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Kinect sets a world record as fastest selling consumer electronics device
Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 9
Almost one million iPad 2s sold already
BenQ R100 Android tab for $470
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 – officially announced

Kinect sets a world record as fastest selling consumer electronics device

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 04:03 PM PDT

Kinect hacks aren't anything new nowadays, but have you ever wondered how successful Kinect actually has been since launch? We’ve got some figures, and according to them, Kinect is the fastest selling electronic device of all time.

Since its release in the last year, this motion control device for Xbox360 has gained an enormous popularity. In fact, Kinect has set a world record as a fastest selling electronic consumer device. In first 60 days of its release, Kinect has been sold in about 133,333 copies per day. This means that after two months of sale more than 8 million Kinect units have been sold worldwide. Another interesting information is that Kinect has been sold in more than iPhone and iPad in the same time period, so that's quite a success for Microsoft.

Kinect's popularity is growing with more than 10 million sold copies up til now, this surely must be giving Xbox360 itself a boost as well.

[via PC Mag]

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Kinect sets a world record as fastest selling consumer electronics device

Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 9

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 03:52 PM PDT

As promised, Microsoft has released the latest version of its popular browser, Internet Explorer 9, so after a long time, the final version of Internet Explorer 9 is finally here.

Folks from Microsoft are proud of their latest update to IE, and according to them, Internet Explorer 9 has a lot to offer when it comes to graphics handling, security and privacy features.

For the first time, Internet Explorer is ready to compete with other major browsers such as Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and Opera. Microsoft is especially proud of tools that keep Internet Explorer 9 users from being tracked as they go through various web pages. With this feature, firms won't be able to present ads to surfers according to their surfing habits. Besides that, we'll see improved security and impressive visual effects thanks to its built-in acceleration that utilizes both CPU and GPU.

The final version of Internet Explorer 9 is here, so the question is how many of you will abandon your current browser and switch to IE9?

[via Ubergizmo]

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Almost one million iPad 2s sold already

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 03:49 PM PDT

As you might already have heard, on the 11 of March Apple launched it’s brand new iPad 2, this new device has a number of significant improvements over it’s predecessor.

Among them we can find two cameras for Facetime with your friends and also for HD recording, another improvement for this device is it’s speed, so the iPad 2 is twice as fast as the original iPad was and also it’s a lot thinner and lighter. Even though the new iPad 2 has more features than the original one and it’s lighter and thinner the battery is more efficient, meaning you still get around ten hours of juice.

The iPad 2 went on sale in the US on Friday and according to retailers it was difficult to find an iPad 2 over the weekend as all iPads were sold at every Apple and non-Apple store, and in some stores all iPad 2s were sold in the first 10 minutes. So even if the sales did not reach the 1 million mark yet they are very close in achieving it. In comparison the first iPad reached the one million mark after 28 days from it’s launch, so what we’re seeing now just after a few days is already a staggering difference.

[via Reuters, Apple]

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BenQ R100 Android tab for $470

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 02:03 PM PDT

Finally BenQ has launched Android tab – R100 in China. In terms of technical specifications, the BenQ R100 has a 10.1-inch LCD touchscreen with a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels and is based on a 833MHz ARM processor.

While it may not be the lightest at 720g, the relatively slim 244 mm x 191 mm x 15 mm BenQ R100 includes an internal storage 8 GB with SD slot that supports cards up to 16GB, mini-USB port and mini-HDMI jack and 802.11 b/g/n WiFi connection, Bluetooth respectively.

The battery has a range of up to 12 hours when the tablet is used only for reading. Also, the touchscreen allow users to take handwritten notes using a stylus – an rather uncommon site for an Android tablet.

The BenQ R100 was first announced in December last year and is now available in China. The tablet is being sold for 3100 Yuan (about $470).

[via iTechNews]

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 – officially announced

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 01:52 PM PDT

Motorola Xoom, to which the majority of professionals reports when it comes to all things Honeycomb related, has now a fierce rival – Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1.

Weighing less than 600g, the new Galaxy Tab 10.1 from Samsung has a 10.1 inch display, dual core NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor and of course, Google Android 3.0 Honeycomb OS.

The tablet from Samsung also boasts a LCD display with a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels, an internal storage from 16GB to 32GB, gyroscope, accelerometer, proximity sensor and digital compass. With a rear eight-megapixel and front two-megapixel camera, the Galaxy Tab 10.1 can record or play HD video at 1080p, comes equipped with WiFi 802.11b/g/n. Because of its Android browser and Flash 10.1, the Samsung GALAXY Tab 10.1 will be the perfect device for accessing the internet from wherever you are.

[via iTechNews]

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