Win8/WP8 Rumor Mill... Post It Here!

[McCrazieGoalz]

Source: Hardware Look​

Alright.

We all know that there is more anti-Windows 8 sentiment than there is optimism about it.

As a result, websites often tend not to provide information on new exciting Win8 product details as and when they are available or prehaps do not even make the effort to look for it.

I have been looking for this information and have come across several bits of interesting pieces of Win8 info, which I think signals the direction in which modern day computing will take real soon - given the imminent launch of Win8. It goes without saying that not many agree with me on this, which is why I have started this thread.

I look for information on MyBB (first & foremost), then The Verge, Engadget, TechCrunch, TechRadar and Mashable. Here are some pro Windows sites that I use:
- My Nokia Blog - www.mynokiablog.com
- Nokia Power User - www.nokiapoweruser.com
- WPCentral - www.wpcentral.com
- WMPoweruser - www.wmpoweruser.com
- Neowin - www.neowin.net
- Let me know if you know of others.

In this thread are a few Win8/WP8 stories that I've seen that have not been reported on on MyBB or other major Tech websites, which I have posted and will continue to post.


Post your leaks or unknown information about Windows and Windows related devices here.

 

[McCrazieGoalz]

Is this the WP8 Nokia Lumia Mid-range device:

Leaked patent 'blueprints'.

The Nokia Lumia 719 released in China to be reincarnated as the 4.3'' 'Arrow'?

Link.



Update:

This might actually be Nokia 'Glory', the phone to be released this year running on WP7.8. It is mean't to target the low (perhaps lowest) end of the market and is likely to compete with the Galaxy Pro or other similar devices.

 

[McCrazieGoalz]

Lumia Leak Round Up:

What will Lumias look like?

Link.

 

[McCrazieGoalz]

Sony's Surface Challenger:

Sony Vaio Duo 11 .

OEMs have a good chance of out shining MS's Surface in my opinion.

This one certainly makes me think. Its the best alternative that I've seen so far.

 

[roguemat]

Sony's Surface Challenger:

Link: http://vrge.co/POBCLb

OEMs have a good chance of out shining MS's Surface in my opinion.

This one certainly makes me think. Its the best alternative that I've seen so far.

You know why MS made the surface right? It's not to make money. Hell, it may make a loss.
The point is to get the OEM's off their asses, and I think it was a brilliant idea.

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

Sony's Surface Challenger:

Link: http://vrge.co/POBCLb

OEMs have a good chance of out shining MS's Surface in my opinion.

This one certainly makes me think. Its the best alternative that I've seen so far.

I dunno hey, it looks pretty sweet. Just a matter if it works well now I guess (and pricing).

 

[McCrazieGoalz]

Microsoft Launches SkyDrive For Android - TechCrunch

Just in case you missed the article, here it is: "SkyDrive for Android"

This move by Microsoft shows how much emphasis they are putting on encouraging the market to use their software, their main revenue stream.

It is true, the Surface is not intended as a profit making project but rather to get OEM's off their behinds and to drive software use more than anything else - especially if they are going to be selling it at US$199.

 

[McCrazieGoalz]

Samsung WP8 Names & Branding Revealed:

Ativ S (smartphone)

Ativ Tab (tablet)

To be releaved at IFA this week?

WP Central: Link


Update:

IFA Win8 devices revealed - Samsung
- Ativ S (smartphone)
- Ativ Tab (RT tab) (tablet)
- Ativ Smart PC and Smart PC Pro (transformer)
- Series Slate 5 & 7 (transformer)
- I am disappointed that there is none that changes from tab to laptop as one unit.

 

[McCrazieGoalz]

Will Lumia 'Arrow' be bendable?

This is just a case of putting two and two together.

Here is a video of the bendable Nokia prototype being demonstrated.

Here is the Nokia 'Arrow' patent filing.

And here is the patent for the bendable Nokia tablet/smartphone.

Do they not look like the same device?

We could see a bendable smartphone being unveiled on 5 September.

 

[McCrazieGoalz]

Things are about to change - Nokia Teaser Video

[video=youtube;moJ9T5pgKkA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moJ9T5pgKkA[/video]

I don't know either but 5 September is not too far away.

The video seems to be implying that its ebb and flow for Nokia and this time its time to ebb.

 

[roguemat]

[video]http://bit.ly/UaGEnO[/video]

I don't know either but 5 September is not too far away.

We're unsure about it too: http://wpcentral.com/register-your-spot-now-nokia-95-event-new-york

 

[McCrazieGoalz]

We're unsure about it too: http://wpcentral.com/register-your-spot-now-nokia-95-event-new-york

Agh! I tried to register this morning at about 08h30 (as if I was going to go) but the page said registration has been closed.

 

[McCrazieGoalz]

WPDownUnder - Nokia Phi definately has PureView

News from tomorrow (literally as I write this).

A Windows Phone Down Under (Australia) article dated August 30, 2012 (my date reads August 29, 2012) confirms that one of the devices being unveiled will have the full 41MP PureView camera. Nokia 'Phi' is the named device.

Recent leaks have confirmed that the next Lumia model is codenamed the Nokia Phi, and will continue the “upper end” of the Lumia device range following on from the 800/900. WPDownUnder has received information this week advising that not only is this the case – but that the Phi device WILL feature a PureView camera fully integrated and functional with Windows Phone 8.

Nokia are certainly more secretive than Samsung.

Link.

 

[McCrazieGoalz]

Sony Vaio Duo 11 (tabtop) Announced at IFA

Link - From The Verge Forums.

Mashable.com says the Sony Vaio is a three-in-one (tablet, laptop, notepad).

 

[McCrazieGoalz]

JBL Lumia mobile speaker lineup. Yellow Lumia ('Phi'?) confirmed

Yellow Lumia speaker therefore the Lumia 'Phi' is yellow?

Or is it the 'Arrow' that is yellow?

WP Central




Update:

From the leaks it is clear that both, if not all 2012/13 Nokia Lumias will have yellow as one of the color options.

Lumia leaks (820 and 920) detailed in an article by The Verge.

 

[McCrazieGoalz]

Other Win8 Devices at IFA 2012

• Acer Iconia W5 hybrid laptop/PC, the Iconia W7 tablet, the Aspire S7 and Aspire M ultrabooks, the Aspire V5 notebook, and the Aspire U

• Acer Iconia W5 hybrid laptop/PC

• Acer Aspire S7

• Asus - a menagerie of devices

• Asus Vivo (Tablet 600)

• Dell XPS Duo 10 and Duo 12

• Dell XPS One 27

• Fujitsu Esprimo X (all-in-one)

• HP Envy x2

• HP Spectre XT TouchSmart and Envy TouchSmart ultrabook 4

• Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13

• Lenovo S Series

• Lenovo ThinkTab Tablet

• Samsung - IFA Win8 devices revealed
  - Ativ S (smartphone)
  - Ativ Tab (RT tab) (tablet)
  - Ativ Smart PC and Smart PC Pro (transformer)
  - Series Slate 5 & 7 (transformer)

• Sony VAIO Tap 20

• Toshiba U925t (U920t - European/International version)

 

[McCrazieGoalz]

None IFA Win8 Devices (Rumored/Announced)

• AMD APU Tablet Netbook Hybrid Compal

• Lenovo IdeaPad Y400 & 500 (announced)

• Lenovo IdeaCentre A520 (announced)

• Toshiba Satellite U940 (reveal at IFA 2012 but unannounced)

[video=youtube;zN29e9q1stM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN29e9q1stM[/video]

 

[McCrazieGoalz]

Leaked - HTC 'Accord' (WP8)

Link.

Has more or less the same specs as the US version of the Samsung Galaxy SIII.

The Verge


Update:

HTC Windows Phone 8 handsets to include Beats Audio.

The Verge - "Exclusive"

 

[McCrazieGoalz]

Navteq to Provide Maps to Amazon's Kindle Fire - Rumor

Is this an exodus from Google - already?

Link.

Neowin

 

[McCrazieGoalz]

29 Oct = WP8 Launch. 25 Oct = Surface Launch Event

WP8 Launches on the 29th of October!

Microsoft will launch Windows 8 and Surface with an event on the 25th of October, a day before the official launch of Windows 8. Sales of Surfaces will begin at 00h00 (26/10/2012).

Neowin