Dell, the shift in the focus of work-and play tablets, smartphones

After "moderate success" selling smartphones and achieving tablets for consumers, Dell the focus is shifted devices that work and play, straddle CEO said the company this week.

Future tablets and Smartphones from Dell will be oriented to an audience, the it for both for business travellers as well as for personal use, will, said Steve Lalla, Dell's Vice President and general manager of mobility products and solutions at the Dell World Conference in Austin, Texas.

"We have playing go the first few years after a pure consumers." "We had moderate success, but we really wanted to align our strategy, our core-business solutions," said Lalla.

Dell Publishing this year a new smartphone or tablet, and more devices next year Lalla said to offer information.

Dell's consumer business has a back seat in recent years as the company builds to make a product portfolio, acquired more success in data centers. Dell has released streak tablets with different screen sizes, the Google's Android OS running and use place smartphones, the Android and Microsoft's Windows phone 7 operating systems.

In August set Dell streak 5 poor customer service, and the other products fared not much better. It builds alliances with wireless carriers and other partners, to its future devices successfully.

"I think it is on this path of this kind of a stand-alone [device], let it started us, we get a feel for that important, and now we are there to the next level, the" Lalla said.

Some of the features integrated in its future mobile devices will probably access to enterprise cloud applications, easy management and improve safety.

Lalla rejected rumors that Dell support for Windows phone 7 had set. Earlier this month, created rumors that Dell would not back Windows phone 7 for future smartphones, Lalla, said the company maintains an open approach with operating systems and builds phones depending on the needs of consumers.

Dell executives also said that the company plans to release new devices on Google Android and Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 operating systems based. Android successfully are a lot of excitement about Windows 8, according to Steve Felice, President of the consumer, on smartphones but less on tablets, and small and medium enterprises in Dell, during a question and answer session with press and analysts.

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Tablets become Braille keyboard

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12 October 2011 Last updated at 12:59 GMT Braille can seem outdated in a world where touchscreens are ubiquitous A team of US researchers has devised a way for people with impaired vision to use the touchscreen of a tablet such as an iPad as a Braille keyboard.

It turns some previously fundamental thinking about how to make technology accessible to blind people on its head.

Instead of using a keyboard or mechanical writer, users type directly onto the flat glass.

The inventors used a novel design for the keyboard to overcome the lack of tactile features.

Smart keyboard

"Instead of having fingers that find the buttons, we built buttons that find the fingers," said Stanford's Sohan Dharmaraja, one of the researchers on the project.

The software creates a smart keyboard for users

Users place eight fingers on the screen and the keyboard appears. Shaking the device activates a menu, and further interaction is achieved by regular touch gestures.

Mr Dharmaraja, alongside team-mates Adam Duran - an undergraduate from New Mexico University - and assistant professor Adrian Lew, came up with the idea during a boffin's X-Factor-style contest.

The competition, organised each year by Stanford University, challenges students to come up with some innovative future computing ideas over their summer break.

In demonstrations Mr Duran typed out a complicated mathematical formula and the chemical equation for photosynthesis.

But it also offers a solution for more basic problems.

"Imagine being blind in the classroom, how would you take notes? What if you were on the street and needed to copy down a phone number? These are real challenges the blind grapple with every day," said Prof Lew.

There are some obvious benefits to using touchscreen technology over traditional Braille writers.

"Current physical note takers are big and clunky and range from $3,000 (£2,000) to $6,000 (£4,000). Tablet PCs are available at a fraction of the cost and do so much more," said Mr Dharmaraja.

Promising development

As part of the project, the students had to learn Braille. The system, originally developed for the French military, is made up of six dots arranged in various patterns. They are read by people's fingertips.

But the system can seem outdated in a modern era where touchscreens are ubiquitous.

Accessible touch screen devices such as the iPad offer a huge range of possibilities for developers and for blind and partially sighted people," said Robin Spinks, the Royal National Institute for Blind People's manager of digital accessibility.

"This prototype Braille keyboard for touch screen devices represents a very promising development, and RNIB look forward to being able to test it with our members in the future," he added.

It may be some while until the Stanford project is turned into a commercial reality but the team are determined.

"Who knows what we will get because of this device. It is opening a door that wasn't open before," said Mr Dharmaraja.

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TECHNOLOGY, Tablets, Smartphones to Get Speed Boost With New Memory

A new form of mobile DDR3 memory that can speed up tablets, smartphones and laptops could appear in devices starting as early as late next year, with adoption ramping up in 2013, analysts said on Thursday.
Low-power DDR3 memory -- also called LPDDR3 -- will bring a bigger data transfer pipe to tablets and smartphones, which could translate into better performance and longer battery life, analysts said. Standards-setting organization JEDEC (Joint Electron Device Engineering Council) is defining the specifications for LPDDR3, which draws heavily from conventional DDR3 DRAM found in PCs today.
The mobile memory will replace LPDDR2, which is found in current smartphones and tablets like Apple's iPad. Memory maker Samsung Electronics this week said it had developed a 4GB LPDDR3 DRAM unit, which it called the industry's first. The mobile memory can transfer data at up to 1,600 megabits per second, which is 1.5 times faster than LPDDR2, while consuming 20 percent less power.
Tablets and smartphones will need to switch to a faster form of memory as devices and applications become more resource intensive, said Mike Howard, principal analyst for DRAM and memory at IHS iSuppli.
"As far as viewing and recording high-definition content, it's going to be a better experience with LPDDR3 because of the bandwidth available," Howard said.
Mobile memory is key in bringing more multitasking to devices, Howard said. As hardware advances to include faster processors and higher resolution screens, LPDDR3 will keep the ball rolling on switching between videos, phone calls and other applications, Howard said.
In addition to better performance, LPDDR3 memory is designed to consume less power than its predecessor, said Dean McCarron, principal analyst at Mercury Research. A combination of low-power consumption and more bandwidth could prolong battery life on tablets and smartphones, McCarron said.
"It is allowing lower power consumption that has an immediate benefit everywhere," McCarron said.
The memory type will initially be found in tablets and high-end smartphones, where performance matters more, McCarron said. But as is the case with most new technologies, LPDDR3 initially won't be cheap, but as production ramps, LPDDR2 will be phased out and its successor will appear in more devices. As adoption increases, prices will fall and that will be reflected in the prices of smartphones and tablets.
"Eventually all these technologies become a commodity," McCarron said.
Intel has also been pushing the use of low-power memory in ultrabooks, which is being promoted by the chip maker as a category of thin-and-light laptops with tablet-like features. Analysts said that there are still a lot of unknowns about components that may be used in ultrabooks, but LPDDR3 may be in those PCs in coming years. LPDDR3 offers close to a 15 percent power reduction compared to standard DDR3, according to JEDEC.
JEDEC is still developing LPDDR3 specifications, but that could be finalized soon, Howard said. Backing of the mobile memory could ramp once the specification is finalized. The world's top DRAM makers include Samsung, Hynix Semiconductor, Elpida Memory, Micron and Nanya, all of which are members of JEDEC.
JEDEC did not immediately respond to requests for comment on when it would finalize LPDDR3, but analysts estimated that it could be finalized by the end of the year.
In prior renditions of synchronous DRAM such as SDRAM, DDR and DDR2, JEDEC pushed hard on speed without worrying too much about power, said Jim Handy, director of Objective Analysis. With DDR3 and LPDDR3, JEDEC worked to bring the power specifications back down while continuing to increase speed.
But adoption typically depends on other parts of the system, Handy said. For cell phones it's less sudden than it is in PCs, where a single supplier dictates which interface the chipsets are going to support. But the power advantage is a sufficiently compelling reason for device makers to quickly switch over to LPDDR3.
"I would anticipate a quick conversion of cell phones to LPDDR3. In tablets, so far Apple is the only supplier of any significance, so adoption depends solely on their moves," Handy said.
It's hard to predict when Samsung will ramp up production of LPDDR3, Handy said.
"Samsung has announced products lately that don't show up in production systems for over a year," Handy said.

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Amazon, Barnes & Noble Tablets Should Be Holiday Stars

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Apple’s popular iPad -- the undisputed champ of tablets with nearly three-quarters of the market -- may soon have some serious competition from Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

New tablets from the online retailer and bookstore chain are expected to arrive shortly, just in time for the holiday shopping rush. Neither company -- each a major player in the ebook-ereader market -- has announced a new slate. But persistent buzz says the launches are imminent.

How imminent? Well, Amazon will hold a media event in New York City on Sept. 28, and Barnes & Noble may unveil a new version of its Nook Color device within a month, according to the latest reports.

Both the Amazon and B&N tablets are Android-based, but it's likely that neither vendor will make a big deal of the underlying OS -- which is smart, because most tablet buyers probably won't care. The focus, rather, will be on the devices' usability and their easy access to popular content: books, games, music, videos, and apps.

Gift buyers may like what they see in the new Amazon and B&N tablets, particularly if rumors about the devices' sizes, specs, and prices hold true. And if the new slates cost around $250 -- half the price of the entry-level iPad -- they'll appeal to consumers who find the larger iPad too pricey.

One Nook or Two? A new rumor says B&N will introduce not one, but two Nook Color tablets.

Nate Hoffelder of The Digital Reader blog reported Friday that the bookseller will debut two models next month: the $249 Encore (similar to today's Nook Color); and the $349 Acclaim. The information reportedly comes from a slide used in a B&N planning meeting, an internal document that Hoffelder says his unnamed source asked him not to post.

Assuming the Encore model has a 7-inch color display, what features might the Acclaim add to warrant a higher price? Perhaps an iPad-size display -- 9.7 inches or larger. The $349 Acclaim could prove an appealing, more affordable alternative to Apple's tablet.

Earlier this month, Taiwanese trade publication Digitimes reported that B&N would launch a next-generation Nook Color this month. That's looking increasingly unlikely, however, as September is almost over. Citing those ever-shadowy unnamed industry sources, Digitimes said the new Nook would incorporate more tablet-like functionality, including email, music, games, and other apps.

Meanwhile, Amazon's upcoming tablet reportedly has a 7-inch color screen, runs a modified version of Android, and features deep hooks into Amazon's online stores. Unfortunately, we'll have to wait until Wednesday for the spec-by-spec lowdown.

Amazon and Barnes & Noble will have other Android tablets to compete with, including the 7-inch Lenovo IdeaPad, a $199 Android tablet priced $50 less than today's $249 Nook Color. But their marketing savvy and loyal eReader user base will give them an advantage as the holiday rush gets underway.

Contact Jeff Bertolucci via Twitter (@jbertolucci) or at jbertolucci.blogspot.com.

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German court decision on Samsung WINS Apple tablets

1 of 2. File photo of an Apple iPad (L) next to Tablet devices Samsung Galaxy Guide in consumer electronics of Internationale Funkausstellung (IFA) fair in ' Exhibition Centre ' Messe Berlin in Berlin, September 2, 2010.

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DÜSSELDORF, Germany | Fri 09/09/2011 11:29 EST

DÜSSELDORF, Germany (Reuters)-Apple Inc marked a symbolic victory in legal efforts to keep its leadership in the local market for computer Tablet PC when a German court upheld the ban blocking the local unit of Samsung sell their pills in the largest Galaxy 10.1 economy of Europe.

Samsung, which he said will appeal the decision, and Apple have been locked in a global battle of the smartphone and tablet patents since April.

Samsung Galaxy devices are seen as among the greatest challenging for Apple's portable products that have achieved great success.

Samsung said it was disappointed with the decision and that he believed the decision restricts design innovation and progress in the industry.

He said he would explore all legal options, including continuing to aggressively Apple so that Samsung said are a violation of their patents on wireless technology worldwide.

Craig Cartier, an analyst at consulting firm Frost & Sullivan, said that while Friday's decision would not affect greatly Samsung could set a precedent for other courts and have repercussions for patent battles around the world.

"There was an arms race in the world patent that led to a high value of patent portfolios, including the patent auction of Nortel's $ 4.5 billion," said Cartier.

"Companies can start questioning whether patent values are simply another bubble waiting to burst."

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The injunction upheld by the Court on Friday bars Samsung Germany sell the tablet 10.1 Galaxy in Germany.

But retailers like consumer electronics chain Media Markt will still be able to sell existing stock device by selling or receiving new supplies of father of the South Korean Group Samsung international.

Media Markt said it was too early to say what the verdict would mean for your business.

Patent experts Florian Mueller said on his blog www.fosspatents.com that the prohibition of marketing in Europe for Germany Samsung has no practical consequences.

The German subsidiary is also prevented from selling the pills in Europe, excluding the Netherlands where Apple has requested a separate injunction.

Giving the ruling, judge Johanna Brueckner-Hofmann said in court in Duesseldorf that the overall impression of the tablet was very similar to Apple's iPad drawing.

Brueckner-Hofmann "(tablet) is distinguished by its simple, smooth areas," he said.

On the other hand, a Dutch Court ruled last month that not detected no violations of Samsung's pills.

Apple repeated his usual statement saying that: "this kind of blatant copy is wrong, and we must protect the intellectual property of Apple, when companies steal our ideas".

In a battle of global intellectual property, Apple claimed the Galaxy line of phones and tablets "faithfully" copied the iPhone and iPad and has sued the Korean company in the United States, Australia, Japan and Korea, as well as in Europe.

Samsung, whose tablets are based on Google's Android software, Inc-counter has sued Apple.

On Thursday, Apple also filed a lawsuit against Samsung in Japan, seeking a ban on sales of some of your gadgets there.

That same day, smartphone manufacturer HTC said it extended its lawsuit against Apple to include more patents the Taiwanese company Google acquired the legal battles have become increasingly common in the high tech industry.

(Additional reporting by Harro ten Wolde; Edited by David Holmes, David Cowell and David Hulmes)

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