Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 18th Jan 2013 15:42 UTC
"In December, the Google Nexus made by Taiwan's Asustek Computer Inc. accounted for 44.4% of all tablet sales by volume electronics retailers. That's according to a survey of 2,400 stores nationwide by market research firm BCN Inc., released Wednesday. Google's figure beat Apple's 40.1% share, dethroning the iPad for the first time since it went on sale in May 2010." Just as I and many others with me predicted, what happened in the smartphone market will also happen in the tablet market: Android will take the numbers, iOS will take the figures (i.e., profit). As far as I know, this is the first time this has actually materialised fully in a market, though. Also, while it was inevitable that Android would overtake iOS on tablets (even if it is just a single country, for now), I don't think anyone predicted it would be a single model? Colour me impressed (which is pink).
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RE[3]: iPad old and moldy, Nexus 7 fresh like mint
by Kochise on Mon 21st Jan 2013 08:04
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Yet I'm not speaking on a pro side. My parents are getting far much comfortable and confident with the Asus TF300T I offered them for Xmas than the Windows 7 laptop I offered them 1 year before.
Installing a software is super easy and clean (as well as uninstalling), no freaking toolbars, wake up time is instantaneous, they do not fear using is as much as using Windows and scrambling everything.
The UI is simple and crystal clear, the most obvious functions are at hand reach, unlike many "pro" software with anti-ergonomic UI that nest functions into sub menus, tabbed dialog boxes, etc...
Sure, a tablet will not replace a "pro" computer. However, 95% of current users are not "pro", thus a tablet is far enough and far more adapted. Making CGI on a tablet is sure a killer, but those are improving.
Further more than I ever expected.
So, well, I "feel" that something is coming soon. Apple opened the way with some adapted consumers' products, Android refined them and is more adapted to "pro" consumers (app / data / files). With the Galaxy 10 things are focusing.
If only the marketing people at Google were not as short sighted and tight assed, they would have provided their Nexus line with a fucking microSDHC and a microHDMI port ! Like it would cost 50 bucks more ?
Just to push their online storage products... Stupid marketing people, stupid ! Go to the couch, stay !
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RE[3]: iPad old and moldy, Nexus 7 fresh like mint
by zima on Fri 25th Jan 2013 19:00
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Member since:2005-07-06
Try to producing video, music or software on a tablet (on a professional level)... It is not very doable.
Large touchscreen could be awesome for video or music, with proper software.
Not a long time ago, some people said ~"Try to producing video, music or software on a computer (on a professional level)... It is not very doable"
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/21/13 21:38 UTC
At an event earlier today, Microsoft unveiled the next Xbox - the third model, but confusingly named Xbox One. The big focus was TV, integrated Kinect, and all the other stuff we all expected to be forced down our throats. I think it took them 25 minutes to actually come to what should be the core of the story: gaming. Nothing groundbreaking in the gaming department, except for how Microsoft intends to handle the used games market and borrowing games from friends: pay up, buddy!
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/20/13 11:29 UTC
The day has finally come! Jolla has finally announced the launch device for its Sailfish operating system - and by god this is a looker. It's decidedly different from other phones out there, but it has good specifications and carries a relatively reasonably price tag - EUR 399, and it's up for pre-order today, shipping in the fourth quarter of this year.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/18/13 21:33 UTC
Why does Google get so much credit in the technology industry? Why, despite the company's many obvious failings, do many geeks and enthusiasts still hold a somewhat positive view on the all-knowing technology giant? A specific talk at Google I/O this week provides the answer.
Linked by David Adams on 05/16/13 4:23 UTC
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/11/13 21:41 UTC
"Windows is indeed slower than other operating systems in many scenarios, and the gap is worsening." That's one way to start an insider explanation of why Windows' performance isn't up to snuff. Written by someone who actually contributes code to the Windows NT kernel, the comment on Hacker News, later deleted but reposted with permission on Marc Bevand's blog, paints a very dreary picture of the state of Windows development. The root issue? Think of how Linux is developed, and you'll know the answer.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/08/13 14:22 UTC
This is one of those news items that's fun to write, fun to read, fun to comment on, and where no one will be able to say anything unkind. It's all just one big ball of awesome fluffiness. TuneTracker, the BeOS radio automation software, has just released something very special: TuneTracker System 5, the first version designed entirely and specifically for Haiku. In fact, it actually includes Haiku in the software package. Better yet, TuneTracker also unveiled several system-in-a-box products - which have Haiku and TuneTracker pre-installed.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/02/13 15:28 UTC
Exactly twenty years ago, a document was published that played a huge role in establishing the web as we know it today. Twenty years later, and this simple and straightforward document is proof of an irrefutable fact: while closed technologies can change markets, open technologies can change the world.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 04/29/13 21:06 UTC
Oh multitasking. That staple of computing that got thrown out the window with many modern smartphones. We got some rudimentary thing in its place - but even as multitasking on phone and tablets improves, its user-visible side remains cumbersome. Windows 8 has a neat implementation, and now it's time Android follows in it footsteps.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 04/24/13 22:24 UTC
They're here! Whether that excites you or not remains to be seen, but the Galaxy S4, which will most likely become the best selling Android smartphone of the year by a huge margin, has been reviewed by all the major sites, and there's lots of interesting conclusions in there - although I think most of you will get the gist.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 04/18/13 11:21 UTC
Nokia has posted its quarterly results for the first quarter of 2013, and just like the quarters that came before, there's not a whole lot of good news in there. The rise in Lumia sales still can't even dream of making up for the sales drop in Symbian phones, and when broken down in versions, the sales figures for Windows Phone 8 Lumias in particular are very disappointing. In North America, Nokia is getting slaughtered.More Features »
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"Nexus 7 is just the plot that mark in a remarkable manner where the PC era ends."
I would agree only if we are talking about content consumption. Tablets, and to a lesser extent, phones might be a good enough platform for consuming media, but for the smaller and more tech savvy portion of the market that creates the media, tablet-desktop parity is still a distant prospect.
Try to producing video, music or software on a tablet (on a professional level)... It is not very doable.