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- 4.3-inch pixel display
- 1280×720 resolution at 320 DPI
- 1.5 GHz dual-core processor
- 1 GB of RAM
- 32 GB of internal storage
http://getandroidstuff.com/leaked-pictures-sony-ericsson-nozomi-dual-core-android-smartphone/
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ARM, TSMC Moving Fast To 20nm
ARM and TSMC are moving fast to get Cortex A-15 out on a 20nm process. A chip has already been taped out and an ARM process team has been set up in Taiwan to handle the transition.
"The 20nm tape-out is a test vehicle," ARM's executive vp for marketing, Lance Howarth, tells me, "the expectation is that we're a year away from 20nm as a production technology."
Maria Marced, President of TSMC Europe says: "Compared to 28nm the 20nm process is expected to deliver a 25% improvement in power consumption, a 15-20% improvement in performance and a 1.9x increase in density. The plan is to introduce the first version of 20nm in the second half of 2012."
Howarth is impressed by TSMC's moves on 20nm. "TSMC are quite aggressive in pushing 20nm, they are accelerating 20nm development," he says, "people think TSMC are responding well in respect to 20nm and don't think Intel are as advanced in 20nm compared to TSMC. Their vision is that finfet comes in at 20nm (at Intel) but the advantage of finfet will be marginal."
http://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/david-manners-semiconductor-blog/2011/11/arm-tsmc-moving-fast-to-20nm.html
Intel is going to be in big trouble in tablet/smartphone segment if they don't show actual product on the shelf by march.
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Basic smartphones to drop below $40
A Chinese ARM-based SoC will enable basic functionality, but not 3G.
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Amazon Says It's Selling Over 1M Kindles Per Week
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/amazon-selling-1m-kindles-week-15162930
this is roughly double the sale of iPad. (but who is counting)
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Microsoft tipped to buy Nokia smartphone division in 1H 2012
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who doesn't see this coming? (and no, Nokia will still die, even inside microsoft.)
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last number says Samsung is eating everybody alive in India.
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Barnes and Nobel is legally obligated to release source
It would seem that Barnes and Nobel is betraying the most sacred of
things in the open-source world, The General Public License(GPL). As
open source programmers we all use the GPL daily. The GPL is what keeps
Open-Source work like the Linux kernel free, modifiable and
re-distributable. I tried to compile the sources provided by Barnes and
Nobel, but they are incomplete. They will not compile.. I'm not the
only one, others have tried and failed as well.
So, I made a post on the Barnes and Nobel website. Last time I checked,
at about 1PM today, the post had received about 20 responses and 38
"laurels" (their version of thanks). Each response was positive and
that is an extraordinary amount of support, considering some of their
"top laurled posts" have received 35 Laurels in 4 weeks.
Barnes and Nobel deleted my request for source code granted by the GPL.
These screen-shots were cached on my home computer before I went to sleep last night.
Cached screenshot1:http://i41.tinypic.com/szy847.png
Cached Screenshot2:http://i43.tinypic.com/2vsm7v9.pnghttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1432003
another one of those...becoming stupid and greedy after making tons of money.
This will not end nicely for B&N
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Samsung Looks to Overtake Nokia in 2012
After overtaking Apple for the top spot in the smartphone market, Samsung is looking to overtake Nokia
in the overall mobile phone market in 2012. According to a report from
Korea Economic Daily, Samsung is expecting a 15% increase in its mobile
phone sales next year. [1] Meanwhile Nokia’s fortunes continue to take a turn for the worse as its partnership with Microsoft has failed to spark interest in its phones.http://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2011/12/29/samsung-looks-to-overtake-nokia-in-2012/
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A Digitimes article suggests that Intel's 32nm Medfield platform will
have a tough time to gain traction as Intel missed the chance to
establish close relations with first-tier smartphone makers. Its
existing ties with notebook makers may not be enough as most of them are
just recovering from failed smartphone and tablet products and may be
reluctant to risk more of their money in a market that is dominated by
Apple and a few Android handset makers. The fact that Intel said that it
has Android 4.0 ICS running on Medfield may not help much and the
article suggests that Samsung's commitment to Medfield may simply be a
strategy of covering its bases - just in case Intel succeeds.Intel's market entry is largely speculation at this point and will
strongly depend on the capability of Medfield in performance and
especially power-saving disciplines. Even more important will be Intel's
ability to establish credibility in a market it has not much to show
for. Its pitch of manufacturing power may not work so well as ARM
vendors have not had troubles supplying cutting edge processors so far
and Medfield is actually a process generation behind its desktop/mobile
chips, which will be shipping in 22 nm when Medfield becomes available
as a 32 nm platform - a circumstance that will cost the
smartphone/tablet chip some pizazz.http://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-atom-medfield-processor-cpu,14303.html
Intel is going to be in deep trouble if they can't show low power product.
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"For the past three years, Android has experienced a kind of free
space expansion, but as we enter 2012, it seems the game may be
changing. Instead of the old 'there's more than enough room for every
Android handset maker to be a winner,' we have a three-horse's-length
leader: Samsung shipping close to 55% of all Android phones, while Motorola and HTC lag behind. '[Samsung] could be in a position to twist Google's arm,'
writes Jean-Louis Gassée.'If last quarter's trend continues — if
Motorola and HTC lose even more ground — Samsung's bargaining position
will become even stronger.' But what is Samsung's 'bargaining position'?
What could they want? Perhaps more search referral money, earlier
access to Android releases, or a share of advertising revenue. Will
Google let Samsung gain the upper hand? It's not likely, because Motorola is about to become a fully-owned but 'independent' Google subsidiary,
and its 16% of the Android market could counterbalance Samsung's
influence to some extent. So what could Samsung do? 'Consider the Kindle
Fire example: Just like Amazon picked the Android lock,
Samsung could grab the Android Open Source code and create its own
unlicensed but fully legal smartphone OS and still benefit from a
portion of Android apps, or it could build its own app store the way
Amazon did,' writes Gassée. 'Samsung is a tough, determined fighter and won't let Google dictate its future. The same can be said of Google. This is going to be interesting.'"
http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/2151233/samsung-could-soon-start-to-twist-googles-arm
Motorola is a goner, joining Nokia, RIM... the big battle now is Apple vs. Samsung. but that won't last long. 18 months max.
HTC will become primarily asian player. Huawei and ZTE will climb fast, along with returning japanese players. By 2014-1015, there won't be any US based cellphone maker anymore.
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CES so far...
5 inch tablet. it's long. I like it.
http://k-tai.impress.co.jp/docs/event/ces2012/20120109_503202.html
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Asus is showing off the Eee Pad MeMo 7 inch Android tablet at CES this week. While the company hadn’t announced details
about the processor and price when it unveiled the latest version of
the tablet this morning, it turns out Asus was just saving the goods for
the NVIDIA press conference.It turns out the MeMo will have an NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor
and a $249 price tag — making it the cheapest device announced to date
to feature a Tegra 3 processor and the Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream
Sandwich operating system.The MeMo 7 has 1GB of RAM, 16GB to 32GB of storage, WiFi, Bluetooth,
aGPS, a SIM card slot, microHDMI output and up to 8.5 hours of battery
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the Xperia S, and shares most of the same guts as the Xperia Ion (announced earlier today),
including a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 12MP Exmor R camera, NFC, and
Android 2.3.x (will be upgraded to ICS). Unlike the Ion, however, the
Xperia S has a smaller 4.3-inch display, though it's still rocking a
1280x720 resolution.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/01/09/ces-2012-sony-takes-wraps-off-the-nozomi-makes-it-official-as-the-xperia-s/
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Huawei crams Android 4.0 and dual-core processor into the incredibly thin P1 S
Amid the numerous other announcements today, lesser known low-end smartphone manufacturer Huawei quietly announced their P1 S Android smartphone.
While it doesn't seem to be getting the same press as other devices for
some reason, it actually looks like a very good (if a bit generic)
device.Its one unique claim to fame, at least for now, is that is one of the
thinnest devices out. The 6.68mm chassis even beats out the Fujitsu Arrow, which if released would have held the title at 7.1mm (same as the DROID RAZR). -
Asus is showing off a new version of the Transformer Prime tablet
with a high resolution 1920 x 1200 pixel display and a 2MP front-facing
camera. The rest of the specifications for the Eee Pad Transformer Prime
TF700T are identical to the TF201 model launched in late 2011.Both tablets have 1.3 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processors and 8MP
rear cameras. But the new model has a screen that’s capable of
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Hands-on with the Motorola Droid RAZR MAXX
you've got a slightly thicker Droid RAZR with nearly double the battery life of the orginal RAZR thanks to a 3300 mAh battery.
http://www.androidcentral.com/hands-motorola-droid-razr-maxx
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Samsung CEO: We will Surge Past Nokia in 2012
http://www.itproportal.com/2012/01/12/samsung-ceo-we-will-surge-past-nokia-2012/
Samsung, LG Reportedly Beat Out Sharp For iPad 3 Display
http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/samsung_lg_reportedly_beat_out_sharp_for_ipad_3_display/
are they serious? A6 is produced by Samsung, now the screen is Samsung too. iPad is totally depended on Samsung then. Have they drop the litigation yet?
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Intel Teases Tasty Tizen Tablets
The new OS will rely heavily
on HTML5 for apps, which should enable it to ramp up pretty quickly in
terms of number of apps available, he said.Miller's Tizen tidbit came a little out of the blue, and he hinted
that we may hear more about Tizen next month at Mobile World Congress."That transition to Tizen may happen next quarter; a lot of it has to
be worked through, and development plans are still being worked on," he
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Samsung will merge bada OS into the Tizen project
In an interview at CES 2012 this week, Samsung's Tae-Jin Kang has revealed his company's intention to fold bada OS into the Intel-backed Tizen open source OS project.
Bada is, or was, Samsung's homebrew effort at developing its own
operating system, an effort that we were dubious about from the start.
After failing to find much traction with its Wave handsets, Samsung is
now wisely deciding to abandon hope of going it alone in the cutthroat
mobile OS realm and is joining up with a development project that offers
an opportunity for collaboration with others.http://www.theverge.com/2012/1/14/2707279/samsung-bada-os-tizen-project
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Samsung plans to merge its Bada mobile phone operating system with the open source Tizen project backed by Intel. Forbes reports
that this means existing Bada apps will be able to run on Tizen
handsets — and developers that know how to code for Bada will be able to
use the same tools to develop for Tizen.That might not sound like a big deal in the US, where not a single
Bada smartphone is available. But Forbes says that Bada already has a
larger share of the global smartphone market than Windows Phone 7… which
is admittedly not much, at just around 2 percent.Tizen is an open source Linux-based operating system that rose out of
the ashes of MeeGo (which in turn was formed when the Moblin and Maemo
products merged).Tizen places a heavier emphasis on web technologies than MeeGo, but
like it’s predecessor it isn’t just designed as a smartphone OS. Tizen
could also run on tablets, netbooks, and other connected devices
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And there is more. According to data released last month by the
research company CyberMedia, smartphone shipments in India touched 7.9
million units in the first nine months of last year.
Samsung emerged on top in the September quarter with a 39.7 per
cent market share, with Nokia trailing at 34.7 per cent and the
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion at 12.7 per cent in terms of
shipments."Nokia's market share has shrunk in India because the competition has
become tougher and there are more and more new entrants coming to the
market," says Naveen Mishra, a lead analyst at CyberMedia."It's hard to predict if Nokia will be able to regain its top spot again. It depends on their strategy."
Nokia, which is promoting its latest smartphone range, called Lumia,
dismisses the leaked report, asserting that the brand still holds the
top spot in India.Nokia is losing India.
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Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak still loves his iPhone, but says in some ways, Android has leapt ahead. Wow.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/01/14/even-woz-thinks-the-android-bests-the-iphone.html
Apple controls nearly zero hardware technology, while all the asian competitors are practically integrated conglomerate of fab-ODM-assembly line. iphone is 2-3 generation behind. Even ZTE will eat apple alive in 2 years.
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ZTE already sells more smartphones than apple...
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Is it? Amazing. Nobody ever heard of them outside of china 5 yrs ago. My impression zte is still low end brand primarily china/asian market, still trying to make gain in europe. No japanese model yet.
Huawei on the otherhand, is getting serious about european handset. They just opened London design center. So now they don't make ugly phones anymore. They also tries to win japan market. We'll see if they can play there. Huwaei is very ambitious, I think they will be as gigantic as Samsung or Toshiba in the next decade. They are world's biggest phone equipment makers already.
Both huawei and zte ate ericsson and nokia alive in europe. Cisco next.
http://www.mobiletoday.co.uk/News/13553/2012_predictions__Huawei_and_Nokia_.aspx
In addition, Huawei’s new London Design Centre, which opens in the first
quarter of 2012, is hugely important for us to start to explore new
design language and to work more closely with partners on specific
products. This will be a project that will build through the year and
bring us closer to our partners and end users as a new and exciting
consumer smartphone brand.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/13/us-telecoms-gear-idUSTRE80C0HV20120113
PRICE BATTLESome
analysts say the slowdown, especially in China, could spark another
price battle globally, hurting margins at Alcatel-Lucent, Nokia Siemens
and Ericsson."I expect to see aggressive pricing by the Chinese firms to make up the shortfall in their home market," said EJL's Lum.From
2007 to 2009, the industry was gripped by a price war as China's Huawei
and ZTE slashed prices to gain a foothold in overseas markets, just as
Alcatel-Lucent and NSN were distracted by complicated mergers and rivals
capitalized to take share.Analysts
will be watching to see how the Chinese position themselves in bidding
for modernization projects at European carriers. In such projects,
operators rip out old wireless gear and replace it with new kit.Nokia
Siemens could be particularly vulnerable to such projects since its
large footprint in European 3G networks could be attacked by Chinese
players or even Ericsson.Investors will get a sense of what's ahead in late January, when major operators and gear makers give 2012 forecasts.
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TSMC's 28-nm process in trouble, says analyst
LONDON – Mike Bryant, technology analyst with Future Horizons Ltd. has
said that foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. is in
trouble with its 28-nm manufacturing process technologies, which are not
yet yielding well. Bryant referenced un-named contacts made with
multiple companies waiting for designs to be produced by TSMC on 28-nm
processes.http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4234961/TSMC-manufacturing-process-in-trouble
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