Archive for January, 2012

Samsung and the Future

Thursday, January 19th, 2012

MobileNations did a great video touting Samsung’s Smart Window.

As Joanne said, CES was all about the touch screen display – and yes, its very minority reportish.  Putting this one on my wish list.

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Battle of the Digital Ecosystems

Thursday, January 19th, 2012

This year’s CES had a few themes to take away, but the one that seems to define the rest is that the old model is dead. We are firmly at a new frontier of technological development, and whatever new age we’re entering, it’s being shaped by Apple Inc.  Everyone else seems to still be struggling [...]

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CES 2012: It Is All About Motion, Touch and Sound

Wednesday, January 18th, 2012

As usual, CES was huge and overwhelming …too much to see, too little time.   Actually there may have been enough time, but my feet gave out before I could get to everything.  The Qualcomm booth wasn’t really a booth; it was a mini-city with 2-story briefing rooms.   From what I did see, the big trend [...]

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CES Mainly Evolutionary

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

Generally I would say that my observations drew me to the conclusion that most of what was at CES this year was improvements on existing products technologies.  That is I didn’t see anything that was totally revolutionary.  There were two announcements made at keynote speeches that I found quite intriguing.
Qualcomm CEO Dr. Paul Jacobs gave [...]

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The Agony of Digital Rights Management

Monday, January 16th, 2012

The semiconductor industry likes to think it doesn’t have to worry about software or Digital Rights Management (DRM). I’m often told “those things will work themselves out on their own.”
But the truth is, DRM defines how a user will interact with technology. And it defines how different devices are able to communicate. Can you play [...]

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Is Amazon Burning Apple with Kindle Fire?

Monday, January 9th, 2012

In the closing days of 2011 it was reported that Amazon’s shipments of Kindle Fire were stronger than expected. It was launched in mid-November. By the end of 2011 Amazon announced about 4 million Kindles were shipped in December alone, of which more than half were the Fire. Amazon has not yet released official end-of-year [...]

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