Modbook Pro: The world's first tablet-based OS X Mountain Lion

The American company Modbook Inc. announced the world's first tablet PC-based operating system, OS X Mountain Lion. The device is a plastic laptop MacBook, which engineers have turned into a tablet with a touchscreen that allows the device to work with an electronic pen.

 

When you create a gadget called the Modbook Pro, developers have the basis for Apple's typical of the last generation. The latter has lost the keyboard has a modified body panel and Wacom, having the 512-level pressure sensitivity.

 

E-filling device borrowed from laptop Apple: the Intel Core third-generation up to 16 GB of RAM, hard drive capacity up to 1TB of SSD or 960 GB, wireless adapters Wi-Fi module and Bluetooth 4.0.

Resolution 13.3-inch Modbook display is 1280 × 800 pixels. The device sports a port Thunderbolt, Gigabit Ethernet, FireWire 800, USB 3.0 and SDXC-card reader.

 

Out in the Modbook sale is scheduled for autumn this year. The price the developer has not yet named.

Microsoft will release before the end of the year “killer” iTunes

Microsoft is going to the end of the year to launch its own music service, which should become a full-fledged competitor to both the online iTunes store and streaming music service Spotify, says news agency Bloomberg.

 

It is reported that the software giant is now in talks with four major record labels Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, Sony and EMI to obtain the necessary licenses to distribute their content.

Launch of new musical proposals in the Xbox-service is scheduled for the second half of 2012. In its new music service Microsoft plans to integrate the most popular services are competing with it Apple.

Community Xbox Music will have the opportunity to purchase music tracks directly from an online store similar to iTunes, or listen to them streamed over the Internet, paying a monthly or annual access. In addition, Microsoft is going to allow users to store music on their servers, getting access to it via mobile devices based on Windows 8. The same principle works service iTunes Match, which allows you to stream music from the cloud on the iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Apple TV.

Previously, Microsoft has tried to expand its presence in the market of online music services with the help of the player Zune, which, in general, was not very successful and will be closed and its members will transfer to the new platform.

It is expected that all the new features will be launched in the framework of the existing music service Xbox Music, intended for users of video game console from Microsoft.