Gram, the new name of Palm

After HP Acquire Palm and changed his name to WebOS, Global Business Unit (GBU) under the company, Palm again changing. This time in the form of reincarnation brand name to "Gram".

The focus of the business is also changing from consumer devices to "software, user experience (UX), cloud, engineering, and partnering".

WebOS GBU is a business unit under the HP, but Gram will be made into a separate company, is wholly owned by HP but leaning seeking outside investment.

Still unclear what the product will be made by this company. About that, Martin, Chief of Staff of HP worried ordered the employees to shut up about the products that will be offered by Gram.

Palm was once a manufacturer of personal digital assistant devices (PDAs) are known through leading products such as the Palm Pilot and Palm Treo. WebOS is the operating system name of the device is made to replace an earlier version, Palm OS.

The company was acquired by HP in 2010. Mid-2011, HP stopping production of all webOS-based hardware devices, including smartphones and tablets

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Sharp SH530 Sports 5" smartphone with Dual GSM

Sharp, launched a dual SIM phone, with the release of its latest smartphone for the Chinese market, Sharp SH530 Sports, comes with dimensions of 5-inch WVGA display (800 x 480 pixels).

Sharp SH530 Sports targeting the middle class. This device comes with Android Ice Cream Sandwich 4.04 and a 1GHz dual core processor MTK MT6577. Sharp SH530 is supported with 512MB RAM and 16GB of internal memory, is not known whether there are additional external memory slot.

Sharp SH503 embed 5 MP camera on the back side, with video recording capabilities. Also, 1.3MP front camera, which can accommodate access to video calls.

Other specifications are the dimensions of 140 x 80,85 x 9,9 mm and weighs 176 grams including the support for HSPA connections (up to 7.2Mbps), A-GPS and WiFi 802.11 b / g / n. Dual SIM mobile Sharp SH530 will sell for U.S. $ 300

Specifications Sharp SH530:

• 5 inch screen, 800 x 480 resolution
• Dimension 140 x 80,85 x 9,9 mm 
• Weighs 176 grams
• Android 4.0 ICS
• Dual Sim
• 1 GHz dual core Mediatek chipset
• 512 MB of RAM
• HSPA 7.2 Mbps
• 5 MP on back and 1.3 MP on front.
• 16 GB internal storage.
• 176 grams weight and 9.9mm thick.

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Motorola Defy Pro, Another Android Smartphone with QWERTY Keyboard

Motorola adds a new series from family Defy. Different from relatives product, the series is called Motorola Defy Pro, a QWERTY keypad concept, just like the Motorola XT316 or Motorola Droid Pro

Motorola Defy Pro comes with a simple, yet has an elegant impression. With a 2.7-inch diagonal touch screen equipped with scratch resistant coating from Corning, Gorilla Glass.

Motorola Defy Pro using the Android 2.3 Gingerbread. 5MP camera with LED flash and front camera support. The device supports up to 32GB microSD card slot, microUSB, Wi-Fi, DLNA, Bluetooth and GPS.

Specifications Motorola Defy Pro:

• Quad band GSM and HSDPA
• Android OS, v2.3.4 Gingerbread
• CPU 800 MHz
• TFT capacitive touchscreen Corning Gorilla Glass, 2.7-inch
• QWERTY keyboard
• Camera 5 MP, 480p @ 24fps video
• Secondary Camera: VGA
• HSDPA, HSUPA, Wi-fi 802.11 b/g/n
• microSD (up to 32 GB)
• Touch-sensitive controls, Switch Moto UI, WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Stereo FM radio (RDS), A-GPS, SNS integration, MP3/WAV / eAAC player / MP4/H.263/H.264 player, Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP, EDR, microUSB v2.0, Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Google Talk, Document editor, Photo viewer, Organizer, Voice memo / dial, Predictive text input
• Li-Ion Battery.

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KOUZIRO FT103 SmartDisplay, The largest-sized Android Tablet

Kauziro, a Japanese company, makes the touch screen measuring 21.5 inches. This is not a LCD TV, they call it a tablet, is a large Android tablet ever.

Kauziro FT103 SmartDisplay, the name of the tablet, using the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich with dual-core processor TI OMAP 4429. Unfortunately, despite the big screen, the screen resolution of 1,920 x 1,080 with low pixel density of 102 ppi. For comparison, the tablet Nexus 7 inch has 216 ppi pixel density.

Kauziro FT103 SmartDisplay tablet weighs about 4 pounds which is included with the weight of AC adapter. Because the tablet does not have a battery like a tablet in general

Kauziro FT103 SmartDisplay is intended for use at home. Kauziro complete with HDMI input and kickstand that can be used as an alternative to a computer monitor.

Kauziro will start selling Kauziro FT103 SmartDisplay tablet is the end of July, with a price tag of about $ 438

Kauziro FT103 SmartDisplay specs:

• Android 4.0 Ice CreamSandwich
• 1 GHZ dual core processor TI OMAP 4428 CPU
• 21.5 inch1920×1080 HD display
• 1GB RAM
• 8GB flash storage with microSD card support
• 1.2 megapixel camera for video chat
• 802.11n Wi Fi and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
• Built in speakers, microphone, headphone jack, and two USB ports
• No battery, requires being plugged in like a typical desktop PC

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Samsung Galaxy Chat, the first Android 4.0 smartphone with full physical QWERTY keyboard feature

Again Samsung added line of mobile phone of Galaxy series with the release of Samsung Galaxy Chat who claimed to be the first Android 4.0 smartphone with full physical QWERTY keyboard feature. Market target of Samsung Galaxy Chat is for teens and social networking fans.

In addition to a physical keyboard portrait style, Samsung also added ChatOn messaging services at the Galaxy Chat. There are dedicated keys for launching ChatOn applications.

Samsung Galaxy Chat B5330  has specifications like a 3 inch QVGA screen with 240x320 pixel resolution, 2 megapixel rear camera, 1200 mAh battery, 4GB internal memory that can be expanded up to 32GB with Micro SD, Wi Fi and HSDPA. While the processor is not mentioned.

Samsung Galaxy Chat B5330 will begin circulating in the world at the end of July 2012. The price has not been mentioned, but the promised competitive.

Samsung Galaxy Chat B5330 Specification:

• OS: ICS 4.0.4
• Data: UTMS 3G
• Dimensions: 118.9 x 59.3 x 11.7 mm
• Weight: 112g
• Memory: 4GB internal memory
• Expandable microSD up to 32GB
• Display: 3”, 240 x 320 pixels TFT
• Connectivity: Bluetooth 3.0, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, aGPS, microUSB
• Camera: 2MP Rear-facing, no Front-facing
• Battery: 1200 mAh

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5 Google products are discontinued

Google as king of the internet does not guarantee the success of its products in the market, not least Google shut down some products. Here are 5 products that stop continuation by Google.

"Technology creates amazing opportunities to improve people's lives. But to make this, we should focus, if we do not have to end up doing too much and do not have a effect of which we stand for," Google said on his blog.

The products that are discontinued by Google:

1. iGoogle
iGoogle is the home page for the web that can be customized. Released in 2005, the product is a combination of RSS reader and widget platform,
With the presence of modern applications that run on platforms like Chrome and Android, the presence of iGoogle is no longer needed. Users are given the deadline of 16 months to set and export the data.

2. Google Video
Google video has stopped the service which began in May 2009. Product users were given the opportunity to migrate, delete or download content onto YouTube until August 20.
As for the remaining video, Google will move the content to the YouTube site as a private videos.

3. Google Talk Chatback
This product allows the website to install the Google Talk widget. Google has now shut down Chatback and suggest that the use Meebo bar for the same function.

4. Symbian Search App
Another product which Google stopped in the summer of this year is a Symbian Search App. "We recommend you to go to the site www.google.com and make as home page,"  Google's said.

5. Google Mini
Google Mini is actually an essential part in offering Enterprise Search since introduced in 2005. But by the end of this July, Google decided to end the product is said to function less well as compared to what is provided by other products such as Google Search Appliance and Google Site Search

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Firefox OS, New mobile phone operating system from Mozilla

Competition on the operating system drive Mozilla develops new mobile operating system called Firefox OS. With the support of several large telecommunications companies, Firefox OS will challenge existing mobile OS currently like Android, Bada, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile and iPhone iOS.

Mozilla claims operator Deutsche Telekom, Sprint, Smart, Telecom Italy, Telenor and Etisalat stated support Firefox OS. ZTE phone vendors and TCL plan would releasing Firefox OS with Qualcomm's Snapdragon processor in early 2013.

Support from operators and handset vendors are rated important for new smartphone OS in order to be admitted to the market. So, they are going against the dominance of Android and iOS are currently widely used.

Gary Kovacs as Chief Executive of Mozilla Corp. sure Firefox OS still have opportunities in OS market competition. Because Firefox OS platform is provided free, based on open web standards and its application developed with HTML5 technology.

Mobile phone with Firefox OS for the first time will be released as early as 2013 in Brazil through operator Telefonica. Then be marketed to other countries, hopefully this new OS platforms will add to the increasing competition for Mobile OS

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