A new competitor drives into the luxury mobile device market-- Lamborghini, with 4 devices in varying levels of gaudy soon launching in Russia (and maybe elsewhere).
The Lamborghini lineup includes an Android smartphone, a tablet and 2 gold-plated feature phones.
The Tl700 smartphone has a metal and crocodile skin body and sapphire glass protecting the display-- not too shabby for what otherwise is a very basic Android 2.3 device with a 3.7-inch 800x480 display, 4GB internal storage and 5MP rear-facing/0.3MP front-facing cameras.
The tablet is also rather basic. It runs on Android 2.3 and carries a 1.2GHz processor, 512MB RAM, 4GB storage (plus memory card slot), 2 cameras (2 and 5MP) and a 9.7-inch 1024x768 sapphire-glass protected display. It appears to lack the flashy construction typical of such "luxury" devices, though.
Lamborghini promises Android 4.0 upgrades for both devices.
Finally there are the 2 feature phones-- the TL688 Spyder and the TL820 Spyder 2. Both are as average as they are flashy, with hand-crafted gold-plated cases and very little else.
Lamborghini gives no word on releasing its mobile offerings outside of Russia-- but with Nokia's Vertu facing an uncertain future, it might find a niche in the luxury market.
In other words Intel cannot beat the cable companies in spending on content, despite having a quartet of industry veterans helping with negotiations.
The deal covers 44 Swedish and 11 Norwegian GAME retail outlets, together with the associated online stores in both countries. Combined the stores employ 270 people and service around 600000 customers.
Xbox SmartGlass is a wifi remote app. It allows users to control both video and game content with tablets or smartphones, using the Xbox 360 console as a hub.
It features three Folded Motion tweeters, four 4-inch woofers, seven amps (together delivering 100W), dual rear-firing bass ports and wired subwoofer output. Dolby Digital and DTS surround-sound provide decoding, while Dolby Virtual Speaker simulates virtual surround.
