Thursday, May 31, 2012

Samsung Galaxy S3: Top 5 reasons it will change the game - uSwitch.com

Samsung Galaxy S3: Top 5 reasons it will change the game

Samsung Galaxy S3: Top 5 reasons it will change the game

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All eyes are on Samsung, as we tick down the hours to the S3’s unveiling. Here’s why it promises to smash records and tear up the smartphone market rulebook forever…
1 Simultaneous international launch means its impact is undiluted
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The S2 managed to annex magazine, tech site and newspaper column inches and rack up over 20 million sales despite a botched, staggered release that meant it landed on some US carriers six months after it debuted in Europe.
This time Samsung is giving its flagship a simultaneous global release. With no dilution of its impact at launch, that ought to equate to the Galaxy S3 making a massive splash early on.
Team this with Sammy's rumoured vast ad-spend and the resulting massive visibility for the S3 and it means it’s odds-on to power to a sales record for an Android phone and come close to the kind of numbers usually reserved for iPhones.
2 It’ll engender an age of quad-core apps
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The huge sales that the Galaxy S3 is set to rack up will provide a huge financial fillip for devs to create apps that take advantage of its graphical muscle. We think you can start pencilling the first massively immersive, graphically rich games in about 12 months time.
That’s not to say that it’ll kill off the likes of Angry Birds and its 79p, casual ilk. More’s the pity. But quad-core phones like the S3 must mean the clock is ticking for them…
3 It’s going to take 'phablets' to the mass market
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The Galaxy Note has done sales of over five million since landing last October. That’s much more than was expected. But still a long way from the numbers needed to say that larger screen devices have come of age.
With a display mooted to be between 4.6 and 4.8-inches, the S3 is a phablet in all but name. And by hipping the mass market to the joys of acres of screen real estate, the S3 could be the gateway device that pushes that much maligned form factor to bigger things.
4 It’ll give NFC the push it needs
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In keeping with Samsung’s status as an Olympics sponsor, the S3 will surely be touted as the event’s official phone.
What will this mean? Well, we think part of the deal will be that it’ll pack NFC support to be used by punters around the Olympic site to pay for low-ticket items and salty sustenance at high-street retailers and restaurants by swiping their phone over a reader.
More importantly, let’s assume the S3 does 30 million units. That’s tens of millions of extra handset owners with NFC-capable phones in their pockets. We think on sheer numbers alone, the S3 will be critical in taking the tech overground.
5 Brand recognition
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Part of the S2’s success was down to Samsung’s greater brand visibility compared with other Android phone makers, not least HTC.
That, teamed with the penetration achieved by the S2 and the Note, and the fact that sales of HTC’s One range don’t seem to be matching their glowing reviews, mean that all the stars are aligning for the S3 to blow a huge hole in the market.
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Windows 8: Using Multiple Monitors Made Easier

Windows 8: Using Multiple Monitors Made Easier

by Brandon Dimmel on 20120524 @ 08:07AM EST | google it | send to friends
Filed under Business | Microsoft | (related terms: desktop, yalovsky, screen, support, pc)

Right now there are a lot of people wondering whether an upgrade from Windows 7 to the soon-to-be-released Windows 8 operating system (OS) is worth the hassle. You may be one of them.

To combat this apprehension, Microsoft has been trying to build consumer interest in and desire for the new OS by highlighting its various new tools, features, and improvements.

As part of this campaign, Microsoft is making much of another Windows 8 improvement: better support for using multiple monitors.
Microsoft: 1 in 7 Desktop Users Employ Multiple Screens

With the price of PC monitors dipping in recent years, computer users have begun using multiple monitors as a cost-effective way of maximizing productivity. In fact, Microsoft estimates that 14 per cent of desktop PC users now work with two or more screens.

At the same time, the emergence of tablet computers has introduced a totally new way to view and interact with large amounts of data.

Microsoft says it recognizes these trends, and is doing something about them. (Source: zdnet.com)

"A multi-monitor setup allows you to be more productive by having more windows across multiple screens," noted Microsoft user experience team manager, Mark Yalovsky.

"We're very excited about the ease at which tablets in Windows 8 will be able to support large screen and high-resolution monitors (often through HDMI connectors), as this opens up a broad range of exciting new scenarios." (Source: informationweek.com)
Seamless Control of Multiple Monitors with Windows 8

Experts now expect that Windows 8's new interface, called 'Metro,' will be optimized for use with multiple monitors. As a result, Metro apps will easily be able to run across several screens at once, whether they are PCs or tablet displays.

Users of Windows 8 will also have the option of running a Metro application on one display while continuing to use the Windows desktop on another. Moving files and windows between those displays will be seamless, Microsoft says.

"Using the mouse, you can now drag and drop Metro Style apps across monitors," Yalovsky said. "Drag and drop works for both full screen and snapped apps."

Microsoft also says that users will be able to work with multiple desktop images. "How many people really want to look at the same picture twice?" Yalovsky asked.

What's more, in multiple screen mode each Windows 8 display will feature a special boundary, making it easier to mouse across two or more screens.

"We've designed the corners to provide help when you need it and to get out of the way when you don't," Yalovsky said. (Source: informationweek.com)

Monday, May 28, 2012

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