There was then the small matter of getting permission from NASA, no doubt helped by one of the team being a former employee. They did have a few more expensive requirements, like a helicopter to lift a transmitter into place, but a crowdfunding campaign took care of the costs. They could still hear the satellite out there talking, but they’d need to build the equipment to talk back. Since the satellite went offline, the team had retired, the documentation was lost and the equipment was outdated. But technology gets old, and everyone happily let the successful satellite go, knowing it would be back in Earth’s orbit someday - namely, 2014. In its heyday, it ran missions around the Moon and Earth, and flew through the tail of a comet.
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The tablet, which packs in a 1.2 GHz Quad-core processor, Android 4.4 KitKat, 1.5GB RAM, and a 1280×800 WXGA display, will be available through Sprint for $299.99 or $0 down and 24 monthly payments of $12.50 on its installment plan. It uses Intel, rather than ARM-based, CPUs because its target consumers are price-sensitive.Īfter 8-inch and 10.1-inch variants arriving on T-Mobile, AT&T and elsewhere in recent months, today Sprint announced that it will be launching Samsung’s new Galaxy Tab 4 7.0 this Friday on August 15. Acer, which had a 21.4 percent market share in 2013, designs Chromebooks with a consistent focus on delivering the best value for money. It was especially dominant in the education market, having the most popular devices in primary and secondary schools. In addition, we also get a look at market share for Chromebooks by vendor as of last year (above) with Samsung grabbing 64% of the market and Acer next in line at 21.4%.īy selling 1.7 million units in 2013, Samsung led the Chromebook market globally. In addition, of the 2.9 million Chromebooks sold during 2013, 82 percent were sold in North America, making it the major market for Chromebooks globally. Gartner estimates that the education sector accounted for nearly 85 percent of Chromebook sales in 2013. The report also estimates around 85% of sales were into the education market:ĭemand for Chromebooks is mainly driven by the education sector in the U.S.
That 79% increase means Gartner is estimating sales will hit 5.2 million units this year while predictions for 2017 sit at 14.4 million units. Gartner released a report today with its latest numbers on Chromebooks noting that sales are up 79% since last year and on track to triple by 2017.
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