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Wednesday, September 20, 2017
Amazon Echo to be reportedly launched in India around Diwali
Amazon Echo to be reportedly launched in India around Diwali
Multiple reports in the past have suggested that Amazon plans to launch its voice-activated smart speaker Echo in India this year. Now according to Factor Daily, the e-commerce giant is planning to launch the speakers around Diwali season, which falls on October 18 this year.
�(The) earlier plan was to launch it around December but it looks like they will be out sooner,� a company source told the publication.
Amazon is said to be testing two smart speakers: Echo and the tiny Echo Dot. It will reportedly be priced around Rs. 11,000-Rs. 12,000 and Rs. 5,000-Rs. 6,000.
Initially, Echo will support only English, but later via an update more languages will be added including Hindi and Tamil. Amazon is also developing a multilingual interface at its Chennai facility.
The Amazon Echo speaker was launched back in 2014 and comes with Alexa integration, Bluetooth, WiFi and microphones. You can command Alexa to play music, set reminders, order food, read emails or ask for the latest new, weather updates and more. Google also has its own version of Echo-like product called Google Home, that comes with Google Assistant, and offers the same functionality.
Amazon Echo will have no competitors in the Indian market, but if it succeeds, will open doors for Google and others to bring their voice assisted smart speakers to the country.
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Sunday, March 29, 2015
Samsung to reportedly drop Windows notebooks in 2015 will only make Chromebooks
It seems Samsung is ready to give up on Windows notebooks, if a report by Digitimes is to be believed. According to their sources at a Taiwan-based supply chain, Samsung will no longer release conventional Windows based notebooks from next year.
So will it be dropping out of the notebook business altogether? Not quite. The report also states that Samsung will switch to only making Chromebooks from 2015. Samsung already has one model on sale right now and many more will be coming in future.
This move comes after Samsung failed to meet its own goal for notebook shipments in 2013. The company had planned on shipping 17 million units when it actually only managed around 12 million. Now, the company has set a goal of just 7 million for the year 2014, according to the same sources.
Whether the move to Chromebooks will be beneficial to Samsung or not remains to be seen. The Chromebooks do seem to be doing relatively well at the low end of the market while Windows 8, on the other hand, not being the success that Microsoft expected. For someone like Samsung, it makes sense to skate to where the puck is going to be, rather than where it has been.
So will it be dropping out of the notebook business altogether? Not quite. The report also states that Samsung will switch to only making Chromebooks from 2015. Samsung already has one model on sale right now and many more will be coming in future.
This move comes after Samsung failed to meet its own goal for notebook shipments in 2013. The company had planned on shipping 17 million units when it actually only managed around 12 million. Now, the company has set a goal of just 7 million for the year 2014, according to the same sources.
Whether the move to Chromebooks will be beneficial to Samsung or not remains to be seen. The Chromebooks do seem to be doing relatively well at the low end of the market while Windows 8, on the other hand, not being the success that Microsoft expected. For someone like Samsung, it makes sense to skate to where the puck is going to be, rather than where it has been.
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