5. Amazon’s Kindle Fire The company surprised everybody with this new and colourful device that is not only a book readers but an entertainment source as well and that is not the end of it. The price tag slapped on it is even more bewildering. "Underdog" doesn’t typically describe Amazon products. But the well-reviewed Kindle […]
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3. Ice Cream Sandwich Not only iOS 5 got a big reception in iPhone 4S but Google release a new version of its trademark operating system that was an upgrade to the predecessors. Although it sprung a learning curve but it is better software nonetheless. Until Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich arrived on the scene, […]
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Following are some of the products that were successful during the year that saw a more cut throat competition from these companies. 1. Apple iPhone 4S No introduction to this revolutionizing handset. It just got bigger on the screen this year. The iPhone 4S is the ultimate comeback kid. Despite showing up four months later […]
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Not many innovations this year but there were are a number of new products that advanced in mobile technology and home entertainment. Apple spurred mobile technology and gave it a new name of mobile computers. There is no doubt that mobile was in the market even before the first iPhone came into the market but […]
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Amazon has managed to sell a million units of Kindle Fire in the week leading to Christmas. The tablet device was the most desired product during the holiday season, which also saw sales of electronic books skyrocket. Despite the good sales figures reported by the U.S. e-Commerce giant, analysts were not convinced: it has been […]
In 2011, Apple sold 39 million iPads versus 7 to 8 million tablets using the new Android tablet OS (v3.x). Amazon and B&N, with Google’s ball, developed low-price tablets based on Android 2.x; they sold about 6-7 million this year. However, the bigger picture still has room for Google’s operating system to pose as the […]
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Google locked horns with Apple in mobile technology in 2008 after the release of its first Android operating system. Since then it has been the ball game of two; other operating systems like Blackberry OS and webOS didn’t stand a chance in the market. Google’s strategy in mobile computing had been totally different from others. […]
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However, this year, though the economy is still finding its footing on a stable terrain and Europe is going through a tough time, the trend of making online transactions has shown its healthy signs. The public is preferring to go online and order a product and are willing to pay for the shipment charges, which […]
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That means almost 18.4 percent of all the transactions were made through mobile devices like the tablets and smartphones. Netbooks and notebooks are not included in this category. The story does not end at these facts. There has been an enormous shift seen in the increase of online sales and the biggest part in encouraging […]
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International Business Machine (IBM) released the stats of Christmas Day purchases mostly made on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2011. The most amazing fact that mesmerised even IBM was this year’s statistics of online shopping. Since the 2008 recession, the online shopping trend had shifted steeply to traditional brick and mortar transactions. In a survey, it […]
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The Amazon slate might be ushered into a tough situation by the launch of a same sized counterpart but there is more to it than meets the eye. First of all, Apple will not touch the bottom line benchmarked price of $200. It will still be on the higher end of the cost, may be […]
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Amazon’s Kindle Fire has been on hot streak since the release in October and the major selling point is its price tag. For $199 the owner gets a sharp resolution on a 7-inch colour screen and a well-organized application store that has everything from book apps to movies. However, the low price eclipses some of […]
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