Want a Samsung Galaxy S III? If you're a Sprint customer, you can walk into your nearby Sprint store and assuming that there is inventory of the phone left, walk out with your Samsung Galaxy S III and the envy of every smartphone totin' person in your neighborhood...
Monday, July 2, 2012
Samsung Galaxy S III now at Sprint stores
Samsung Galaxy S III now at Sprint stores: Want a Samsung Galaxy S III? If you're a Sprint customer, you can walk into your nearby Sprint store and assuming that there is inventory of the phone left, walk out with your Samsung Galaxy S III and the envy of every smartphone totin' person in your neighborhood...
Want a Samsung Galaxy S III? If you're a Sprint customer, you can walk into your nearby Sprint store and assuming that there is inventory of the phone left, walk out with your Samsung Galaxy S III and the envy of every smartphone totin' person in your neighborhood...
IBM launches augmented reality app for grocery stores
IBM launches augmented reality app for grocery stores:
Attention, shoppers. IBM has unveiled an augmented reality mobile app that lets you pan store shelves with your smartphones to receive personalized product tips, recommendations, and coupons.
The app is one more example of a creative use of augmented reality, which blends digital data with real-world imagery. The app brings the benefits of digital commerce to traditional brick-and-mortar stores, where 92 percent of retail still takes place, according to market researcher Forrester Research.
As you enter a store, you can download the app on a smartphone or tablets, register for the service, and create a profile of features that matter to you, such as ingredients you’re allergic to or your favorite foods. Then, as you browse the aisles and point your phone’s video camera at merchandise, the app will recognize the products and overlay digital details on top of the images.
You’ll be able to see info such as ingredients, price, reviews, and discounts that apply that day. If you opt in, data from your social networks can be integrated into the data stream. If a friend reviewed a product that you’re looking at, the app will flag that review.
You can tell the app that you want a cereal brand that’s low in sugar, highly rated by consumers, and on sale at a low price. Then you pan a shelf of cereal boxes, and the app reveals which cereals meet the criteria.
“In the age of social media, consumer expectations are soaring, and people want information and advice about the products they’re going to buy,” said Sima Nadler, IBM Research’s retail lead. “By closing the gap between the online and in-store shopping experience, marketers can appeal to the individual needs of consumers and keep them coming back.”
The app is the result of work by IBM Research scientists in Haifa, Israel.
Retailers who adopt the app can connect with consumers by turning marketing into a welcomed service, not an intrusive one. The app can also help retailers understand consumers better, based on their likes and dislikes. And it could make loyalty programs and digital coupons more convenient for shoppers.
The app integrates with the retailer’s back-end computer system, powered by IBM Smarter Commerce software, which delivers info to the consumer’s device.
[Photo credit: Jon Simon for IBM]
Filed under: mobile
Attention, shoppers. IBM has unveiled an augmented reality mobile app that lets you pan store shelves with your smartphones to receive personalized product tips, recommendations, and coupons.
The app is one more example of a creative use of augmented reality, which blends digital data with real-world imagery. The app brings the benefits of digital commerce to traditional brick-and-mortar stores, where 92 percent of retail still takes place, according to market researcher Forrester Research.As you enter a store, you can download the app on a smartphone or tablets, register for the service, and create a profile of features that matter to you, such as ingredients you’re allergic to or your favorite foods. Then, as you browse the aisles and point your phone’s video camera at merchandise, the app will recognize the products and overlay digital details on top of the images.
You’ll be able to see info such as ingredients, price, reviews, and discounts that apply that day. If you opt in, data from your social networks can be integrated into the data stream. If a friend reviewed a product that you’re looking at, the app will flag that review.
You can tell the app that you want a cereal brand that’s low in sugar, highly rated by consumers, and on sale at a low price. Then you pan a shelf of cereal boxes, and the app reveals which cereals meet the criteria.
“In the age of social media, consumer expectations are soaring, and people want information and advice about the products they’re going to buy,” said Sima Nadler, IBM Research’s retail lead. “By closing the gap between the online and in-store shopping experience, marketers can appeal to the individual needs of consumers and keep them coming back.”
The app is the result of work by IBM Research scientists in Haifa, Israel.
Retailers who adopt the app can connect with consumers by turning marketing into a welcomed service, not an intrusive one. The app can also help retailers understand consumers better, based on their likes and dislikes. And it could make loyalty programs and digital coupons more convenient for shoppers.
The app integrates with the retailer’s back-end computer system, powered by IBM Smarter Commerce software, which delivers info to the consumer’s device.
[Photo credit: Jon Simon for IBM]
Filed under: mobile
Samsung merges S-LCD and mobile display units under Samsung Display umbrella
Samsung merges S-LCD and mobile display units under Samsung Display umbrella:
And just like that, Samsung Display was born. Built by combining the lesser S-LCD Corporation and Samsung Mobile Display, the new unit is now the largest maker manufacturer of displays. Of course, none of this could have happened without Sony deciding to exit the S-LCD partnership last year. Though vague, Sammy says it plans for this new LCD juggernaut to leverage the company's vast experience and large panel-producing facilities to boost production and demand for its OLEDs while increasing "synergy" (we thought that buzz word died with Nu Metal). You'll find complete PR after the break.
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Compal lands 70% of Dell 2013 notebook orders
Compal lands 70% of Dell 2013 notebook orders: Compal Electronics has obtained orders from Dell accounting for 70% of Dell's total notebooks to be shipped in 2013, according to Taiwan-based supply chain makers.
Compal lands 70% of Dell 2013 notebook orders
Compal lands 70% of Dell 2013 notebook orders: Compal Electronics has obtained orders from Dell accounting for 70% of Dell's total notebooks to be shipped in 2013, according to Taiwan-based supply chain makers.
High resolution displays for notebooks, tablet PCs becoming tight, say sources
High resolution displays for notebooks, tablet PCs becoming tight, say sources: The supply of high resolution displays has been falling short of demand recently, since more and more notebook and tablet vendors have followed Apple to adopt high resolution panels for their devices, according to industry sources.
Global PC shipments to decline 0.4% in 2012, says paper
Global PC shipments to decline 0.4% in 2012, says paper: Worldwide PC shipments will total 363 million in 2012, a decline of 1.5 million units or 0.4% from 365 million shipped in 2011, the Chinese-language Commercial Times quoted data from Gartner as indicating. This will be the second time global PC shipments register a decline since the dot-com bubble in 2001.
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