The much anticipated, talked about rendered and leaked flagship Lumia devices have finally been announced by Microsoft at the October 6th Windows 10 Devices briefing in New York City.
The Lumia 950 and Lumia 950XL combine Windows 10 innovation with our most powerful hardware and top-of-the-line imaging to help you be more productive.
Not having had a main flagship Lumia released in a while and with Microsoft’s new vision for 3 sectors; Enterprise, Flagship and Budget devices, everyone has been looking forward to what the next Lumia Flagships will offer.
The Lumia 950 and 950XL as like much leaked, comes with Adaptive Antennas, Liquid Cooling Technology, Triple LED Natural flash, Rich Capture, 4K video capture, Windows Hello iris scanner.
Also Have the following specifications:
Lumia 950 :
*5.2″ Quad HD AMOLED, 2560 x 1440 (564 ppi)
*Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 1.8GHz hexa-core, 3GB RAM, 32 GB storage with 2TB micro SD card support.
*20 MP sensor with Tripple LED natural flash, ZEISS optics 5 MP front camera
*3000mAh removable battery / USB-C Fastcharging (get up to 50% capacity in just 30 minutes), Qi wireless charging
*weighs 150g.
Lumia 950XL :
*5.7″ Quad HD AMOLED, 2560 x 1440 (518 ppi), Gorilla Glass 4
*Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 2.0 GHz octa-core processor, 3GB RAM, 32 GB storage with 2TB micro SD card support.
*20 MP sensor with Tripple LED natural flash, ZEISS optics 5 MP front camera
*3340mAh removable battery / USB-C Fastcharging (get up to 50% capacity in just 30 minutes), Qi wireless charging
*weighs 165g.
One feature of the Microsoft Lumia 950 and 9650XL devices is the Windows Continuum feature, that allows you to connect the phones to a Microsoft display dock and use it as an external monitor with a keyboard and mouse. It opens and scales up apps optimized for an environment that makes you more productive.
It’s a PC-like experience that’s powered by your phone.
The Lumia 950 unlocked will be selling at $549, 950XL will be selling at $649 and they’ll be available in November.
What’s your take on the new Microsoft Lumia 950 and 950XL flagship devices.
Panos Panay corporate vice president, Microsoft Surface at the Surface Press Event 20th May 2014, announced the new Surface Pro 3 saying It’s the tablet that can replace your laptop. It is the most powerful, thinnest, and lightest Surface Pro yet. It is a full PC and a brilliant tablet.
He stated that in designing of Surface Pro 3, we wanted to design a device that can marry the power of the full PC without compromising the sleek finish, elegant look and feel, light weight, thinness, and great battery life that we expect from a tablet.
Talking about the design and specification of the new product he said; Surface Pro 3 is powered by a 4th generation Intel® Core™ processor (there will be Core i3, Core i5, and Core i7 options), and storage capacity ranging from 64 to 512 GB with 4 or 8 GB of RAM. It still features a full-size USB 3.0 port for peripherals, a Mini DisplayPort for projecting to an external display, and a microSD card reader for expandable storage. Surface Pro 3 has a 12” ClearType Full HD screen with 2160 x 1440 resolution. The new screen is 38% bigger than Surface Pro 2, with 50% more pixels. It weighs 1.76 pounds and is 0.36 inches thin, it’s half the thickness of a MacBook Pro and 30% thinner than an 11-inch MacBook Air with a battery life up to 9 hours, that’s 10% better than Surface Pro 2.
In addition, every screen is color calibrated at the factory, so you’ll see accurate, brilliant colors, great white points, and great contrast on every device. The combo of the big, beautiful screen and SD card means Surface Pro 3 gives big-screen entertainment anywhere.
Surface Pro 3 features a new multi-position kickstand that features a friction-hinge that lets you pick whatever angle you want from zero to 150 degrees. There are also new click-in keyboards that come in five colors with 63% bigger track-pads and more stability. A new Surface Docking Station for Surface Pro 3 was announced.
The pen support in the Surface Pro 3 is greatly improved, its been designed with note taking in mind. He said we wanted to make the transition to the digital writing seamless, elegant, and simple. The best example of this is how we married the hardware and software to provide a break-through note-taking experience with OneNote, the Surface Pen, and Surface Pro 3.
Surface Pro 3 is a full-powered PC, so of course it can run all Windows apps including Office and desktop apps and of course it has great multi-tasking and can be shared with multiple user accounts.
Pre-order the device at the microsoftstore.com in most launch markets. Retail price starts at $799, will be available for purchase in stores and through authorized resellers beginning on June 20th in the US and Canada and, by the end of August, in 26 additional markets including Australia, Austria, Belgium, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand and the United Kingdom.
Xbox game On media briefing is here. What’s new and what’s going to be announced?
The XboxE3 team has confirmed that, the 2014 Media Briefing will take place on Monday June 9th. Beginning at 9:30 AM PDT (4:30 PM UTC).
At the briefing there’ll be an in-depth look at previously announced games to trailers of announced games coming in 2014 and beyond.
Join the Game On event via webcast beginning with a pre-show coverage on the web, XboxLive and Windows Phone globally.
Xbox Live’s Major Nelson said “we’re planning a number of fan-centric events both before and after Xbox: Game On for those fans that are in LA and for those who are watching around the world.”
Stay tuned for more details on those activities as we get closer to E3!
Are you looking forward to this event , expecting any game titles, sound off in the comments.
The Microsoft Surface team sent an invitation to a select group of press men and women for an event on 20th May 2014 in New York City. The team has sent out an invitation to the public to join the event via live web cast via the Microsoft News center at 8 am PT (11 am ET).
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Microsoft Surface Event
Leaks and rumors have it that there will be a Surface Mini (about 8″) addition to the family as well as the likely introduction of a Surface Pro 3 (about 12″) device that will have a larger screen size.
The surface Pro 3 has been confirmed and is expected in five variants available with different pricing;
1. i3 – 4GB RAM – 64GB @ $ 799.00
2. i5 – 4GB RAM – 128GB @ $ 999.00
3. i5 – 8GB RAM – 256GB @ $ 1299.00
4. i7 – 8GB RAM – 256GB @ $ 1459.00
5. i7 – 8GB RAM – 512GB @ $ 1949.00
There also will a number of accessories introduced at the event.
Stay tuned follow the @Surface team on twitter and Facebook for more updates.
What do you think of the new additions to the Surface family of devices, share your opinions in the comments.
