The first tablet of Google before the month of July

The first raid on Google tablet market will be made ​​before the month of July. Despite the current project to see him ready for the month of May, Google had to reconsider the issue to make other changes to the device. The team at Mountain View is currently engaged in bringing the price below the threshold of $ 249, as already collaborating with AsusTek Computer in the implementation of the 7-inch model with Nvidia Tegra 3, only Wi-Fi connectivity and Android Ice Cream Sandwich to move throughout the system.

According to latest estimates, the price had already been wandering between $ 199 and $ 149 in order to diminish competition from Amazon with the Kindle Fire , the Color Nook and an alleged iPad Mini always display about 7 inches which is rumored could be presented at the next conference in June Apple (probably just rumor).

Other sources have reported instead the reasons for the delay in the commercialization of the first tablet of Google, the adoption of the next version of Android, the Jelly Bean of which we still know little or nothing and we'll see that maybe, just next to the Google I / O. It would, however unlikely such a solution since the project was entirely developed on Android 4.0 and to adapt and optimize the hardware to a new distribution Android would not be enough two or three months.

Not forthcoming then the first to see the debut of the house in Mountain View in the tablet segment, an expectation that if he is rewarded by a price in line with expectations and hardware that reflects the speculation so far come to light, it would be worth waiting a little longer.

HTC won the patent Face Unlock

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has published the document certifying the assignment of the patent for the Face to Unlock HTC . The application for a patent was filed in November 2008 and was subjected to the usual scrutiny of agencies to ensure that the requirements for granting protection to inventors.

 

The function of the Face Unlock allows for the release of the smartphone through recognition of the user's face. The feature should be familiar to users in possession of one of the latest Android smartphone that has already been considered by several integrated smartphone from Samsung Nexus Galaxy.

The patent specifically refers to:

A method for unlocking a locked computing device includes Obtaining biometric information Utilizing the computing device, Determining Whether the biometric information meets a predetermined requirement, unlocking the computing device Obtained When The biometric information meets the predetermined requirement, and Maintaining a locked status of the computing device When The biometric information does not meet the predetermined requirement

"A method of unlocking a computing device based on the acquisition of biometric information by the device" "Determining whether the biometric information meet the requirements on pre-determination, we obtain the unlocking of the device when the biometric information obtained meet the predetermined requirements, and maintaining the locked status of the device when the biometric information does not meet the predetermined requirements "

The assignment of the patent's Face to Unlock HTC creates a scenario of multiple developments. As mentioned at the beginning, in fact, the release mechanism based on biometrics has become an integral part of the operating system Android Ice Cream Sandwich.

Given the operational links between the Taiwanese and the Google case of any legal action to assert the existence of the patent would not be very advantageous for HTC. Several evaluations the Taiwanese manufacturer could make use of the invention in relation to some of its competitors from Samsung. Apart from the Galaxy Nexus, unlocking via facial recognition is also a feature utilize Samsung Galaxy S and W in the Galaxy due to the recent "value pack " .

We clarify that, at the time, HTC is not stated its intention to take any legal action against other companies. For those who want to deepen the content of the page USPTO patent remind reached byconnecting to this address .  source , via