Wintel Tablet Prices to Start at $600
While more of a steady smolder than a spectacular blaze when compared to the iPad, the Kindle Fire has shown that consumers are not averse to buying a non-iPad tablet as long as the price is right and the specs not too shabby. Amazon has literally lit up the tablet market, with a number of vendors now taking its lead in releasing affordable Android tablets. All the combustion metaphors aside, this surge in the ranks of decent budget tablets is only going to make the task that much harder for Wintel tablets, especially given Microsoft and Intel’s reluctance to subsidize their products. Everyone wants to know just how the duo would respond. W
Cellphone makers can expect poor reception in 2012
Wed Jan 18, 2012 10:12am EST
n”> – Cellphone makers are set to struggle with slow sales growth this year as a weaker global economy discourages consumers from replacing older handsets.
Fourth-quarter results are likely to show the slowdown under way. Apple’s long-awaited iPhone 4S and Samsung Electronics’ new, broad offering were likely the exceptions in an otherwise lackluster Christmas holiday season.
“The blowout quarter that Apple will report will show they are still the one to beat, while in the Android camp … only a strong brand like Samsung can stand out,” said Gartner analyst Carolina Milanesi.
Apple, ousted as the world’s top smartphone maker by Samsung in the third quarter, could regain the No.
MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY ORDERS UP 73.9% FROM 2010
This article was posted on 01/09/2012.
November U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $430.17 million according to AMTDA, the American Machine Tool Distributors Association and AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology. This total, as reported by companies participating in the USMTO program, was down 6.9% from October but up 26.6% when compared with the total of $339.68 million reported for November 2010. With a year-to-date total of $4,956.51 million, 2011 is up 73.9% compared with 2010.
Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray Review
Sony Ericsson thinks slim smartphones, and does visualize them well. Over the last few months, we have seen the Arc (read our review here), the Ray and the Arc S (read our review here). Among the three, the Ray brings in an additional dimension of slimness. The point is, does this design work for most people? We think it does, at least for quite a few people.
Look & Feel The dimension numbers – 111 x 53 x 9.4 mm do make for interesting reading. Having just finished reviewing the Arc S, the Ray’s unique form factor is appreciated even more. From a slim phone to a two dimensionally slim phone is a big change. And will be even more so for anyone who is shifting to this phone.
The 3.3-inch display is accompanied by two touch sensitive keys – return and options. The
Social Networks Leave Americans Open To ID Theft
Nearly 13 million Americans who are on social networking sites will accept any request from a member of the opposite sex, even if they dont know that person, according to a new survey released by ID Analytics and conducted by Harris Interactive.
Men on social networking sites are more than twice as likely as women to accept any and all invites from someone of the opposite sex (18 percent compared to seven percent for women).
While Americans are willing to accept online requests on social networks, only half (50%) who are on social sites actually trust those connections to keep their data private.