Tag Archives: Tablets

Microsoft: With cloud services investments starting to pay off Windows 8 and Windows Blue will bring more competitive devices particularly in new smaller form factors targeting the tablet market

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Nacsa Sándor

This statement is the essential summary of Microsoft current performance according to the results in the first 3 months of 2013 and the near term actions the company declared now to further improve its stance, particularly in the market which … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, Cloud Computing strategy, consumer computing, consumer devices, tablets | Tagged Bay Trail, buying experience, chips, chipsets, cloud devices, cloud OS, cloud services, device market, distribution, first-party apps, fourth generation Intel Core processor, hardware and software ecosystem, Haswell, hybrid PCs, licensing revenue, MBD, Microsoft, Microsoft Business Division, OEMs, Office 365, Office market, Office subscription, PC market, productivity market, Q3 FY13 performance, Q4 FY13 outlook, revenue, Skype, small touch devices, smaller form factors, Surface, Surface Pro, Tablets, third-party apps, touch-enabled computing devices, traditional PC, traditional PC market, transition from the traditional PC, Windows 8, Windows Blue, Windows business, Windows Division, Windows market | 1 Comment

MediaTek MT6589 quad-core Cortex-A7 SoC with HSPA+ and TD-SCDMA is available for Android smartphones and tablets of Q1 delivery

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Nacsa Sándor

Formerly known as MT6588 but recently renamed as MT6589. About that history see my earlier post: Boosting the MediaTek MT6575 success story with the MT6577 announcement – UPDATED with MT6588/83 coming early 2013 in Q42012 and 8-core MT6599 in 2013 … Continue reading →

Posted in Geopolitics, smartphones, SoC, tablets | Tagged 1080p, 13MP, 1920x1080, 28nm, Alcatel, Android smartphones, Android tablets, Cortex-A7, dual SIM, Dual-Active, FHD, high-end, HSPA+, Imagination Technologies, JiaYu, Jiayu G4, Lenovo, MediaTek, mid range, Miracast, MT6589, MTK6589, PowerVR Series5XT, smart devices, stereo 3D, Tablets, TCL, TD-SCDMA, universal platform | 5 Comments

Allwinner vis-à-vis HTC on 2013 International CES

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Nacsa Sándor

From Allwinner: Allwinner has launched its latest quad-core application processor A31 in December 2012 and will create another legend in the consuming world. If you would like to know more about A31, please schedule a meeting with us at CES … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud Computing strategy, Geopolitics, intelligent systems, notebooks, smartphones, SoC, tablets | Tagged 2013 International CES, A31, Allwinner, Allwinner et al phenomenon, Allwinner phenonmenon, Centaur Technology, HTC, ICT market researchers, IDC, Isaiah micro architecture, Isaiah/CN micro architecture, portable PC, quad-core application processor, Rockchip, SoC, Tablets, VIA Technologies, Windows RT | 2 Comments

Boosting both the commodity and premium brand markets in 2013 with much more smartphones and tablets while the Windows notebook shipments will shrink by 2%

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Nacsa Sándor

This is my conclusion after reviewing The ongoing trends in the commodity and premium brand ecosystems of Android devices: – Smartphones- Tablets and The emerging new trends in the premium ecosystem of the Windows devices:- Notebooks – Smartphones as reported … Continue reading →

Posted in Geopolitics, smartphones, Cloud Computing strategy, tablets, consumer devices, consumer computing, notebooks | Tagged Windows Phone 7, Apple, Google, Amazon, Android, Toshiba, Tablets, iPad, Samsung, HTC, Huawei, ZTE, Dell, Acer, Asustek, Gartner, Quanta, Foxconn, Lenovo, Windows 8, Motorola, notebooks, IDC, Digitimes, Digitimes Research, LG, iPhone, Rockchip, smartphones, Compal, Wistron, Hewlett-Packard, Windows Phone 8, Coolpad, Haier, trends, OEMs, Windows RT, Microsoft PixelSense, Windows Phone 7.8, Oppo, Nexus 7, Android tablets, Xiaomi, Microsoft Surface, Allwinner, commodity markets, commodity, premium brand markets, premium brands, Windows notebooks, market forecasts, 2013 market, 2013 ICT market, ecosystems, Android devices, Window Phone, Nexus 4, PC brands, Android smartphones, market shares, white-box tablets, branded Android tablets, global tablet shipments, major brands, Taiwan makers, China market, Aliyun, Alibaba, Nexus 10, ODMs, Pegatron Technology, PC replacement, price points, FIH, Flextronics, profits | 5 Comments

Microsoft Surface: First media reflections after the New-York press launch

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Nacsa Sándor

Preliminary reading: Core post: Giving up the total OEM reliance strategy: the Microsoft Surface tablet [this same blog, June 19, 2012]Follow-up: Microsoft Surface: its premium quality/price vs. even iPad3 [this same blog, Oct 26, 2012] Highly suggested Understanding the Microsoft … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged media reflections, Microsoft, Microsoft Surface, no compromise, Surface, Tablets, Tim Cook, Windows 8, Windows RT | 6 Comments

ST-Ericsson: Fundamental repositioning for modem, APE and ModAps spaces

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Nacsa Sándor

Rumour: Microsoft to expand ARM processor choices to Samsung and ST-Ericsson SOCs in next Windows update [Oct 5, 2012] MSNerd, long time Microsoft leaker, has passed on a little tip about the next version of Windows on ARM. Currently Windows … Continue reading →

Posted in Geopolitics, smartphones, SoC, tablets | Tagged 28nm, 32nm, Android, APE, FD-SOI, finFET, GlobalFoundries, HKMG, HSPA+, L8540, L8580, LTE, M7400, Microsoft, ModAps, modem, NovaThor, Samsung, smartphones, SoC, ST-Ericsson, STMicroelectronics, Tablets, U8500, U8520, Windows, Windows Phone, Windows RT | 2 Comments

NOOK Media LLC: the finalization of the strategic joint venture between Barnes & Noble and Microsoft

Posted on October 6, 2012 by Nacsa Sándor

Look back how the NOOK tablet had been started: Barnes & Noble NOOK offensive [this same blog, May 25, 2011] while the whole NOOK effort in terms of devices was as as follows: Note: only Android has been used so … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud Computing strategy, consumer computing, consumer devices, E-readers, tablets | Tagged Andy Lees, Associated Partners, Atlanta Braves, Atlanta National League Baseball Club, B&N, Barnes & Noble, Barnes & Noble College bookstores, Barnes & Noble College business, Barnes & Noble digital business, Barnes & Noble stores, BN.com, device hardware, digital catalogues, digital content, digital libraries, digital reading, digital world, e-books, Full HD, Liberty, Liberty Associated Partners, Liberty Media, Liberty Media Corporation, Live Nation Entertainment, LMC, Magazine 2.0, Microsoft, Newco, newspaper experience, Nook, NOOK Apps, NOOK business, NOOK business platform, NOOK Catalog, NOOK Channels, NOOK Cloud, NOOK Digital Business, NOOK HD, NOOK Media, NOOK Media LLC, NOOK Newspapers, NOOK Newsstand, NOOK Profiles, NOOK reading application, NOOK Scrapbook, NOOK Store, NOOK Video, OMAP, OMAP 4470, readers, retail, Sirius XM Radio, Starz, Starz Entertainment, Starz Media, Tablets, TI OMAP, TI OMAP 4470, TruePosition, UltraViolet, Windows 8, Windows RT | 3 Comments

The cloud experience vision of .NET by Microsoft 12 years ago and its delivery now with Windows Azure, Windows 8/RT, Windows Phone, iOS and Android among others

Posted on September 16, 2012 by Nacsa Sándor

Take also a Food for thought: Cloud experience development: the new essence [this same ‘Experiencing the Cloud’ blog, Sept 7, 2012] Update as of Sept 20, 2012: Take note as well that CVP Jason Zander, who was up to now … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, Cloud Computing strategy, Cloud SW engineering, consumer computing | Tagged (MVVM), .NET 4.5, .NET API profiles, .NET Compact Framework, .NET Developer Platform, .NET for Metro style apps, .NET for Windows Store apps, .NET Framework, .NET Framework 4.5, .NET languages, .NET Micro Framework, .NET My Services, .NET platform, .NET Strategy, .NET. .NET vision, Android, Android client, Android SDK, API Controller, APIs, ARM based Windows 8, ASP.NET, ASP.NET 4.5 Web optimization, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Web API, ASP.NET Web Forms, async, Async language feature, await, Azure, Azure VM role, Bill Gates, Blend, Bob Muglia, C Sharp, C#, C# code, C# code Android, C# code on iOS, C++11, C++11 standard, chief software architect, cloud, Cloud Application Platform, cloud experience, cloud experience vision, cloud service, cloud services, cloud-based applications, CLR, CocoaTouch SDK, Code First, Common Language Runtime, connected client Apps, connected devices, connected devices & continuous services, connected devices and services, connected PC, continuous services, CSS3, data-binding, datacenter, David Chappel, Desktop Client, Developer & Platform Evangelism Group, DirectX app, DPE, embedded applications, Entity Framework, Entity Framework 5, Eric Rudder, F# 3.0, garbage collection, Hadoop, HailStorm, healthcare, HTML 5 applications, HTML apps, HTML clients, HTML5, HTTP services, hybrid applications, identity, Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 10, iOS, iOS client, ISV, Jason Zander, Java, JavaScript, JIT compilation, Joseph Hill, jQuery, jQuery Mobile, JSON, JSON-based ODATA format, lean startups, LightSwitch, LightSwitch for Visual Studio 2012, managed code, management API, manycore, Metro style apps, Microsoft .NET, Microsoft .NET Compact Framework, Microsoft .NET platform, Microsoft account, Microsoft Blend, Microsoft Passport, Microsoft Silverlight, Miguel de Icaza, mobile cross platform, mobile Service, Mobile Services for Xamarin, Mobile Services Managed SDK, mobility, Model-View-ViewModel pattern, modern apps, modern client experiences, modern mobile apps, modern platforms, MongoDB, Mono, Mono for Android, Mono.Android.dll, MonoDevelop, MonoTouch, MonoTouch.dll, multi-targeting, multicore, multiple platforms, MySQL, Nat Friedman, native APIs, native UIs, Next Generation Internet, Node.js, notification, OData, OData client, OData data source, on-premises, OpenID, Passport, Paul Maritz, PHP, platform strategy and evangelism, portable class libraries, Portable Class Library, Post-PC, pre-built REST helper methods, private cloud, public cloud, Python, RAD, rapid development, raw REST, Ray Ozzie, resource bundling, resource minification, REST, REST APIs, REST helper, RESTful services, SaaS, Sanjay Parthasarathy, Satya Nadella, Scott Guthrie, services in the cloud, SharePoint, Silverlight, Silverlight 4.0 profile, Silverlight 5, smart clients, smart devices, Software-plus-Services, Software-plus-Services Vision, spatial data types, SQL Azure, SQL Server 2012, Steve Ballmer, Steve Masters video, structured data storage, Tablets, Task Parallel Library, The Internet Services Disruption, the originial .NET vision, tools, TPL, TV, UI metaphors, UI stack, unified application services, unstructured data storage, UX, VB, virtual machine, Visual Basic, Visual Studio, Visual Studio 2012, Visual Studio 2012 Express, Visual Studio 2012 Launch, Visual Studio.NET, Walid Abu-Hadba, WCF, WCF 4.5, Web API, Web API controller, web applications, web developers, web services, Web Sockets, Web Sockets API, WebSockets, WF, WF 4.5, WF4.5, WIF, Windows 8, Windows 8 client, Windows 8 PC clients, Windows 8/RT, Windows Azure, Windows Azure cloud service, Windows Azure Cloud Services, Windows Azure Mobile Services, Windows Azure mobile toolkits, Windows Azure portal, Windows Communication Foundation, Windows desktop, Windows Embedded Compact, Windows Live ID, Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone 7.1, Windows Phone 8, Windows Phone SDK 8.0, Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows RT, Windows Runtime, Windows Runtime APIs, Windows Server 2012, Windows Store, Windows Store apps, Windows Workflow, Windows Workflow Foundation, WPF, WPF 4.5, Xamarin, Xamarin Android drag-and-drop UI designer, Xamarin Mobile profile, Xamarin.Mobile library, XAML, XAML markup, XAML UI framework, XAML Windows Store apps, Xbox, Xcode Interface Builder, XML, XML-based .NET | 6 Comments

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

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

Tag Archives: Tablets

MediaTek MT6589 quad-core Cortex-A7 SoC with HSPA+ and TD-SCDMA is available for Android smartphones and tablets of Q1 delivery

Allwinner vis-à-vis HTC on 2013 International CES

Boosting both the commodity and premium brand markets in 2013 with much more smartphones and tablets while the Windows notebook shipments will shrink by 2%

Microsoft Surface: First media reflections after the New-York press launch

ST-Ericsson: Fundamental repositioning for modem, APE and ModAps spaces

NOOK Media LLC: the finalization of the strategic joint venture between Barnes & Noble and Microsoft

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

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

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