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My Nokia Blog received information from an anonymous tipster of what could be the specs of the next Windows powered Nokia phones to be launched next month. The names of the leaked phone are Nokia Ace, Sabre and Sea Ray. If this news has to be believed, all these phones would be announced at the [...]

  While most tablet manufacturers force consumers to stick to a single OS, ViewSonic has gone ahead by trying to give the best of two worlds. Its newly announced ViewPad 10pro runs both Windows 7 and Android OS. The tablet is powered by Intel’s 1.5GHz Z670 Atom processor and 2GB RAM that makes running two [...]

  Samsung is apparently working on a Windows-based tablet. According to the sources who spoke to Blogeee, Samsung is preparing a 10-inch tablet PC dubbed as Gloria that runs on Windows 7 OS. What’s more interesting is that the tablet is rumored to have a sliding QWERTY keyboard. The site claims that we can expect [...]

  Acer has announced their entry in the tablet market with few interesting tablet devices. The first and the most attractive from the series is the Iconia tablet featuring dual display. Although we’ve seen such a concept before, Acer will be one of the first ones to put out a dual-screen tablet out in the [...]

  LG might have put its Android tablet plans on hold for Honeycomb but it looks like the Korean manufacturer is creating a Windows-based tablet. The H1000B was found in the FCC database and a corresponding picture on Twitpic. While most details are under wraps at the moment, few things we know are the Windows [...]

  Microsoft has a reason to celebrate. Sure, Windows 7 has completed a year in the computer OS arena but it is the OS’ success that is more important. In a year of its launch, MS has sold more than 240 million copies of Windows 7 that includes retail sales as well as OEM licenses. [...]

  At the Worldwide Partner Conference, Steve Ballmer confirmed Windows 7 tablets will flood the market this year. He said this to 14,000 partners in his keynote indicating many big players like Asus, Dell, LG, Samsung, Sony, Toshiba will bring Windows 7-powered tablet PCs by end of this year. Although tablets today target the leisure [...]

  MSI’s pre-Computex showcase has officially begun and they’re wooing the crowd with two new 10-inch tablet PCs. First is the WindPad 100 that runs Windows 7 OS on an Intel processor. Intel’s Atom Z530 CPU is the heart of the device and includes features like a webcam, USB and an HDMI port. The tablet [...]

  Yes, we’ve heard this before but Asustek CEO and president Jerry Shen seems more clear on this as compared to Jonney Shih. Shen has confirmed that Asus will unveil two EeePads this season, one running on Android OS whereas the other one running full-fledged PC OS, Windows 7. The Android OS tablet will be [...]

  Just a heads up to those still using the Release Candidate version of Windows 7. Windows 7 RC will automatically shutdown after every two hours till the expiry of RC in June. An easy and logical way is to of course, install a fresh retail copy of Windows 7.

  Samsung has announced N140 netbook loaded with Windows 7 for the Indian market. N140 looks to be just another netbook but the differentiation comes from its curved exterior that makes it easy to carry and a whopping 11 hours of battery life. Rest of the specs are more or less at par with other [...]

  Whatever the reason is, UK people are in luck if they’re deciding to pick Microsoft’s Windows 7 OS. The Windows 7 Home Premium retail version will sell for around £65, which is almost 50 percent less than the same retail version being sold in US. Amazon UK and Play are already taking pre-orders ranging [...]

  After deciding to ship IE less Windows 7 SKUs in Europe, Microsoft has backtracked and will ship Windows 7 with Internet Explorer browser. However, the shipped SKUs will carry a ballot option that will allow users to download any internet browser of their choice. The ballot will be displayed the first time a user [...]

  Microsoft has finally announced the pricing of Windows 7 Family Pack and Windows Anytime Upgrade options. Starting from October 22, users will be able to buy a Family Pack for just $149.99 that will carry three licenses of Windows 7 Home Premium OS. The pack will be in limited numbers so be sure to [...]

  Microsoft has unveiled the release date for users to procure the Windows 7 RTM code. They have segregated the users on the basis of when they’ll receive the RTM copy. A partner, developer or an OEM will be able to download the OS from as early as August 6. If you happen to be [...]