Acer Iconia, the dual screen laptop

Acer Iconia has shown its unique tablet-notebook icon at a press conference today in the world, and at first glance, it seems a bit amazing kit. Dual 14-inch touch screen and built-in personal gesture of support, image certainly stands out from the crowd.

Acer is a tablet bearing Iconia convertible, with a wallpaper that can function as a virtual keyboard, it is a function both as a tablet and a laptop. The two multi-touch screens are 1280 x 800 resolution and the device is able to support 720p HD playback.

Although the twin screens are clearly the biggest draw card with this device, it also comes with AMD dual-core, and a good amount of links. Ratio, the Acer image with an HDMI port, two USB 2.0 ports, USB 3.0, WiFi, 1.3 MP camera and a pair. It seems that the memory and hard disk is customizable, including the 750GB HDD and 4 GB of RAM.

It is not all good news for the Iconia however, with a small battery life and a heavy build at 6.2 pounds. Acer has unveiled a new “concept device” that they think represents the future of laptopping. The guts are respectable, but nothing crazy: Core i5, integrated graphics, 4GB of DDR3, a 2.5″ HDD, 3G, and a USB 3.0 port. They’ve got a few concept touch apps, including a journal and a scrapbook, and a social stream. The “Acer Ring” and gesture editor demonstrate the power of a touchscreen, namely natural gestures like “grabbing” the screen or putting your palms on it, and I’m glad to see that being advanced. The trouble is, this thing runs Windows 7, and Windows 7 just isn’t that touch-friendly. Engadget notes that the keyboard is hard to use, which I would have expected. Close your eyes, take your fingers all off the keyboard, and try hitting P. Now do the same with your fingers resting on the home row. It’s automatic.

Acer offers some interesting ideas on the table here, but in future it is not.

Windows Phone 7 goes on sale!

There is a nice info about Windows Phone 7 smartphones went on sale today at AT&T and T-Mobile retailers in the U.S., although customers are not exactly breaking down doors to buy them in the early going.

Analysts said they expect WP7 sales to build slowly as the holidays approach, especially with a record $500 million TV advertising campaign for the devices.

Neither carrier responded to a request for comment on WP7 sales midday Monday. However, one sales representative for the AT&T store in Framingham, Mass., said a reporter's phone call at about noon today was the first inquiry about WP7 phones at all.

Verizon Wireless, the largest U.S. wireless carrier, expects to sell WP7 phones next year, a spokeswoman confirmed.

Analysts said they don't expect WP7 phone sales to ever have the major buzz that accompanies iPhone first-day sales, where hundreds of buyers line up outside of major Apple stores.

Analyst Jack Gold of J.Gold Associates said it will be interesting to watch reaction to WP7 sales. Microsoft marked the first day of sales with a Windows Phone developer blog update by Todd Brix, senior director of Windows Phone Marketplace. Brix said WP7 customers will have access to nearly 2,000 apps and games in the marketplace, double the 1,000-apps goal that Microsoft set in early October.

So far, sales figures for the first batch of Windows Phone 7 smartphones from AT&T and T-Mobile have been scarce, though numbers could start leaking out over the weekend or by Monday.

Apple has typically set the bar for strong launches, with 250,000 units sold the first weekend when the first iPhone went on sale in July 2007; 1.6 million iPhone 3GS units were sold in its first week in June 2009.

With multiple Windows Phone 7 launches this week, it's hard to make an apples-to-apples comparison with other smartphone debuts.

If not, expect the company to remain coy, making general statements about being "pleased" with results and a strong demand for its new phones.

New Update, Rolls-Royce wins $1.2 billion order from China Eastern Airlines and agrees environmental partnership

New up date News from Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, that has won an order worth $1.2bn, at list prices, from China Eastern Airlines for Trent 700 engines to power 16 Airbus A330 aircraft. The order included a Total Care@ long-term service agreement.

Rolls-Royce and China Eastern Airlines have also formed a Carbon Patnership, which aims to reduce CO2 emissions by 190.000 tonnes in its first year. The Partnership will see Rolls-Royce provide a fuel management service for the airline's fleet of more than 300 aircraft. It will also supply enhanced performance kits to upgrade the Trent 700 engines on China Eastern Airlines'20 existing A330s.

China Eastern, which will bring its new A330s into service from 2011, was the first airline in mainland China to use Trent technology when it received Trent 500 engines for its Airbus A340 aircraft in 2003.

Steve Miller, Rolls-Royce, Civil Aerospace Vice President-China, said : "We are delighted that China Eastern continues to put its trust in our leading-edge Trent technology underpinned by a TotalCare@ support package that offers operational and performance benefits. We also look forward to assisting China Eastern in its efforts to reduce its environmental impact."

To have more news about this, please find in this link below :

Http://www.rolls-royce.com/civil/news/2010/101109_china_easter_order.jsp

CNN News: Apple teases 100+ new features in iPad software update

Read the news from CNN on Nov 09'10 about "Apple teases 100+ new features in iPad sofware update"

The iPad will get its first major software upgrade this month when an update to its operating system is rolled out for the tablet computer, according to Apple.

Tagged Tuesday with an orange "coming soon" label, a page on Apple's website said that the upcoming version of the company's operating system for its mobile devices -- iOS 4.2 -- will bring more than 100 new features to the iPad.
Among them, Apple says, will be multi-tasking, or the ability to run multiple apps at the same time. The inability to do so was a common complaint about earlier versions of the operating system.

The system's last upgrade, iOS 4.1, allowed multitasking on the iPhone and other Apple gadgets, but not on the iPad, Apple's touch-screen tablet computer.

More about the news :

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/gaming.gadgats/11/09/ipad.update.software/index/html