By Mike Stanley — My last couple of posts have explored options and technologies for measuring magnetic fields (see “Magnetometers Come in Multiple Flavors” and “Magnetic Sensor makes Electronic Compass Design Easy”). Today, we’ll explore issues that you may encounter when using any magnetic sensor in consumer applications. To keep things simple, let’s consider the [...]
December 1, 2010 – 11:19 am
By Glen Burchers Projections for tablet computer shipments in 2011 are now ranging from a low of 35MU to a high of 100MU. A lot of people are speculating how this will disrupt the PC market – especially notebook PCs. Certainly, there will be some market share shift towards tablets. But I think the implication [...]
August 18, 2010 – 10:01 am
by Mike Stanley Most kids heading back to school this month in the U.S. are returning to an environment far different than the one I had growing up in the 60s and 70s in the “hollers” of southern Indiana. Back then, our parents didn’t worry when we disappeared for hours on end, exploring the woods [...]
By Glen Burchers This is the seventh of nine blog posts that recap the recent end user research Freescale did with Savannah College of Art and Design. We interviewed more than 1,000 people during a 10-week period earlier this year to find out what they had to say about their future smartbook tablet needs. This [...]
By Glen Burchers This is the sixth post in our research about smartbook tablets where we researched various use cases to suit the needs of different demographics. Today’s young adults show an interesting trend. Many of them are eschewing traditional TVs in favor of viewing their entertainment videos on their PCs. We wanted to take [...]
By Glen Burchers During our smartbook tablet research with the Savannah College of Art and Design, one of the questions we had was, “is there a market for a super-premium smartbook tablet?” For this question, we assumed it would be a user who lived the lifestyle of the rich and famous. Think James Bond. Our [...]
By Glen Burchers We’ve been reviewing research that Freescale completed with Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) earlier this year (see my first, second and third posts). Our premise is that smartbook tablets will take different shapes and forms depending on their use models. In other words, one size tablet does not fit all. This [...]
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