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- Ainovo Novo 7 Basic
- Toshiba Portege Z830-S8302
- Nintendo chief promises to do Wii U launch right
- West takes Internet freedom for granted: Google boss
- Android grabs more tablet market share: survey
| Posted: 30 Jan 2012 09:29 AM PST Ainovo Novo 7 Basic
Super-cheap. First Android tablet with a non-ARM processor available in the U.S.
Many Android apps don’t run. Buggy as all get out. Miserably dim, low-res screen.
While the Novo 7 Basic isn’t ready for prime time, it illuminates several hot issues in the phone and tablet worlds.
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 Ainovo Novo 7 : AngleThe Ainovo Novo 7 Basic costs only $99, but it brings Ice Cream Sandwich power. It’s a pity that way too many Android apps aren’t compatible with this tablet.  Ainovo Novo 7 : HorizontalThe Novo 7 Basic is a $99 tablet running Android 4.0.1 Ice Cream Sandwich, proving that ICS runs well even on low-end hardware.  Ainovo Novo 7 : BackThe Novo 7 Basic has a 2-megapixel camera on the back, and a VGA camera on the front. It doesn’t take very good pictures.  Ainovo Novo 7 : PortsThe Novo 7 Basic has an unusually broad array of ports, including MicroSD, MiniHDMI and MiniUSB.  Ainovo Novo 7 : LeftThe Novo 7 Basic has its power button and volume controls on top of the tablet. But wait! It also has special soft keys for volume, too!  Ainovo Novo 7 : RightThe Novo 7 Basic is made from a smooth white plastic, but there’s an audible creak when you flex the tablet slightly.  Ainovo Novo 7 : AngleThe Ainovo Novo 7 Basic is the first Android tablet we’ve tested which doesn’t use an ARM processor. Share and Enjoy• Facebook • Twitter • LinkedIn • Digg • Delicious • StumbleUpon • Reddit • Google Buzz • FriendFeed • MySpace • Add to favorites • Email • Print • PDF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 30 Jan 2012 09:01 AM PST Toshiba Portege Z830-S8302
Svelte magnesium alloy design. Backlit keyboard. Lighter chassis, complete with more I/O ports than any other ultrabook. SD card slot. WiDi 2.0 video streaming.
Expensive. Wobbly screen. Finicky keyboard. Non-removable battery.
The Toshiba Portege Z830-S8302 is a slim, speedy ultrabook that may be a little too light and too pricey for mass appeal.
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| Nintendo chief promises to do Wii U launch right Posted: 30 Jan 2012 08:43 AM PST Nintendo chief promises to do Wii U launch right Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata speaks during a press conference in Tokyo Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. Nintendo, a Japanese video game machine maker, sank to losses for the April-December period, battered by a price cut for its 3DS handheld, a strong yen that erodes overseas earnings and competition from mobile devices such as the iPhone that offer games-on-the-go.
But Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata warned earnings for the fiscal year set to begin April will be the toughest ever for the Japanese manufacturer behind the Super Mario and Pokemon games. Iwata’s remarks come a day after it lowered its annual earnings forecast to a 65 billion yen ($844 million) loss, much larger than the 20 billion yen ($260 million) loss projected earlier. It posted a 77.62 billion yen profit the previous fiscal year. Iwata blamed the strong yen, which erases overseas earnings, as well as the arrival of smartphones and other devices that offer gaming. The higher yen slashed nearly 54 billion yen ($701 million) from the company’s operating profit for the April-December period. “I can see how the red ink may be perceived as abnormal,” Iwata told analysts and reporters at a Tokyo hotel. “The environment has changed.” The failure of the 3DS handheld, which offers three-dimensional imagery, to take off with enough momentum during the last quarter of 2011 was one of the main reasons for the dismal results, according to Iwata. The 3DS has gradually started to sell better, but it took a price cut in August. It still lacks a strong lineup of attractive software games, a key factor for a machine to succeed in a big way. Iwata vowed the company will be better prepared when it introduces the Wii Uhome console during the 2012 year-end shopping season for a strong comeback. He declined to give details such as pricing or what the software games available at that time might be. But he said the Wii U will come with a strong game lineup at the launch as well as secure and safe Internet services that will offer players individual accounts. The Wii U will come with new ways of playing that will almost make the term “home console” obsolete, Iwata said. It will also offer mobile gaming. The machine has a touch-panel controller. Nintendo has long competed against rival game makers, such as Sony Corp. and Microsoft Corp. These days, all face the threat from hit devices like the iPad and iPhone from Apple Inc. that also offer games. Iwata’s comments also showed Nintendo is growing less cautious about the Internet, which in the past it had brushed off as mainly for hard-core gamers. Kyoto-based Nintendo has built its reputation on making games fun to play for casual and newcomer players. “We are going to put to use our bitter experience with the 3DS,” said Iwata. Share and Enjoy• Facebook • Twitter • LinkedIn • Digg • Delicious • StumbleUpon • Reddit • Google Buzz • FriendFeed • MySpace • Add to favorites • Email • Print • PDF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West takes Internet freedom for granted: Google boss Posted: 30 Jan 2012 08:09 AM PST West takes Internet freedom for granted: Google boss The Internet proved the only true form of free communication during the Arab Spring and yet the West has come to take the freedom it confers for granted, Google boss Eric Schmidt, pictured here in 2011, said Friday.
In a stout defence of Internet freedoms at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Schmidt also said that rather than be seen as contributing to job losses, the web was a great opportunity for businesses to grow. Schmidt told delegates he had just returned from a visit to Libya after the revolution that toppled Moamer Kadhafi, a trip which had underlined the value of the Internet in societies where phones are tapped and media is state-run. “The thing I learnt most about the Arab Spring is that we take the Internet for granted here,” said Schmidt, Google’s executive chairman. “When you live in country where censorship is the norm … the Internet is your only communications mechanism.” The role of the Internet in the Arab Spring was memorably illustrated by Wael Ghonim, Google’s head of marketing for the Middle East and North Africa, who administered the Facebook page that helped spark Egypt’s revolution. Schmidt said an uncensored Internet could ensure the new generation of Arab leaders does not repeat the same pattern of corruption of the old regimes. He proposed it becomes mandatory for politicians running for office to disclose their assets on the Internet. Schmidt, whose own firm employs some 30,000 people, also said the Internet should not be blamed for problems in the labour market, arguing that: “It’s important not to fear technological innovation and revolution.” He said that governments had to address what he called “a huge labour shortage for highly educated people” in manufacturing. “There are plenty of countries, (the) United States and other countries that I have visited, that are very short of skilled people,” he said. He said the web worked to the benefit of small business as “there’s no better tool” to find customers, adding: “A reasonable expectation is that the access to the Internet will produce a very large number of smaller companies.” Share and Enjoy• Facebook • Twitter • LinkedIn • Digg • Delicious • StumbleUpon • Reddit • Google Buzz • FriendFeed • MySpace • Add to favorites • Email • Print • PDF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Android grabs more tablet market share: survey Posted: 30 Jan 2012 08:05 AM PST Android grabs more tablet market share: survey
Strategy Analytics said Android tablets increased their share of the market to 39 percent in the fourth quarter of the year from 29 percent a year earlier. The iPad accounted for 58 percent of the tablet market in the quarter, down from 68 percent a year earlier, the Boston-based company said. Strategy Analytics director Peter King said global tablet shipments hit a record 26.8 million units in the fourth quarter, up 150 percent from the same period a year ago. Apple sold 15.4 million iPads in the fourth quarter while there were 10.5 million Android tablets shipped. “Apple shrugged off the much-hyped threat from entry-level Android models this quarter,” King said.  A man checks out the tablet friendly mobile operating system Android 3.0, known as Honeycomb on Motorola's tablet Xoom, in Mountain View, California in 2011. Tablet computers powered by Google's Android software are increasing their global market share but Apple's iPad still dominates the category, a research firm said Thursday. Tablets powered by Microsoft’s Windows software grabbed 1.5 percent of the tablet market in the fourth quarter, Strategy Analytics said. “The upcoming release of Windows 8 this year cannot come quickly enough for Microsoft, so its hardware partners can start competing more effectively in the tablet space,” it said. Strategy Analytics executive director Neil Mawston said Android is “so far proving relatively popular with tablet manufacturers despite nagging concerns about fragmentation of Android’s operating system, user-interface and app store ecosystem.” Global tablet shipments hit 66.9 million units last year, up 260 percent from 18.6 million in 2010, according to Strategy Analytics. “Consumers are increasingly buying tablets in preference to netbooks and even entry-level notebooks or desktops,” it said. Share and Enjoy• Facebook • Twitter • LinkedIn • Digg • Delicious • StumbleUpon • Reddit • Google Buzz • FriendFeed • MySpace • Add to favorites • Email • Print • PDF |
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