Monthly Archives: March 2012

Sharp-er Hon Hai / Foxconn

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Nacsa Sándor

Update: IGZO: Vision for the Future [a special advertising section by sharpusa.com in The Wall Street Journal, Jan 7, 2013] which was timed for the CES 2013 opening and was used as a detailed landing site for banners put everywhere … Continue reading →

Posted in Geopolitics, Uncategorized | Tagged 10G LCD plant, 10G plant, 60-inch TV, AMOLED, Apple, Apple TV, Foxconn, Hon Hai, Hon Hai Precision Industry, IGZO, large-sized LCD panels, LCD manufacturing, Sakai, SDP, Sharp, Sharp Display Products Corporation, smart television, Smart TV, Sony, Terry Gou, Terry Tai-Ming Gou, the future of television, transparent semiconductor device | 2 Comments

Nokia trying the first Lumia month in China with China Telecom exclusive

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Nacsa Sándor

Update: Nokia Recruits Locals to Compete in China [Business Week, March 28, 2012] “In China, the game is far from over,” said Derek Ling, who runs Tianji, China’s biggest professional networking site with 9 million users. “The iPhone is not nearly … Continue reading →

Posted in consumer devices, Geopolitics, Mobile Internet, smartphones | Tagged Apple, CDMA, China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, high-end, iPhone 4S, local experience, Lumia, Lumia 610c, Lumia 800c, Nokia, TD-SCDMA, Three New Roles, Tianyi FlyYoung shops, WCDMA, Windows Phone | 6 Comments

Huawei Enterprise after its 1st year and the 2012 strategy

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Nacsa Sándor

Huawei Enterprise at CeBIT 2012 – Press Conference – Geoff Johnson, Research VP, Gartner [HuaweiEnterprise YouTube channel, March 13, 2012] Geoff Johnson, Research VP at Gartner, discusses Huawei Enterprise’s position in the market and our range of enterprise business solutions … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud Computing strategy, Geopolitics, Uncategorized | Tagged channel partners, channel program, channel strategy, cloud computing, Consumerization of IT, data center, Enterprise Market, enterprise network, eSight, Huawei, Huawei Enterprise, Huawei Enterprise Business Group, industry solutions, Intel, resellers, server, Tecal, teleconferencing, Unified communication, Unified communication & collaboration | 1 Comment

Standards-based adaptive layouts in Windows 8 (and IE10)

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Nacsa Sándor

Windows 8 Consumer Preview: Product Demo [on WindowsVideos YouTube channel, Feb 28, 2012] Jensen Harris from Windows User Experience gives a demo of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview. With Windows 8 (and IE10) Microsoft is carrying out a future-proof web … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged adaptive layouts, adaptive web layouts, Adobe, Android, auto-sizing, Chrome, CSS, CSS Exclusions, CSS Exclusions and Shapes, CSS Flexible Box, CSS Grid, CSS Grid Positioning, CSS Multi-column, CSS Regions, CSS Shader, CSS standardization, CSS Text Level 3, CSS Working Group, CSS3, fluid layouts, Grid Alignment, Grid System, HTML, HTML5, Hyphenation, IE10, Internet Explorer, JavaScript, Metro style, Microsoft, reader apps, Scaling, Screen resolutions, Screen sizes, snap view, W3C, Web Platform, WebKit, Windows 8, Windows 8 Consumer Preview | 5 Comments

James Whittaker’s Quality Software Crusade from Academia to Microsoft, then Google and now back to Microsoft

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Nacsa Sándor

Updates: Why I joined Microsoft [published: March 21, 2012; written: March 13, 2012] - James Whittaker ‏ @docjamesw 7:06 AM – 20 Mar 12 via web · Details A web futurist is someone who hates the web as it is now and envisions a better future for it. … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, Cloud Computing strategy, Cloud SW engineering, SaaS | Tagged Chrome, cloud, developers, dogfooding, Exploratory Software Testing, Facebook, functional testing, Gmail, Google, How Google Tests Software, integration testing, James Whittaker, Larry Page, Manual testing, Microsoft, Orkut, Security Development Lifecycle, software quality, software testing, testers, testing, Trustworthy Computing, Visual Studio Team System, Visual Studio Team System Test Edition, web | 3 Comments

MWC 2012: Fuzhou Rockchip Electronics

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Nacsa Sándor

Follow-up: Core post: China’s HW engineering lead: The Rockchip RK292 series (RK2928 and RK2926) example [Oct 27, 2012] Exclusive : ST Ericsson, Rockchip To Join Windows 8 For ARM Club In 2013 [Feb 29, 2012] Rockchip RK30xx ARM Cortex-A9 announced at Mobile World Congress … Continue reading →

Posted in consumer devices, smartphones, SoC | Tagged 40nm, 55nm, 65nm, Android 4.0, ARM, ARM Holdings, Chartered, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, Fuzhou Rockchip Electronics, Global Foundries, Hisilicon, RK28xx, RK2918, RK29xx, RK30xx, Rockchip, SoC, Spreadtrum, TSMC, Vivante, Wabook, WebM, Windows 8 | 4 Comments

Nokia under transition (as reported by the company)

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Nacsa Sándor

Note and updates: stock price is up 3.17% as per above (those numbers are in US$) – see more: Nokia trying the first Lumia month in China with China Telecom exclusive [March 28, 2012] - Nokia seeks to retake China market share [Reuters, March … Continue reading →

Posted in "smart" feature phones, consumer devices, Mobile Internet, smartphones, tablets, Uncategorized | Tagged Accenture, advertising platforms, advertising services, Alcatel-Lucent, Amdocs, Android, Apple, application store, Asia, Asia-Pacific, automotive, billing platforms, Bing search service, Blackberry OS, broadband optimization, business model, Canada, carriers, China, churn, Cisco, Competition, component suppliers, consumer proposition, counterfeit products, Customer Experience Management, Customer Experience Management (Nokia-Siemens Networks), data plan, data traffic, developed markets, Devices & Services business (Nokia), Devices & Services Other (Nokia), digital map, distribution, distribution network, dual SIM, ecosystem, emerging markets, employee reductions, Ericsson, Europe, execution, feature phones, future technology disruptions, Google, handset vendors, hardware design, HP, Huawei, IBM, imagery, India, innovation, Intellectual Property, Intelligent Sensor Network, Internet companies, iOS, iPhone, Japan, Korea, Latin America, Licensing, Liquid Core, Liquid Net, Liquid Radio, Liquid Transport, Location & Commerce business (Nokia), location-based services, Lumia, managed services, manufacturing, mapping services, market conditions, MeeGo, Microsoft, Microsoft partnership, Middle East and Africa, mobile device industry, Mobile Devices, mobile networks, Mobile Phones (Nokia), monetization models, Motorola Solutions, navigation, navigation services, NAVTEQ, NEC, network architecture, network infrastructure, network management, new revenue streams, Nokia, Nokia Asha, Nokia Lumia, Nokia Maps, Nokia Siemens Networks, non-manufacturing patent licensing entities, Open Street Map, operational structure, operator billing, operator-driven distribution, operators, Oracle, outsourcing, patent portfolio, Patents, personal navigation device, platform support payment, price erosion, price pressure, pricing, product and sales package customization, product assembly, product development, product differentiation, profit margins, profitable growth, research, Research in Motion, restructuring, RIM, sensors, Series 40, smart devices, Smart Devices (Nokia), smartphones, social media, software expertise, software royalty, sourcing models, strategy, subscriber growth, Symbian, telecommunications infrastructure, TomTom, transition, trends, United States, unlicensed products, User Experience, value-added services, Vertu, visual media, war of ecosystems, Windows Marketplace, Windows Phone, wireless broadband, wireless carriers, ZTE | 6 Comments

The future of Windows Embedded: from standalone devices to intelligent systems

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Nacsa Sándor

Updates: Kevin Dallas on intelligent systems [WindowsEmbedded YouTube Channel, March 28, 2012] Kevin Dallas, GM for Windows Embedded at Microsoft, talks with Steve Clayton about the emergence of intelligent systems and Windows Embedded Standard 8 community technology preview. http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/presskits/embedded - Feature: Intelligent Systems in … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud Computing strategy, intelligent systems | Tagged agile development, digital signage, healthcare devices, Intel, intelligent kiosks, Intelligent Systems, Internet of Things, IOT, manufacturing, medicine, retail, smart digital signage, Windows Embedded, Windows Embedded Standard 8, Windows Embedded Standard 8 Community Technology Preview, Windows Embedded Standard 8 CTP | 5 Comments

MWC 2012: the 4G/LTE lightRadio network

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Nacsa Sándor

Day 1: Alcatel-Lucent at MWC 2012 – lightRadio [AlcatelLucentCorp YouTube channel, Feb 28, 2012] Video of Day 1 at Mobile World Congress 2012. Booth tour, images from Telefonica’s press conference about their live LTE network with lightRadio, interviews and more… … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud Computing strategy, Mobile Internet | Tagged 3.9G, 4G, Alcatel-Lucent, base station, baseband processing, Bell Labs, Bill Huang, China, China Mobile, China Mobile Research Institute, co-creation, digital signal processing, Ericsson, Freescale, IP platform, lightRadio, lightRadio network, lightRadio WiFi, LTE, mobile broadband, mobile broadband platform, mobile broadband services, Mobile World Congress 2012, MWC 2012, QoE, QorIQ Qonverge, quality of experience, Radio Access Network, RAN, Samsung, Samsung Mobile, small cells, SoC, Spain, TD-LTE, Telefonica, video call, WB-AAA, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi hotspots, wideband active antenna arrays | 5 Comments

Monthly Archives: March 2012

Sharp-er Hon Hai / Foxconn

Nokia trying the first Lumia month in China with China Telecom exclusive

Standards-based adaptive layouts in Windows 8 (and IE10)

MWC 2012: Fuzhou Rockchip Electronics

The future of Windows Embedded: from standalone devices to intelligent systems

MWC 2012: the 4G/LTE lightRadio network

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