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Monthly Archives: August 2011
More on supply chain battles for …
preceding post: Supply chain battles for much improved levels of price/performance competitiveness [Aug 16, 2011] Digitimes Insight: Acquisition of Motorola may enhance Android services [Aug 30, 2011] Due to Google’s recent acquisition of Motorola including the tablet vendor’s mobile hardware … Continue reading
First real chances for Marvell on the tablet and smartphone fronts
especially because: Kinoma is now the marvellous software owned by Marvell [Feb 15, 2011] Update [Aug 21, 2012]: ZTE’s U880 is based on Marvell’s then market leading PXA920 single chip SoC, and was introduced a year ago at a list price of … Continue reading
Posted in smartphones, SoC, tablets
Tagged Android, China, China Mobile, cloud client, FDD LTE, Huawei, Marvell, Motorola, Research in Motion, RIM, Samsung, SoC, Tablets, TD-LTE, TD-SCDMA, TDD LTE, ZTE
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Innovative entertainment class [Android] tablet from VIZIO plus a unified UX for all cloud based CE devices, from TVs to smartphones
Update: Vizio Jumps Into PC Fray [The Wall Street Journal, Jan 7, 2012] Vizio Inc., which shook up the market with inexpensive high-definition televisions, now wants to become a computer manufacturer. The Irvine, Calif., company, which ranks as one of … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, Cloud SW engineering, tablets
Tagged 3D TV, 3DTV, Android, ARMADA, CE, Cinemawide HDTV, cloud client, Consumer Electronics, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, LCD HDTV, Marvell, Tablets, UI, User Experience, user interface, UX, VIZIO
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New high-tech and direct investment relationships between the US and China?
With more than $3.2 trillion in foreign currency reserves, out of which $1.17 trillion is in US Treasury bonds while also heavily constrained to have just a mere 0.1 percent of the total foreign direct investment in the U.S., China … Continue reading
Posted in Geopolitics
Tagged China, Chinese direct investment, direct investment, FDI, Foreign Direct Investment, forex reserves, high-tech, United States, US, US treasury bonds, USA
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Huawei’s IDEOS U8150 smartphone for US$86 in Kenya: 350,000 units sold in 8 months
The current KShs7,999 [US$86 as of today’s rate] price is a heavy discount of its original price of KShs14,999 [US$161 as of today’s rate]. Note that in non-African countries the phone is sold at near the list price, e.g. the … Continue reading
Posted in Geopolitics, smartphones
Tagged Africa, Android, cloud client, Froyo, Huawei, India, Kenya, Quadroid, Qualcomm, SoC, Wintel
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Supply chain battles for much improved levels of price/performance competitiveness
Current snapshot: Intel rejects 50% Ultrabook CPU price cut demand from notebook players [Aug 16, 2011] Intel’s Oak Trail platform, paired Atom Z670 CPU (US$75) with SM35 chipsets (US$20) for tablet PC machine, is priced at US$95, already accounting for … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud Computing strategy, smartphones, SoC, tablets
Tagged 40nm, Acer, AMD, AMD Bobcat, AMD Desna, AMD Fusion, AMD Ontario, AMD Zacate, Apple, APU, Asus, Asustek, AUO, Bobcat, Chimei Innolux, Chunghwa Picture Tubes, cloud client, CPT, Desna, Hannstar, Hannstar Display, HP, HTC, Intel, iPad, iPad 3, Llano, Motorola, Oak Trail, RIM, slates, SoC, Tablets, Taiwan, Tegra, TSMC, Ultrabook, Windows 7, ZTE
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Nokia feature phones (S40) are losing market more than Nokia smartphones (S60, Symbian)
and look what entry level Android smartphones are destroying Nokia’s w/w market: - Huawei’s IDEOS U8150 smartphone for US$86 in Kenya: 350,000 units sold in 8 months [Aug 17, 2011] Gartner Says Sales of Mobile Devices in Second Quarter of 2011 … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, smartphones
Tagged Apple, cloud client, feature phones, Gartner, HTC, Huawei, LG, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, RIM, S40, S60, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Windows Phone 7, ZTE
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First Nokia WP7 in Q4 via an ODM route from Compal
Follow-up: Nokia Lumia (Windows Phone 7) value proposition [Oct 26, 2011] Note: the “affordable” Nokia Lumia 710 is the one produced by Compal (the 800 is by Nokia itself) Update [Aug 17, 2011]: – @mechaghost Elbert Perez [his website: http://www.occasionalgamer.com/ see also: here] … Continue reading
Posted in smartphones
Tagged cloud client, Compal, Microsoft, Nokia, ODM, Windows Phone 7
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Nokia World 2011 — Oct 26-27, London
Follow-up: - Nokia Lumia (Windows Phone 7) value proposition [Oct 26, 2011] - Nokia World 2011 videos on YouTube NokiaConversations channel [Oct 26 -- Nov 20, 2011] - Speaker’s Corner speeches at Nokia World 2011 [Nokia compiled a list of recordings, … Continue reading
