Archos Generation 8 Android Internet Tablets

The Archos Generation 8 Android Internet Tablets are coming. In the slide they used to announce them in Chine, it appears there'll be 2x Archos 3, 1x Archos 5, 2x Archos 7, and 1x Archos 10. This is the slide they used:

The prices will vary from $100 to $300 and will most probably be cheaper if smaller. The slide also mentions multi-touch which probably means they will have capacitive touch screens. This is a great thing that was missing from the previous Archos Android Internet Tablet. Let's don't make more speculations at this moment and let's wait for more detailed specs to be announced or better yet, for them to be  released. :)

iPhone OS 4.0 Announced

Today, Apple announced the upcoming iPhone OS 4.0 the new big release of the popular mobile operating system. It's new features mainly come from jailbroken features like Stacks, Backgrounder, and Winterboard.

Here's the list of some of the new features:

-Multitasking
-Home screen wallpaper
-Folders for apps
-Game Center (the new official social gaming center)
-iBooks (the eBook app and store from the iPad)
-iAds (a new way of inserting ads in apps and getting 60% of the income from them)
-Unified Inbox in Mail
-5x digital zoom in the camera
-Bluetooth keyboard support
-In-app SMS

Unfotunately (for some people including me) this release won't be compatible with the first generation iPhone or iPod Touch. Also, multitasking won't work for iPhone 3G and iPod Touch second generation. The devices that will have all of those features will only be the iPhone, the iPod Touch third generation, the iPad, and probably the upcoming devices that are yet to be announced.

The OS is scheduled to be released in summer for iPhone and iPod Touch and in fall for the iPad.

iPad is Out!

Hello readers,

This is the first post of this blog relating to technology but mainly about mobile devices. Today, when I decided to start this blog, we have the announcement of the iPad release.

The iPad is an mobile device made by Apple which is mainly referred to as a "Big iPod Touch". I have to admit that was my perspective at the beginning but after seeing some updated videos about it, I have to disagree. It seems like a respectable device which can be of great value for any person as in students, housewifes, business people, etc. It has the ability to run Apple's office suite "iWork" and have a VGA-display connected to it which makes it a great laptop replacement. Unfortunately it doesn't have a full desktop operating system or even multitasking. It is also a bit overpriced when having other "better" (with full desktop operating systems) and cheaper options in the market, for example any netbook or the Archos 9 PCtablet. It also has a competitor, which seems like a good option and is also a lot cheaper, the Archos 7 Home Tablet. And this without taking into consideration the smaller-form-factor devices.

If someone of you guys gets one of these devices, you're welcome to tell us about it.