Samsung Announces Galaxy Note Release Date – Will There Be A Market For The Tablet-Smartphone Hybrid?
Samsung will release its tablet-smartphone hybrid, the Galaxy Note, on February 19th. For AT&T subscribers the massive smartphone will only set you back $299 with a two-year contract.
But will consumers buy up the massive smartphones? a 5.3″ touch screen has many advantages, but it has one pretty big disadvantage, too: it might be too big for most smartphone users. and it might be too small to appeal to the tablet market. Capturing that middle ground may be difficult.
The device will be sold in blue and white and will run overAT&T’s 4G LTE network.
It boasts a high-resolution screen (1280 x 800) and includes an S Pen stylus. The stylus is a new twist on the traditional smartphone, giving artists and creative types the ability to sketch on their phone, and allowing business types to take notes and make notations on maps and other documents.
Other features include a 1.5 GHz dual-core processor, an 8-megapixel rear-facing camera, a 2-megapixel front-facing camera and 1 GB of RAM.
Don’t get me wrong – this phone looks pretty amazing. I don’t actually spend a lot of time talking on my phone, so the size wouldn’t be a problem for me.
As someone who gets annoyed endlessly by the cramped size of most touchscreen keyboards, the 5.3″ screen sounds perfect. It also makes sense for mobile gamers and video streaming.
I’m not sure if it makes sense for the broader market however.
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LaCie LaPlug converts USB drive into a network storage device
@George… Forget about cutting the wire with.la cie or la plug, I thought since the past external drive I bought from la cie was o.k. that this would make a good NASA server, instead this thing is a disaster.
I am an Electronic Engineer I mention this to point out that the design simply is lacking proper planning. what do I mean to start $99.00 which is what this costs after shipping is too much to pay for something that does not work.
Does not boot correctly, does not have ability to deliver as advertised only has one user name & password, does not turn off with power switch must be unplugged… Maybe that is where they came up with the name?
I bought one of these La Plugs from la cie since I bought an external drive from them some years , this thing does not boot up half the time, does not recognize its own harddrives, does not update to its own firmware, does not have more than one user name and password, does not turn off with the button must be unplugged.
This is only the beginning, the shipping on this thing is $15.00 I sent it back to them over a week ago they 1st said refund in days now 3-4wks~!
This is how la cie thinks about customers, 1st they sell a half baked product then when returned they lie about refund all they have to do is a simple key in refund instead they want to have me wait a month while they’re junk has already been returned to sell to the next unfortunate yet good intentioned customer so that new/old customer has to go thru the same thing….
Do not buy this send $20.00 more for Extremer nas brand or any other as this is just garbage.
Christian Kepler – November 3, 2011 @ 12:13 am PDT
LaCie LaPlug converts USB drive into a network storage device
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People in the News: Celebrities
Madonna walked off with the Golden Globe for best original song on Sunday night,but she wasn’t exactly honored by Elton John or his husband. Before the show, John belittled Madonna’s chances ofwinning for her song Masterpiece, from her directorial effort W.E., sniping to a red-carpet reporter: “Madonna doesn’t have a (bleeping) chance ofwinning.” How wrong he was. Sir Elton — who was nominated for hello Hello, a song from the animated movie Gnomeo & Juliet — was caught on camera grimacing when her name was called. Hishusband, David Furnish, immediately took to Facebook to pour fuel on the fire. “Madonna.Best song???? F— off!!!” he posted. “Madonna winning best original song truly shows how theseawards have nothing to do with merit. Her acceptance speech was embarrassing in its narcissism.”Backstage, Madonna commented: “I hope he (John) speaks to me for the next couple of years. He’sbeen known to get mad at me, so I don’t know. He’s brilliant, and I adore him, so he’ll win anotheraward. I don’t feel bad.”
In other Golden Globe news, the censors were no doubt poised to bleep any banned words utteredby cheeky host Ricky Gervai s. They were probably surprised, however, to find that iconic actress Meryl Streep needed the most censoring of the night. while accepting the award forbest dramatic actress, for The Iron Lady, Streep realized upon ascending the stage that she had forgotten her readingglasses. “Oh, s—, my glasses — I forgot my glasses,” she said, prompting a several-seconds-longsilence in the broadcast as her lips continued to move. Apparently, Streep later repeated thevulgarity.
A newly discovered horsefly in Australia has been named for R&B star Beyonce. Bryan Lessard, a 24-year-old researcher at the nation’s Commonwealth Scientificand Industrial Research Organization, said he wanted to pay respect to the insect’s beauty bynaming it Scaptia (Plinthina) beyonceae. The fly, Lessard said, is “pretty bootylicious” with itsgolden backside. Bootylicious is a song by Destiny’s Child, the group in which Beyonce formerly sang.
Kelsey Grammer has babies no. 5 and no. 6 on the way. The Boss star — who won a Golden Globe on Sunday for best actor in a TV drama series — and his32-year-old wife, Kayte Walsh Grammer, are expecting twins. The 56-year-old Grammer, who is divorcedfrom Real Housewives of Beverly Hills personality Camille Grammer, is also the father of two children with her and two children fromprevious relationships.
While O.J. Simpson rots in the big house in Nevada, he is about to lose his big house inFlorida. Court records have JPMorgan Chase bank foreclosing on the four-bedroom home that theformer football star owns in Miami. Simpson is serving time in prison for kidnapping, armed robberyand other charges stemming from an incident in 2007 in which he stole sports memorabilia atgunpoint.
— Compiled by Andrew Sterling
asterling@dispatch.com
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AT&T Scraps Their Bid To Acquire T-Mobile
AT&T has agreed with Deutsche Telekom AG to end their bid to acquire T-Mobile USA.
After a long process that started back in March of this year, AT&T has given up trying to expand their network by acquiring T-Mobile USA. this decision was highly influenced by the actions of the Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Justice. this bid would have solved lots of problems caused by the competitive nature of the wireless industry, and now the company needs to find another way to compete.
AT&T said that they will continue to be competitive in leading the mobile Internet revolution,delivering the best-in-class mobile broadband speeds. Today, AT&T is still in the lead at “connecting smartphones, tablets and emerging devices at a record pace – and we are well under way with our nationwide 4G LTE deployment” (AT&T).
In order to meet the needs of customers, they’ll need policymakers to do a couple things:
First, in the near term, they should allow the free markets to work so that additional spectrum is available to meet the immediate needs of the U.S. wireless industry, including expeditiously approving our acquisition of unused Qualcomm spectrum currently pending before the FCC. Second, policymakers should enact legislation to meet our nation’s longer-term spectrum needs.
AT&T will have to recognize a pretax accounting charge of $4 billion in the 4th quarter of 2011, but according to various news sources, this was expected. It’s sad that they have to end their bid because in the end, the customers are the ones who are hurt the most. And I’m sure that this increased competition would’ve caused other wireless providers to lower their prices. AT&T has backed out for now, but maybe they’ll try this again sometime in the future. what do you think?
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What is the best non-smart phone at&t offers?
I have been using the HTC freestyle for the past few weeks and absolutely hate it. I am going to go trade it in for another phone. what is the best NON SMART PHONE at&t offers?
What is the best non-smart phone at&t offers?
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