Sunday, May 11, 2014

Xplore XC6 - Windows for the wilderness


With the Xplore XC6 there is now a Windows Tablet for rough terrain. Even at a height of over 15,000 meters in 60 degree heat and sandstorms can the tablet with Windows 8.1 still use. The target groups are the military and all sorts of outdoor use.
The XC6 Xplore tablet is IP67 certified, which means that it is absolutely dustproof and also about 30 minutes against submersion protected.Xplore is claims to be the only manufacturer that offers IP67 certified tablets. The XC6 is also the  outdoor tablet to be available on the market. A battery life of up to eight and a half hours to guarantee that outdoor use is never silence too fast. The operating system acts Windows 8.1 Pro or Windows 7 Pro.

Readable even in bright sunlight

The Xplore XC6 is a DMSR-Tablet (Abbr: dual mode sunlight readable).The maximum brightness of 1,300 cd / m² will allow a good read even in bright sunlight. The touch screen should be capable of operation even with wet fingers or gloves. The tablet produced for extreme conditions to temperatures of minus 34 to plus 60 degrees withstand and can be used both in ice and snow as well as in the desert. Also, over 64 km / h Wind speed can not hurt the tablet, and it can be even in height 15.240 meters to keep.

High storage capacity

Inside the Outdoor Tablets an Intel Core i5 processor potters. The storage capacity of the Windows tablets will have quadrupled compared to its predecessor. In addition, a micro SD slot is available. The RAM is 4 GB, on request Xplore equips the XC6 DMSR with up to 16 GB DDR3L-1600 from. Who wants to ensure the ultimate outdoor tablet, must for at least $ 5,299 shell.

Video: Xplore XC6 Tablet with Windows 8.1


Monday, May 5, 2014

Grown Tablet market globally



According to the latest data from market research firm IDC, the worldwide tablet market grew by around four per cent to 50.4 million tablets in the first quarter of 2014 and is in lower growth than previously. One of the main reasons are smartphones with larger touchscreens and the second reason are tablet users keep their current tablet longer instead of purchasing a new model. The U.S. technology company Apple, with a market share of 32.5 percent, and its iPad tablet is still the leading providers among tablet manufacturers.

In the second place Samsung landed with a rise of 4.8 per cent market share. His position in the market would expand by an attractive pricing policy, smartphone packages and a stronger cooperation with mobile operators on the South Korean company. On the tablet market Windows tablets occupy a subordinate role and increase their market share slowly. In the tablet operating systems Google Android is the leader, as it is located on 66 percent of mobile devices.

Thursday, May 1, 2014

Mobile phone brand Nokia will disappear




According to the U.S. software company Microsoft, the mobile phone brand Nokia is soon to be abandoned and smartphones offered under a new name. In February 2014, Microsoft had completed the acquisition of Nokia. The Finnish manufacturer of mobile business recorded a first-quarter loss of 347 million euros, a decline of 30 percent to 1.9 billion euros. There were 5.6 million Lumia smartphones and 0.5 million Symbian smartphones are sold.

The Windows Phones have been sold at least 8.2 million times in the final quarter of 2013. If the mobile phone Nokia brand disappears, then an era ends because the Finnish company coined the mobile phone market, especially in the 90s and dominated. The smartphone business missed Nokia However, because late smartphones had come with touch screen and advanced operating system on the market. Currently, Microsoft is working on the development of the new name for Nokia smartphones. As the new mobile phone brand is loud and when appropriate smartphone models are coming onto the market, also have no information known. On the smartphone market Windows phones yet they remain rather small role, because the operating system Google Android and Apple iOS to dominate the market.