It doesn't matter if you're running some flavor of Windows, UNIX, Mac OS X or Linux -- this isn't about OS wars.
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We're guessing they figure that as long as they aren't loading OS X onto the computer themselves, they won't have any trouble from Apple, but that's where they go wrong.
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If Windows Vista's various desktop enhancements and purtifications haven't managed to get you excited about the new OS, don't write it off altogether just yet.
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PalmSource itself says that the new OS won't be ready until around then.
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This is BlackBerry's bread and butter, and the OS doesn't disappoint here -- at least, when it comes to performance.
Apps can randomly crash and the OS doesn't always respond to my inputs with the speed I'd expect of a quad-core device.
But Firefox OS isn't the last stop for the payment platform, as it'll be headed to the desktop browser and Firefox for Android soon.
It can certainly be an uphill battle, with a user base that pales in comparison to the iOSes ad Androids of the world -- and then there's the fact that the OS hasn't actually launched in the States yet.
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Curiouser still, these new phones will reportedly run on Wind River Linux rather than the new Linux-based version of the Palm OS that PalmSource is working on (probably because the new Palm OS won't be ready until next year at the earliest).
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If Chrome OS didn't start out with an inferiority complex living in the shadow of the massive adoption of its cousin Android, and with Eric Schmidt dismissing the hardware that would run it as cheap and interchangeable, the hardware companies that were early to adopt it didn't help matters.
The unfortunate truth is that Firefox OS just doesn't offer anything that consumers in developed markets want.
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Android 2.3.7 isn't the OS prospective fangeeks with credit cards at the ready -- nor we presume, Sony, with this much-anticipated debut -- wanted for the Ion.
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In the meantime, Android users will have access to a compatible app in Google Play beginning tomorrow -- just in time to start using those freshly unboxed smartwatches. iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users will be able to display notifications and control music in the meantime, though advanced features like watchface and OS updates won't be possible until the app is ready for download.
The Groxis search tool loads onto a PC as a Java applet (it doesn't support Mas OS 9.x), and helps users quickly search for the right product from what works out to be millions of combinations of carpet tile.
Which is why it's really promising to hear the news that they've signed up a major new licensee for the Palm OS. They won't say exactly who it is until they make a formal announcement, but reportedly it's going to be one of the "top five global handset providers, " and last time we checked those five were Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, and LG.
The announcement last week of the latest version of the Mac OS--christened Mac OS X--doesn't offer much hope for the future either.
Apple, by contrast, doesn't need to give OS X a radical mobile makeover or gin together an iPad-esque tablet -- hey, it's already got the iPad.
Mind you, the transition won't be instantaneous as anyone with an N900 (and a clear mind) can attest -- the OS, services, and apps just can't compare to the mature S60 platform regardless of Maemo 5's superior user experience.
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Its new operating system, OS X Snow Leopard, wasn't mentioned by Apple this week.
Chrome OS arrived on devices that weren't priced competitively against then-popular netbooks.
"It's a logical upgrade for Treo 650 users who haven't seen a new Palm OS unit in a few years, " says Jack Gold, founder and principal analyst at J.
This is not the first time Macs have fallen prey to malware and as their market share grows will likely not be the last, so don't think just opting for OS X is automatically keeping you a step ahead security-wise.
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That has been a somewhat controversial move among Apple users who haven't yet made the transition to OS X.
We didn't play much with the Korean OS, but Samsung claims the next-gen 128GB SSD offers a 25-50 percent boot time bump.
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Certainly, if these factoids are correct, this fall's Mango lineup looks to be laden with all kinds of hidden gems we haven't seen on Microsoft's OS yet.
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That shouldn't be hard, since Mac OS X itself is based on Unix, assuming there are appropriate drivers available for the Firewire connection on those operating systems.
That was a big surprise, to say the least -- the company has never put out a Chrome OS system before, and we weren't aware this was even that popular a category.
As it was with the Lumia 920 and 820, so it is with the 8X -- that is to say, we weren't allowed to play with the OS. Much as we've said this before, it bears repeating: Microsoft's holding back elements of WP 8 for its own major reveal later this October.
With an identical chipset and no OS customization to speak of, we weren't surprised to see this 8X notch similar benchmark results as its brethren.
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Since this player works on open protocols, a person doesn't have to use the non-OS X friendly software suite but rather choose something a little more open such as TwonkeyVision.
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