Windows Phone is still "very small": Microsoft chief, Steve Ballmer

Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, Big Boss has admitted that the phone Windows 7 remains petty next to rivals like the iPhone or Android phones.

Ballmer told partners assembled in a Microsoft conference that "in a year, we've gone from very small to very small ..."

He says "nine out of 10 people who bought a phone from Windows would definitely recommend it to a friend."

That could change, however, when Nokia launches its first Windows phone. We had an idea of ​​the prototype of Sea Ray, apparently closely related to the Nokia N9, and the real could come sometime before the end of the year.

The next update of sweetness to bring Windows Phone software multitasking, the deeper integration of Xbox Live, and reinforced by Bing and Internet Explorer.

Acer, Fujitsu and ZTE have signed up for phones with Windows. They are expected this summer.

But very little of Windows Phone in the smartphone market good enough for a company the size of Microsoft? Tell us your opinion - big or small - in the comments.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1v : differentiation

As expected, the Galaxy Tab 10.1, Tab Galaxy 10.1v and are identical in many respects. Both have the same power of 1 GHz dual core 3.0 Honeycomb Android operating system on board. Both have 10.1-inch screens of 1280x800 pixels. But there are differences.

Despite its case, thicker, there are advantages to 10.1v Galaxy Tab. It has a better camera and a battery of long-term demands, for example. Here is a breakdown of the differences. This table shows the specification green top, and it is clear that much has been sacrificed to put the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the same ballpark as the IPAD 8.8 mm 2.

	Galaxy Tab 10.1	Galaxy Tab 10.1v
Dimensions	256.7x175.3mm	246.2x170.4mm
Thickness	8.6mm	10.99mm
Weight	565g	589g
Rear camera	3 megapixels with LED flash	3 megapixels with LED flash
Video recording	720p HD	1020p HD
Battery	7000mAh claims 9 hours of video	6860mAh battery claims 10 hours of video

BlackBerry Bold 9900 can land in the United Kingdom on August 12, 2011

The BlackBerry Bold 9900 would line the shelves in the UK in mid or late August, according to online retailers. That's about a month before its release date previously announced.

While the touch screen mobile was carrying out the September 15, the leading mobile technology know your nail found the 9900 list with a release date 'at the end of August, "and The Carphone Warehouse touting a" 08 2011 " expiration date.

BlackBerry 9900 has QWERTY keyboard incorporates a capacitive touch screen of 2.8 inches, which, driven by a 1.2 GHz processor, departures of 60 frames per second glorious.

For the rear, there is a 5 megapixel camera capable of capturing video at 720p. The back cover is also something called "glass fabric, which certainly sounds luxurious.

The BlackBerry 9900 OS 7 will present a new version of the BlackBerry OS. It is hoped that this software will change the platform of the much-needed devilishly charming.

A statement of August to see the BlackBerry 9900 before leaving the next iPhone in May, which probably would be helpful for RIM. Otherwise, the BlackBerry 9900 could be lost in the frenzy iPhone.

Google Streetview imprisons Japanese earthquake and tsunami

Google has already used the technology of "People Finder to help people search for people feared lost in the earthquake and tsunami of Japanese.

Although Google is the dominant player in the Japanese market is in Europe and America, the company has developed tools to the disaster area shortly after the earthquake and tsunami in March. These include inducing users to upload photos of hand-written posters that were put in search of missing relatives, staff and other web users transcribed and used images to add to the main "People Finder" database of people missing. In total, more than 616,000 records accumulated.

Kei Kawai, a senior product manager at Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, is now leading a new draft of the affected area regularly. Although initial studies of Google Street View is too intrusive for the Japanese taste and therefore re-shot, the New York Times reported that the project is being enthusiastically received in Japan.

South Sudan gains an independent nation in the World

The Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, are among the dignitaries who attended the celebrations in the capital, Juba.

The independence of the South continues to decades of conflict with the north where some 1.5 million people died.

The celebrations in Juba began at midnight (21:00 GMT). A countdown clock in the center of the city came to zero and the new national anthem was played on television.

Southern Sudan became the 193rd recognized by the UN and the 54 UN member state in Africa.

The formal independence ceremony to be held on Saturday.

The President of the Legislative Assembly of Southern Sudan, James Wani Igga is expected to read the Proclamation of Independence of South Sudan at 11:45 (08:45 GMT) minutes later, the national flag of Sudan will be reduced and the new flag of South Africa Sudan rose.

On Friday, the Sudanese Minister of Presidential Affairs, Bakri Hassan Saleh, said he recognized "the Republic of Southern Sudan as an independent state, according to the borders existing on January 1, 1956," when Sudan became independent from Britain.