Android started with humble beginnings as a possible alternative to iOS in the mobile arena. Over the years, Android has grown to be the largest mobile platform and is now beginning to trickle into the PC arena. However, AMD is not yet ready to start cozying with Android.
Although Android already has a very significant and sizable presence in both the smartphone and tablet markets, the platform is also becoming a prominent player in the PC arena. Acer is now about to announce an all-in-one PC that will be priced at a mere $400 and will come packed with a whole plethora of great features.
Microsoft has been ramping up its email service over the past few months. The company first rebranded Hotmail as Outlook and since then, has been adding many new features to it. Microsoft has announced that Outlook users in the U.K. can make Skype calls directly from their Outlook.com inbox.
Back in January this year, AT&T was showing off a home automation system of its own. The company has finally made the system available and will be rolling it out in 15 markets.
Gigabyte showed its new convertible ultrabook at CES 2013 in Las Vegas. The device, named U2142, is finally available for purchase. The 11.6-inch convertible ultrabook running Windows 8 operating system can be converted into a tablet or a ultrabook based on users’ needs.
The tablet market is expanding rapidly at this point and multiple vendors are now in a fierce competition to bring down their costs, trim their profits and bolster their sales. To this end, it is expected that we may soon see Android, Chrome OS and possibly Windows 8 arrive on top of cheap Intel-based devices, priced somewhere near $200.
Microsoft has been putting its weight behind its revamped email service, Outlook. The company has now offered a number of new impressive features for Outlook, such as allowing users to sign in using their alias rather than the actual username as well as offering 32 new region-specific domains.
You might have remembered the ASUS Transformer AiO , the world’s first all-in-one tablet/desktop hybrid PC that is able to run both Windows 8 and Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating systems. ASUS showed the PC back in January at the Consumer Electronics Show. We have come to know that the device is expected to go on sale in Q2, 2013 with a price tag of $1,299.