Samsung has revealed its new Galaxy Note 3, the third generation of pen-enabled “phablet”, with more aggressive use of the S Pen stylus, an even larger display, and faster LTE connectivity. The new Note 3 now fits a 5.7-inch, Full HD Super AMOLED display into its frame, though actually comes in slimmer and lighter than […]
Samsung is launching a new S View Cover to go with its equally new Galaxy Note 3. The protector includes an extra-large window for controlling the smartphone while the cover is closed; you can even use the S Pen in this mode. The accessory will ship in a wide variety of colors, including seasonal collections, metallic hues and special variants designed by Moschino and Nicholas Kirkwood. Samsung hasn’t provided launch details for the covers, although we’d expect them to ship at the same time as the Note 3 itself.
Filed under: Cellphones, Peripherals, Mobile, Samsung
It would appear that ASUS has had so much success with the first 7-inch smartphone/tablet combination (as revealed earlier this year in the Fonepad) that they’ve brought on a second generation in the Fonepad 7. This device works with a new non-slip finish (where the original was a bit slippery, as it were), HSPA+ 3G […]
This week the team at Sony have revealed two new “Lens-Type Cameras”, the larger of these being the Cyber-shot QX100. This device comes with a 1-inch 20.2-megapixel Exmor RCMOS sensor identical to that of the sensor found in the Sony Cyber-shot RX100 II, delivering “exceptionally detailed” shots in all manner of lighting conditions – day […]
One of two new “Lens-Type Cameras” to be revealed this week is the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-QX10, coming in with an 18.2-megapixel Exmor RCMOS sensor and a Sony G Lens with 10x optical zoom. This is the smaller of the first two Lens Cameras to be revealed by the manufacturer, this device (obviously) also the more […]
In an effort to create a bridge between standard smartphones and high-powered cameras, Sony has this week unveiled their Lens-Style Camera series with the Sony QX100 and QX10. These devices are also known as the Sony Cyber-shot QX100 and Sony Cyber-shot QX10, but you’ll likely see them referred to by their shortened names out in […]
Sony’s Xperia range of Android phones has been on a roll of late, with the Xperia Z proving a sleeper hit to rival the Galaxy S 4, and the Zperia Z Ultra putting the company’s big screen display expertise to work. Now there’s the Sony Xperia Z1, still waterproof but with a sleek metal casing […]
By now world familiar with Microsoft’s Xbox Kinect camera system. Microsoft has recently hinted that Kinect camera technology is coming to the Windows Phone operating system. While the Kinect was first billed as a device to enable motion gaming on the Xbox 360, it became clear early on that the Kinect have a lot more […]
As reported in the Nikkei, Panasonic will today pull out of smartphone market in Japan, and change to outsourced production (offering its brand to other manufacturers) in emerging markets like India. Company president, Kazuhiro Tsuga, has set strict guidelines to turnaround the company, threatening any division that missed a 5 percent operating margin goal within three years. The mobile arm is forecast to lose more than 1.1 billion yen ($11 million) for the incoming fiscal year — losses were 8.1 billion yen ($81 million) the year before. It joins NEC, which also dropped its smartphone arm in July. Times are tough everywhere.
“It’s not acceptable for the company to be bleeding red ink like this, so we have to think about ways to develop assets that we do have in a more effective direction”, Tsuga said. Panasonic is not stopping completely with phones, however, and plans to expand on its Toughbook laptop series with smartphones for rough-and-tough business use.
Panasonic attempted to break back into the western phone market in 2011, launching the water-resistant Eluga but failed to pick up any carrier support in Europe or the US. According to Reuters, Panasonic was once the second-largest phone maker in Japan, and had over 19 percent of the market in 2001. Last year, this dropped to seven percent — far behind the iPhone’s 24 percent pole-position. This year, Japan’s biggest carrier (and currently one of the only major carriers in the world not selling the iPhone) NTT DoCoMo, said it would be promoting only Sony’s Xperia A and Samsung’s Galaxy S4 during its “Top Two” summer advertising. At least now, Tsuga-san will have more time to plug those premature TV leaks.
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile
Source: Reuters
Lookout is software that runs on mobile devices that helps protect your mobile data. Originally, the software was available for personal and business use and lookout has now announced that it is expanding into the business environment further with partnership with the Samsung Knox security platform for business users. The software allows businesses to secure […]
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