These are all really cool looking games, but unless there are some serious deals on
the hardware end of things, it's all for nothing.
Not exact matches
I'll
end with one final quote
of advice — this time from my idol Albert Einstein — that applies especially well for
hardware entrepreneurs — «Make
things as simple as possible, but not simpler.»
Had
things unfolded a bit differently, we could have seen a Saturn V rocket launch such a manned deep - space mission based on Apollo
hardware by the
end of the 1970s.
Called on by his country to unite with acting head
of the White House Nuclear Smuggling Group, Dr. Julia Kelly (Nicole Kidman), to chase down stolen nuclear weapons, the duo commandeers all manner
of military
hardware and personnel in pursuit
of a madman who, at the
end of the day, is firmly convinced that he is doing the right
thing by detonating the one remaining rogue bomb in his backpack near the United Nations building in New York City.
The writing's been on the wall since the Q1
of 2007 and really showed it's self, to me atleast, by the
end of 2007 that MS were making plans to bail from the
hardware side
of things.
Razer, the high -
end gaming
hardware and software company, has just acquired Nextbit, the phone company looking to make on - board storage hassles a
thing of the past.
A few
things standing in the way
of making VR truly accessible to everyone have been the requirement for high -
end PC
hardware, the need to purchase a fancy, dedicated headset, and the determination to make the two work together that only a true nerd can understand.
Some might criticise the company for not keeping enough stocks in hand (as we pointed out, the quick sales
of the Mi 3 were a bit
of a double - edged sword, leaving many disappointed at not getting a unit), others might accuse them
of dumping an old device on Indian consumers and then arbitrarily stopping its sales, still others might criticise their «flash sale» method
of selling devices, but the one
thing that can not be denied is the fact that Xiaomi did pretty much throw a spanner in the works
of established high -
end Android players by offering excellent
hardware at a staggeringly low price in the Mi 3.
One
thing to note about Lollipop is that it finally feels like it's taking advantage
of the overachieving
hardware on high -
end devices.
On the
hardware side
of things, the Pro line seems to have borrowed much
of what made Samsung's most recent high -
end tablet, the Note 10.1 2014 edition, so impressive.
The nice
thing about the Idol 5 and past Idol devices is that it carries mostly high -
end hardware components, just not from the top
of the line brands.
What makes this comparison interesting is that the ZenFone 2 is a bit on the opposite
end of things — its external
hardware is nothing to get excited about, but offers better performance and camera while having some equally - confusing software choices.