NVIDIA Tegra Architecture

Xiaomi take some percentage on every software sold in their app store. They are now profitable:

source and full article: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-...ales-of-iphone-beating-handset-to-triple.html

 

Wasn't Meizu the classic Apple imitator?

 

Yes, the Meizu MX is the only android phone with a circular button in the bottom and the exact same 3:2 resolution as the iphone 4/4S.

The Xiaomi are as similar to the iphone as any other rectangular smartphone with round edges and a rectangular screen.

 

I was speaking more specifically about MIUI as particularly opposed to the hardware as the MIUI launcher is similar in function to iOS with no app draw.

However, there have been various articles such as this comparing Xiaomi and Apple:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/07/lei-jun-xiaomi_n_2255953.html

Perhaps to be expected as pretty much everything in the smartphone world ends up being compared to Apple in one manner or another.

That said, if you read the Xiaomi wikipedia page, it's pretty obvious that it has been written by big fans of Apple!

Personally, I'm just a little disappointed that the Xiaomi TV is unlikely to become available in the UK. I could do with a new TV before too long and it looks to be well-specified and cheap! A pretty powerful chipset to start off with as well though I suppose software support will decide how useful the 'smart' aspects of it are.

 

Another T4 HP slate and review of Asus TF701T

Tegra 4 powered HP Slate 8 Pro appears on GFX Bench

http://www.androidauthority.com/tegra-4-hp-slate-8-pro-255898

Asus Transformer Pad TF701T

http://reviews.cnet.com/tablets/asus-transformer-pad-tf701t/4505-3126_7-35782638.html

 

Numbers or not everything.

With average salary in China being about $500 per month, we are talking here entirely different market dynamics.

 

http://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2013/09/18/tegra-note/

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7341/...signed-android-tablet-sold-by-nvidia-partners

 

I'll go on a limp and say that it would not surprise me if someday (not anytime soon) nVIDIA would present their own OS as well.

CPU and GPU tech - check!
Hardware (Shield + Tegra Note) - check!
CUDA to leverage GPU computing power - check!

I was totally not surprised with Shield either, since I even wrote an article mock-up for a website writer's application. I just called it Tegra Max, instead of Shield
It looks a very natural progression of nVIDIA to me, given the constraints of the market they are entering.

 

For what it is worth, NVIDIA already offers an OS, albeit it is rather narrow in its aims: https://developer.nvidia.com/linux-tegra. I am unconvinced it makes any sense for them to actually sport their own, separate OS, beyond this scope.

 

Tegra Note, another sign that Nvidia can't find takers for the Tegra4?

 

Thanks for the tip. However, I was talking about a mass consumption ready OS, which nevertheless could be built upon that.

 

again this question ?
HP, Vizio, Asus, Acer, Toshiba, ZTE, Microsoft Surface RT2, and Xiaomi are all good deals, especially the last one that is even bigger than last year Nexus 7 with T3...

 

You clearly don't know the Chinese market.
what about buying a phone at a shop and paying ZERO up front with a 2 years contract ? This is what I did for the Mi2 that I bought for my wife and this is the kind of deal that the 3 Chinese operators will offer on Mi3...

 

I may finally found the replacement for my Nexus 7 (2012), the HP Slate 8 Pro:
http://reviews.cnet.com/tablets/hp-slate-8-pro/4505-3126_7-35827839.html
Tegra4
8" IPS 1600x1200pixels 4:3 ratio
2G RAM
HDMI, micro SD, stereo speakers
8M and 2M pixels cameras
will be available in November

 

Are you sure you'll want a tablet with a 4:3 ratio?

My gf had one (archos G8) and she's so much better now with a Note 8. In no small part due to the form factor.

 

well it was my first though, but looking at the pictures, the slate 8 pro doesn't look wider than the note 8 and its large bezel

 

Not if you take a picture with a 45º angle to the right

 

agree but from different youtube videos, you can hold it easily with one hand:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up5-QaqLDC4

 

With those screen sizes, 4:3 is actually really good. The one reason why really I like the iPad – great for reading textbooks.

 

I'd say just as good as 16:10, but watching videos in the current 16:9 norm is a no go.