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...Apple might design a better Tesla-type vehicle (and build one, with its $207bn of cash), but what problem would that solve?”...
...That could make it easier to design new materials, or find better ways for handling existing processes....
...In interviews during CES, tech executives defended the social impact of their products....
...Don Butler, head of Ford’s connected car initiative, is also wary of becoming dependent on Apple and Google, which have their own designs on the auto industry....
...Samsung also argues that the verdict in 2012 that it copied the iPhone’s design and appearance could also encourage so-called patent trolls, who are accused of misusing the system to extract payments through...
...Design is critical, and there are multiple solutions to the 3D jigsaw puzzle of business class: yin-yang; staggered herringbone; “stacked-V”. Jamco’s DoveTail seat has a layout like parquet flooring....
...It was the best laptop at CES, according to Laptop Mag....
...system....
...Qualcomm’s Paul Jacobs led the opening keynote at CES last year, and was replaced as chief executive last month....
...Its 13 manufacturing partners have each come up with their own design and specs. • Bad blood – It’s gone further than just the cut-throat price competition between market leader AT&T and T-Mobile....
...He’s talking about Samsung’s many different screen sizes, operating systems and form factors....
...While most of the CES press pack, and indeed many Apple customers, would recognise its design guru Sir Jonathan Ive, few could name his opposite number at Samsung....
...A number of devices at CES, from smart watches to game consoles, were crowdfunded on sites such as Kickstarter, with users financing production runs of drawing board design concepts....
...ranging from air conditioning in the cabin to de-icing equipment on the Dreamliner’s exterior....
...“In contrast, the No. 2 smartphone operating system, Apple Inc.’s iOS, will amount to 527m in cumulative shipments in 2013 and won’t reach the 1bn level until 2015.” 8.55am Stat attack 2 – “Smartphone shipments...
...Samsung executives often use such language to refer to design and software, branching out from the traditional bedrock of speedy manufacturing....
...Intel recently announced the dissolution of its digital home division and has left this market to chips based on designs by the UK’s Arm....
...The Ultrabook push is just part of the bid by Intel and Microsoft to break into high-mobility devices that has become a persistent theme of the annual CES event, but which this year has assumed added urgency...
...Physically, the PlayBook is an elegant, thin, black and silver-edged slab that emphasises its quality design....
...But that was a concept design demonstrated at CES last month....
...Toyota is launching its Entune infotainment system with the new Prius V hybrid car this year....
...With its own modular design system, the rival Volkswagen aims to slash the production cost of its cars by 20 per cent and “engineered hours per vehicle” – the time each takes to manufacture – by 30 per cent...
...“This is our design.”...
...On Wednesday, it announced “a complete 3D home ecosystem” consisting of TV, Blu-ray player, home theatre system and RealD active shutter glasses....
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