International, the Lumia 900, yes. The 800 is is a bit older. (both are the same, just different screen sizes and body)

But sales have dried up… anyone who wants one, has one… its still a good phone.

It still took them 4 months to release the product… and now that
people are starting to learn that WP7 is a dead platform (NO MORE NEW
APPS) – it becomes a why buy product? Remember, you are kind of stuck
with the phone for two years! No NEW apps, no more OS updates past
7.8. Its technology is out-dated. For $100, you can get a Motorola
Atrix HD with an HD screen, 1080p camera, dual-core, better battery life
and a future.

But by all means, the Lumia 800~900 phones are great looking, feel pretty good too.

The Lumia 8/900 are based off the Nokia N8 & N9… same shape and
materials. Its crazy that it took Nokia a YEAR to make them into WP7
phones… really?

EPEAT researching thin and light laptops to clear up ambiguities on glue use

epeat is just bunch of bureaucratic monkeys. They should be shot in public square instead of being taken seriously. they are utterly irrelevant to modern manufacturing process. (eg. how are one suppose to build ultra thin devices without resin and glue? It's too thin for screw.) 

Somebody should create a completely fused electronic device, but with replaceable battery and extremely complicated mathematical model to its lifetime. And make it really cheap.

just to make them confuse.

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R 4.2.1.1 Declaration of postconsumer recycled plastic content (%)

Manufacturer declares percentage of postconsumer recycled plastic
content, measured as a percentage of total plastic (by weight) in each
product.

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and apple is making their shitty laptop from insanely energy intensive aluminum.... lololol.... recycle those suckers. some 90 millions units annually. saving the environment my foot. It'll be fucking hilarious watching what those buffoons will do once all plastic OLED screen comes into production...

If they are serious about the environment, they should make it like "food ingredient" listing. (how many grams of each materials exists, most damaging one. And lifetime of whole product. That way consumer can decide for themselves how much damage a product causes. But then again, we still have to shoot those buffoons to eliminate unneeded bureaucratic layer.)

Hi
r/android, I'm thinking of buying a tablet (Nexus 7) to use as a
replacement to carrying my laptop around at college. Could you help sway
me either way? (self.Android)

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Adfonic: Android Tops iOS As Most Popular Platform On Global Ad Network; iPhone, iPad Still Top Devices

Adfonic’s Global AdMetrics Report is based on 4,000 rich-media
campaigns run monthly for brands like Samsung, Warner Bros, eBay,
McDonald’s, Groupon and Google, reaching 200 million mobile unique users
monthly over 80 billion ad requests. The company notes that today’s
Android popularity is a near-mirror switch from the quarter before, when
iOS took 45 percent of traffic to Android’s 38 percent. The only region
where Android has yet to dominate over iOS, Adfonic says, is South
America, and overall iOS lost marketshare in every region. The U.S., on
the other hand, has seen the most drastic flip:

http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/18/adfonic-android-tops-ios-as-most-popular-platform-on-global-ad-network-iphone-ipad-still-top-devices/

Raymond James’s Tavis McCourt this morning writes that Samsung Electronics‘s (005930KS) recently released “Galaxy S III” smartphone running Google‘s (GOOG) Android
operating system is getting “very positive feedback” at phone company
outlets that he’s called “across the country” in the last several days.

After making a number of calls over
the last few days to carrier stores following the arrival of the Samsung
Galaxy S III, we feel comfortable in saying that the Galaxy S3 launch
appears to be going relatively well. From our discussions with store
sales reps, demand for the Galaxy S III appears to be strong at all U.S.
carriers. In particular, Galaxy S III is benefiting from its LTE and
size advantage over the iPhone 4S, although we note Apple will likely
address both these issues with the iPhone 5 quite soon. On average, it
appears each store received roughly 10-20 phones in its initial shipment
and most stores sold out within 2-4 days. Stores are receiving supply
replenishments every few days but in smaller batches than launch day.
This is a similar pattern that we have seen for most flagship Android
devices historically. Supply and demand remain out of balance currently
as most follow- on shipments are sold almost immediately. At both
AT&T and Verizon, the nation’s two largest carriers, the Samsung
Galaxy III seems to be the top selling phone based on consensus replies
from store staff at this early stage of launch. In most cases the iPhone
remains the second best-selling phone in stores, but we suspect demand
has begun to taper off ahead of the iPhone 5 launch.

http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2012/07/18/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-off-to-good-start-says-raymond-james/

It's the most advanced mass produced model in the planet... whaddya expect? Apple model hasn't been updated meaningfully for 2-3 yrs...

Nokia Q2 net loss deepens four-fold to 1.41B euros

The Finnish company, which is struggling with an extensive
restructuring, acknowledged that the three-month period, which also saw
sales plunge by 19 percent year on year, had been “a difficult quarter.”

http://business.inquirer.net/71851/nokia-q2-net-loss-deepens-four-fold-to-1-41b-euros?ModPagespeed=off

Nokia ships 4 million Lumias in Q2 2012, over 7 million to date

Nokia's North American phone shipments fall flat in Q2, just 600,000 phones sold

ehrrr......... that does look like a total flop. Keep sucking Nokia's blood Microsoft. It won't last that much longer. No, windows 8 phones won't save anybody. It's already dead.

ARM release a slew of demo videos showing off their Mali chipset

Xperia GX goes through federal inspection, is still the Sony phone we want

http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/19/xperia-gx-goes-through-federal-inspection-is-still-the-sony-pho/

Ouya and why the world of game consoles is ripe for a revolution

The frustration was most effectively articulated by Destructoid reviews editor Jim Sterling in his latest video rant,
which he posted a day before Ouya hit Kickstarter. To summarize,
Sterling thinks video game consoles – primarily the Xbox 360 and
PlayStation 3 – have become “crap PCs” that ultimately defeat their
entire purpose. Virtually every console game now requires multiple
log-ins, upfront installation, frequent downloadable updates and
complicated – and annoying – digital rights management that limits how
the game and its assorted content can be used. Whereas once upon a time a
person could pop a disc (or cartridge) into the machine and be off to
the races in seconds, now there’s a whole slew of hoops to jump through
before the action starts.

Lengthy installs and downloads were
always the downside of playing games on a PC, but the upside was usually
much better graphics. PC games are also often cheaper, if not free, to
play online and have more robust player communities, he argues.

http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/16/ouya-game-consoles/

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Why can't they make game console like PC on steroid?

- Instead of trying to sell all in one expensive unit (xbox,ps3), why can't I buy motherboard/add on card every time there is new heavy duty game? (power supply, case, peripheral should remain the same, only motherboard/graphic card keep being sold as upgrade.... Instead of buying $299 instantly obsolete console every 3-4 years, while games are held back by old hardware. why not sell $99 motherboard/$99 graphic card every year?) Hardware is always fresh and powerful, driven by new hottest game...It can be garage size mainframe or a cheap handheld calculator...whatever consumer can afford.  No new hot game, no new hardware sale.

- game should be downloadable only. CHEAP (99c for short game, $6 for medium $20 for bigger games) Skip the cost of retail, delivery, and packaging

- instead of forcing everybody buying uniform hardware, why not only test a player's rig just before entering online game for certification? (speed, responsiveness, no cheat, integrity of signal)...Player can use whatever rig he wants.

-game outfit makes money from running network, provide online services, keeping ecosystem working/maintain gaming protocol, and set gameplay standard. maybe selling original entertainment content...but they are not particularly in business to make money from selling hardware or franchise...

Essentially, it's new generation of console/PC hybrid, highly connected,
easily upgraded, open. Player can always buy the latest CPU/graphic
gears for sub $199, instal new OS, log in to his account...voila back to
the network.

Samsung reportedly set to deliver 4.1 for Galaxy S III as early as August

http://www.androidguys.com/2012/07/20/samsung-reportedly-set-to-deliver-4-1-for-galaxy-s-iii-as-early-as-august/

Revolutionary Mobile Audio Solution Delivers Over 5 Times the Power to Micro Speakers

EINDHOVEN, THE NETHERLANDS–(Marketwire -07/17/12)- A revolutionary
embedded algorithm in a new audio system from NXP Semiconductors N.V.
(NXPI) boosts the output power of micro speakers by over 5 times, vastly
improving the sound quality of mobile devices. By driving over 2.6
watts RMS into micro speakers that have previously been limited to 0.5
W, the NXP TFA9887 IC will give mobile phones, portable music players
and tablets much louder sound, deeper bass, and higher sound quality —
without risking speaker damage.

http://telecommunicationnews.net/2012/07/17/revolutionary-mobile-audio-solution-delivers-over-5-times-the-power-to-micro-speakers/

Why Google's Nexus 7 Tablet Is Hotter Than Apple's iPad

Not least, it looks like Apple is readying its own smaller iPad for
under $300. That could well steal the Nexus 7′s thunder–especially since
it almost certainly will do two or three things better than the Nexus
7.

But for the next few months, at least, Google has a bona fide hit on
its hands. And for all the right reasons, not just manufactured
scarcity.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2012/07/21/why-googles-nexus-7-tablet-is-hotter-than-apples-ipad/2/

lol. another big media idiot doing wishful thinking.

Nexus 7 represents the most advanced manufacturing processes and component that exists in the market. Apple is nowhere near the best player in the market. Apple CANNOT emulate this, not at this price point. not in 6-8 months. Apple has to stick with those overpriced aluminum cans.

- CPU. 45nm Tegra 3 is far more advanced than Apple's equivalent the A5X (size/yield/cost, performance, heat generated, power use). Apple has ZERO chance creating equivalent processor at 40-45nm. Apple is fighting on level playing field against the top CPU/GPU players. (Next generation leap frog you say. There is only so much 28nm capacity. what they gonna do for A7? fully fused CPU/GPU like huawei/nvidia? highly modified traditional GPU like Samsung/ARM in Mali? or maybe against top selling qualcomm/ATI/adreno crew?... Every single one of them already showing off their next gen wares all over the net. Where is apple? the best Apple can do is adding more powerVR cores..crappier version of TI OMAP5. .which makes their already bloated chip even bigger, more expensive and more power hungry. and get their ass sued to the moon copying other people's chip.)

- screen, manufacturing cost (yield), brightness, color saturation.. Hydis' N7 is one generation ahead of what Apple is using. Apple fan can talk about "retina" until they turn blue, but Sharp (current apple/LG current apple supplier) simply does not produce equivalent brightness/power use, despite it's ppi. So either they have to use the old panel technology (battery hoag/iPad 3 style) or wait until next generation ready for mass production.  The idea that Apple can beat cost/performance of the usual player is pretty laughable. ..so keep paying those $599 iDevices people.. even a 7inch tablet.

- You can't beat Asus in motherboard design/manufacturing/cost control. Apple doesn't know mobo. This is like comparing Porsche/BMW vs. Chevy. (hence you got overheating, expensive and large mobo in iPad3) The chance of Apple able to fit A5X into a 7 inch device the size of Nexus 7.....IS ZERO.

-Last, Google will keep adding new OS feature. Even if Apple can magically come up with September/October mini iPad. Google will simply update Android 4.1 with 4.2 and quickly add little bell and whistles. All sort of little hacks and tweak that the internet build in 6 months will be ready for mainstream. (eg. even iOS 7.0 will be outdated... lol) Apple can't even do 'map/direction" properly nevermind voice command to find direction...(Siri will still be too dumb to do it 6 months from now) In the meantime as android 4.1 spreads wider Google can quickly improve audio model/adding more features on already stronger engine.

Maybe Apple can bribe the patent office again and get monopoly for "using electronic device while breathing using fingers"

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The only thing Apple has going for them is Google flailing/bumbling on retail and marketing strategy... but this won't matter soon, since the rest of OEM crew will enter 4.1 tablet market by early next year. not to mention low cost chinese whitebox. But by then, the big battle is already won. Apple has to fight sub $100 Nexus 7 clones at the low end and A15 tablet on high end. Apple already lost on both front. zero chance coming up with dual/quad core A15 with next generation GPU. And sure as hell Apple isn't going to be able to manufacture sub $100 tablet.

Apple: overpriced aluminum cans.

b) No restrictions: iOS is a closed operating system but Android is
an open source that allows developers to customize it the way they want
to suit their needs.  Android has no restrictions concerning
applications or content at all.  With the iPad, there are applications
you cannot download because they are banned such as applications related
to WikiLeaks or applications banned in your country.

c) Better applications: The Nexus 7 Android Jelly Bean OS comes with a
ton of pre-installed applications including Gmail, Chrome browser and
other Google apps.  These applications are convenient and beneficial. 
iPads come with built-in apps which only existing Apple users will
benefit – it completely ignores any new comers who are not familiar with
Apple’s apps and services.

http://thedroidguy.com/2012/07/how-is-nexus-7-better-than-the-ipad/

Asus explains Nexus 7 camera omission: it would have been a waste of time

Nexus 7 sells out across the USA

It’s an amazing feat to behold when a company
makes a device so popular that it sells out in one store, much less the
entirety of the USA – but that’s what Google is doing with the Nexus 7.
This ASUS-manufactured tablet appears very much to be capturing the
imaginations – and pocketbooks – of users across the United States as
well as the UK as retailers both offline and online are showing sold out
signs galore. From what we understand it appears that 3rd party
retailers are “frantically” attempting to get more units in stock as
ASUS and Google make moves to make it all happen smoothly.