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Microsoft Courier UI in more detail

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Gizmodo’s got the scoop on how the oft-rumored Microsoft Courier tablet will function.  Some features include finger-swipes and gestures, “clip, tuck, and paste,” and a camera.  The user interface includes Infinite Journal, Smart Agenda, and the Library.  The device will have its own browser, information will stored on “the cloud” (allowing users to edit/share their data on various devices), and it will come with a pen (not stylus) that functions as a drawing tool and has two buttons.  For detailed explanations on all of these features check out Gizmodo’s coverage.  Or just look in the gallery below for some concept screen shots of this tablet-of-the-hopefully-near-future.

[Via Gizmodo]

Sony Ericsson reveals the XPERIA X10, runs Rachael UI

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Late last night Sony officially announced the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 smartphone.  It is SE’s first Android device.  Some specs include a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, a 4-inch capacitive touch display (480 x 854 pixels), an 8.1 megapixel camera with autofocus, A-GPS, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi.  It also has a 3.5 mm audio jack, a micro USB connector, and it comes with an 8 GB microSD card.  The most exciting news involves the personalized user interface.  Android 1.6 will be running underneath SE’s elegant UI called Rachael.  We have seen Rachael before but never in such an official and polished manner.  SE was keen to mention that the XPERIA X10 is the flagship device in a line of Android-powered phones; glad to know there is more where this comes from.  I’m looking forward to seeing how the XPERIA X10 device performs when it releases Q1 2010.

For now, be sure to check out the gallery below for some official press shots and peek after the break to see the phone (and the stunning Rachael) in action.

[Via Engadget; Gizmodo, here & here]

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Panasonic Fusion in-flight entertainment system

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The Panasonic Fusion is what we all hope “the future of economy class seating and in-flight entertainment” to be.  Panasonic has integrated a tablet-like screen into the back of an airline seat.  With its supurb industrial design, the Fusion’s main goal is to give OEMs the ability to create their own user interfaces.  As shown in the video above, such UIs could include Facebook and Twitter integration, along with TV and movie watching.  If this in fact the future of airline seating, I will have to start travelling more often!  Except to see the Panasonic Fusion being installed in various airlines by November 2010.

[Via Gizmodo; RunwayGirl]

Sony Ericsson readying for battle

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With the Apple iPhone, HTC G1 (the “Google phone”), and Blackberry devices taking over the smartphone industry by storm (no pun intended, Blackberry), it’s time for Sony Ericsson (SE) to step up to the plate and offer a sleek device with updated hardware and a state-of-the-art user interface.  And from the looks of it, it seems as if SE has done just that with their new handset code-named Rachael.  Although the actual images of the cell phone may be artist rendering (or fakes for all we know), the user interface revealed in the embedded video above is very real and very exciting.  The SE Rachael will run of Google’s Android open-source platform, with its own customized user interface layered on top.  The polished UI seems to include a “unified messaging interface that displays Facebook, Twitter, email, SMS, and calls all from one screen.”  Now all we can do is wait patiently for SE to officially announce the new handset and sleek UI; they better do this quickly because smartphone platforms like the iPhone are not slowing down their progress anytime soon.  Look after the break (click “more…”) for images of the Rachael device. Continue reading Sony Ericsson readying for battle →