Jul 13

Report: Touchscreen demand to grow by 90-percent, led by mobile, tablet markets

Posted in: app, business, capacitive, gaming, market, mobile, money, research, tablet, tablet pc, TabletPc, Today's Chili, touch, touchscreen

This just in: people really like touchscreens, and their tastes aren’t going to change anytime soon. That’s the takeaway from a new report from market research firm DisplaySearch, which predicts that revenue from touch panel sales will hit the $13.4 billion mark by the end of this year, before soaring to nearly $24 billion by 2017. Shipments of capacitive touch displays, in particular, are expected to increase by 100-percent over last year, accounting for a full 70-percent of all tactile revenues. The mobile market still accounts for most of this industry-wide growth, but demand for touch-based tablets is accelerating considerably, with more than 72 million panels expected to ship this year, and 100 million projected in 2012. Jonesing for more numbers? Better gallop past the break to get your hands on the full PR.

Continue reading Report: Touchscreen demand to grow by 90-percent, led by mobile, tablet markets

Report: Touchscreen demand to grow by 90-percent, led by mobile, tablet markets originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Jul 2011 06:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink   |  sourceDisplaySearch  | Email this | Comments

No Comments | Tags: , ,
Jul 12

Philly papers to offer subscribers discounted Android tablets that make terrible birdcage lining (video)

Posted in: Android, app, apps, business, e reader, e-book, e-books, e-readers, ebooks, ipad, Today's Chili, video

As the internet has overtaken newspapers as an information source, convincing readers to shell out the dough for online news has proven an uphill battle. Now two papers are trying a new approach: entice customers with discounted Android tablets and pre-loaded content apps. The Philadelphia Media Network, which owns the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News, is planning a pilot program for mid-August which will offer around 2,000 tablets; if successful, it could expand to more readers. The combined price of hardware and a one- to two-year daily subscription should be about half of retail. So far we have few details on what you’ll get for your money, but expect a WiFi tablet from a major manufacturer, with 3G and/or 4G possible in the future. If you’re from the city of brotherly love and want more details on this early-stage plan, see the video after the break.

Continue reading Philly papers to offer subscribers discounted Android tablets that make terrible birdcage lining (video)

Philly papers to offer subscribers discounted Android tablets that make terrible birdcage lining (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink Liliputing  |  sourceAdWeek  | Email this | Comments

No Comments | Tags: , , , , , , , , ,
Jul 12

LG Optimus Pro surfaces, dressed for your next business meeting (video)

Posted in: Android, business, gingerbread, leak, LG, optimus, Today's Chili

Poor RIM — everybody wants a piece of the BlackBerry pie, as the company attempts to maintain its position as the face of business-minded smartphones in an era ruled by iPhones and Android devices. It’s tough to avoid mentioning the company when looking at these shots unearthed by Italy’s Android World blog of the forthcoming LG Optimus Pro, whose form factor ought to prove comfortably familiar to BlackBerry devotees. According to the site, the Gingerbread device has a 2.8 inch screen, a three megapixel camera, an 800MHz processor, and will run €179 ($249) in that country. Not much more info is available at present, but there’s a video after the break, and the source link has a few more shots, if you need help imagining it in your hand at your next board meeting.

Continue reading LG Optimus Pro surfaces, dressed for your next business meeting (video)

LG Optimus Pro surfaces, dressed for your next business meeting (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 12 Jul 2011 11:23:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink Android Community  |  sourceAndroid World (Translation), Android HD Blog (Translation)  | Email this | Comments

No Comments | Tags: ,
Jul 11

HP’s Stephen DeWitt to lead webOS global business unit, Jon Rubinstein stepping aside

Posted in: business, hewlett-packard, HP, palm, tablet, Today's Chili, webos
deWitt

It’s looking like there’s a little shuffling happening at HP in the wake of the TouchPad‘s release — and its somewhat less than flattering reception. The company has announced that Stephen DeWitt will be taking the lead in HP’s webOS global business unit, while Jon Rubinstein will be taking over as Senior Vice President of Global Innovation for HP’s Personal Systems Group — DeWitt himself coming from PSG Americas. You’ll of course know Jon as the main cheerleader for webOS in the past, appearing on our Show back in March to show off the TouchPad and the Pre 3. Will Stephen manage the same enthusiasm in extolling the finger-friendly OS’s virtues, or will we instead be seeing more webOS printers? Let’s all hope for the former.

Update: DeWitt was previously the head PSG Americas, not the global Personal Systems Group. Stephen DiFranco will be taking over the role of SVP for PSG Americas.

Update 2: The Official HP Palm Blog has added a post entitled “Next steps for HP webOS” providing a bit more context to the shift, indicating that this move is intended to “accelerate the scale and growth of its existing webOS business as well as to expand and enhance other HP product lines.” So, printers, then?

Continue reading HP’s Stephen DeWitt to lead webOS global business unit, Jon Rubinstein stepping aside

HP’s Stephen DeWitt to lead webOS global business unit, Jon Rubinstein stepping aside originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:40:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink   |   | Email this | Comments

No Comments | Tags:
Jul 05

Google temporarily suspends Realtime search, thanks to expired Twitter deal

Posted in: business, deal, Google, search, Today's Chili, tweet, twitter, web
If you noticed a distinct lack of tweetage in your Google search results yesterday, you weren’t alone. Turns out, the company has temporarily suspended its Realtime search feature, as part of its ongoing Google+ launch. El Goog made the announcement, ironically enough, in the form of a tweet, explaining that it needs time to integrate Google+ within its social network-based search tool, but without offering a specific time frame. Mountain View later revealed further details with the following statement, provided to Search Engine Land:
Since October of 2009, we have had an agreement with Twitter to include their updates in our search results through a special feed, and that agreement expired on July 2. While we will not have access to this special feed from Twitter, information on Twitter that’s publicly available to our crawlers will still be searchable and discoverable on Google.
Twitter offered a similarly curt explanation, saying that it would continue to provide tweet integration to companies like Microsoft and Yahoo, while adding that it still works with Google in “many other ways.” Google’s Social Search, meanwhile, continues to function, but has been stripped of all Twitter data. No word yet on whether the two sides have entered negotiations, but when they do, the fate of humanity will certainly be hanging in the balance.

Google temporarily suspends Realtime search, thanks to expired Twitter deal originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 05 Jul 2011 09:05:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink Search Engine Land  |  source@GoogleRealTime (Twitter)  | Email this | Comments

No Comments | Tags: , ,
Jul 04

Hasselblad acquired by Ventizz Capital Fund, will explore ‘brand new markets’

Posted in: business, camera, deal, europe, germany, market, money, price, Today's Chili

Change may be afoot over at Hasselblad, now that the high-end camera maker has been acquired by Ventizz Capital Fund IV — a private equity firm based in Switzerland and Germany. Neither party disclosed any financial details, but Ventizz said it will implement “no major structural or key management changes” at its newly acquired company. It remains to be seen whether or not this acquisition brings about any changes at the strategic level, though Hasselblad CEO Larry Hansen said his company is looking forward to exploring “brand new markets” — including, we hope, the “sub-$10,000” one. Full PR after the break.

[Thanks, Rene]

Continue reading Hasselblad acquired by Ventizz Capital Fund, will explore ‘brand new markets’

Hasselblad acquired by Ventizz Capital Fund, will explore ‘brand new markets’ originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 05 Jul 2011 00:09:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink   |   | Email this | Comments

No Comments | Tags: , ,
Jul 04

HTC sales up nearly 88-percent from last year, analysts still skeptical on stock

Posted in: business, earnings, HTC, sales, Today's Chili

HTCDespite having moved into the number five slot on IDC’s list of the top handset makers world wide — beating out RIM and just behind Apple — HTC has actually seen its share prices drop 19-percent since June 7th. The stock did rebound slightly following news that the company’s sales for June were a staggering 87.8-percent higher than the same time last year. Surprisingly, that’s actually a drop from May’s figures which were 116-percent higher than the same month in 2010. Even though the company continues to break its own sales and profit records, some analysts don’t think the company is out of the woods just yet — a rather confusing outlook to us but, then again, we’re not financial analysts.

HTC sales up nearly 88-percent from last year, analysts still skeptical on stock originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 04 Jul 2011 18:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink Electronista  |  sourceReuters  | Email this | Comments

No Comments | Tags:
Jun 30

VeriFone’s new Payware Mobile Enterprise for Tablets looks a little Square

Posted in: business, enterprise, money, peripheral, tablet, Today's Chili
VeriFone added a new wrinkle to its ongoing battle for mobile payment supremacy yesterday, with the announcement of Payware Mobile Enterprise for Tablets — a peripheral that will allow retailers to process transactions directly from any slate. Much like the company’s Payware Mobile system, VeriFone’s latest product involves a magnetic card reader and accompanying app that can turn any iPad or Android tablet into a handheld checkout unit. Geared toward larger enterprises, the new device also supports PIN verification for debit cards and NFC payments, rendering it compatible with Google Wallet, though it likely won’t see a widespread release until 2012. Perhaps more intriguing is what this move could mean for the company’s notoriously heated rivalry with Square. By explicitly targeting bigger retailers, VeriFone seems to be distinguishing itself from the small business-focused Square, despite the fact that its new product looks a lot like one of Jack Dorsey’s creations — or, as some CEOs would call them, “skimming devices.”

VeriFone’s new Payware Mobile Enterprise for Tablets looks a little Square originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 30 Jun 2011 11:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink Electronista  |  sourceBloomberg  | Email this | Comments

No Comments | Tags:
Jun 28

Office 365 ditches the beta tag, ready to take on Google Apps

Posted in: available, business, launch, Today's Chili

Office 365We know what you’re thinking — you like the idea of Google Apps, but the Mountain View crew kind of creeps you out. Well, don’t worry, Microsoft has your back. After making its beta debut last year, Office 365 is officially ready to spread its wings and offer its productivity web app wares to the business-minded masses. For $6 per-user, per-month small businesses get access to Microsoft Office Web Apps, Exchange, SharePoint and Lync video conferencing and can take advantage of the suite’s integration with WP7 once Mango lands. Larger, enterprise plans start at $10 per user while adding support for desktop Office products and Lync VoIP solutions as you climb the pricing ladder. Really there’s not much more to say except, check out the full PR after the break.

Continue reading Office 365 ditches the beta tag, ready to take on Google Apps

Office 365 ditches the beta tag, ready to take on Google Apps originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink   |  sourceMicrosoft  | Email this | Comments

No Comments | Tags: ,
Jun 27

Sprint wants enterprise customers to consider WiMAX, ditch the T-1

Posted in: 4G, business, enterprise, Sprint, Today's Chili, WiMAX

SprintSprint seems to think its 4G tech would make an excellent replacement for the old-school T-1 lines many businesses have been relying on to keep them connected to the web since the 1970s. You may remember that WiMAX was originally pitched as a “last mile” solution as well as the next generation of mobile broadband. Well, the wireless carrier rocking black and yellow is taking the plunge on fixed-access 802.16 and targeting enterprise customers. The speeds are the same that everyone toting an Evo is already accustomed to (3 to 6Mbps down and 2.5Mbps up), but with a guaranteed 99.95 percent availability. When compared to traditional wired business connections, WiMAX is both both quicker to deploy and cheaper to operate, but Sprint will certainly face an uphill battle in trying to convince businesses to ditch the tried-and-true T-1. Check out the full PR after the break.

Continue reading Sprint wants enterprise customers to consider WiMAX, ditch the T-1

Sprint wants enterprise customers to consider WiMAX, ditch the T-1 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink   |   | Email this | Comments

No Comments | Tags: ,