Compared to the Forbes report published here a couple of days back, this report looks only at mobility related trends. 4G networks are coming, smartphone could become smart enough to be the only device to be carried by consumers. If need be you could dock it with a larger screen, keyboard etc.Products are coming out that are smartphone and yet powerful enough to do double duty as a computing device and then dock with thos things if needed. Motorola Atrix, RIM Playbook etc. are some examples.
On the other side Android Honeycomb that can handle multi core ( in fact, it would require multi core processors) are going to barge into this integrated space too if they have enough communication savvy to connect to 3G and 4G networks! I am happy that, when one or the other happens, there will be only onedevice to carry rather than we trying to juggle several of them!
The key mobile trends emerging from CES 2011
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Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
ARM amazes Me!
A silicon processor that is not fabricated by the designer company is an amazement in itself. Thar the processor has been around for such a long time and has undergone improvements over time adds to that amazement. Though it could not make dent in the PC space, it is almost omnipresent in the mobile telephone handset segment. There are two interesting evolutions taking place as of now.
The first of these is that the personal computer may be undergoing an evolution in front of our eyes. The tablet form factor seems to be generating a lot of interest and there are a lot of devices on offer or about to come into market. The leader in this space is the iPad of course who seems to have sold more than a million devices, since its introduction a little more than a month ago. This form factor is likely to become the device of choice for people.Will the recent netbook form factor be as popular as it was at the launch of the products?
The other evolution that is happening is that tablets are getting designed by not Intel processors. The highly popular iPad is built around a processor, the A4, that has ARM at its core. There are tablets that use NVIDIA's Tegra processor that has two core ARM and graphics processors to take care of handling 1080p video. So, an interesting speculation is if ARM is going to take over the Tablet space!
While Atom from Intel powered the netbooks predominantly, the netbooks were designed to be mainly for net surfing rather than personal productivity. Thus the underpowered Atom was a good fit. But, now it is threatened with tablets. Tablets are designed to be able to personal productivity applications as well. That is a genuine threat to netbooks and Intel has already come out with a dual core Atom which can overcome the low horse power of the original Atom chip.
Let's wait and watch if ARM is going to take over the tablet space after conquering the mobile kingdom!
The first of these is that the personal computer may be undergoing an evolution in front of our eyes. The tablet form factor seems to be generating a lot of interest and there are a lot of devices on offer or about to come into market. The leader in this space is the iPad of course who seems to have sold more than a million devices, since its introduction a little more than a month ago. This form factor is likely to become the device of choice for people.Will the recent netbook form factor be as popular as it was at the launch of the products?
The other evolution that is happening is that tablets are getting designed by not Intel processors. The highly popular iPad is built around a processor, the A4, that has ARM at its core. There are tablets that use NVIDIA's Tegra processor that has two core ARM and graphics processors to take care of handling 1080p video. So, an interesting speculation is if ARM is going to take over the Tablet space!
While Atom from Intel powered the netbooks predominantly, the netbooks were designed to be mainly for net surfing rather than personal productivity. Thus the underpowered Atom was a good fit. But, now it is threatened with tablets. Tablets are designed to be able to personal productivity applications as well. That is a genuine threat to netbooks and Intel has already come out with a dual core Atom which can overcome the low horse power of the original Atom chip.
Let's wait and watch if ARM is going to take over the tablet space after conquering the mobile kingdom!
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
iPAD Vs. Other eReaders
I have written on this before. There's iPad on one side which not only can read books but let you view video and play games, surf Internet etc. etc. The reader only eReaders as simply trying to duplicate the book reading experience for us. The eInk interface tries to emulate the printed words on a white page kind of feel for the reader. By itself these are nice devices. They not only emulate the book reading experience but also let you carry a slection of books with you and depending on what model it is; it'll let you buy books from a store too.That is an attractive concept by itself except that it has come about at this point in time.
What is happening with the mobile devices, Internet connectivity and laptop/ netbook kind of devices is that there is a push for convergence. People seem to pushing for a device that can give us phone connectivity, Internet connectivity, email and office productivity on the go and so on. It's great if we can have these in one device! These typically would be able to let you read books too. So what if that reading experience is slightly different from reading a paperback! What if the screen glows back at you, what about the convenience of touch screen! What about the convenience of all these functionality compared to just a replacement for current paperbacks!
I am pretty sure the combine device would win. What exact form it'll take could be debatable but who would want to carry an additional eReader when the device you are carrying can let you read the book you want! You reading habits would need a little change, but that's been changing a lot recently anyway!
What is happening with the mobile devices, Internet connectivity and laptop/ netbook kind of devices is that there is a push for convergence. People seem to pushing for a device that can give us phone connectivity, Internet connectivity, email and office productivity on the go and so on. It's great if we can have these in one device! These typically would be able to let you read books too. So what if that reading experience is slightly different from reading a paperback! What if the screen glows back at you, what about the convenience of touch screen! What about the convenience of all these functionality compared to just a replacement for current paperbacks!
I am pretty sure the combine device would win. What exact form it'll take could be debatable but who would want to carry an additional eReader when the device you are carrying can let you read the book you want! You reading habits would need a little change, but that's been changing a lot recently anyway!
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