Articles about operating system

After my Blackberry Playbook articles with videos about the default browser, video player, accessories overview and setup and my unboxing it's time to take a deeper look at what makes this tablet different: the operating system, QNX based, which was both acclaimed and criticized by the press.Why acclaimed? In a few words because of fantastic multitasking experience and excellent performance. Why criticized? Because it lacks widget support, doesn't feature Email, Calendar and Contacts support...

We've talked a bit here at AllTouchTablet about Google's plans for operating systems including Android for tablets and smartphones and Chrome OS for laptops and netbooks. Apparently Google is also targeting tablets with its web apps based OS, as CNET revealed by conducting a code investigation of the latest OS build. According to them, lots of elements point towards a touch  optimized UI that will work especially on tablets. The most important details confirming this hypothesis are the on-scree...

It's been a while already since HP announced its first WebOS tablet, the HP TouchPad. Don't worry, it's not here yet, and probably won't arrive at least until summer, but that doesn't mean additional info doesn't leak from time to time, and today we'll take a look at the first screenshots from WebOS 3.0 user interface. As you can imagine, the first impression of an interface consists in the way it looks, and maybe after a few hours/days of playing with it we become aware of the good things (or b...

One of the important things mentioned by Steve Jobs at the iPad 2 official launch was iOS version 4.3, the next version of Apple's successful operating system, which is due for release the same day when iPad 2 hits stores: March 11th. Apparently Apple was quick enough to release iOS 4.3 today, March 9th, which takes us to this post, where I'm going to walk you through the features introduced by Apple.As with any minor update, 4.3 solves the remaining bugs from iOS 4.2 and adds a few enhancem...

Let's do a little recap before jumping into the demo of MeeGo user interface, as it was presented by Intel at MWC. MeeGo is a special OS for mobile devices based on Linux developed by Intel and Nokia. That was until last week, when Nokia bailed out of this agreement and embraced Windows Phone 7 from Microsoft. Despite this shortcoming, Intel is dedicated to bring MeeGo to market, as it has demonstrated the latest user interface version (v1.2) on several devices at MWC 2011.I have to say that...

If you're hunting for a tablet right now the best thing to do is wait, as a couple of interesting devices were introduced at CES 2011, plus old ones that are not yet available. One of those old acquaintances is the Blackberry Playbook 7 inch tablet, just got previewed in a short video, where the emphasis was on the task manager and the way you switch between apps and close them. It's one of the most important clues that the Blackberry OS isn't a set of features found on Android, iOS, Windows Pho...

We haven't talked much operating systems for tablets and mobile devices, but we do mention them from time to time. Now it's time to take a short look at JoliCloud, an OS based on Linux, that's optimized for web apps and has some sort of social media function that allows you to see what apps your friends are installing and using on a daily basis. Till recently JoliCloud was an OS for netbooks, but since version 1.1 was announced on their official blog, it seems that JoliCloud has become a interes...

Blackberry is one of the companies that have a recipe for success and use it till it dries out. Apparently Blackberry's solution is on its path to get obsolete soon, that's why rumors are stating that Blackberry will announce next week at BlackBerry Developer Conference in San Francisco the anticipated Blackberry BlackPad tablet along with the new OS that will power both tablets and future smartphones.That, if proven right, it's a perfect opportunity for Blackberry fans to catch a glimpse of...

We've mentioned two or three times the WeTab 11.6 inch tablet from Neofonie, a slate powered by an Atom N450 CPU running at 1.66 GHz, with a HD ready screen and Windows 7. Well, things have changed, as Neofonie presented at IFA Berlin 2010 the tablet running the MeeGo OS from Intel/Nokia joint venture and let me tell you that that thing moved really fast, as you would expect from a Linux Operating System, known for its 'kindness' on resource consumption.Of course there are still a few tweaks...

One of the questions a tablet manufacturer has to deal with today is which operating system to use: Windows 7 or Android. One is heavy and offers anything you might think of, the other is lightweight but you can't do office work with it. Some, like ASUS, are switching back and forth between those two options. Others like Toshiba, are developing a tablet with could house any of those systems, so they build it around hardware features, then switch building the software support, once the decision i...