LG acquires WebOS for use in Smart TVs

 

More news from the MWC 2013. Now that HP has shown an interest in the Android platform, LG has been interested in the platform initially developed by Palm long ago, WebOS. According to a report, LG has acquired WebOS for use in future Smart TVs.

WebOS may remember that at the time was an innovative mobile operating system that Palm developed based on HTML and JavaScript, but the company was acquired by HP in 2010. That was almost the end of WebOS, because in little more than a year left HP hardware used to develop the operating system and so became an open source project.

Now, everything about WebOS, ie the code, documentation, websites, etc.., Has been sold to LG, who also obtained a license to use WebOS in its own products.

LG's new strategy is, as we said, WebOS implement in future models of Smart TVs.

We do not know what will happen with the project open source WebOS, but we assume that still exist in the phase that is currently.

We hope to have more news in the coming days.

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Nokia Lumia 520 and 720, two new midrange smartphones

Nokia also marks presence at MWC 2013 with the presentation of its new mid-range phones, called Lumia 520 and Lumia 720. These two smartphones that have a good price without question.

The Nokia Lumia 520 is the Mobile Windows Phone 8 cheaper company so far, and probably the cheapest in the market, as it is priced at € 140, or about $ 185. Of this amount, we can get to a terminal that has a 4-inch screen with resolution of 800 × 480 pixels, runs a dual-core processor at 1GHz, has 512MB of RAM, 8GB of memory that can expand using a microSD and also has a 5 megapixel camera. The initial lanzamieto in Asia in March, while the rest come from the continents between April and June.

The Nokia Lumia 720 as its price rises a little as it will cost about 250 €, that is about $ 330. It features a slightly larger screen of 4.3 inches, also has a 1GHz processor, has 512MB of RAM, has 8GB of internal memory, microSD reader features and camera is 6.7 megapixels. Obviously also runs Windows Phone 8 and will be released while his younger brother.

If you had to buy one of them, by what would opt? Would you prefer the 520 for its lowest price or 720 per your specifications slightly better?

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HP Introduces the Slate 7, its first Android tablet

As rumors suggested, HP re-enter the tablet market with Slate 7, a new Android tablet that the company introduced at MWC 2013 in Barcelona. In the past, HP has already released Windows 7 tablets with WebOS, which had little success.

The presentation of the tablet did not occur precisely at MWC, but the night before the start of the event, but it is practically the same. The Slate 7 is a 7-inch tablet that runs on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and weighs about 370 grams. With this new gadget, HP is focusing on a market sector that looks very promising: the mid-sized mobile devices. Obviously here the firm find much competition from Nexus 7, iPad and Kindle Fire HD Mini, among others.

Regarding specifications Slate 7, the tablet has a dual-core 1.6GHz Cortex A9 architecture, has a screen resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels, has Beats Audio speakers, features a microUSB port, a front camera VGA quality and a 3MP rear. The internal memory is 8GB, but we can expand using a microSD card.

The price of the tablet for is only U.S. $ 180, making it very likely to be able to cope with the rest of the competition in its sector.

What are your first impressions of the HP Slate 7?

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ASUS Q200, new portable touch at a great price

While many standard notebooks are priced at $ 500, for that amount is very difficult to get one that has a touch screen. Difficult, but not impossible. What we see here above is a model that is sold through Best Buy and runs with Windows 8. We are talking about the Asus Q200, which incorporates a beautiful 11.6-inch touch screen.

The new laptop has decent specs, as it integrates an Intel Core i3-2365M 1.4GHz which is accompanied by 4GB of RAM expandable to 8GB of RAM. The leading disk capacity is 500GB 5400rpm. The display, as we said, is a 11.6-inch multitouch 1366 × 768 pixels. Regarding the graphics card is an integrated Intel HD Graphics 3000.

Its ports found an Ethernet, HDMI, three USB 2.0 ports and a VGA also has an SD card reader.

The ASUS Q200 is now on sale and is priced at $ 500, as we have said. Some of the specifications may not be what we want, but for that amount and with a touch screen can not ask for much more.

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Confirmed, the Galaxy S IV will be announced on March 14

 

There is a terminal that we are confident that Samsung will not present at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona this year, and that is the Galaxy S IV, the largest mobile device to be launched this year the South Korean company.

As stated, the official announcement of the smartphone will be next March 14 in the city of New York, as saying the many rumors we've seen in recent weeks.

"The Galaxy S III was presented in London (UK) last year, but this time we decided to change the place of the presentation as the U.S. mobile operators asked us many times to introduce the S IV in that country" were some of the words offered by JK Shin, head of Samsung's mobile division.

Frankly, a presentation event in which you feel comfortable driving around to your liking, it is much better than one in which you are surrounded by other companies and where most devices are also presented, such as the MWC 2013. Looking at things from that perspective, HTC and Samsung have opted either to introduce their new handsets in events themselves and a few days of the beginning and end of the MWC respectively.

There was no mention of the Galaxy S IV specifications, but is expected to have an octa-core Exynos processor or a Snapdragon 600, 2GB RAM, Full HD screen of 5 inches, a 13-megapixel camera and Android 4.2.2 .

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A look at the Sony Xperia Tablet Z

Sony already has all set to launch the new Xperia Tablet Z during the second quarter of the year around the world, although the original release of this 10-inch tablet with full HD was in Japan last month. This is an ultra-slim tablet to hit the market in coming months and has good specifications and technology. The model with WiFi and 16GB of memory will cost about $ 500, although the price varies from one dealer to another course.

Moving on to the interesting part, in front of us we have a high-end Android device. The interior has a processor Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro quad-core 1.5GHz, RAM is 2GB, and has between 16GB and 64GB of storage depending on the model purchased, but in all cases we can increase capacity using a card microSD. Although the tablet measures just 6.9 mm thick Sony has managed to introduce in it a great 6000mAh battery and also provided with a camera of 8 megapixels Exmor.

Originally to be launched with Android 4.1, but the update to Android 4.2 will be ready within weeks.

How about the new Sony Xperia Tablet Z?

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Lenovo Introduces New Android tablets

The MWC 2013 has begun in the past few hours. Event # 1 of the mobile device industry is the best time of year to learn many details about new smartphones and tablets that are announced and those still to come.

For starters, what we see here is a new line of tablets by Lenovo. We all know that the company is a good manufacturer of computers and laptops, and in the past has even released as hybrid notebooks Lenovo Yoga, but what we have before us are three new tablets that run the Android operating system.

The first is the Lenovo S6000. It has a quad-core processor at 1.2GHz, has a 10.1 inch screen with 1280 × 800 pixels, a built microHDMI port also has a microphone and WiFi connectivity and optional HSPA +. It measures 8.6 mm thick and weighs 560 grams.

The Lenovo A3000 is 7 inches, also runs a quad-core processor at 1.2GHz and also has a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels. It weighs 340 grams and measures about 11mm thick. It has a microSD slot and optional 3G connectivity features.

Finally we find the Lenovo A1000, which uses a dual-core processor at 1.2GHz, has Android 4.1, 16GB internal memory and microSD reader.

Prices were not disclosed, but the 3 tablets will be launched in April and May about.

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LG still has no interest in Windows Phone 8

Since Nokia has shown the world the potential of Windows Phone 8 platform across its line of mobile Lumia, many other manufacturers have started to create new smartphones that run the latest Microsoft mobile OS. Companies like Samsung and HTC already have their own devices using WP8, and many others are already getting in on the party. Still, LG has decided to stay out for now.

According to a company representative, they are interested in giving customers what they ask for, and the fact is that LG products consumers do not seem to be asking for any phone that runs Windows Phone for now. LG is waiting for the market to grow significantly Windows Phone 8 to start manufacturing new devices using the said mobile platform.

LG has been creating Android smartphones lately and is one of the companies that manufacture a mobile OS to run with Firefox. Frankly, it is very rare that choose an operating system that has not yet been released instead of one that already has spent several months on the market.

What do you think about the situation? Is it right that LG wait the right time or ascend into WP8 train too late?

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