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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sent an email to customers today (reprinted below) summarizing some of the big news coming out of the Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in Los Angeles. He talks about both the
Azure cloud services platform (a comprehensive set of storage, computing, and networking infrastructure services) as well as
Office in the browser. The email reiterates Microsoft's core messaging that the Internet is fine, but it needs a little desktop software to really make it hum:
"the key to delivering value today and in the future lies in combining the best aspects of software running on PCs, servers, and devices with the best aspects of services running on the Web-an approach we call "software plus services."" Client software is needed, he argues, to take full advantage of the hardware on devices. Multicore processors and new programming languages will expand computing capabilities, he says, and
"the interactive experiences that people expect on their PC, mobile phone, and media player depend on sophisticated software running on powerful processors": In other words, software does the heavy lifting, and the browser makes access and communication easy:
"For the Web, it's the ability to bring together people, information, and services so we can connect, communicate, share, and transact with anyone, anywhere, at any time."
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The low-end Android game just got real, folks, with Sprint's introduction of the LG Optimus S, a $50 (on-contract, post-rebate) Android slatephone running Froyo on a 3.2-inch HVGA screen, with mobile hotspot functionality for up to five devices, 802.11 b/g WiFi and a 600MHz processor to run the whole shebang. As you'd expect in a world of 1GHz smartphones at the $200 price point, it's not quite up to spec, but that doesn't keep it from having a super-solid build, durable and weighty, that belies its low price. It honestly feels much like a
Nexus One in the hand, though with nice big physical buttons instead of of capacitive function keys, and of course a lower-quality LCD screen. There's an auto-focusing 3.2 megapixel camera on the back and a fairly responsive capacitive touchscreen up front, and though browsing was a little painful on the low-res screen, the Android 2.2 device sped through the UI without skipping a beat. If this device impresses as much after we throw it through a barrage of tests, I'll be hard to imagine ever spending on a regular ol' featurephone again.
Update: We've just been informed that the Optimus S has 256MB RAM and 512MB of ROM, an MSM7627 chipset and Bluetooth 2.1, but there's more -- it pulls a respectable 430 in the Quadrant benchmark with Qualcomm Adreno 200 graphics doing the heavy lifting. See some direct-from-device screenshots and a couple sample pics from the Optimus S's camera in our second gallery below!
Myriam Joire contributed to this report.LG Optimus S for Sprint, first hands-on! (update: benchmarked!) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 06 Oct 2010 18:50:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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