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Is this Windows mobile 7?

i was reading a tech blog and found this:
Link to the gallery
Link to the article
might be intrersting for the xda community
EDIT: 2nd link fixed

looks more like its showing off future smartphone and ppc phone technology. cant really tell

why couldn't it be wm7?
If they want to have an operating system that can compete with apple's then this looks promising to me.

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cacca said:
i was reading a tech blog and found this:
Link to the gallery
Link to the article
might be intrersting for the xda community
EDIT: 2nd link fixed
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Yes its wm7 that will come out in 2009

xvicx said:
Yes its wm7 that will come out in 2009
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how do you know that?

Check this out http://microsoft.blognewschannel.co...bile-7-to-focus-on-touch-and-motion-gestures/

mushipkw said:
Check this out http://microsoft.blognewschannel.co...bile-7-to-focus-on-touch-and-motion-gestures/
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Thanks for the link. Interesting read so far. I'm not done with the Blog.
I'm just wondering though. It says that the camera will be used to calcullate certain activities (which may include gestures such as shake, twist, etc.) instead of using gyroscopes and accelerometers.
While it is too early to tell, it seems that this approach (already attempted with current devices in field) would have a negative impact on battery drain since the camera would have to be "always on" in order to comprehend your movements.
Secondly, what if someone came up with a camera hack? Could you imagine having your camera phone hacked and just being on all the time, displaying your personal life to some freak? I don't know if that is possible or not, but, it would be kinda scarry for me.
The article contradicts itself in a few areas; such as saying scroll bars will be done away with, then later stating that the scroll bars can be dynamically resized. LOL.
Still, it's fun for me to read about forthcoming technology - vaporware or not.

Dim-Ize said:
Thanks for the link. Interesting read so far. I'm not done with the Blog.
I'm just wondering though. It says that the camera will be used to calcullate certain activities (which may include gestures such as shake, twist, etc.) instead of using gyroscopes and accelerometers.
While it is too early to tell, it seems that this approach (already attempted with current devices in field) would have a negative impact on battery drain since the camera would have to be "always on" in order to comprehend your movements.
Secondly, what if someone came up with a camera hack? Could you imagine having your camera phone hacked and just being on all the time, displaying your personal life to some freak? I don't know if that is possible or not, but, it would be kinda scarry for me.
The article contradicts itself in a few areas; such as saying scroll bars will be done away with, then later stating that the scroll bars can be dynamically resized. LOL.
Still, it's fun for me to read about forthcoming technology - vaporware or not.
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Dude these are all just things Microsoft are thinking of. Im pretty sure many features will cut down from this as MS does it always.

tomazez said:
how do you know that?
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here all the full images and specs:
http://microsoft.blognewschannel.co...bile-7-to-focus-on-touch-and-motion-gestures/
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hey! That's great...
I wonder if it still would be possible to get wm7 roms for our devices...

raizaM said:
hey! That's great...
I wonder if it still would be possible to get wm7 roms for our devices...
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In theory, yes. It will most likely not need different hardware than it needs today.

From the looks of it, WM7 will be a lot more powerful that WM6 and require a lot more processing power. I'm sure there are a few HTC devices which will be able to run it, but I don't think I waoul want to run it on my Touch since it can barely handle WM6.
I don't think there's been any official announcement about the date of release, but end of 2008 or beginning of 2009 sound like the right time frame for Microsoft to roll this out. http://htcsource.com

[CLOSED/G2] G2 & Android: Evolution through leaps and bounds.

I'm definitely looking forward to root and ROMs being ported to the G2. I have been using custom ROMs like Cyanogen's mod for quite some time now on my G1, and now that I am without; it has become blatantly obvious that it's the little things that transform quality products into luxury products. Thanks to everyone's work, we are watching the definition of luxury in the making. With every new technology that comes out, and every new line of code the developers and awesome community coders write we are watching the evolution of our devices progress. Can't wait to see how this great phone will fly once I get it away from stock. I'm already interested in the new things that are slowly being discovered about it. As some sit and complain that they aren't getting what they paid for, others are going on an adventure finding out whatever they can from a new product. Its like a giant puzzle that people all over the world are working together to figure out. How interesting it would be if they actually took advantage of situations like this and all the energy that follows them to create fully immersive viral advertising campaigns. I mean everyone who is following the developments of the G2 are putting so much emotion into it all. Whether it's positive or negative we are watching the community come together as a whole, and it's pretty amazing. Whether or not there really are lasting issues with the memory or other parts of the phone, I am enjoying the dynamic of our teamwork to figure it all out.

I'm right there with you bro. This phone will have crazy developer support, I can't wait to see what happens. Things can only get better especially with support from cyanogen.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA App

I kind of agree. I'm more annoyed that rooting is the only way to get screenshot/wifi tether privileges..
If those two things were incorporated already (booooo Google & T-Mobile) I probably wouldn't root. I find android pleasantly customizable even without the theming options.

you can capture screen shots without root
i followed the instructions at this link (for the Droid) and works great
you'll need to download the SDK developers kit and the Java developers kit but they're both linked in the instructions and your phone will have to be connected to your PC, but once you've done the download, you'll end up with a shortcut icon on your desktop taking you straight to the screen capture function screen
and shot you see below is a capture of my GPS maps with satellite image layered
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-capture-screenshots-with-your-android-mobile-phone/
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larryccf said:
you can capture screen shots without root
i followed the instructions at this link (for the Droid) and works great
you'll need to download the SDK developers kit and the Java developers kit but they're both linked in the instructions
and shot you see below is a capture of my GPS maps with satellite image layered
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-capture-screenshots-with-your-android-mobile-phone/
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Obviously I meant without using a computer and having to use the SDK. That's a lot more hassle than it should be.

once we have tablets with USB we should be able to put sdk on them(hopefully) and play with our toys using our other toys

sinistersai4d4d said:
I kind of agree. I'm more annoyed that rooting is the only way to get screenshot/wifi tether privileges..
If those two things were incorporated already (booooo Google & T-Mobile) I probably wouldn't root. I find android pleasantly customizable even without the theming options.
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It's actually all T-Mobile's fault, not Google's. T-Mobile would never let its users have that feature for free.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA App

Arcadia310 said:
It's actually all T-Mobile's fault, not Google's. T-Mobile would never let its users have that feature for free.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA App
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WEll I was blaming Google for the Screen Shot limitation... but yeah.

[Game] Gravity Wins 1.91 (new included HeyZap, AI-Levels)

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Android Market: https://market.android.com/details?id=de.andlabs.gravitywins
Appbrain: http://www.appbrain.com/app/gravity-wins/de.andlabs.gravitywins
Andlabs is bringing a classic game to Android - spiced up with a twist.
Gravity Wins is based on the traditional Connect 4 (or 4 in a Row) two Player game,
only in this one your strategy has to be more advanced and thought-through, because
the board orientation changes every few rounds and then the gravity mixes up everything.
another Youtube Video Review by PlayAndroid.com: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=e6kccF-CKe0#at=30
Its a fun and fast to understand game concept that lets two players compete/engage on the same device.
We also added a Game Mode where you can play alone against a computer player.
Check it out, its available for free
Android Market: https://market.android.com/details?id=de.andlabs.gravitywins
Appbrain: http://www.appbrain.com/app/gravity-wins/de.andlabs.gravitywins

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Update
New Update out.
Runs really smooth now.
AndEngine FTW.
Would love some feedback of you guys.

Review
We've got a Video Review for "Gravity Wins"
Check it out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=e6kccF-CKe0

Nice Game, Thanks

Looking forward to online play!

Love the game! When can we expect AI mode?

WiredPirate said:
Looking forward to online play!
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Yes we are too, we still try to figure out how to do it.
We thought about using OpenFeint's Playtime which supposed to support round based multiplayer, but it seems like this feature is not available for android yet.
We also thought about AppEngine, but we were told that we would hit the traffic limits way to fast to support online gaming.
Does anybody have any suggestions or ideas?

Goddchen said:
Love the game! When can we expect AI mode?
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Currently were are busy with university work. But in about two weeks we
will continue our development. And the next feature will be the vs AI-Mode
So stay tuned

And like the playandroid guys already said, some music/sound would be really cool

Gravity Wins
Goddchen said:
And like the playandroid guys already said, some music/sound would be really cool
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Well we still focusing on the AI. But we also agree that some audio would round up the game. If someone knows some good sounds that we could use or even want to make some, let us know.

Update!
We are excited to announce that we finally updated Gravity Wins.
Now there is a new Gamemode that lets you play against an AI Player.
We also did some improvements on the UI.
So have fun and let us know what you think.

Update 1.6.1
We recently pushed an Update with first soundeffects.
There are not final yet, because we hope to find someone who wants to contribute some good sound effects. If you would like to participate, pleace contact us.
Also we finally started the work on an Online Multiplayer Version.
We hope to lunch it in the next weeks.

Reviewed again
We got a new Video Review!
this time from AndroidCentral (see first post)
Also, soon we will publish the Update with the real-time Online Multiplayer Mode.
So stay tuned.

I really love this game I play it every time I have to wait somewhere Awesome work guys

This is a fun game... but these sounds hurt my ears!

Bygones said:
This is a fun game... but these sounds hurt my ears!
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In the next Update this weekend you will be able to turn of the sounds via a new Settings Menu.
Meanwhile you can control the sounds with your Volume Keys.
And thanks for all the compliments

Update 1.7
New Settings Menu
In that you can
enable/disable the sounds
configure after how many rounds the board rotates
the AI Level of the computer player (more advanced AIs in the next Update)

Update 1.8
Hey Folks, new Update is out again
this time we added more AI-Levels to the game to make it a little bit more challenging.
Also we added a Poll about a question concerning the multiplayer.
You can also always comment here about that.

Quite Awesome!
Do you already have results from the Multiplayer Poll in the Settings Menu?

[APP] FlipFeeds: Flipboard 'esq reader for all Android Devices. Complete it?

Hi all,
I have been working on an HTML5 based reader similar to Flipboard that would work in Android, iPad, Windows 8, etc. However, with news that Flipboard will be releasing to Android this year, I'm debating on if it's worth my time to finish. A few things of note:
It's powered by google reader
It actually has a better image grabbing engine that FB for image detection
Around 32 page layouts thus far
Scales areas and fonts dynamically to fit any resolution tablet/screen
Grabs the first few pages, then keeps going in the background for quick start
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Here's a link to check out the super-pre-alpha: http://youtu.be/g3hNYtNVGJM (so you can see it already grabs articles and sorts areas and images)
What do you think? Should I put the time in to finish it for everyone?
Thanks,
B.

I think if u can manage to create and page transition effect that makes flipping through them as exciting as it is on Flipboard then ur App will sell itself....i don't see that on your video.... it's laying out new nicely though.
try to focus on visuals and gestures.

typongtv said:
I think if u can manage to create and page transition effect that makes flipping through them as exciting as it is on Flipboard then ur App will sell itself....i don't see that on your video.... it's laying out new nicely though.
try to focus on visuals and gestures.
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Yea, it's complete alpha stages right now. I don't even have the code in for viewing an article. I won't be taking the exact FB effect, but was planning on making a swipe effect of some kind, but don't want to spend the million hours finishing this out if everyone says "Why bother, we'll use FlipBoard."
Thanks,
B.

Put in mind that Flipboard announced that the company will release the app only for chosen devices ....so if your app suits older less powered devices and have some cool features that are optimized for smooth browsing and doesn't consume battery ...then i think u should work on it and don't give up .
second of all you should know by now people lke to try out new apps every now and then ...we get bored fast my friend
good luck developing ..but if u loose interest then it's also ok .....maybe u will come up with something even better

typongtv said:
Put in mind that Flipboard announced that the company will release the app only for chosen devices ....so if your app suits older less powered devices and have some cool features that are optimized for smooth browsing and doesn't consume battery ...then i think u should work on it and don't give up .
second of all you should know by now people lke to try out new apps every now and then ...we get bored fast my friend
good luck developing ..but if u loose interest then it's also ok .....maybe u will come up with something even better
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Yea, now that the APK is out I'm seeing that Flipboard is working fine on older devices, I think I'll hold off. While I'm happy to continue building this, I don't see much point unless Flipboard doesn't come out tablet optimized. Happy to give people another option, but I only have a limited amount of time, and could never compete with the feature list that FB provides.
Thanks,
B.

Android got the Blackberry hub too

The Venice will bring a BlackBerry-scented version of Android​
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One of the named apps which appeared on the list of BlackBerry apps was the BlackBerry Hub, and this is what is being shown off in the new Android phone BlackBerry Venice . For those familiar with the BlackBerry Hub already, they will be aware that the Hub offers a one-stop solution to all your messages. As such, your emails, texts, tweets and so on are all available from the one centralized place, the Hub. Well, this does seem to be one of the features will be coming to Venice and as such Android users will be able to take advantage of this uniformed all-in-one messaging solution

I'm actually really excited about the Hub. One of the few innovations out there right now for android flagships. I've never personally used the Hub, but it seemed to be one thing many loyal BB users love about BB10, so they have me hyped to try it out!

Actually the recent announcements showed a near stock Lollipop
no mention of hub or anything
only security is upped

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Actually the recent announcements showed a near stock Lollipop
no mention of hub or anything
only security is upped
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The Hub is definitely there, along with a lot of other popular BB10 features within the BlackBerry Safeguard package.

hub is main heart of bkackberry
it will be in priv tooo

Official video demostrating the hub:

I want Hub on my Note!

Been running a Z10 as my daily device and the Hub is a great item (as is their virtual keyboard). Though some of the BBerry fanboys are losing lunch over the Android hook-up, personally looking forward to the Priv.

ToniCipriani said:
Official video demostrating the hub:
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Ya, the hub looks cool. I like how he swipes it down to check the calendar super quick.

scrannel said:
Been running a Z10 as my daily device and the Hub is a great item (as is their virtual keyboard). Though some of the BBerry fanboys are losing lunch over the Android hook-up, personally looking forward to the Priv.
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Before my G2, I ran a z10 as my daily driver too. If there is one thing I miss on the blackberry, it is the hub. Even though the notification bar on android takes care of most of the notifications, it doesn't have the functionality of showing older notifications. The hub shows everything that you set to show on the hub. This is definitely an area where blackberry did it right. If the Priv has it, I would definitely consider this phone.

kkn_13 said:
Actually the recent announcements showed a near stock Lollipop
no mention of hub or anything
only security is upped
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CLAIMED to be upped. Keep in mind though, that blackberry users are typically very non-technical and haven't the faintest idea about security -- basically believe whatever they are told, even without any genuine 3rd party audit. And no, FIPS is NOT a genuine 3rd party audit. FIPS is just an NSA stamp of approval (which means that the government CAN read your email), and actually stands in the way of genuine security, since a FIPS approval takes time to obtain, and has to be re-done every time any of the code changes (i.e., they need to make sure that somebody didn't accidentally break their backdoor), and most critical of all, remains in place regardless of security problems that are later found. I.e., if you find a severe flaw in your FIPS certified crypto module, it *remains* FIPS certified.
The depth of blackberry security is the MARKETING ADVANTAGE that the word "security" brings along.

yeah the hub is really cool in blackberry
but I loved to see the hub in priv would be dark themed.
it be awesome

The BlackBerry Hub can't use for wechat. Any idea?