Announcement Pack Ice Cream Sandwich and 'Google Phone »Galaxy Nexus postponed until better times

In the field of mobile technology in the eve of the holiday trade was expected, three major events, one of which - the announcement of the next version of Apple iPhone 4S, has already taken place.

In addition, on October 11, Samsung and Google has scheduled an event dedicated, as expected, the announcement of the next version of Android, called Ice Cream Sandwich and the presentation of "Google Phone» Samsung Galaxy Nexus (Nexus Prime).

Also, all are eagerly awaiting the beginning of release of the first smart phone company Nokia, is running Windows Phone 7.5 Mango.

Unfortunately, next week announce a new version of Android, "Google Phone» Nexus Prime will not. This was reported today the organizers of the event in a joint statement: «Samsung and Google decided to postpone the announcement of a new product, scheduled during the CTIA Fall. We have determined that a bad time to announce a new product. New dates and venue to be announced soon. "

Despite this news, yet I would like to talk about the new "Google Phone", especially because the network already got photos, video and performance of this device. According to the information resource GSMArena.com, insisting on its veracity, Nexus Prime is equipped with dual-core processor with 1.5 GHz. The source claims that the chipset is also a dual-GPU on the Imagination. Chances are that it is a PowerVR SGX543MP2, which is used in tablet iPad 2.

Also reported 4.65 "touchscreen Super AMOLED HD display with 1280 x 720 pixels, 8-megapixel camera that supports video resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels, 1 GB of RAM and 32 GB of flash memory.

It is expected that in Nexus Prime is support for networks of LTE, and that is no less interesting opportunity to work in two modes - GSM / CDMA (like the Apple iPhone 4S).

Regarding the timing of the announcement of Ice Cream Sandwich, it's probably worth remembering the promise of Google chairman Eric Schmidt (Eric Schmidt) to introduce a new version of Android in October or November. So check how Google executives keep their word.

Separate Windows 8 DirectX 11 SDK will not be - but Windows 8 SDK

Microsoft already has more than a year, from June 2010 does not update the software package for developing DirectX-applications. This is to some extent due to the ongoing development of the next Windows operating system 8. Finally, Microsoft has confirmed that it will not produce a single DirectX SDK.

The software giant made the announcement quietly, but the information there, and developers can look at it. In essence, with the release of Windows 8 Developer Preview Build 8102 Milestone 3 (M3) Package DirectX SDK was officially replaced by a single package Windows SDK.

Microsoft has officially explained the move as: "We originally created the DirectX SDK as a high-performance platform for developing games under Windows. With the development of technologies DirectX, they have become responsible for the increasing number of applications. Today, the ubiquity of Direct3 D-equipment makes even traditional desktop applications to use hardware acceleration. At the same time technology DirectX became more integrated into Windows. DirectX today - a fundamental part of Windows. Since the Windows SDK is the main SDK for Windows, we now deliver DirectX as part of the Windows SDK. You can now use Windows SDK to create great Windows-games. "