Sentences with phrase «ecosystem than hardware»

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Rather than cater to a partner ecosystem — where it designs the software for other hardware makers to use in their products — Microsoft may have to pivot more to designing devices like the Xbox, where it builds both aspects.

It's easier for Amazon to achieve Nook - like hardware design than for B&N to achieve a Kindle - like ecosystem, so it's much more likely that the next Kindle will be a better fit than the current (or next) Nook.

B&N and Amazon are making these devices as hardware portals to their respective ecosystems, they're even more closed - in than an Apple device.

The iPad hardware and software will likely be nicer than the competition, and if the salesperson is trained, they'll be able to explain that Apple's apps and media ecosystem is still the best.

But even without hard numbers, it's clear that Amazon's digital ecosystem benefitted from the hardware sales boom: Christmas Day saw more digital downloads and purchases than any other in Amazon's history.

Apple is not only delivering the best tablet experience on the planet in arguably the best hardware, in the most prolific ecosystem imaginable, but the company is even taking it a step further to deliver apps that can actually perform better than what you're running on your multi-thousand dollar computer at home.

The 8.9 is not a slam dunk against the upcoming $ 400 retina iPad mini, a tablet that will offer roughly similarish screen quality, a barely smaller screen, premium hardware, and a way more robust ecosystem for just $ 20 more than the comparable HDX 8.9.

Gartner's prediction for iOS» market share remains strong because it believes Apple's edge is its rich ecosystem of applications rather than more feature laden hardware

This must have been a tough decision for B&N, but probably the right one — these days, you buy a device for its associated media ecosystem as much as for the hardware itself, and this gives Nook tablet owners access to a much richer music & video ecosystem than they can get from B&N directly.

While LeEco has introduced some nice hardware with the Pro3, their skinned version of Marshmallow called EUI (Ecosystem UI) is confusing at times and can be more of a hassle than something you would want in a new phone...

Because developers can create one piece of software that will run on a multitude of screen sizes and hardware configurations, there's a good chance the Windows 10 ecosystem will grow more quickly than Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 could ever muster separately.

With Samsung removing key features like expandable storage and replaceable batteries to accommodate their new design language, things have never been more similar between the two ecosystems than now in terms of hardware.

Deciding to engage with NVIDIA SHIELD will be less like purchasing an everyday smartphone or tablet than it will be like picking up the sole hero device sold by a company that up until now — for several years at least — has been building a software and hardware ecosystem to support it.

The iPhone is actually larger than the Z3 Compact, and while it features a nicer build and better hardware in some cases, iOS will be a turn off for those wanting to stay (or join) the Android ecosystem.