Dig my blog

Samsung is flooding the mobile market with a galaxy of Galaxy products. From the original Galaxy S phones launched in March 2010 to the Galaxy Tab tablets, Galaxy S II phones and the new Galaxy Note, the South Korean manufacturer is making the most of its grandiose brand name, which has been well received by critics and consumers. Now the company is gearing up for the third generation of its powerful, large-touchscreen handsets, with the Galaxy S3, and its launch may well coincide with the expected launch of archrival Apple’s eagerly awaited iPhone 5 this summer. Samsung raised some eyebrows by announcing Wednesday that it will not showcase the Galaxy S3 at the annual Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, later this month. Galaxy Far, Far Away? “Samsung is looking forward to introducing and demonstrating exciting new mobile products at Mobile World Congress 2012,” the company said in a statement first reported by the Web site TechRadar. “The successor to the Galaxy S2 smartphone will be unveiled at a separate Samsung-hosted event in the first half of the year, closer to commercial availability of the product.” The U.S. versions of the Galaxy phones, with a 4-inch Super AMOLED screen, 1-GHz processor and 5-megapixel camera were first announced in June 2010 as T-Mobile’s Vibrant, AT&T’s Captivate, Sprint’s Epic, and Verizon Wireless’s Fascinate. U.S. Cellular later added a variant called the Mesmerize, and MetroPCS added the Galaxy Indulge. The Galaxy S II was unveiled almost a year ago at the Mobile World Congress with upgraded features such as a 1.2 GHz, dual-core processor, 1 gigabyte of RAM, a 4.3-inch WVGA Super AMOLED Plus screen display and 8-megapixel camera with flash and 1080p high-definition recording. The Galaxy Nexus, the first to run Google’s Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) operating system and with a 4.65-inch screen and near-field communication technology for… Continue reading Galaxy S3 Delay Could Mean Head to Head Challenge to iPhone →

In the latest battle in their worldwide legal war, Apple has failed to obtain a temporary ban in Germany on Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1N tablet and its Galaxy Nexus smartphone. The decision by the Munich Regional Court comes one day after an appeals court in Dusseldorf ruled in favor of Apple’s request to ban the previous Samsung tablet model, the Galaxy Tab 10.1. The 10.1N was released by Samsung with a few modifications to the 10.1 version, specifically to avoid a preliminary ban that had been granted for the earlier model based on patent infringements. A lower Dusseldorf court will soon hear another case filed by Apple about the 10.1N. If sales of the 10.1N are allowed to proceed, the Dusseldorf court ruling on the 10.1 may no longer be relevant. Modifications on 10.1, Galaxy Smartphone The ban on the 10.1 model became effective in August. The 10.1N model, which adds a metal frame around the edge of the tablet to change its appearance enough to avoid the patent issue, went on sale in late November, and the decision Wednesday resulted from Apple’s attempt to get the revised model banned as well. For the Dutch market, Samsung had made a change to software on its Galaxy smartphones, which related to how users flip through a photo gallery. The change was made to get around an injunction obtained in that country by Apple, also based on patent infringements. Florian Mueller, a Munich-based patent expert, wrote in his Foss Patents blog Wednesday that preliminary injunctions based on patents, which both Samsung and Apple have tried to obtain on the other, have frequently failed because they ask courts to make quick judgments about patents, which can be complex. Target: Android Meanwhile, the European Commission said Tuesday that it will look into whether Samsung had broken a commitment… Continue reading Apple Loses One Samsung Battle, Wins Another →

A major TV component manufacturer revealed that Apple contacted it about providing TV display components, Piper Jaffray analysts said in a note to investors Tuesday. “We continue to believe Apple is preparing to launch a television and is likely targeting a late calendar year 2012 launch,” said analysts Gene Munster and Andrew Murphy. “But the timeline and scope of a revamped content solution is more uncertain.” The comments are the latest indication that Apple intends to fulfill the late CEO Steve Jobs’ vision of delivering a simple but elegant user interface for revolutionizing the mainstream TV market. App Developers Key Munster and Murphy believe that Apple’s strong iOS developer community would likely jump at the chance to build apps for an Apple Television, and that millions of users of Apple products based on the iOS platform would be intrigued by an Apple TV offering. However, the launch of an entirely new platform is not without considerable risks. “If you lead a developer ecosystem then you have to keep feeding them and you also have a responsibility to take them to the Promised Land or at least ever higher patches,” said Al Hilwa, director of applications development software at IDC. On the other hand, Apple may believe it is even more risky to cede the television market to rivals. “If Apple does not crack the TV or living room entertainment nut, then Microsoft, Google, Amazon or maybe even Facebook may get there before them,” Hilwa said. Apple TV Options Apple could simply enable the Apple Television platform to manage a consumer’s live TV service from within a unified interface much like TiVo does today. To avoid the high cost of market entry, however, Apple would need to rely on Multiple Services Operator partnerships. “While this would be the easiest and most likely option, it would also be the… Continue reading Analysts Predict Late-2012 Apple TV Launch →

Cisco is pushing its cloud-ready switching portfolio to market. Cisco has updated its switch lineup with 100- and 40-gigabit Ethernet capabilities. Cisco clearly sees opportunity. According to the Cisco Cloud Index, more than 50 percent of computing workloads in data centers will be cloud-based by 2014, and global cloud traffic will grow more than 12 times by 2015, to 1.6 zettabytes per year. That’s the equivalent of more than four days of business-class video for every person on earth. “This is a good announcement for Cisco,” said Zeus Kerravala, principal analyst at ZK Research. “Look at the popularity of 10 gig now for server interconnects. You typically want to keep your inner switch links at a higher speed than what you are running your servers at because you don’t want the network to be a bottleneck. Cisco is not first to market with 100 gigs — Brocade was — but Cisco is not late to market, either.” Demand for 100 GB? Cisco said its new capabilities provide a “holistic architectural approach” across campus, data center and service provider environments, and address emerging trends like cloud, video, mobility and the proliferation of 10 Gb Ethernet. The announcement is in line with cloud market moves Cisco has been making lately, including the recently rolled out CloudVerse solution. Cisco said the new switches are a key element of its strategy to help customers meet the demands of cloud computing trends and the “resulting data deluge.” “I think you’ll start seeing the demand for these switches,” Kerravala said. “We’ll probably see more demand for the 40 gig than the 100 gig. But it’s good that Cisco has a 100 gig option because companies that need the speed prefer that exponential jump from 10 gigs. In a lot of people’s minds, mine included, 100 is the next logical step… Continue reading Cisco Pushes 100-Gigabit Ethernet Capability into Switch Portfolio →

Xerox 8560MFP/D Phaser 8560 Multi-Function Color Printer brings these features. Cost-effective, efficient multi-function unit prints, copies, scans and faxesPre-loaded with 1 solid ink stick of each color for bright, vivid imagesPrints 30 ppm in color and black-and-white; print resolution of up to 2400 dpi; first-page-out in 6 secondsFaxes as fast as 3 seconds per page; [...]. Continue reading Xerox 8560MFP/D Phaser 8560 Multi-Function Color Printer →