Find: ARM alchemy turns ubiquity into gold, profits up 25 percent

Arm ships a billion, but earns millions. Very different from intel.  

ARM alchemy turns ubiquity into gold, profits up 25 percent



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A 25 percent rise in profits might look modest compared to the 167 percent explosion announced at the end of Q2 last year, but we doubt anyone at ARM's UK HQ will be moaning. A typically understated earnings report highlighted 1.1 billion ARM-based chips shipped into mobiles and tablets, plus another 800 million chips into other types of devices in Q2. Other tidbits included two new signings for next-gen Cortex-A15 chips, plus two more for Mali graphics chips, which ought to help the mobile chip king maintain its dominance into next year. If you had an extra sausage with your fry-up this morning, ARM, then you deserved it.

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Find: Nielsen: Android accounts for 39 percent of smartphones in the US, Apple is the top device maker


Nielsen's just released a study confirming what some other studies have already concluded -- that Android devices account for the single largest swath of smartphone users in the US, with 39 percent OS share as of the second quarter. That compares with 28 percent for iOS, although Apple still reigns as the country's top-selling device maker. Simply put, that's a reflection of the fact that Apple is the only outfit churning out iOS devices, whereas a bevy of companies led by HTC, Motorola, and Samsung have helped make Android the dominant OS in the states. And let's not forget about RIM, another hardware / software shop, which still commands a 20 percent chunk of the market. Rounding out the list, Windows Phone and Windows Mobile account for nine percent, largely thanks to sales of HTC handsets, while webOS and Symbian each eked out two percent. At this point we don't doubt that Android is the most ubiquitous mobile operating system this side of the Atlantic, although it's worth noting that Nielsen based its results on a sample of roughly 20,000 people -- all of whom are postpaid subscribers.

Nielsen: Android accounts for 39 percent of smartphones in the US, Apple is the top device maker originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:55:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Intel integrated graphics: finally good enough for the MacBook Air?


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Intel integrated graphics: finally good enough for the MacBook Air?




At long last, Apple released Intel's highly anticipated Sandy Bridge updates on both the MacBook Air and Mac mini earlier this month. However, many of these machines—along with the 13" MacBook Pro introduced earlier this year—rely solely on Intel's integrated graphics, a move that raised eyebrows among users allergic to the reduced performance that often comes with Intel's integrated GPUs. The move from Intel's integrated GPU from the 320M indeed has some trade-offs, but some investigation reveals that performance is, as we suspected, largely the same.

While Intel's reputation for graphics hasn't gone much beyond "just barely enough to suffice," the integrated GPU in Sandy Bridge processors represents Intel's first serious effort to address performance. That performance generally compares to low-end discrete GPUs, while in many cases reducing overall power consumption.

We thought it would be useful to examine the differences between Apple's previous integrated solution—the 320M—and Intel's HD Graphics 3000. Given that Intel's next-generation architecture, codenamed Ivy Bridge, is expected to offer significantly improved graphics, we can draw some conclusions about why Apple decided to make the switch now rather than later.


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Competition: Microsoft Design Expo - students show some serious skill

Find: Global smartphone market share

The only companies that lost share were the two old leaders: rim and nokia.

via Ars Technica by casey.johnston@arstechnica.com (Casey Johnston) on 7/27/11

Smartphone sales will hit 420 million units by the end of 2011, yet still make up only 28 percent of the market, according to a study released by IMS Research. At the onset of 2011, Nokia and Apple were the dominant brands, accounting for over 40 percent of smartphones sold in the first quarter of the year, but Samsung is rapidly catching up, experiencing well over 300 percent growth in global smartphone market share over the same quarter last year. Samsung now has 13 percent of the market.

Motorola appears to have stagnated, maintaining a 4 percent share year-over-year, while RIM dropped from 20 to 15 percent smartphone market share. Josh Builta, an analyst from IMS, cites the manufacturers' poor positioning to capitalize on the "market trend" of smartphone ownership as the primary reason the market appears to be held back.

Builta cited LG as a prime example of a brand that has failed to pursue a diverse line of smartphones. But despite LG's allegedly indifferent attitude, its smartphone market share jumped from 1 to 4 percent from the first quarter of 2010 to 2011.

HTC, on the other hand, despite being a brand that focuses exclusively on smartphones, saw less growth, from 6 to 10 percent of the smartphone market. While Nokia still made it into the hands of 24 percent of smartphone buyers in the first quarter of 2011, it appears to be hemorrhaging customers: last year, 40 percent of smartphone sales were Nokia handsets.

Based on growth of the market so far, IMS estimates that smartphones will hit one billion sales by 2016, when they will account for 50 percent of all mobile handsets sold.

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Find: An App for Reporting an Emergency

Find: Book Apps for Adults

How tabs are changing reading. 

Gadgetwise: AppSmart Extra: Book Apps for Adults

Find: RIM to lay off 2,000 employees, shuffle executives

The downward slide turns into pink slips. 

RIM to lay off 2,000 employees, shuffle executives

Find: What You Capture Is What You Get: A New Way for Task Migration Across Devices

Take a picture of a pc phone tablet with your phone, same intent shows up on your phone. 

What You Capture Is What You Get: A New Way for Task Migration Across Devices

Opp: Android Camp: students spend a week developing Android applications

Goog's android camp sounds a lot like our class!

Android Camp: students spend a week developing Android applications

Job: TransLoc Inc. looking for a Blackberry developer.

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From: Yanglei Zhao <yzhao11@ncsu.edu>
Date: Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 3:58 PM
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Hi all,

TransLoc Inc. is looking for a local Blackberry developer to do some contract/freelance work.

TransLōc is a next generation passenger information system. It offers riders a safe, comfortable, and convenient wait for the bus and gives transit operators a more efficient, more appreciated transit system.

If you are interested, please contact work@transloc.com for detailed requirement and information.

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Find: Nokia Sea Ray leaks out in video

Nokias wp7 phone looks nice. Listening to the Chinese factory noise gets me thinking: that's a hell of a growth curve they're on.

Nokia Sea Ray leaks out in video

Find: MasterCard, Visa, American Express, Discover join ISIS mobile payment network

The jockeying for mobile payment gold starts getting ugly. Seems there are two camps: isis and google. 

MasterCard, Visa, American Express, Discover join ISIS mobile payment network

Find: MetaWatch prototype review

There is potential here for notifications and ambient display... and more we haven't thought of. They are right to point out that fashion may matter more. This is a true case where design and engineering need to collaborate closely. 

MetaWatch prototype review

Find: Nokia commits to launching first Windows Phone device in 2011 amidst ‘greater than expected’ challenges

Viz: Raleigh Startup deja Mi launches iPhone App

Not sure this is different enough, but wish em luck! Two Ncsu design grads.

Raleigh Startup deja Mi launches iPhone App

Find: Knocking down barriers to knowledge

The Goog on mobile vs desktop search, and voice and image search. 

Knocking down barriers to knowledge

Find: Apple Seeds iOS 5 Beta 3 to Developers

I want to try icloud. But I really want notifications. 

Apple Seeds iOS 5 Beta 3 to Developers [In Brief]

Apple Seeds iOS 5 Beta 3 to Developers

Find: The explosion of connected devices

The explosion of data sensors, senders and receivers will need more computation, especially visualization. Attention will be ever more precious. 

The explosion of connected devices


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By 2015, there will be over 3 times the amount of connected devices as people on the planet. Where is this all going?

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Find: iPhone 5 redesign likely says WSJ, but have you met the iPad HD?

Expected new hires iPad sounds great for reading. I want an air with retina display please. 

iPhone 5 redesign likely says WSJ, but have you met the iPad HD?

Find: Samsung releases code of WebCL implementation for WebKit

Nvidia's Cuda for gpu accelerated general computing competes with open  standard opencl. Webgl permits browser apps to accelerate graphics using gpu. New standard webcl allows browser apps to accelerate non graphics apps with gpu.

Samsung releases code of WebCL implementation for WebKit






Find: Apple Customers Have Downloaded 15 Billion Apps

Divide by how many iPhones sold and that's what, 100 apps per user?

Apple Customers Have Downloaded 15 Billion Apps

Find: Tools of Entry, No Need for a Key Chain

Will phones replace keys? Maybe. I watch my phone as carefully as I do my keys. But: 

I don't want to drop my phone like I do my keys. But maybe I won't since I will have just one "key". 

Is my phone easier to hack than my key? Dont think so. 

My phone has my address in it. My keys dont. 

I use my phone for other things than unlocking. Do I misplace it more often and lock myself out? Don't think so. 

Tools of Entry, No Need for a Key Chain

Find: Is text messaging endangered? Probably not

Of course not. Texting in some form (sms or not) will always be around. And right now nothing but SMS can reach every phone. 

Is text messaging endangered? Probably not

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Find: Pew: E-readers growing faster than tablets

When tabs are cheaper, they will gain. By that time, ereaders will be even cheaper, and the choice will be and, not or. 

Pew: E-readers growing faster than tablets

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Find: Are Tablets Killing E-Readers? Um, No ….

But ereaders will shrink in share eventually. 

Are Tablets Killing E-Readers? Um, No ….

Find: Cheap iPhone - Why Apple should create a downmarket version of its best-selling product

He's right. Apple should take this once every 30 years chance to win market share. They can certainly afford to. 

Cheap iPhone: Why Apple should create a downmarket version of its best-selling product.

Find: Just How Many Android Tablet Apps Are There?

Find: ARM chips to rival PS3, Xbox 360 in 18 months?

Arm based mobile chips will soon be faster than ps3 and xbox 360. So they are about 7-8 years behind on the gpu curve. But way ahead in tris per watt....