If you weren’t a fan of Microsoft’s move to the “Ribbon” for navigational purposes in the latest versions of Microsoft Office 2007/2010, you’re going to have a hard time adjusting to Windows 8 if a fresh leak of images are indeed real. In the image above, one can see the revamped left navigation pain and top navigation area where the main toolbar currently resides. Though in anti-ribbon readers’ defense, there appears to be options to...
Android’s openness is both it’s greatest strength and weakness. While it’s awesome that consumers can pretty much do whatever they want with Google’s hard work, it also means carriers and smartphone manufacturers can as well. And as history has shown us, those outside entities are rarely “on the mark” or have consumers’ best interests in mind when customizing Android to their liking. And as the Android vs. everyone else debate has...
If you aren’t the type to follow Pwn2own and the various trickery that the contest caters to, you should. It is there that some of the world’s most talented hackers crack their way into the gadgets we love and use every day, ultimately making our lives (and gadgets) safer and more secure. However, part of that added safety is dependent on the hardware manufacturers and mobile OS developers actually implementing fixes for said hacks in a timely manner. With...
Even though Nokia is dead set on putting Symbian out to pasture and move on with their new WP7 beauty, scores of Symbian users not yet sold on WP7 or unable/unwilling to upgrade means Nokia will still have to support them too. And Nokia’s Benelux product manager, Marc Driessen, has some new and exciting news for that very crowd pertaining to Symbian S^3/4 — a revamped UI. S^4 was shelved several months back, but the refreshed UI has been ported down to S^3. ...
WebOS hasn’t really taken off in popularity as some other mobile alternatives have to date. But as we see it, that’s mainly because of a lack of exciting hardware or worthwhile hardware updates thus far. Now that Leo Apotheker is at the helm, however, things are quickly turning around. Take for example a claim made by Apotheker today, stating that every HP PC will be able to run the webOS experience by next year. This is but one bold claim made by a man...
