‘Electronics’ Archives
HP unveils giant 11-feet by 7-feet touchscreens for retailers and businesses
Hewlett-Packard sure knows how to build big stuff. Today, the world’s biggest computer maker is taking the wraps off its wall-sized 132-inch touchscreen displays that can be used in high-end retail displays or battlefield control rooms. HP hopes this will take its digital [Read More]
Your kids will love this tablet under the tree this Christmas
The crowded tablet market now offers a number of devices in various weights, screen sizes and operating systems. But are there any tablets built to withstand tough treatment from kids? This week, I tested a tablet aimed at ages 4 through 9: the $100 LeapPad Explorer from [Read More]
Android weather & business apps making money says new report
Android Market regularly comes in for criticism from developers, concerned that it’s too hard to make money from paid apps on Google’s app store. However, a new report from research2guidance posits some pretty positive figures. The company claims that the [Read More]
Can a pink Nintendo 3DS for women boost sales and restore falling profits?
Nintendo Co., the world’s biggest maker of game players, will add functions to its 3DS and target women to spur demand, after sales of the device slumped and led the company to slash its profit forecast to a 26-year low. The upgrades will include a feature to allow users [Read More]
Nintendo drops 3D handheld console price – sales soar 240 percent
Sales of Nintendo’s latest handheld console, the Nintendo 3DS, rose 260 percent after the company slashed the price of the device by 40 percent. Nintendo sold 185,000 Nintendo 3DS units after the company lowered the price of the device to $170 from a launch price of $250. [Read More]
Apple on track to surpass Nokia – predicted to ship 86.4 million iPhones this year
Apple will finally surpass Nokia in smartphone shipment volumes this year, shipping nearly twice as many iPhones as it did last year, according to a report by Digitimes Research. Apple is expected to ship 86.4 million iPhones this year, up 82 percent from 2010. Nokia’s [Read More]
Kids get their own ‘iPad’ with the new LeapPad from LeapFrog
LeapFrog is hoping to ride the coattails of Apple’s iPad success by creating a kid-friendly iPad-like device called the LeapPad. Here’s a closer look at this device, what it can do, and how it stacks up in the world of digital media for kids. The LeapPad is a [Read More]
3D moving into smartphone space
While smartphones took the telecommunications scene by storm, it seems like 3D technology is about to force its way into the spotlight with mobile manufacturers testing the water with their latest releases. With the likes of 3D smartphones such as LG’s Optimus 3D not [Read More]
Android fastest growing smartphone in UK – beats out Blackberry
More than double the share of second-placed BlackBerry. New figures from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech for the 12 weeks ending August 7th 2011 show how fast the Android OS is growing in the UK. Mobile Entertainment [Read More]
In time for Xmas – new full color KIndle just $250
It’s called simply the “Amazon Kindle”. But it’s not like any Kindle you’ve seen before. It displays content in full color. It has a 7-inch capacitive touch screen. And it runs Android. TechCrunch [Read More]
