Leaked Dell 2011 roadmaps reveals Tablet PC and smartphone Lineups

Two Dell roadmaps for smartphones and tablets-leaked today shows all companies have planned to start in 2011. The leak is rather significant that encompasses all of Dell's Android and Windows devices are planned until Q1 2012.

WPCentral and Android Central was sent the roadmaps that seemingly leaked images from a Dell company confidential documents. It is interesting that the leaks mentioned operating system versions that have not been announced yet as Windows 7 and Android ice cream.

Dell has plans for his epic smartphone lineup. First is in the pack-Dell Wrigley a Windows phone 7 Next Gen device will the end of July or middle of August 2011. Next-Gen part may result in an updated version of Windows phone 7 OS, who knows. Smartphone will be powered by a processor at 1 Ghz and will extract a 4-inch touchscreen with WVGA resolution and will have an 8MP camera, 720 p video recording.

Then it displays a month later, in September, the more exciting Dell Hancock. It is a QWERTY slider that (hopefully) will be as powerful as superhero in the original movie. IT's going to run the latest version of Android, it is called Ice Cream (no Sandwich?), powered by a dual-core processor. Hancock should sport a 4-inch touchscreen with a resolution qHD, a 1.3 MP front-facing camera, and a back-flip camera 8MP, which can record full HD 1080p video.

Move further in the timeline will Dell Millennium. This ice cream run Android slate shares some of the specifications with Hancock it's planned with a dual-core CPU and the same camera setup. Millennium, however, has a large 4.3-inch touchscreen with qHD resolution and DLNA support and is expected for October-November release this year.

Dell won t takes a long time to join the Tablet war with full force. 10-inch Streak tablet in existing Dell army will be joined by Dell Sterling, Gallo, Rosemount, Opus one, Silver Oak and Peju.

Information about all of these slates are pretty thin boards, with information only about us of tablets available. But oh, boy, are they exciting or what!

Dell Peju, planned for early Q1 2012 launch, will run Windows 8! This year's Consumer Electronics Show in January, Microsoft announced that their future versions of Windows will support ARM-based mobile devices too. So far we haven; t heard an effective transition plan for Windows 8 but.

The Gallo (April 2011), Sterling (October 2010), Opus one and Silver Oak tablets running Honeycomb, which would mean that Google will stay with the name Honeycomb for all it's future tablet OS version of Android, but that's highly unlikely given the recent Android OS version name.

Dell Gallo will be a 10.1-inch slate and comes only in April 2011. IT's followed by Dell Sterling, who will have a 7-inch touchscreen and is planned for the fourth quarter of this year. 5-inch Dell Opus will in the first quarter of 2012 together with 7-inch Dell Silver Oak and 10-inch Peju, running Windows 7.

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MeeGo bug reveals a juicy Nokia device, possibly N9?

We just found an appetizing specifications list of the unannounced Nokia Meego device. Specs have been unearthed from a MeeGo bug report. Could this Nokia N9 or Nokia has developed an even meaner new device?

It seems Nokia is cooking up something big in an attempt to finally score some pressing against the contest over at Android and iOS camp.

A German website-NokiaPort. they have uncovered some-fairly detailed hardware info from a leaked bug report.

The dominant aspect of specs include a 1.6 GHz Intel CPU, 1 GB worth of RAM, Wireless N connection, a WVGA resolution screen and a FM transmitter. Can this be Nokia N9?

The Finns are still at the top, but the last couple of years we've seen them lose much of their market share for competition that Samsung, for example. It may be due to their decision to continue to support Symbian, while the rest of the producers showed Android or new pharmaceutical operating systems. MeeGo might be Nokia's last chance to regain lost ground and regain once loyal masses who now use Google-branded smartphones.

IT's been almost a year now since Nokia and Intel has decided to combine their Linux-based Maemo work and announced and Moblin's lovechild-MeeGo.

IT's also almost 6 months since N9 leaked for the first time. Perhaps it is high time that Nokia is launching a device that is running the new operating system. Oh, can't we wait this MWC to come.

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iOS 4.3 beta reveals Wi-Fi hotspot, multi-touch gestures, and more

IOS 4.3 beta 1 for developers is out and it will bring lots of new goodies iPhone and iPad. All GSM iPhone get personal hotspot capabilities, while the iPad is granted with different useful multi-touch gestures.

Here is a brief list of what is discovered so far:

Personal Wi-Fi hotspot capabilitiesMulti multi-touch gestures (iPad only) for quick access to the homescreen, multi-tasking bar, or click next/previous image switchiAd appConfigurable iPad runs fullscreen banner on iPadNew FaceTime support third party iconAirPlay appsPossible video effects (turbine, x-ray, Tunnel of light, collapse, thermal camera, Kaleidoscope and Normal)

The personal Wi-Fi hotspot is a long awaited additions, but it will depend on the carrier for the safe and AT&T users should definitely keeps its tension.

It seems (at least from this beta) for iPad will be the biggest beneficiary. Apple has finally gave up on switch configuration required page and allows users to decide whether they will use it as the sound of key or as an orientation lock.

Other new features spotted on iPad is awesome multi-touch gestures. You will be able to use four (or five) fingers to minimize an app and go to the homescreen, swipe through all running apps or take up the multi-tasking bar with a single swipe. Beta does not offer these gestures on iPhone, but there is no certain until the official announcement.

Here is a short demo:

There are rumors that the next gen iPhone and iPad (the name codes that were revealed in this software structure) can also drop button hardware Home entirely and rely on gestures only. Reportedly, as Steve Jobs intends for the first iPhone, but it was not possible back then. And while we are still in rumorland, the latest is that Photo Booth and iLife, Mac OS apps will be in next iPad. We'll see about that.

IOS 4.3 beta does not support the iPhone 3 G and iPod Touch second generation, so might as well as the latest 4.2.1 supported build for these devices.

Other interesting things discovered within iOS 4.3 code are some live video effects, that may be available on both the FaceTime and video recording. We have already mentioned them in the list above.

Last from the code shown to date, find my friends. This is supposed to be a partial replacement of MobileMe and functions similar to Google latitude.

There is no word on when the iOS 4.3 will be announced or launched, but we're guessing that it will happen at the end of January.

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