All the stories tagged with Thoughts
Official: MySpace in India Launched
04/17/2008, We know that India is very attractive to the Social Networking moguls since 44% of Indian online traffic uses the Internet just for social networking (according to JuxtConsult, April 2007 survey). Today, MySpace has decided to go head to head [...]
AT&T Desktop Web Browser Named Pogo
04/17/2008, AT&T is working on a web browser (currently for Windows) called Pogo which is in private beta. One of the highlights is that tabbed browsing will be replaced by “snapshots”. Bookmarks and history are also handled with fancy graphics and [...]
Nokia Saved by Shipments Volume in Emerging Countries, But the Future is Uncertain
04/17/2008, Nokia’s handset market share rose to 39% from 36%, thanks to a very strong positioning in emerging countries, but average selling prices are down. These gains are partly due to Motorola giving up on competing using price cuts (Nokia’s low-end [...]
Blockbuster Circuit-City Bid Strategy Flawed by Design
04/14/2008, You might wonder why Blockbuster wants to buy Circuit City for a billion dollars. Here’s the insight provided by Jim Keyes, Blockbuster’s CEO: “We would seek to differentiate products in both Blockbuster and Circuit City stores by offering exclusive content [...]
Nokia on DVB-H: It Is a Bit in a Turmoil
04/14/2008, It should not come as surprise: customers are not interested by watching TV on a tiny display, and those who are would like to do it by using an on-demand scheme, not broadcast. DVB-H is exactly the contrary of on-demand. [...]
NVIDIA + VIA = Low Cost Multimedia PC
04/11/2008, A Via CPU, paired with an NVIDIA GPU could be the platform for cheap multimedia computers. The idea is simple: with multimedia applications like a Media Center PC, most of the workload is “fixed”. SDTV resolution is fixed, 1080p resolution [...]
NVIDIA: We Are Going to Open a Can of Whoop Ass
04/10/2008, I have read several articles about NVIDIA CEO’s latest comments on Intel integrated graphics. This mostly interested people seeking the “drama du jour”, on a topic that is quite frankly not new: integrated graphics versus discrete graphics. I’ll limit the [...]
Toshiba SpursEngine SE1000 is Cell on a Diet
04/09/2008, Yesterday, we told you about the fact that Toshiba was going to use a “Cell” processor to process H.264 HD video streams. Just as we suspected, it is a scale-down version of the Cell design that is used in the [...]
Future of Nokia Smartphones, Will the iPhone Continue to Dominate?
04/07/2008, Earlier today, someone I know asked me this: “What do you think of future Nokia smart phones? Do you think they will stand a chance? Also what about Apple’s iPhone? Do you think the future competition is going to affect [...]
A Third of iPhone Owners have a Second Phone
04/02/2008, From what we can tell in the Silicon Valley, a good chunk of these dual-users are around here. I do see a lot of people with an iPhone (to show off) and a Blackberry (to get stuff done) and it [...]
$100 Low-Cost Computer from Intel called Nettop
03/12/2008, By using small components designed for mobile devices, Intel can build a low-cost computer that would retail for as low as $100. When it comes to semiconductor, surface area for chips and cost of materials are at the core of [...]
Dreamworks Invests in 3D Stereo Movies, Hoping to Get an Edge over Pixar
03/12/2008, Dreamworks would do that by developing movies using stereoscopic 3D, a technique that uses slightly different images, as viewed from the left and right eye, to provide a realistic depth perception. The technique itself is not new, but betting that [...]
The End of WiFi Hotspots? Not so Fast
03/11/2008, Johan Bergendahl, chief marketing officer of Sony Ericsson suggested that WiFi hotspots will soon go extinct, overtaken by HSDPA and other cellular-based connections. ”Hotspots at places like Starbucks are becoming the telephone boxes of the broadband era,” Well that’s nice, [...]
