Tablet devices are going popular nowadays. What about Microsoft Tablet running on Windows Phone 7? I think it looks more appealing and cool than a Windows Phone 7 smartphone. Take a look at this Microsoft Tablet Concept design.

They call it Windows Slate 7. The Windows Logo at the bottom is remarkably crisp and you will like if you are Windows supporter. The simple app icons remain the same but it has been utilizing the big screen of the tablet, by adding more gadget-like (weather, battery life and music player) at the bottom. It looks like one of those gadgets in Windows 7 OS on Desktop or Laptop.

Although home screen customization with gadgets is common in Android OS, it is much more better than Apple iOS which limits user to modify the home screen with their own customization gadgets or widgets unless you jailbreak your iPhone.

Will this Windows Tablet going to be an official Microsoft Tablet device soon?

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The widely believe Android Honeycomb to be launch with version 3.0 has been change to upcoming released version Android 2.4 due to various sources. It seems that Google is following Apple iOS’s path by combines tablet OS version and phone version as one single OS rather than separate with different version.

The current Android OS Gingerbread 2.3 already available in latest devices with Android OS support. Android Honeycomb OS is expected to launch in February 2011. We will see whether this rumor will be true.

This is a topic on previous post Android 3.0 OS aka Honeycomb on Motorola Tablet. Here are two videos which related to the post. The videos shows the demo on Motorola Tablet with Android 3.0 Honeycomb installed.

Features that the home screen is able to rotate based on current orientation mode, 3D buildings view and it looks that the latest Android OS has come to par with Apple iOS features very soon.

We have heard about Google Nexus S phone on Android OS 2.3 Gingerbread. Here comes the newer version of Android OS. Google’s Android boss Andy Rubin shows the forthcoming Android 3.0 OS in year 2011 which designed specifically for large screen of tablet devices like Samsung Galaxy Tab and Motorola tablet.

He showed the Motorola tablet which runs on NVIDIA dual-core 3D processor and with the new super-fast vector-based of Google Map version which enter into 3D world map. 3D building view is the upcoming features on the new Google map version.

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In the picture above, the Motorola tablet looks very thin and similar to iPad. According the sources, it is larger than Samsung Galaxy Tab and slightly smaller than iPad. No price and release date at the moment but he does mention the cost of developing the Motorola tablet is about $10,000!

There are many features improvement in the new Android 3.0 OS which includes new tablet version of Gmail and new widgets. For more details of the live talk, visit Google’s Andy Rubin Live Demo on Motorola Tablet.

The latest Android phone Galaxy S from Samsung is arrived in Malaysia. The price is expensive than iPhone 3GS or HTC Desire. But the design outlook isn’t really is everyone’s favorite. It does look like a combination technical specification of both HTC Desire and iPhone 3GS with the CPU(ARM Cortex A8 processor) at 1GHz speed and built in internal memory storage up to 16GB. You don’t need additional SD Card and worry about the lack of storage space for apps such as HTC Desire.

The Galaxy S dimension(9.9 mm) is remarkably thin than many phones out there but is not with iPhone 4(9.3 mm) still. The screen dimension is same with HTC Desire. With 480 x 800 pixels screen and super AMOLED touchscreen and come with TouchWiz 3.0 UI.

How about weight of the phone? Samsung Galaxy S is totally the winner here. HTC Desire and iPhone 3GS weight is 135 grams. With only 118 grams, it is really a light weight phone. The other specification is almost similar to HTC Desire.

Galaxy S win over HTC Desire in terms of battery power. It has 1500 mAh battery while HTC Desire is just 1400 mAh.

What is the price of Samsung Galaxy S?

The original market price is RM2599 but you can get it at RM1699 by signing up one year plan package with Maxis.

Conclusion

Samsung Galaxy S is definitely a good choice for Android fans. A powerful phone and awesome hardware. The 16GB built-in internal memory storage and 1Ghz processor speed is what make this phone stay out of the crowd.

I have never thought that the latest HTC Desire phone doesn’t support store and save android apps on SD Card. There are two ways to store it. Either the apps must download the data files manually from internet to save it into SD Card automatically or backup manually by users. Apps are not support to run externally on SD Card. This is bad idea while everyone should have at least 8GB empty space from SD Card to be used.

However, the latest Android OS 2.2 does support that. HTC Desire users will still have to wait for the latest Android for HTC device to be released but not all applications will be supported also. Maybe there is an issue of the OS when the SD Card is remove from the device?

With the new Android OS released, this common issue should be solved in every android phones.

Ever wonder you can install Android OS into your iPhone? Someone prove it that your iPhone can support it! It is even support dual boot of both OS. I think this is very cool and it works like our windows computer where we can install multiple OS on a single computer. To install Android on iPhone, you will need to jailbreak it and enter some commands to make it install successfully. It is still too early for me to play around with Android OS since I still need some time to stick with my new iOS 4.0. There are a lot of iOS 4.0 features which I haven’t really known yet.

Since HTC Desire is an Android phone, iPhone also can be one of them. With this new breakthrough, iPhone users will be able to try out Android OS without needed to change their phone. Although I would like to try out, but I am still concern about the jailbreak OS where there will be many loopholes and security holes. Root password can be changed and is it mean it is secure already? In terms of reliability and security concern, original Apple OS did it well already.

I don’t mind to give it a try on Android OS, but at least not for now. Are you willing to install it on your iPhone now?

I wrote about HTC Legend vs iPhone 3GS in my previous post. In this post, I will write about HTC Desire and Legend. These two phones are best Android phone from HTC at the moment. One focus on design while another focus on horsepower of hardware. They are the same kind of phones but different outlook and design. Both have its advantages and disadvantages.

I have play around with HTC Desire. What I can said is, it is a solid and durable phone comparing to HTC Legend which is more slim and fragile feeling. Of course, there is bad thing about HTC Desire also. It is heavier than HTC Legend since everything are bigger also including the screen resolution. Both have smooth touch screen but I still think that the Android + UI Sense still unable to beat iPhone OS. No doubt iPhone OS come out earlier and simpler than Android OS but it doesn’t multitasking support like Android OS.

What are the Pros and Cons?

There are always pros and cons for every gadgets to compare. For HTC Desire and Legend, both hardware specification are different while HTC Desire having more horsepower than HTC Legend and that is why its body size also bigger than Legend. HTC Desire design is not as attractive as Legend and it does look like its cousin – Nexus One, with similar body color. The optical trackpad of Desire is different than Nexus One trackball that will glow. Desire’s trackpad is the one that found in Legend.

What’s made HTC Desire so desirable?

Most people are getting this durable smart phone over the HTC Legend. Compare by hardware specification, Legend is really can’t compete with Desire. Legend can only attract its buyer by its slim body, cool and aluminum unibody design. For people who want more than just a nice design phone, HTC Desire is the best choice if you can sacrifice the design part. The Snapdragon double processor speed is the main key point here. Desire market price is only a few buck higher than Legend.

How to choose between the two?

If you are a die hard fans for design phone or metallic aluminum look and you think functionality is not the most important of all, go for HTC Legend. Otherwise stick to HTC Desire as it can perform more multitasking jobs for you without worrying about the processor speed and Flash ROM memory. Both phones also support Flash Lite plugin but Desire will always have better performance.

Conclusion

Overall, both phones also have its own advantages and disadvantages. It really depends on what you want from the phones. Some people may prefer better hardware since it is more worth the money to buy instead of just buying its outlook design. But the fact is that HTC Legend is nice to hold on palm more than Desire. The aluminum body is very attractive. Choose what you need the most of all and make a conclusion from there.