With the competition getting strong between the OS phones of Microsoft, the Android and the Apple, Windows Phone 8 introduced by Microsoft recently during its summit events may just dominate the others a little. Comparing alongside the new iOS 6, WP8 can be a main adversary of the Android Ice Cream Sandwich and the Jelly Bean.

So, anyways as the WP8 features are explained by the Microsoft’s Engineers, let’s see how this next generation mobile has to offer and answer us “how well you are impressed with this Windows Phone 8?

Windows 8 Phone Features

Before we go on further into Main features of the Windows Phone 8, you need to know there is a lot of comparison between the Microsoft’s mobile OS and the other OS’s. Microsoft has developed Shared Windows Core making a compromise on the kernel, the networking system, the file system, even the multimedia, the graphics support too and some more others, were it is similar to various other Windows-based devices. The operating system of Microsoft’s either be it the mobile or the desktop is more inter-wined to the Android and the Chrome or the OS X or the iOS.

Microsoft has made the Shared Windows Core, making it easier of the developers, even the end-users and the last the hardware makers like it, as it makes it smooth and easy to transit from one Windows 8 to another W8 device.

Let’s see its Latest and the Greatest Hardware:

Microsoft has made certain changes in its hardware making sure its Window Phone 7 and WP 7.5 smart phones has imposed certain restraints on the present OEMs as this will be a good option where you can upgrade the software versions of WP devices in the near future, this means OEMs using the single-core processors on WP7 or the WP7.5 will offer only one kind of a display resolution.

The WP8 will be similar to the present Android and iOS devices with Microsoft supporting dual and multi core chipsets and with an addition to this Microsoft has offered two display resolutions which are, 1280 x 768 and 1280 x 720, with default display resolution being 800 x 480. It is a very good option for developers, where they can adapt their own option of graphics and will work on Old and New apps resolutions.

The WP8 users will be very happy as it will support upgrades through microSD cards. It’s good right?

Now let’s see Internet Browser:

As the world is advancing the internet is also, as browser experience is upgraded by better java scripting and with introduction of HTML5 it has put up a good option for the present browsers supporting it. Microsoft’s mobile browser, the new version for WP8 devices, the Internet Explorer 10 with the above upgrades is promised to put up speedy performances, with the SmartScreen Anti-Phishing being a new feature added to IE10 will block millions of malicious websites that to in real time.

This Microsoft browser will be faster compared to other products where it will put up good competition among Samsung Galaxy S3, Apple’s iPhone 4S and the last HTC One X.

The Gaming Experience:

Sharing common platforms on Windows 8 and WP8 the developers will be able to use their various apps on both the OS and even sell their creations to the W8 and the WP8 device owners. With the Native Code feature available with the Microsoft, developers can cool down as they are now no need for bringing iOS and Android platform products as the applications are in the WP digital store.

The Gaming experience will now be common on W8 and WP8 devices as these devices supports DirectX and gaming drivers of the rich graphics of apps and games will now work very smoothly on PCs and Phones too     

Sharing with NFC is it better?

With the NFC support, the developers are encouraged to use an additional interactive layer to their apps and what WP8 with NFC support do is, it not only be used for mobile payments but allows you to share stuffs between devices, hats off to field communication tech for this feature. And now users are a tap away from sharing their games and apps with others.

Heavy Wallet, is what you have?

Well Microsoft will ease your Wallet, as mobile payments will be a lot better for everyone and is ready to work with different carriers and providing solutions to mobile payments.

The WP8 will be supporting the credit and the debit cards and also adding up loyalty and membership cards while with all these things very much a good feature it also adds up the history of deals that you have attempted or purchased, a decent option for users to have. The Wallet Hub offers third party integration, when dealing with WP8 apps are purchased, but with carriers providing secure SIMs and enabling the NFC for mobile payments will empty your wallet that was full of banking cards. With the ISIS support coming in 2013, sharing of more details in this matter is kept secret by Microsoft.

The May Technology by Nokia?

Surprisingly, a map app is provided by Nokia to Microsoft next-gen mobile OS. While the WP8 Microsoft’s device, maps app supports the global NAVTEQ map data and offline maps will be integrated by a feature called “map control” for the developers and even has a turn by turn directions for WP8 apps. But 3D maps are a bit away for available now.

WP8 for your Business?

For business users WP handsets are not very popular, so Microsoft company has planned to provide that enterprise environment by putting up a business app in the WP8 which includes encryption, secure boot and line of business (LOB) app, supporting the device management. So this new office app by Microsoft in WP8 will come in handy to business users.

Finally the Smart Screen:

At a media event, Microsoft’s WP guru, an engineer called Joe Belfiore unveiled that WP8’s new Start Screen which uses Metro UI - live tile where users can customize these tiles by resizing it and even personalize according to their needs, well how did Microsoft do this? Well just put up few more random tiles to the Start screen making it look like a “Smart Screen” on the WP8.

Other Extra features:

The engineer from Microsoft, Belfiore did not reveal any more features but put up a surprise that there are more features added to WP8, as it is making more interesting. The release date was not confirmed, but we know that devices like Samsung, Nokia, HTC and Huawei are all among the OEMs that are to be launched with WP8 devices later. But the bad news for older versions like the WP7 and WP7.5 owners is that there will be no upgrades to WP8 OS version but instead can upgrade to WP7.8 version, but will bring the users some features of WP8 in them.

There are plenty of announcements to be made by Google at this year’s annual developer conference at the Google I/O which is going to take place in San Francisco in may be June 27 – 29. We have already guessed what is expected at the Google I/O event and if don’t know, no worries we are about provide the information to you all.

One of the surprises is the Nexus 7 Tablet of the Google

We have already confirmed about the Google’s first Nexus brand tablet will be made by Asus a few weeks back and even about the Android tablet that is made of Asus too. With the leaks of Google’s and Asus’s Nexus 7 documents, which said it’s going be launched at the Google I/O this year. So this made the surprise a little unfair.

The Google Nexus7 tablet comes with a 7-inch display with NVIDIA Tegra 3 chip and with a friendly budget price ranging $199 to $249. This Google’s Nexus tablet can’t be rival of the iPad and not least of its versions, rather Google aims to adverse the tablet business that can do some harm to the Android tablet ecosystem.

With the Google approved Android versions, Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet priced around $199 was running on this version and was the best selling tablet in the electronic market. So this made everyone of the tablet makers go for Google’s approved android version.

The second would be Motorola Intel Devices with Google.    

We know that in May Google has already purchased Motorola and the Google-Motorola first smart phones will be available in the stores. Strangely about this Google Motorola devices there was no leaks mentioning them but we have already know Motorola hinted at CES 2012 that there will be a multi-device deal with the Intel. So assuming this we can expect Intel chips in Google Motorola smart phone devices in the future.

The star of the show will probably be the Nexus 7 of Google and it will update its future hardware plans and also mentioned was it won’t be providing full treatment to Motorola but still will be working on most of the android based Motorola devices.

The new Jelly Bean an Android next version

This Android Jelly Bean OS will be on the new Google’s Nexus 7 and it is the most talked word in the streets, that it is a successor of the present Ice Cream Sandwich. But the confusion is, “Is Jelly Bean an Android 5.0 or Android 4.1?” A leak tells us that it is going to be Android 4.1 is called as Jelly Bean, so this means it will be an update of the previous Ice Cream Sandwich android version not a fresh Android OS.

Google would love to see that people adopt the ICS on to their Android handsets and tablets, but currently only 7% ICS is running on the Android devices and most of the remaining still on Android 2.3 Gingerbread version. With the launching of Jelly Bean Android 4.1, the Android device makers can update their old versioned devices.

A Virtual Assistant called “Majel”

With the Apple launching Siri in last year October it challenged every mobile business makers to equal its voice based virtual assistant and come up with the best to beat it. So Samsung came up with “S Voice” in the Galaxy S3 and LG with a “Quick Voice”. In near future HTC is going to release its very own virtual assistant.

We are going to expect Google will launch its virtual assistant in its Android devices, and many reports say that a codename “Majel” will be the virtual assistant and if its true, it can be demoed at the Google I/O. Developers will feel free to use the assistant in their apps, guessing by this it can be unveiled in this week itself. Way to go Google.

3D and Offline Maps from Google

On June 7 few days ago from Apple’s WWDC 2012 developer’s conference, Google has hosted a special event on “Google Maps”, as the purpose was to make an early announcement and be the first to do it, and Google just did that by announcing an advanced 3D mapping system and even unveiled its Google Offline Maps but kept secret of mentioning the release dates, so expecting the Google products that we just know can be unveiled at this year’s Google I/O event.

Mobile Payments using Google Wallet 2.0

A top three U.S. carriers are trying to sort out its mobile payment solution and even found one called the “ISIS” and with the Microsoft launch it’s Wallet Hub on its new Windows Phone 8 devices, Google is certainly not backing away as it is also set to release it’s very own “Google Wallet 2.0” at this year’s Google I/O event 2012.

Android at Home and Everywhere

The Android OS is not just available on smart phones and tablets also can be used in other activities too. At this year’s Google I/O the Android giant is all set to reveal the full details of its plans that relate the Android to be the other part of our lives, which are as work, home and other things or purposes. Hope these apps make our present life just easy.

Cloud Service called Google laaS for Enterprises

The Microsoft and the Amazon, with their cloud services the Azura of Microsoft’s and EC2 of the Amazon’s are going to be challenged by the Google’s “laaS”, an Infrastructure Service, where it would allow companies renting virtual servers or a storage space kind of thing, but not a big deal to end-users but certainly we would appreciate the laaS offers. This Google laaS for Enterprises will also be unveiled at this year’s Google I/O.

The Offline Google Drive

Talking about cloud computing for enterprises, at this Google I/O, Google comes up with an idea called Google Drive Offline as it is a much awaited product for the present Google’s regular consumers of the online services.

The Project Google Glasses

We have already seen a demo of the Google’s Project Glass and it become an important product for the top executives of Google and is also being paired along with the future Android devices. This Google‘s Project Glass will take you to a virtual reality level, letting you experience a future technology and can expect this at the Google I/O event 2012.

An OS and a Browser from Chrome

Chrome Browser is one of the best internet browsers and has put up a good challenge in the race of the top browsers, but Chrome OS is way behind the Microsoft’s Windows and even the Apple’s X in the desktop environment. Google certainly has no plans to scrap its Chrome OS and or even not merge it with the Android. The updates will be available of the Chrome OS and even the Chromebooks too. 

We will get this Chrome’s latest update in the Google’s I/O event of 2012.

The long awaited Google TV

Mr. Eric Schmidt in last year 2011 announced that Google TV would be the coolest TV by this year’s summer, but it didn’t happen. This Google TV product might be a very important product for Google as it can be an another revenue generating idea. And out there is a real tough competition in TV market and Google want to revolutionize by introducing the Google TV to the consumers and not behind is the Apple’s own rumoured iOS HDTV.

So, we may expect in near future of Google vs Apple TV business battle. In this year’s Google I/O we may get the overall details of the Google TV, we hope it impresses you.

Available of Larry Page

Larry Page, CEO of Google is down with some health issues and will not make it at Google I/O 2012 event, the reports say. Not revealing about his full details of health issues, Google just put up a word of his un-availability. This secret topic reminds us of the great “Steve Jobs” who had the same health issues.

Hope Mr. Page gets well and makes it to the Google I/O and makes his Android developers and fans of the Search Giant happy.

The Android Pinterest App

For Google this topic is not so interesting as it has its own social network with the help of other web are trying to market it. But the rumour is the Android app will be announcing its official launch at this Google I/O 2012 and will be great for its Android users, who are active till now can show some more love for this Pinterest Android app worldwide.

We have put up the list up and you know what will be the latest updates and announcements at this year Google I/O 2012 and we will be soon updating the after events highlights, so just be tuned and we will provide you the latest info from Google’s Android, TV, Chrome and the other evenly products that are to be launched in this week’s Google’s news updates.    

Project Glass, Google’s augmented reality glasses, has released an impressive video of these Google Glasses. On seeing the video itself, has made us to buy those Glasses immediately.

What does Augmented reality means? Well it is a concept of overlaying or altering what we see. On wearing these Google Glasses you can watch a video without ever titling your head and more over reading news on the go is more comfortable. Wow, this is amazing right. Well the concept is going to be demonstrated by this end of the year by Google.

We have listed some of its features that will be on the Google Glasses, as per the video on Google augmented Glasses. Here are some of them below:

Well how will this going to Work?

One of the members of the Project Glass team, named Babak Parviz has developed contact lens, in which pixels are inserted in them. It could be a daily wear contact lens, where a Near Field Communication system is built in the housing above the right eye of the frame, as seen in the images, it sends video signals wirelessly. Each day could be a very interesting start, with the contact lens with pixels in it is used by the Project Glasses. 

In the video of the Project Glasses, the wearer looks away from whatever is happening before him. May be the small hole on the right eye housing of the frame, is the camera and takes images in front of your eye. If this does that, with glasses responding to eye gestures is a great technology at present. It should be a sensor or a camera directing directly to your eyeball to detect the gestures.

In the images, we don’t see one thing that is the audio? May be there’s a hidden ear piece or might be in the housing on the right eye of the Google Glasses, but if it doesn’t have them then the conservations cannot be kept private. How about a Bluetooth headset? But seeing the Google Glasses being very thin, there can’t be more space available for it and also how about the Battery too? How can it be charged?

Available Features as per the video showed are:

Seeing the video is very exciting but we cannot get any closer hands on the Google Glasses, but will demonstrate as if you are really seeing it closely.

Using only his head gestures, the wearer Checks In the food truck while standing with his friend. The other feature is the Video Calling, it’s amazing to see the wearer transmitting the video to his girlfriend and she is seen on a smaller image at the bottom of the screen. It cannot be at that high quality video but will differ in original. Before that he gets the call first, from his girlfriend, where he tells the Google Glasses to stop the music from playing further, but was a surprise as we thought it was the background music that was playing.

In the start of the video of about Google Glasses, we see he gets to know about his calendar with appointments and present events in it, even gets the messages displayed and replied, it’s really amazing right. But the voice command is ok, but will it understand the exact pronounce in traffic or in crowds?

On further, the Google Glasses wearer takes a picture of a graffiti art on the move by a voice command, but sources say that it might have a button to take pictures. And he also shares them on to his “all my circles”. Finally it displays the Google map direction too, awesome right.

So, do you want these amazing Google Glasses? And are you willing to put on contact lens with pixels in it? Will you be ashamed for wearing weird glasses like this? But has a different kind of style, like people wearing these kinds of glasses in a fantasy movie. If the Project Glasses of Google releases them we be very excited of its price range and are you excited to get them?