This comes to us with no surprise that Microsoft‘s Kinect sensor has sold 10 million units worldwide, which is mighty impressive by the way. Not only that, 10 million Kinect games have also been sold. And before you think of the bundle option, let it be clear that these are standalone game figures! A little [...]
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iPhone vs Win Phone 7 comparison
March 25th, 2011 
Farrukh iPhone is and has been, undoubtedly, one of the most talked about and successful mobile phones in the history. Although it has been greatly criticized over the years about the lack of basic functionalities which other devices have provided for a long time now, but the user-friendly, smooth and gorgeous UI and the largest collection [...]
Microsoft has sold two million WP7 devices so far
February 9th, 2011 Farrukh Windows Phone 7 has been an encouraging and fresh start for Microsoft since its launch. The performance of the new OS in the market can be judged from a few stats provided by Greg Sullivan, Windows Phone 7 group product manager in Microsoft, in an interview with Bloomberg News.
8 million Kinect units sold since launch
January 27th, 2011 Farrukh Remember a previous post mentioning 2.5 million Kinect units sold in the first 25 days? Well according to the updated stats revealed by Microsoft, at their CES keynote, Kinect has sold a total of 8 million units worldwide in about 60 days since its launch! This is certainly a huge leap considering what they had planned – to [...]
Microsoft to increase Kinect accuracy by update
December 20th, 2010 Farrukh According to Eurogamer, Microsoft is working to quadruple the accuracy of the Kinect motion control system which will come in a forthcoming dashboard update. Currently, the Kinect camera’s depth sensor operates at a resolution of 320×240 at 30 frames per second, although if that were to be upgraded to a resolution of 640×480, Eurogamer reports [...]
Kinect hits 2.5 Million units sold in 25 days
December 2nd, 2010 admin Microsoft has projected a target of 5 million Kinect units to be sold by the end of this year. Thanks to the boost provided by Black Friday sales, Kinect, launched 25 days ago, has now surpassed 2.5 million in sales, Microsoft said in a statement, and the device was among the most sought after gifts [...]
Get control of your VLC Media Player using VLC Play! from Windows Phone 7
November 29th, 2010 admin If you want to to control your VLC Media player from the comfort of your Windows Phone 7 smartphone, we have got good news for you. Ageye’s has just launched VLC Play! and it has the goods you are looking for. VLC Play! is a Windows Marketplace based app that lets you remotely control one [...]
First Kinect Prototype cost $30,000
November 10th, 2010 admin Following last week’s appearance on Oprah, the Xbox 360′s motion-sensing system is now the subject of an in-depth article in the New York Times. The article reveals some pretty interesting facts about Kinect. The camera-based system’s first prototype cost a whopping $30,000 to build–200 times the retail price of the unit sold on its own. However, Microsoft claims that unlike the Xbox [...]
Microsoft launching Kinect with 17 titles in Nov
October 21st, 2010 admin Microsoft is quite extensively promoting the November 4 launch of its Kinect motion-sensing system. The company is reportedly spending a hefty amount on its advertisments and has even secured a slot on the all-powerful Oprah television show to show off the device! Below are the launch titles starting from 4th till end of Nov 2010 (not in order of [...]
