Amazon May Bring Physical Retail Stores to the Masses
Posted by Stephanie Ethier in In-Stat on February 8, 2012 | 1 comment
Rumors abound this week that Amazon is going to trial a physical retail store in its home base of Seattle, WA. The online retail giant will reportedly stock the shelves with its successful Kindle lineup. This, of course, includes the Kindle Fire tablet, which has emerged as a viable alternative to the Apple iPad. If the rumors are true, Amazon is likely responding to the success Apple has realized over the years with its dynamic retail stores, which allow potential customers to experience the latest Apple products before purchasing them. Continue Reading
NBC Sports to Stream the Super Bowl Live to Internet, Connected TVs, and Verizon Mobile Users
Posted by Gerry Kaufhold in In-Stat on February 3, 2012 | 2 comments
For the first time in its history, the National Football League has authorized the Super Bowl to be streamed “live” over the internet. Anyone with a connected TV, a laptop, or tablet will be able to “tune in” to the game over their internet connection. Individuals will even be able to pause and rewind the game, so people who don’t yet have a personal video recorder will get a chance to see what that’s all about. Continue Reading
LCD Manufacturing Technologies Helping to Make Tablets the Hottest of Consumer Electronics
Posted by Charles Annis in DisplaySearch, Materials, Mobile PCs on January 31, 2012 | No comments
Everyone knows tablets are hot, but it is surprising to see that tablets were far and away the most-mentioned topic in media coverage from CES. In a presentation called “Trends to Watch from the 2012 CES,” Shawn Dubravac of the CEA showed data from Simply Measured: with the exception of ultrabooks, tablet mentions were almost 3 times any of the other key CES trends (6,126 for tablets vs. 4,060 for ultrabooks and 2,261 for OLED). And Apple didn’t even participate in the event!
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For US Wireless Customers, the iPhone Trumps LTE
Posted by Allen Nogee in In-Stat on January 27, 2012 | No comments
Verizon and AT&T—the dominant wireless carriers in the US—both reported strong Q4’11 results. AT&T added 2.5 million customers, with over a million being modem/mobile hotspot subscribers, and over 700 thousand prepaid mobile phone subscribers. Continue Reading
Let There Be Wi-Fi…I Mean Light!
Posted by Gregory Potter in In-Stat on January 26, 2012 | No comments
Wi-Fi is extending its footprint into new applications and devices at a brisk pace. NetLED, a company based in Japan, recently announced a new system to control lighting through a Wi-Fi-enabled LED light tube. The system allows the user to program dimming, monitor power usage on a per-tube basis, and set programs for the lights to power on and off at different times of day. Continue Reading
