Cluzee for Android as Siri For Iphones

If you are an Android customer desiring to get some Siri-style achievement on your Android invention a new app has started that will perform just that called Cluzee. It’s sort of like the alpha app called Iris we chatted about a small number days ago. The app sanctions you to chat regular expressions and it will then moves out and perform what you advise it to. The app is delineated as an educated private assistant. The app will answer to all types of uttered queries for instance “what is my plan like today.”

It would then run down your plan for you in regular language. The app does more than that and will advise you little tidbits to aid you get along with your day. For case if you have a doctor’s selection on your plan the app can advise you if there is traffic on a actual thoroughfare you want to avert after it recollects you of that appointment.

Other things the app can perform embrace reading computer communications and text communications audibly to you. It can in addition take the user’s voice and amend it to text for conveying computer communications and SMS communications as well. I surprise how well the app works for amending dialogue to texts. I find more voice services don’t handle underscores well. Let us recognise what you consider if you are employing this app. You can download Cluzee here.

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Asus Transformer Prime Arriving

Reviews are rolling in for the world's first quad-core tablet, the Asus Transformer Prime, and so far the general consensus appears to be that there's a new king of Android tablets. The device cuts no corner when it comes to hardware specifications. Besides packing Nvidia's hot-off-the-presses Tegra 3 SoC, it also sports a 10.1-inch (1280 x 800) Super IPS+ panel covered in Gorilla Glass, 1GB of RAM and comes in either 32GB or 64GB sizes -- all wrapped in a 8.3mm-thick bushed metal casing that's a hair slimmer than the iPad 2 or Galaxy Tab 10.1.

Other specs include an 8-megapixel shooter on the back and a 1.3-megapixel camera on the front, as well as microHDMI and microSD ports. Like its predecessor, the Transformer Prime connects to an optional keyboard dock ($150) that adds an extra battery, a trackpad, and full-sized SD and USB ports.

Early Android 4.0 port for x86 tablets and laptops released

Google is working with Intel to release a version of Android designed to run on tablets, laptops and other computers with x86 chips. They've made some progress on that front, enabling Android 2.3 to run on embedded systems powered by an Atom E6xx series chip, but it seems the folks over at the Android-x86 project are a step ahead with the first release of Android 4.0.1 Ice Cream Sandwich for x86.

The port is currently optimized for tablets with AMD Brazos chips inside, including the MSI WindPad 110W or Acer Iconia Tab W500. It's still a little rough around the edges: Wi-Fi, touchscreen input and OpenGL ES hardware acceleration with the Brazos’ Radeon GPU are supported, but drivers for wired Ethernet connections, cameras, sound, and hardware-accelerated graphics output on Intel graphics adapters are still missing.

According to developer Chih-Wei Huang, posting in the android-x86 group, AMD is supporting the project by donating devices and offering technical advise from their engineers. Intel on the other hand appears focused on their own port of Android and so far has refused to give the Android-x86 project any support.

Microsoft is prepping a version of its Office productivity software to run on Apple's iPad, according to The Daily.

The iPad-based news outlet, citing "sources," reported that Microsoft is working to adapt Office for Apple's tablet. The app could arrive before the next version of Office for Mac, which is expected to debut late next year.

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Microsoft didn't comment directly on the report.

"We already deliver Office on multiple platforms and devices and are committed to expanding in the future, but have nothing further to share today," the company said in a statement.

Microsoft already offers a handful of apps for both the iPad and the iPhone, including Bing and Windows Live Messenger, among others. Creating Office for the iPad could help the device's prospects in work environments, a market where it's already making inroads at the expense of Windows PCs.

Carrier IQ disputes spying accusations

Carrier IQ, the beleagured online metrics company that has been accused of installing spy software on millions of smartphones, has broken its silence to say the critics have it wrong.

"While a few individuals have identified that there is a great deal of information available to the Carrier IQ software inside the handset, our software does not record, store or transmit the contents of SMS messages, email, photographs, audio or video," the company said in a statement released late Thursday.

The firm's defense came as as politicians and privacy organizations continued to question the little-known Mountain View, Calif., company, which designs communications analysis software used by some of the largest U.S. wireless carriers, including AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile. The carriers say data collected on their behalf by Carrier IQ helps them improve their service.

Microsoft has launched a public beta for the new version of its Security Essentials software for anyone to download and test drive.

The software is available free through a "download now" link for the beta on the Security Essentials Web site. But getting to the file itself requires a bit of a trek. Clicking on the link brings you to a Microsoft Connect page where you need to log in with a Windows Live ID and password.

You'll then see a page describing the features in the new beta along with the system requirements and installation instructions. Clicking on the link to the download page (listed in Step 2 of the instructions) displays the title of the file--MSE Public Beta. And then clicking on that title finally takes you to the page where you can actually download the software.

HTC vs Nokia N9

Form:

Nokia N9 - 116.5x61.2x12.1mm, 135g
HTC Sensation - 126.1x65.4x11.3mm, 148g

The HTC Sensation looks very much like any other HTC smartphone. The proportions are nice and it’s got those distinctively HTC style rounded corners. Generally, it's very nice to look out but doesn’t live up to its name in terms of visual flair.

The N9’s looks are potentially pretty divisive. It is bold, brave and adventurous, but some might find it a bit ‘too much’ with wacky colours and a curved screen which contrasts with the extremely squared-off bodywork.

The handset actually looks much better coloured black in our view as the shape is already different enough, the bright cyan and magenta options are just a bit too jarring. The screen is really nicely shaped and extends right up to the edges of the device giving it a very sci-fi feel.

We actually like what Nokia has done here but with black bodywork - it’s got all the contrast it needs in the interesting shapes and looks far better with a more understated colour choice.

Winner – Nokia N9

Siri Bashers

Every so often I roll out this graphic. It’s time to roll it out again.

Once again Siri, Apple’s voice control technology for the iPhone 4S, is in the news. Apparently some blogger asked it about abortions, and the system didn’t pull up any results. Conclusion - IT MUST BE A CONSPIRACY:

I can’t help but feel that something is rotten in the state of Denmark.

Straight to conspiracy theories. Do not pass go. Do no collect $200.

Sheesh.

There’s been a lot of idiotic nonsense written about Siri since the launch of the iPhone 4S. I’m not sure why. Maybe some people see Siri as a personification of Apple as a corporation or something, I don’t know. Whatever the reason, Siri bashing has become a popular sport.

Now there are always a few people who have their tin foil hat on a little bit too tight, and who will instantly jump to conspiracy theories and wild accusations rather than think (it must be easier), but what staggers me is that tech pundits seem to lose the ability to think clearly in the face of nonsense.

LTE iPhone 5, iPad 3 release slated for 2012

Summary: Apple may be releasing an LTE-enabled iPhone 5 and iPad 3 in Japan next year on it’s largest carrier, NTT Docomo, according to rumours.

Rumours are surfacing that Apple will release two new 4G LTE enabled devices next year on Japan’s major network NTT Docomo.

Nikkei Business (Japanese) reported that an iPad 3 and iPhone 5 are slated for release next year, with the iPad set to premiere in the summer, and the iPhone to follow in the fall.

Though missing out on the success of the iPhone 4S in October, the rumours follows NTT Docomo’s plans to roll out its LTE infrastructure across Japan in the coming months and years.

The supposed fall release date of the iPhone 5 would put it just a year after its then-predecessor the iPhone 4S was released. Historically, this seems to tie in within the time frame of previous releases.

NTT Docomo is Japan’s biggest network but so far they haven’t been able to add the iPhone to their network, as they were unable to come to sufficient agreements with Apple. It had been suggested that the carrier wanted to bring existing popular applications to the device, but this caused a fracture in negotiations.

Apple iPhone 5 coming in March

Apple's larger iPhone 5 'coming in March': Sources

LONDON - New, larger screens have begun to ship for use in Apple's iPhone 5, respected sources have reported.

The decision to use a larger screen for the new iPhone would put the Apple device in line with the majority of top Google Android phones. A 4-inch LCD panel would be an increase of 0.5 inches on the current iPhone 4S, and compare more favourably with top-selling devices such as the 4.2-inch Samsung Galaxy SII and the Motorola Razr's 4.3-inch screen.

The change would also be in line with reports that Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was working on a "radical redesign" of the iPhone up until very shortly before his death earlier this year.

Japanese blog, Macotakara claim that Hitachi Displays and Sony Mobile Display Corporation have begun to ship the displays for a "new iOS device". Both companies are also known to be working on screens for the iPad 3.

iPhone 4s vs Samsung

iPhone 4S' Siri and Samsung's Voice Talk are two similar features on two of 2011's hottest mobile phones. Both features allow users to send text messages, make phone calls and play music among other things. Siri and Voice Talk come in handy when you can't use your hands, but they also add a bit of futuristic dazzle to help build up the hype. That's not to say they are gimmicks, just that neither Apple nor Samsung has perfected the voice command technology just yet.

Siri is touted as being better able to understand what you are saying when you give it instructions. With Voice Talk, there are certain commands that you have to use in order for it to work. You have to say, "Hi, Galaxy" before the Voice Talk function begins. Below is a Voice Talk video tutorial. With Siri, you have to hold down the home button and wait for two quick beeps before speaking. The difference is Siri is supposed to understand what you are telling it without using a set of keywords.

HTC VS IPHONE 4S

AT&T has released one of the long-awaited 4G LTE smartphone HTC Vivid on its network. The latest mobile from HTC will be available from Nov. 6 in stores and online for $199 under 2-year contract.

Vivid packs a dual core 1.2 GHz processor and a 4.5-inch qHD display. The smartphone runs on Google's Android Gingerbread operating system (OS). It is one of the first smartphones able to utilize both LTE and HSPA+ 4G speeds, which allow owners of the smartphone reliable connection in both areas where applicable.

HTC Vivid will certainly face stiff competition from Apple’s iPhone 4S, which was unveiled on Oct. 4, instead of the eagerly-anticipated iPhone 5. The latest smartphone from Apple received an overwhelming positive response and sold 4 million units during the opening weekend.

Your New Facebook Status: 63,206 Characters or Less

Twitter, as everyone and their tweeting dog knows, limits your status updates to 140 characters. But Facebook? Facebook laughs in the face of such limitations. On Facebook, 140 characters is barely clearing your throat.

In a blog post Wednesday, Facebook’s Journalist Program Manager (and Mashablealum) Vadim Lavrusik announced that the limit of Facebook status updates has now been upped to “more than 60,000 characters.” When Mashableasked, Lavrusik explained what that meant, exactly: You can now post a status update measuring 63,206 characters.

But not one character more than that. Sorry, would-be Facebook novelists; you’ll have to split your prose into multiple updates. (As Lavrusik points out, an average novel will now require nine status updates.) This also goes for group messages and posts on your friends’ walls — so you can now annoy the heck out of them with unreasonably long catch-up messages.

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