Trilogy Computer Q & A October 1, 2011
HP Meg Whitman Watch - Week 1 Action Steps Required Communicate with HP leaders, employees, major customers and press Directional Plan: Determine what should be done with each major division Base on performance: Stock Value and analyst s projections Action Steps Taken HP Businesses Personal Computing Printers IT Computers Technical Services Computer Networking HPQ 52 Week High: $49.39 Low: $21.50 Close: $ With 320,000 employees, more than $125 billion in annual revenue and a broad swath of businesses, HP needs a leader who can quickly decide on a clear path and convey that to customers and shareholders.
Dell buys Force 10 Networks Dell is getting into the networking business, to challenge CISCO, HP and IBM. Dell Business Solutions Dell PC and Laptop solutions Dell computer server solutions Dell storage solutions Dell networking solutions Dell services solutions Dell Home business PC, Laptop, HDTV/Monitor, Tablet and Smartphones Dell s current strategy is expand their business market (Force 10 Networks purchase), attack HP s market space (HP is weak now) and work itself into the mobile computing market.
Personal Computers & Notebooks As an increasing number of Information Technology departments allow employees to choose what devices to use, a big percentage are picking Apple gear. Citrix reports that about 460 of a thousand workers in its program selected Macs. Mobile Computing - Notebooks and Tablets
10 Million Samsung Galaxy S II sold - 2Q Best selling Android mobile phone in the world iphone sold 20 million during Q2, but still 10 million is very good for a new model Verizon passed on Galaxy S II, but AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint will carry it (Oct 12) 4.6 screen, 1280x720 resolution, 1.5GHz dual-core processor and 8 megapixel camera
Mobile Phone Loyalty Mobile phone owners asked if they would purchase another phone from the company that manufactured their current mobile phone Notice, more than likely, Android phone owners will stick with Android, but maybe a different manufacturer (that s the nice thing about open technology).
Android gaining market share, but not at the expense of iphone Big losers: Blackberry, Microsoft, Palm and Symbian
Samsung Galaxy 8.9 Tablet Android 3.1 Honeycomb less than 1 pound (ipad 1.33 pound).34 depth (same as ipad) $469 Widescreen (as wide as ipad) Built-in encryption USB 2.0
Kindle Touch WiFi only for $99 3G for $149 Smaller than previous Kindle but same size screen
Kindle Fire 7 Tablet WiFi only for $199 14.6 ounces 8GB memory, plus free Amazon Cloud Storage 7.5 hours of video viewing Dual-Core Processor, USB 2.0 Port Formats: TXT, PDF, DOC(X), JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, AAC, MP3, WAV, MP4, etc.
FireFox Web Browser 7.0 Faster Reduced memory usage Faster HTML5 viewing (video) Misc fixes - download and install!
Facebook Real Time If you use your Facebook ID to log into another website, like Spotify, Hule or Yahoo, the music, movie or article you select will be shared on Facebook. You could get a Facebook message: OMG your listening to that! Movies or TV shows will be shared. All the news articles you read will be shared. No privacy, but a lot of open real-time sharing. Zuckerberg s Law Next year, people will share twice as much information as they share this year, and the following year, they will be sharing twice as much as they did the year before.
Comcast AnyPlay box for TV streaming Cable connects to AnyPlay, that is an IPTV box, using local WiFi network for streaming Streaming to smart phones, tablets and PC s Cablevision and Time Warner are using Apps for TV viewing. The shows are broadcasted through their modem and your WiFi router.
YouTube to get regularly scheduled channels Google (parent company) wants to rollout with 60 days Internet version of TV network Sitcom s will make up the first offering.
Samsung Galaxy S Wi-Fi Media Player 5 TFT LCD screen Android Gingerbread OS Cameras front and back 8GB or 16GB with 32GB Memory Expansion $299
Apple preparing to produce devices with curved glass during 2012 Other than computer monitors, what could this technology be used for?
Sharp 80 LCD HDTV Built in WiFi for internet viewing Access to Netflix and Vudu All for only $5,499, all though pre-orders are showing up under $5000
Solar Powered Surveillance Cameras Protect residents and personal property Prevent vandalism Easy monitoring Protect community property Wireless IP No electricity connections required