Mobile CRM apps and services for iPad, iPhone, Android, Windows Phones and Blackberry devices to be roll out in Q2 from Microsoft

Microsoft announced on Monday that it will embrace rival mobile platforms and browsers with a planned second-quarter service update of its Microsoft Dynamics CRM application, including iPad, iPhone, Android, Windows Phones and Blackberry devices. “In today’s hyperconnected world, customers need to be able to access their business-critical data on the device of their choice,” said Dennis Michalis, general manager, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, in a statement. The Dynamics CRM service update will include a new cloud-based mobile CRM service called Microsoft Dynamics CRM Mobile. Check the bellow words from ZDNet writer Mary Jo Foley to get a more detailed acquaintance about the Microsoft Dynamics CRM event.

Summary: Microsoft will deliver mobile versions of its Dynamics CRM app and service for iPad, iPhone, Android phone, BlackBerry and Windows Phone 7 in the second quarter of 2012.

Some time between April and May of this year, Microsoft will roll out Dynamics CRM mobile clients and service simultaneously for the iPad, iPhone, Android, Windows Phone 7 and BlackBerry devices.

The coming mobile components — something some Windows Phone users have been asking about for years — will be part of the Dynamics CRM Q2 2012 service update, Microsoft officials said on February 6. (February 6 is the day when Microsoft is releasing its preview guide for its next update, which Microsoft has committed to provide 60 to 90 days before a new update is available to on-premises and online users.)

All of the new mobile CRM releases will be ready at the same time and downloadable from their respective marketplaces on the same day, said Craig Dewar, Director of Product Management for Dynamics CRM.

Here’s a Microsoft-supplied screen shot of what the Dynamics CRM app on the iPad will look like:

The coming Dynamics CRM mobile clients/service starts at $30 per user, per month and supports the use of up to three devices per user. While this sounds pricey compared to the going rate for Office 365 and its component parts, it looks like it undercuts Salesforce’s comparable mobile-client offering, which starts at $65 per user per month. (Salesforce also has a free Mobile Lite CRM client with limited capabilities and connectivity, as does Microsoft, which still offers Mobile Express for Dynamics CRM.)

In addition to adding mobile support to its platform, Microsoft also is stepping up its cross-browser support for Dynamics CRM users. With the Q2 update, users will have a choice of Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox and Safari running on PCs, Macs and iPads. Here’s a chart showing which versions will be supported on which platforms:

The Q2 update also will add more social capabilities, making Microsoft’s social CRM components look and feel even more like Facebook- and/or Salesforce Chatter. Users will have the ability to like/unlike status updates on their Activity Feeds and get improved filtering capabilities.

Users of the on-premises version of the Q2 update also will have access to new Microsoft Excel Workbooks with pre-defined PowerPivot models and Power View Report templates to help them perform quick analyses in areas like product sales, customer demographics and sales pipelines. (Power View, a k a “Project Crescent,” is a new self-service business-intelligence feature in SQL Server 2012, which is due to launch on March 7.) Microsoft plans to add support for these enterprise capbilities to Dynamics CRM, too, at some point in the future, officials said.

Microsoft officials said last year that the company planned to deliver quarterly updates (two major/two minor) to both its on-premises Dynamics CRM product and its hosted CRM Online one.

The Dynamics CRM unit isn’t the only Microsoft division that is upping its cross-platform support.

Microsoft already offers OneNote for the iPhone and iPad; a SkyDrive cloud-storage app for iPhone; a Lync client for Android; a Lync client for iPhone and Hotmail for Android. Company officials said late last year to expect even more mobile cross-platform app support from Microsoft in 2012, especially on Android devices.

Source: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-to-deliver-crm-apps-for-ipad-iphone-android-windows-phone-in-q2/11822?tag=nl.e550

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FAQ for Chrome for Android – 13 things you need to know about Chrome for Android

“After a lot of hard work, I’m really excited to see us launch Chrome for Android Beta today,” said Sundar Pichai, Google SVP of Chrome and Apps, in a Google+ post. “We set out to bring the full capability of desktop Chrome to Android and rethink the browser from the ground up for phones and tablets with a touch interface.” Chrome for Android Beta is now available for free through Google’s Android Market. It requires phones and tablets to be running Android 4.0, also known as Ice Cream Sandwich. Like the desktop version, Chrome for Android Beta is focused on speed and simplicity, but it also features seamless sign-in and sync so you can take your personalized web browsing experience with you wherever you go, across devices. Well, you may also have some questions about Chrome for Android. Here I listed some FQA for you to know more details on Chrome for Android.

Is Chrome for Android Beta open sourced?
Due to the ICS schedule, deriving from Chromium, Google currently has not started the project of open source for Chrome for Android. As more functions to be inserted in the future, Google would make Chrome for Android open source in steps.

Will Chrome for Android upgrades synchronously to the Chrome browser?
Yet not. Google is currently considering how to branch Chrome, which means that in the future there might be Chrome for Android Stable, Chrome for Android Dev, or even things like Chrome for Android Canary.

Will Chrome for Android update automatically?
Yes. Set automatically update in Android Market.

What is the difference between Chrome for Android and Android browser?
Chrome for Android provides faster, safer and more stable browsing experience just like your PC Chrome browser. It also supports more HTML 5 techniques.

Does Chrome for Android support expanding and web application?
Currently no. The Chrome Web Store is also not supported. Google has no plan for this yet.

Which Flash version does Chrome for Android support?
The Chrome for Android doesn’t support Flash for Adobe has claimed to stop developing portable Flash products. Google will adopt HTML5 for more powerful networking and cooperate with Adobe for the future network standard.

How to hide Omnibar address bar?
Currently the Omnibar address bar couldn’t be hidden. Google would monitor customers’ hobbit to decide how to handle Omnibox.

What’s the similarity between Chrome for Android and PC Chrome?
Both of them are based on the same source code, while Chrome for Android would take advantage of PC Chrome browser.

Does Chrome for Android support Canvas hardware accelerating, WebGL and Native Client?
Chrome for Android currently supports only Canvas hardware accelerating, not WebGL and Native Client.

What User Agent does Chrome for Android adopt?
Google adds CrMo to recognize mobile Chrome: Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android-4.0.3; en-us; Galaxy Nexus Build/IML74K) AppleWebKit/535.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) CrMo/16.0.912.75 Mobile Safari/535.7 on Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 Galaxy Nexus, and Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android-4.0.3; en-us; Xoom Build/IML77) AppleWebKit/535.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) CrMo/16.0.912.75 Safari/535.7 on Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 Xoom tablets.

Will Google continue to improve the default browser of Android?
Both Chrome for Android and the default Android browser derive from Chromium. Google would keep evaluating them to adjust the developing process.

Does Chrome for Android also adopt SandBox technology?
Currently the single tag page has no sand box, and supports no Safe Browsing.

Is it true that Chrome for Android operates only on 4.0 OS?
Yes.

Hope this FAQ list would help you.

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Top 10 Best Paid Apps for Android Mobile Phones and Tablets of 2011

2011 has witnessed the fast and great development of electronic products, especially in mobile phones and portable devices like various tablets. Meanwhile, as the fast growing of electronic product market, various wonderful software programs and hardware devices are created to make these products more user-friendly. Today, I would like to share the Top 10 Best Paid Android Apps of 2011 with all of you guys. These paid Android apps are mostly useful and quite cheap for you to get for your Android mobile phones and tablets. In this year’s list, apps that make your smartphone even smarter, great games and plenty of entertainment options for your buck. Check the following list to get to know what the Top 10 Best Paid Android Apps are.

Pano

Pano is a little app from the App Store which you can pick up for just £1.79. As the name suggests it allows you to take a series of snaps to produce a really wide panoramic image of the scene – and it does in a beautifully simple and clever way. It allows you to create on-the-spot-panoramic photos by snapping a series of side-by-side individual shots. Different from a computer Video Editor program to stitch your photos together, this app can merge on the device up to 16 photos into a 360-degree high-resolution photo saved directly to the camera roll.

Vignette

Vignette allows you to create artsy photos with your phone’s camera, with 84 effects and almost 60 frames to choose from. You can use retro effects or Polaroid-style frames too, and the app supports the full resolution of your camera, so you get high-resolution photo results ready to print or share.

SwiftKey Keyboard

SwiftKey Keyboard is an alternative keyboard for your device, with a twist. The keyboard learns the way you type by scanning your SMS messages to see what words you’re most likely to use, so it can accurately predict what words you want to type – making the whole typing process considerably faster.

Tasker

Tasker makes your smartphone even smarter by allowing you to customize sets of actions based on triggers such as time, day or location. For example, you can automate your phone to decrease the ringer volume and brightness automatically when you get home, or to switch off Wi-Fi when you leave home.

SketchBook Pro

SketchBook Pro turns your Honeycomb tablet into a canvas ready for you to draw or paint on. The wide range of tools and brushes available can help you create true masterpieces (it uses the same paint engine as its professional desktop counterparts), or just keep your kids entertained for a little while.

Android Video Converter

The Android Video Converter is all-in-one best video converting software to operate on your computer, helping you easily convert various videos and movies and audios in different formats to Android compatible video and audio formats so as to let you freely watch videos/movies and enjoy music on Android devices. Of course, if you are using Mac computers, you need to use a Mac Android Video Converter.

Plex

Instead of converting your movies to play on your phone or tablet, you can use Plex to stream them wirelessly directly from a PC or Mac (with the free companion app). The app interface combines your own media (music, video, photos) with popular online content from various sources too, and you can spend your time watching video rather than waiting for it to convert.

Locale

Locale is a powerful phone automator that allows you to manage settings based on predefined locations. You can set specific ringer types and volumes for work, home or any other locations detected via Wi-Fi or GPS. Additional paid extensions can give you extra functionality to control SMS messages or headphones.

LogMeIn Ignition

LogMeIn Ignition allows you to remotely access your PC or Mac from an Android phone or tablet, so you can control desktop software or access files from the multitouch display. The app uses a free desktop counterpart for basic control functions, or you can go pro (free 30-day trial), which also allows you to do file transfers or print remotely,

Amazon Free App Reminder

It might be ironic to pay for an app that gets you a free app everyday, but you can save some good cash this way. Amazon Free App Reminder sends you daily notifications and details about the free app of the day offered in the alternative Amazon app store, so you don’t forget about your daily freebie.

Most of these Top 10 Best Paid Android Apps offer trial free versions too, so you won’t be left out of pocket if they’re not for you. Still, there are many other paid and free Android apps for all Android users to enhance digital entertainment, like Domin Run, Read It Later, Priority Call Filter, etc. Android users could get more online. I would introduce more paid and free apps for all operation systems, including Android OS devices, iOS devices, Windows Microsoft devices, etc. So, stay tuned for more useful information.

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Affordable low-priced Android Andy Pad specs confirmed with Pro model to cost £179

Only 36 days until the official release of Android Andy Pad, a more complete tablet designed to work straight out of the box. There has been more detailed new information about the upcoming affordable low-priced Android Andy Pad announced from the official Android Andy Pad sites. More detailed specs and price level have been revealed for both Android Andy Pad standard version and the Android Andy Pad Pro version.

The Andy Pad is orientated towards the younger generation and aims to provide an all-in-one experience for its users. Straight out of the box, the Andy Pad features a number of the top apps across the Android platform ready for use immediately. The Andy Pad features a powerful Cortex A8 1.2 processor and 512MB RAM, so you’ll easily be able to play all the latest games and watch movies on the go. The standard Andy Pad is going to cost £129 and feature an 800-by-480 res. 7-inch resistive touchscreen, a front-facing camera, and of 8GB of storage built-in.

The Andy Pad Pro is aimed at the more proficient tablet users. It includes a strong SensaTouch screen and greater storage space than the Andy Pad. Perfect for checking your emails on the go, the Andy Pad Pro is the ultimate device for the young professional, business user or tech fanatic. Similar to the Andy Pad, the Pro features a number of additional apps ready for users straight out of the box. The Andy Pad Pro tablet will be priced at £179 with a 1024-by-600 res. capacitive touchscreen, front and rear facing cameras, Bluetooth and 16GB of built-in storage.

Standard on the two Andy Pad tablets are Google’s latest phone OS Android 2.3 Gingerbread, a 1 GHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor along with a “powerful” 3D GPU, 1080p video capabilities, T-Flash (microSD) card slot, HDMI, USB, and Wi-Fi only Internet connectivity.

The demo video bellow is for the cheapest Andy Pad tablet and games as well as some other applications are quickly demonstrated as well as touchscreen responsiveness. Check it out below:

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Top 10 most anticipated upcoming tech products details and pictures

Along with the fast development of technology in mobile phones and telecommunication devices, people have longed more for the future tech products and various high tech telecommunication companies become to upgrade their tech products faster, which enables worldwide users to experience totally different devices upon different tech products. And thanks to ZDNet Author, who has listed out some top 10 most anticipated upcoming tech products for us to make a brief understanding about these advanced tech devices. The following lists the 10 most anticipated upcoming tech products, originally released on zdnet.com.

New MacBook Airs

The new MacBook Airs with updated Intel Sandy Bridge processors Core i series processor are due to hit any day along with OS X Lion. The new Airs are rumored to to feature a high-speed Thunderbolt port and perhaps a lighted keyboard while retaining the same form factor.

Vizio XVT3D6SP series

Back in January, the Vizio XVT3D6SP series was our Best of CES winner in the TV category. On top of offering passive 3D and a full-array LED backlight with local dimming, the XVT3D6SP series is loaded with features. Here’s what editor David Katzamier had to say about it:

“The Vizio XVT3D6SP series is billed as a complement to the company’s new Android phone and tablet. It boasts a custom Google TV interface and a beefed-up version of VIA (Vizio Internet Apps), our favorite Internet TV suite of last year. It also has a spiffy new remote that replaces a trendy touch screen with a much more useful touch pad, a la your favorite laptop PC. Finally it boasts passive 3D (see below) and all of the full-array local-dimming LED goodness we liked so much on the XVT3SV series. Oh yeah: it’s also the first TV announced with embedded OnLive gaming (video).”

Samsung Nexus Prime

Rumor has it that the Samsung Nexus Prime, due out late this year, will be the first smartphone to run Android Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0). Here’s what Scott Webster had to say about it on a post on CNET:

“Keeping with other Pure Google experience smartphones, the Nexus Prime is expected to be devoid of any carrier customization or pre-loaded applications. Rumors also have been swirling that the first Ice Cream Sandwich handset would also be notable for another absence, physical buttons. And given that the next iteration of Android blends parts of Honeycomb and Gingerbread, it’s very possible that any 4.0+ devices could operate without hard keys.

“The “monster-sized” screen will be branded as a “Super AMOLED HD” display, matching up with previous reports of a 720p resolution. For the sake of comparison, today’s top Android smart phones feature qHD screens that operate at 960×540 resolution, whereas mid-range devices now typically run with 800×480 resolution.”

Rumor has it that the Nexus Prime (or whatever name the device ends up with) will also have a next-generation dual-core processor running ion the 1.2-1.5 GHZ range.

Barnes & Noble’s Nook Color

While the Barnes & Noble’s Nook Color isn’t a full-fledged Android tablet (with Android Market) unless you root it and install custom firmware, it is the best-selling Android-based tablet out there right now, priced at a modest $249.

Before the holiday buying season we expect that Barnes & Noble will upgrade it, perhaps as soon as late October. We doubt the design will change dramatically (if at all), but we do think it will get a faster processor and some other small but significant improvements.

Motorola Droid Bionic

The Motorola Droid Bionic is due to hit very soon and will be among the few Verizon phones to work on the carrier’s new 4G LTE network. Overall, it has impressive specs, which CNET editor Nicole Lee summarized back at CES in January (watch her first-look video):

“Aside from 4G and the dual-core processors, the Droid Bionic also has 512MB DDR2 RAM; HDMI mirroring (so you can view video on both the phone and the TV when they’re connected); 1080p video playback; 8-megapixel camera on the rear plus a front-facing VGA camera for video calls; Wi-Fi, of course; mobile Wi-Fi hot spot for up to five devices (subject to carrier fees); and since it ships with Android 2.2, the WebKit browser also plays in-browser Flash video.

Amazon touch-screen Kindle

Will Amazon put out a touch-screen Kindle? Or will it release an even more affordable non-touch model to follow up on the success of the Kindle 3? Speculation is heating up as we head into August, which is when Amazon revealed the Kindle 3 last year.

iPod touch

It doesn’t seem like there’s much more that Apple can do with the iPod Touch, but there’s talk of an added 3G option (you’ll have to pay for service) and the possibility of a jumbo Touch that might also qualify as an iPad Mini.

Sony PlayStation Vita

Sony’s next portable gaming console, the PlayStation Vita, ups the ante in terms of graphics and features. But it remains to be seen whether the $249 Vita (or $299 with 3G) will be a hit after Sony experienced such a tepid reception for the PlayStation Go.

Due to hit this fall, the Vita has built-in WiFi, dual joysticks, multitouch 5-inch OLED screen, front and rear touchpads, and front and rear cameras.

Amazon Android tablet

Rumor has it that Amazon will be releasing two new Android tablets by year’s end. The smaller model may have a 7-inch screen and be something along the lines of the Nook Color but feature a more powerful processor (and be aggressively priced). A larger 10-inch model will allegedly be designed to compete with the iPad.

Apple iPhone 5

Will the iPhone 5 have an all new design or simply retain the iPhone 4’s chassis and offer such upgrades as a faster A5 processor and improved camera? And will it be a true 4G phone? At this point, no one knows for sure but all signs point to a Fall release date for the next-generation iPhone, whatever it’s called.

Sources from:

http://www.zdnet.com/photos/most-anticipated-upcoming-tech-products-photos/6259483?tag=content;photo-frame#photo-frame

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