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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Nokia CEO: salespeople to deliver true WP7 retail experience supported by improved product management, marketing and accelerated global coverage with a full breadth of products
Nokia Quarter 4 results 2011 webcast [Nokia, Jan 26, 2012]: prepared remarks by Stephen Elop, President & CEO [02:00] … Lumia … In Q4 2012 Lumia was introduced to: a number of European countries Hong Kong, India, Russia, Singapore, Taiwan … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, Cloud Computing strategy, consumer devices, Geopolitics, smartphones
Tagged 3G, Android, AT&T, carriers, CDMA, China, cloud client, ESPN, Latin America, LTE, Lumia, marketing, Microsoft, Nokia, Nokia Drive, Nokia Lumia, Nokia Maps, Nokia Music, product management, retail experience, Risto Siilasmaa, Samsung Galaxy S II, Samsung Galaxy S2, smartphones, Stephen Elop, stores, T-Mobile, TD-SCDMA, UK, US, USA, User Experience, UX, Windows Phone, Windows Phone 7
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Qualcomm added a superior to its mirasol, but also MEMS display technology for its upcoming US$1B fab–UPDATE: Plans on Hold–UPDATE2: Sharp is involved
Suggested preliminary reading: Qualcomm mirasol display technology delivered [Nov 22, 2011] Updates: Capital Alliance with Qualcomm, Inc. and Display Technology Development Agreement with its Subsidiary Pixtronix, Inc. [Sharp press release, Dec 4, 2012] Sharp Corporation (hereafter “Sharp”) today announced that … Continue reading
Posted in Reflectivity/Sunlight readability
Tagged Chimei Innolux, Chimei Innolux Corp., CMI, e-readers, e-reading, Field Sequential Color, FSC, Hitachi, Hitachi Displays, IMOD, LCD, LCD Fabs, LED, LED lightsources, MEMS, MicroElectro-Mechanical System, mirasol, PerfectLight, Pixtronix, Qualcomm, Qualcomm MEMS Technologies, Samsung, Samsung Venture Capital, Sharp. IGZO
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China TD-SCDMA and W-CDMA 3G subscribers by the end of 2011: China Mobile lost its original growth momentum
While China Unicom (W-CDMA) has been able to maintain an average 9.8% month by month growth of 3G subscribers in Q4 CY2011, China Mobile’s growth performance during the quarter has been significantly lower, 5.9% month by month on average. In fact China Mobile lost … Continue reading
Posted in Geopolitics, Mobile Internet, smartphones
Tagged 3G, China, China Mobile, China Unicom, TD-SCDMA, W-CDMA
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Intel 2011: a year of records, milestones and breakthroughs
Intel’s CEO Discusses Q4 2011 Results – Earnings Call Transcript [Seeking Alpha, Jan 19, 2012] + Q&A –> Intel’s industry position and prospects for years ahead [Dec 9, 2010 – March 21, 2011] reinvented the transistor with our 3-D Tri-Gate … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud Computing strategy, smartphones, tablets
Tagged 14 nanometers, 14nm, 22 nanometers, 22nm, 3-D Tri-Gate, Android, China, cloud client, Computers and Internet, Google, Ice Cream Sandwich, ICS, Infineon, Infineon Wireless Solutions, Intel, Ivy Bridge, K800, Knights Corner, Lenovo, McAfee, Medfield, Microsoft, Motorola, Romley, Sandy Bridge, smartphones, SoC, Tablets, Telmap, Ultrabook, Windows 8
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AH-IPS technology from LG Display and True HD IPS of LG Mobile LTE superphones: Nitro HD (AT&T) and Spectrum (Verizon)
Penetration rate of IPS/FFS panels in mobile PC sector to reach 20% in 2014-2015, says DisplaySearch [Jan 19, 2012] The penetration rate of IPS (in-plane switching) and FFS (fringe-field switching) panels in the mobile PC (including notebook, netbooks and tablet … Continue reading
Posted in Reflectivity/Sunlight readability, smartphones
Tagged 1xRTT, 3.9G, 4G, Advanced High-performance In-Plane Switching, AH-IPS, AMOLED, Android, Android 2.3, AT&T, CDMA 1x, cloud client, color accuracy, ESPN, EVDO Rev. A, FFS, Fringe Field Switching, Gingerbread, In-Plane Switching, Intertek, IPS, LG Nitro HD, LTE, outdoor readability, outdoor readable displays, outdoor visibility, PenTile, PenTile subpixel arrangement, power consumption, Qualcomm, Real-Stripe RGB pixels, Samsung Galaxy S2, smartphones, Snapdragon, Snapdragon S3, Spectrum by LG, sunlight readable screens, Super AMOLED, superphone, True HD IPS, Verizon Wireless
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Pixel Qi finding ruggedized devices are the 2012 opportunity
“In addition we have got many design wins what is the next crop of tablets and other mobile devices coming out this year. We will see how those will do against Apple and so forth.” Then: “A small fab can … Continue reading
Posted in Reflectivity/Sunlight readability, smartphones, tablets
Tagged 3M, 3M Optical Systems, Android, cloud client, devices for hydro electric community, devices for pilots, e-reading, hydro electric, Marvell, Mary Lou Jepsen, military, military tablets, outdoor readability, outdoor readable displays, ruggedized devices, smartphones, Sol Computer, Sol Tablet PC, sunlight readable screens, Tablets, Windows 7, work outdoors
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Google adding a style guide (design guidelines) to Android (4 years late)
While it is still quite distant from Microsoft’s achievements in design, and taken together with Nokia even more so, it is better to be late than never come to that discipline at all. And Google is definitely here by any accounts … Continue reading
Posted in design, smartphones
Tagged Android, Android 4.0, Android design, Apple, design, design guidelines, Google, Ice Cream Sandwich, ICS, iOS, Microsoft, Pure Android, smartphones, style guide, style guidelines, Tablets, UI, UI Guidelines, UX, Windows Phone 7, WP7
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Nokia’s Lumia strategy is capitalizing on platform enhancement opportunities with location-based services, better photographic experience etc.
http://www.facebook.com/dialog/oauth?api_key=16995676698&app_id=16995676698&channel_url=https%3A%2F%2Fs-static.ak.fbcdn.net%2Fconnect%2Fxd_proxy.php%3Fversion%3D3%23cb%3Df692fd5b3f71a2%26origin%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Flazure2.wordpress.com%252Ffad995e1fc6b16%26relation%3Dparent.parent%26transport%3Dpostmessage&client_id=16995676698&display=none&domain=lazure2.wordpress.com&locale=en_US&origin=1&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fs-static.ak.fbcdn.net%2Fconnect%2Fxd_proxy.php%3Fversion%3D3%23cb%3Df9110f340e851d%26origin%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Flazure2.wordpress.com%252Ffad995e1fc6b16%26relation%3Dparent%26transport%3Dpostmessage%26frame%3Df160d0ead47e29b&response_type=token%2Csigned_request%2Ccode&sdk=joey Updates: - Bing Translator on Nokia Lumia [Nokia Conversations, April 27, 2012] When travelling overseas there are sometimes barriers that get in the way of having fun, or just being able to survive in far-away lands. The main one is … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, Geopolitics, smartphones
Tagged 4G, AMOLED, AT&T, AT&T Radio, Carl Zeiss, ClearBlack, ClearBlack Display, cloud client, CNN App for Windows Phones, dual wide mode function (Nokia), LTE, Lumia, Lumia 900, Microsoft, Nokia, Nokia Drive, Nokia Maps, polycarbonate, smartphones, Stephen Elop, U-verse Mobile, Univision App, Windows Phone 7, Zune
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VIZIO’s two pronged strategy: Android based V.I.A. Plus device ecosystem + Windows based premium PC entertainment
The VIZIO Internet Apps® Plus (“V.I.A. Plus”) ecosystem of devices was launched on June 28, 2011 with the introduction of VIZIO’s first tablet. Each VIZIO V.I.A. Plus product features a VIZIO-designed user interface that is not only intuitive but also … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, Cloud Computing strategy, Cloud SW engineering, consumer devices, tablets
Tagged all-in-one computers, Amtran Technology, Android, Apple, Atom, Atom Z2460, Blu-ray player, cloud client, Computers and Internet, Foxconn, Google, HDTV, iHeart Radio, Intel, LCD HDTV, M-GO, Marvell, Medfield, Microsoft, notebooks, PC, Penwell, Smart TV, Stream Player, Tablets, Taiwan, Technicolor, The Wall Street Journal, Ultrabook, UX, V.I.A. Plus, VIZIO, Windows 7, Windows 8
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Smarterphone end-to-end software solution for "the next billion" Nokia users
In Smart Devices, Nokia will build a winning ecosystem together with Microsoft using their global reach, iconic products and location services. In Mobile Phones, Nokia will realign and increase its investments to connect the next billion people to the Internet, … Continue reading
Posted in "smart" feature phones, Cloud client SW platforms, Cloud Computing strategy, design
Tagged Beep Science, cloud client, CooTek, eZiText, eZiType, feature phones, Ferd Capital, handwriting recognition, InfoQuick, Java ME, Kvaleberg, Mimiria, mobile phones, Mobile Phones (Nokia), Model-View-Controller, MVC, Nokia, Nuance, Obigo, Obigo Q7 Browser, OMA DRM 2.0, Openwave AirTX Predictive Text, Openwave SMS/EMS/MMS Client, Openwave Systems, Openwave V7 Framework, Radial, Scheme, scripting language, SinoVoice, Smart Devices (Nokia), Smarterphone, Smarterphone OS, text entry and prediction, text entry and prediction engine, TouchPal, UME, Unified Messaging Engine, Wistron
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