Monthly Archives: September 2015

Lenovo Vibe X3 has some specs confirmed by another benchmark

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The Lenovo Vibe X3 still isn’t official, and it just keeps on leaking. Last week we even saw a purported leaked render showcasing it, and earlier this month it got certified for sale in China by TENAA.

The Vibe X3 was already spotted in the database of GFXBench, and now someone with a prototype has used another benchmarking app for Android. This time around it’s Geekbench, and through its device information listing it helpfully confirms certain major specs.

Thus, the Lenovo Vibe X3 is going to sport Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 808 chipset, complete with hexa-core CPU. It has two Cortex-A57 high-performance cores paired with four low-power Cortex-A53 cores.

The handset will feature 3GB of RAM, and prototypes currently run Android 5.1.1 Lollipop. This is probably going to be the OS version the Vibe X3 will launch with, whenever that eventually happens.

Hopefully Lenovo plans on unveiling the Vibe X3 soon, since we first heard about it back in February. It’s also expected to have a 5-inch 1080p touchscreen, a 21 MP rear camera, and an 8 MP selfie snapper in tow.

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Apple Better Be Ready for the Mad World of Car Regulations

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Apple Better Be Ready for the Mad World of Car Regulations

Developing a car that runs on electricity and can drive itself will be hard, but those challenges obscure another major barrier to putting a vehicle up for sale: the federal government and its thousand pages of rules for how you make a car.

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Apple’s Double-Edged Sword Of New Media Promotion

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In the golden days of serial science fiction on television, the Outer Limits premise was simple: “We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical.” With more of our day-to-day media being recommended to us, consumer trust in the gatekeepers is a key requirement. None more so than when Apple is the gatekeeper.

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Huawei is developing a stylus-toting Note5 competitor, rumor claims

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Next year, Samsung’s stylus-centric Galaxy Note5 may get a real competitor. This device will apparently be made by Huawei. The Chinese company is said to be working on developing a stylus-toting phablet of its own, according to a rumor that originated at parts suppliers in China.

Huawei has reportedly searched a lot for a stylus maker that can provide it with a capacitive pen that can compete with the S Pen in the Note series. Such a company has allegedly been identified recently. Huawei’s phablet will also incorporate ‘palm rejection’ technology. This basically lets the touchscreen ignore your palm if you hold the phone with one hand while touching the display with the stylus or your other hand.

The phablet market keeps on growing, which is probably why Huawei is interested in offering such a solution for those who see the devices in this category as more than just blown-up versions of smaller flagships. In the near future, it’s estimated that phablets will reach around 35% of yearly smartphone sales.

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Before Bowing To Beijing, US Tech Companies Should Take A Lesson Or Two From Google And Qualcomm

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To do business in China, US tech companies must do several things: find a local partner (usually a Party member), comply with ever-changing business rules, and bow to Beijing.
Yes, bow. Yield to Beijing’s formal and informal allegations of wrongdoing, and sign “pledge” documents.
But before they comply with this sort of demand from Beijing, US tech companies should take a close look at the Google way and the Qualcomm way dealing with Beijing.
When Google was faced with a mandate by the Chinese government to install filters to its search engine, the company chose to say no, and leave the world’s largest Internet market.
When Qualcomm was faced with a complaint brought by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) for violating the country’s anti-monopoly law last year, the company chose to settle, paying near-one billion dollars, and agreeing to the rules described by the Chinese government.
Which response is right? In principle, Google’s.
Its decision to stand up to China’s surveillance policies is consistent with the “don’t do evil” strategy.
Leaving China, Google has suffered a great deal in missed earnings. But that’s part of a company’s character, and character is destiny, which helped Google survive and thrive without China. Five years later, Google continues to enjoy robust revenue and earnings growth and hefty operating margins.
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