Monthly Archives: June 2012

Nexus 7: Google wanted it in 4 months for $199/$245, ASUS delivered + Nexus Q (of Google’s own design and manufacturing) added for social streaming from Google Play to speakers and screen in home under Android device control

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Nacsa Sándor

+ the whole Android-centric story is getting even more interesting when Chrome, Google Drive, Chrome OS and the apps related to that are added. So the latest updates on that are included here as well (in fact from the Day … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, consumer devices, smartphones | Tagged Android, Android 4.1, Android Market, Android phones, Android tablets, appsgames, Asus, books, Chrome, Chrome for Android, Chrome for iPad, Chrome for iPhone, Chrome OS, Chrome Remote Desktop, Chrome Web Store, Chromebook, Chromebox, digital entertainment distribution service, digital entertainment distribution service in the cloud, distribution service, entertainment, Google, Google Drive, Google Drive for Android, Google Drive for iOS, Google I/O, Google I/O 2012, Google Now, Google Play, Jelly Bean, magazines, movies, music, Nexus 7, Nexus Q, OMAP4460, smartphones, speakers, Tablets, Tegra 3, TV | 2 Comments

Boosting the MediaTek MT6575 success story with the MT6577 announcement — UPDATED with MT6588/83 coming in Q4 2012 and 8-core MT6599 in 2013

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Nacsa Sándor

Follow-up: MediaTek MT6589 quad-core Cortex-A7 SoC with HSPA+ and TD-SCDMA is available for Android smartphones and tablets of Q1 delivery [Dec 12, 2012] The MT6588 was recently renamed MT6589. Update: Sold 70 million in the first three quarters, MediaTek smart chip dominates China … Continue reading →

Posted in consumer computing, consumer devices, Geopolitics, smartphones, SoC | Tagged 2012 smartphone war, 40nm, Android 4.0, Apple, China, China Mobile, China Unicom, Coolpad, Cortex A9, Cortex-A7, dual SIM, HSPA+, HTC, Huawei, Ice Cream Sandwich, ICS, iHTC, Lenovo, MediaTek, Motorola, MStar, MT6575, MT6577, MT6583, MT6588, MT6589, MT6599, MTK6589, Nokia, Oppo, PowerVR, PowerVR Series5, Qualcomm, retail channels, Samsung, SGX544, Shanda, smartphones, ST-Ericsson, TD-SCDMA. WCDMA, white-box vendors, ZOPO, ZTE | 16 Comments

Less focus on feature phones while extending the smartphones effort: further readjustments at Nokia

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Nacsa Sándor

Update as of Aug 9, 2012: … Lumia direction … camera direction …… Asha positioning vs. Lumia and Android: [3:19] First of all what we’re working on with Windows Phone is to take it as low end price point as … Continue reading →

Posted in "smart" feature phones, Cloud client SW platforms, Cloud Computing strategy, consumer computing, consumer devices, Geopolitics, smartphones, tablets | Tagged 'Next Billion' consumers, 2.5G, acquisition, Action Shot, Android, Apollo, Asha, Asha 305, Asha 306, Asha 311, Asha family, Asha Touch, Camera Extras, competitive differentiation, consumers, Devices & Services (Nokia), distributors, entertainment, investors, location platform, Lumia, MediaTek, Meltemi, mobile phones, Mobile Phones (Nokia), net assets, net cash position, Next Billion, Nokia, Nokia Air, Nokia Browser, Nokia Browser 2.0, Nokia City Lens, Nokia Drive, Nokia Location Platform, Nokia Lumia, Nokia Transport, panorama shots, PhotoBeamer, price war, Scalado, Scalado AB, Scalado PhotoBeamer, Scalado Remove, Scalado Rewind, Scalado SpeedTags, self-timer, Series 40, smart devices, Smart Devices (Nokia), Smart Group Shot, Smarterphone, smartphones, SpeedTags, Steven Elop, swipe, The Where Platform, web apps, Windows 8, Windows Phone, Windows Phone 8, Windows Phone Lumia, Windows Phone Summit | 4 Comments

Windows Phone 8 software architecture vs. that of Windows Phone 7, 7.5 and the upcoming 7.8

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Nacsa Sándor

Announcing Windows Phone 8 [Joe Belfiore on Windows Phone blog, June 20, 2012] Many of Windows Phone 8’s new capabilities come from a surprising source: Windows, the most successful and powerful operating system on the planet, and one used by … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, Cloud SW engineering, consumer devices, smartphones | Tagged .NET engine, ARM, Compile in the Cloud, compiled manipulation in the cloud, Direct3D, drivers, Experiment 19, graphics, graphics & media, kernel, media, Multitasking, Native Code, Native code support, networking, security, Shared Windows Core, small-footprint, software architecture, specialized devices, Windows 8, Windows CE, Windows Embedded Compact, Windows Embedded Compact 7, Windows Embedded Compact v.Next, Windows Phone, Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone 7.5, Windows Phone 7.8, Windows Phone 8, Windows Phone 8 Developer Platform, Windows RT, WP8 Developer Platform | 6 Comments

Giving up the total OEM reliance strategy: the Microsoft Surface tablet

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Nacsa Sándor

Follow ups:- Microsoft Surface: its premium quality/price vs. even iPad3 [Oct 26, 2012]- Microsoft Surface: First media reflections after the New-York press launch [Oct 26, 2012] Updates #2: As the result of this sudden turn of direction 9 months ago, … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, Cloud Computing strategy, consumer computing, consumer devices, tablets | Tagged Android, Apple, ARM, casing, ClearType, consumption, Core i5, creation, digital ink stylus, ecosystem, expanded ecosystem, Google, Intel, iPad, Ivy Bridge, kickstand, Microsoft, Microsoft OEMs, Microsoft PixelSense, NVIDIA, OEMs, PC, pen, pen input, Perimeter Venting, PixelSense, Samsung SUR40, SUR40, Surface, tablet market, tablet PC, Tablets, Tegra, Touch Cover, Type Cover, VaporMg, Windows, Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro, Windows RT | 11 Comments

Monthly Archives: June 2012

Nexus 7: Google wanted it in 4 months for $199/$245, ASUS delivered + Nexus Q (of Google’s own design and manufacturing) added for social streaming from Google Play to speakers and screen in home under Android device control

Boosting the MediaTek MT6575 success story with the MT6577 announcement — UPDATED with MT6588/83 coming in Q4 2012 and 8-core MT6599 in 2013

Less focus on feature phones while extending the smartphones effort: further readjustments at Nokia

Windows Phone 8 software architecture vs. that of Windows Phone 7, 7.5 and the upcoming 7.8

Giving up the total OEM reliance strategy: the Microsoft Surface tablet

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