Author Archives: Lucian Armasu
As expected, Windows 8 tablets not price competitive with Android or iPad
Don’t say I didn’t warn you, but reports from Taiwan are now confirming what I’ve said since the beginning of this year. Windows 8 tablets will not be price competitive with Android tablets and the iPad, even for the ARM version, so expect the Intel tablets to cost even more. ARM situation is very bad Manufacturers from Taiwan are complaining that Windows 8 RT licenses will cost them $90-$100 per device. That may not seem that much at first (even though it should compared to Android, which is free), but this $100 comes on top of a cost of components …
This article, As expected, Windows 8 tablets not price competitive with Android or iPad , was originally published at AndroidAuthority.com – Your Android News Source.
Samsung to start mass-producing 2 GB RAM chips for smartphones and tablets
We’ve had devices with 1 GB of RAM since around late 2010, and, even though Android is pretty good at managing memory (by killing the applications that you didn’t use in a while, so it frees up memory), it still feels like device memory has been pretty stagnant lately. At the same time, the CPU market went crazy, jumping from single core, sub 1GHz chips to the quad-core powerhouses of today. Several developers from CyanogenMod and Sony have told us that Android 4.0 needs at least 512 MB of RAM, so with that in mind, the 1 GB of RAM …
This article, Samsung to start mass-producing 2 GB RAM chips for smartphones and tablets , was originally published at AndroidAuthority.com – Your Android News Source.