Phablet vs. mini-tablet: The big choice between two smallish devices

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	Phablet vs. mini-tablet: The big choice between two smallish devices Take a look at smartphone and tablet releases over time and you’ll find a trend: Smartphones are getting bigger, while tablets are getting smaller.MORE ON NETWORK WORLD: iPhoneys: Apple iPhone 6 concepts To see how the market has changed over the last five years, here’s the proportion of small (less than 4.5-inch), medium (between 4.5- and 5.2-inch) and large phones (more than 5.2-inch) released since 2010: Phone Size Over Time | FindTheBest Tiny screens are nearing extinction, while the large phone (aka “phablet”) looks poised to grab half the market by 2015. Today, for each new 4-inch handset (Sony Xperia Z1 Compact), there are four corresponding phablets (LG G3, iPhone 6 Plus, HTC One Max, Samsung Galaxy Note 4).To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More WEBCAST: Kaminario Introducing K2's 5th Generation The Kaminario K2 is an enterprise-grade, general-purpose, all-Flash storage array designed to work with the mixed workloads of OLTP, analytic and virtualized applications. Watch this 2 minute video to get a quick overview of this high-performance, cost-efficient storage platform, its architecture and enterprise-class features. Learn More>> In this Issue 7 free tools every network needs Windows 10 Technical Preview deep-dive: A promise of better things to come Samsung claims data speed test 30 times faster than LTE Asus' dual tablet-smartphone Padfone X Mini comes to the US next week Dronecode: A home for drones Top 6 threats to iOS devices Top Mac-o-lanterns from around the Web With 1 million users, Windows 10 is generating a lot of feedback CIOs Share Must-Have Cloud Skills WHITE PAPER: Riverbed | Orange Application Performance Management for Dummies Application performance management helps deliver the application performance users and the business demand. Effectively monitoring and troubleshooting application performance issues requires a comprehensive solution. View now>> 7 free tools every network needs In the real estate world, the mantra is location, location, location. In the network and server administration world, the mantra is visibility, visibility, visibility. If you don't know what your network and servers are doing at every second of the day, you're flying blind. Sooner or later, you're going to meet with disaster.Fortunately, many good tools, both commercial and open source, are available to shine much-needed light into your environment. Because good and free always beat good and costly, I've compiled a list of my favorite open source tools that prove their worth day in and day out in networks of any size. From network and server monitoring to trending, graphing, and even switch and router configuration backups, these utilities will see you through.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More Windows 10 Technical Preview deep-dive: A promise of better things to come It's been nearly a week since Microsoft announced that it will follow Windows 8.1 with Windows 10 -- and released its Technical Preview so that those interested could take a first look at the new operating system. Since then I've been exploring the new OS, alongside the sparse documentation Microsoft has released.MORE ON NETWORK WORLD: 10 (FREE!) Microsoft tools to make admins happier Much of the under-the-hood kernel level work has been done; the Preview is a tool for Microsoft to understand how to bring its next-generation Windows to its desktop users. That's an important problem for the Windows team to solve before the new OS is released in mid-2015. Some enterprise customers are still moving from Windows XP to Windows 7, so Microsoft needs to put in place an upgrade path from Windows 7 to this new version. It needs, as Terry Myerson, Microsoft's executive vice president of operating systems, said in San Francisco, "to feel like going from a Prius to a Tesla" -- without having to learn to drive all over again.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More Samsung claims data speed test 30 times faster than LTE Samsung Electronics said Wednesday it has tested blazing-fast data speeds for a next-generation network, clocking transmissions that are 30 times faster than 4G LTE.The Korean electronics giant said tests reached 7.5Gbps in a stationary setting, calling it an industry best.It also recorded stable signal transmissions at 1.2Gbps in a specially equipped Hyundai minivan traveling over 100 kilometers per hour at Everland Speedway in South Korea, and posted a video of the test on YouTube.So-called 5G successor networks to 4G, which currently operate around 100Mbps, could allow users to download a movie in only one second.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Software The Top 10 Things DBAs Should Know About Toad for IBM DB2 Toad for IBM DB2 is a powerful tool for the database administrator. But it's some of its newer and lesser known features that provide the great productivity benefits in the DBA's day-to-day work. Do you know the top 10 features of Toad for IBM DB2? Download this white paper and find out. View now Asus' dual tablet-smartphone Padfone X Mini comes to the US next week Asustek’s Padfone X Mini, which can be used either as a smartphone or a tablet, will be available in the U.S. starting next week.At the heart of the Padfone X Mini is a 4.5-inch LTE smartphone, which can be slid into a companion dock to be used as a tablet. The dock has a 7-inch screen.The dual-function gadget, which runs on Google’s Android 4.4, will be available Oct. 23 from AT&T for US$199 with a two-year mobile contract. Other retailers will start selling the device in November. Asus has not shared information about worldwide availability.The Padfone X Mini is a smaller version of the Padfone X, which is a 5-inch smartphone that can be used as a 9-inch tablet when docked. But the larger Padfone X has a Qualcomm processor, while the Mini variant has an Intel Clover Trail+ chip, which is close to two years old.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More Dronecode: A home for drones If I had to pick the top ten hottest technology fields of 2014 right now, one of my choices would be drones.Actually, the term “drone” is generally misused as it should strictly only be applied to pilotless, autonomous devices (“unmanned aerial vehicles” or UAVs) but, thanks to the US military and the mainstream press, the term has come to encompass remotely piloted vehicles (RPVs) as well.WIKIMEDIA Parrot AR.Drone 2.0To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More Top 6 threats to iOS devices Stay vigilantGiven the recent iOS update and iPhone announcement, Lacoon Mobile Security has released the top threats you should be aware of to your iOS devices. iOS Surveillance and Mobile Remote Access Trojans (mRATs)Image by ShutterstockTo read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More WHITE PAPER: AT&T Network-Enabled Cloud: Key Considerations A network-enabled cloud combines the control, protection, and performance advantages of a private cloud with the economies and elasticity of a public cloud, and seamlessly integrates corporate VPNs with cloud-based resources. Learn more about key Considerations and Partner Selection Criteria in this IDC whitepaper. Learn More Top Mac-o-lanterns from around the Web Apple devotionA snapshot of Apple devotion expressed via carved vegetation.Not a fanboy, really?Poqua on Flickr says: I'm not an Apple fanboy, although I do have a Mac mini. I just like logos.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More With 1 million users, Windows 10 is generating a lot of feedback Windows 10's "Technical Preview" (read: beta) is off to a good start, with more than one million signups for the program, Joe Belfiore, corporate vice president of Microsoft's Operating Systems Group, revealed in a lengthy Windows blog post recently.Feedback is pouring in, with more than 200,000 pieces of user feedback submitted via the Windows Feedback app. That doesn't count what Microsoft must be getting from background telemetry and crash reports, and Belfiore encouraged people to keep providing more feedback.Users have three options to provide feedback: they can use the Windows Feedback app built into the Tech Preview software, the Windows Technical Preview Program forum, and a new feature, the Windows Suggestion Box on UserVoice, which is open to anyone who wants to send Microsoft ideas and suggestions for Windows without installing Windows 10 or signing up as an Insider.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More CIOs Share Must-Have Cloud Skills As the clouds roll in, IT organizations are recasting their tech talent requirements. “You don’t need people to build servers anymore. You need somebody good at managing another organization responsible for doing that. That’s a different skill,” says Josh Jewett, CIO at Family Dollar. “You go from managing outcomes yourselves to managing outcomes through others.”Jewett is one of 17 CIOs who spoke to us about the move to cloud computing. A key topic of discussion was how to cultivate cloud-ready talent. On the skills front, CIOs are in agreement that companies need to reexamine the traditional roles and capabilities in their IT shops to be successful in the cloud.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
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