Thursday 17 November 2011

Tablet Venors Looking To Exit Market    [ 17-11-2011 19:55 ]

Author: Irina Turina   Source: DigiTimes     Translation by: Paul Smith     

DigiTimes are citing anonymous sources with the components supply industry as saying that several current participants in the tablet market may soon pack up and call it a day. Companies such as HP, Asustek, Dell and Acer are said to be thinking of calling it quits after seeing little in th way of traction for their products in a market that is dominated by Apple.

Apple has so far commanded the lion's share of the tablet market with both Amazon and Barnes and Noble expected to do well too. One of the key components each of those companies has of course is an existing content platform that can be tied to their products. In the case of Amazon and Barnes and Noble it also means looking for profits from the sale of content, meaning the actual hardware devices can be offered for rock bottom prices that other companies might find hard to match.

Windows 8 offers some hope for other companies as they search for a fresh angle, but even so, it is hard to compete with competitors who are selling their devices for next to nothing, and who have a full blown content ecosystem behind them. Then there are worries that the tablet market in general is starting to slow down with even iPad sales dipping. All in all it's not a great time for anyone looking to break into this market.

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UK's First Galaxy Nexus Customer Has To Exchange Handset    [ 17-11-2011 19:34 ]

Author: Irina Turina   Source: Engadget     Translation by: Paul Smith     

Samsung UK proudly tweeted the following image:

The man in the picture is Alex Ioannou, and he is the first person in the UK to have bought a Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Samsung were obviously pleased and it's a great opportunity for some positive PR. However, not long afterwards Alex contacted Engadget to let them know that his initial excitement at buying his shiny new phone didn't last very long. You see he had apparently been given a developer version, which lacked the normal account setup options for GMail sync, and there were also some other clues that this wasn't a normal handset, such as the option to "Report a WTF condition".

Thankfully Alex was given a new, working, handset and all is now well. Both owner and phone are said to be doing well.

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Video: Tesco Embracing AR    [ 17-11-2011 19:25 ]

Author: Serge Novikov   Source: Gizmodo     Translation by: Paul Smith     

British supermarket chain Tesco are pushing AR technology both on their website, and now in their stores. The website side of things is pretty simple, you just pick the product you are interested in and use a marker to let your webcam pick up a point insapce and then on the screen you can see yourself holding whatever the item is. Nice. The same is true for a small number of stores where the technology is being trialled. Sadly though this is PC only at the moment so no smartphone interaction, which is a real shame because that would be far more convenient, especially in the stores themselves, but perhaps in time. Check out the service in action in the video below:

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Sting iPad App Cost More Than $1 Million To Develop    [ 17-11-2011 19:11 ]

Author: Serge Novikov   Source: WSJ     Translation by: Paul Smith     

Sting's first app might be free to download, but it was anything but free to develop. the app reportedly cost "... in the low seven figures ..." to develop. Yes, seven figures, as in more than a $1 million. What on earth cost so much I don't know, but luckily for Sting the bulk of the cost was picked up by sponsors American Express and Chevrolet. The app itself includes what you would expect, music, concert footage, pictures, etc as well as a recording of Sting performing last month at the New York Beacon Theatre. Even if you're not a Sting fan it might be worth downloading just to say you own a million dollar app.

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