to say that isn’t too bad of a deal even if you don’t use it much however there is speculation that Amazon my part the two and have individual subscriptions just for the streaming. So with the new Viacom deal we are looking at TV shows from Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, Spike, TV Land, and VH1. This will sure up the videos already on Amazon’s streaming line up. Looks like Netflix has some strong competition.

The future is coming, HUD Google Glasses

Joseph Ruthaford — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:04:21 +0000

I have been reading up on a lot of new tech gadgets and I have to say I am blown away at the HUD glasses that Google is coming out with. Based upon what I read the prototype of these glasses look liek the Oakley Thumps which is the picture above. From what I have read the glasses will have a front facing camera to gather info and would be used in augmented reality apps. It will also be able to take pictures but the camera will not be big and will only be a few megapixels. The heads up display or HUD if you will, is only going to be in one eye and be on the side not right in the middle of your view, pretty like most HUD displays if you have ever played a first person shooter. The navigation system is been said to be motion activated with head tilting to scroll and click things, and it is suppose to be very easy to learn how to use these glasses. They are only speculating right now on what actually will be in the glasses for specs but it has been said it will be very close to a Android phone build from the last generation of Androids.