Samsung rolls out Ultra High Speed microSD cards destined for LTE phones and tablets

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/05/samsung-ultra-high-speed-microsd/

While so far the Ultra High Speed Class 1 memory card designation has been reserved for SDXC and SDHC cards, Samsung just announced new microSD cards that support the faster interface as well. Currently being produced in 16GB sizes, they have maximum sequential read speeds of up to 80 MB/s, four times that of the high speed cards it introduced last year. There's no word on the write speeds but Samsung is already busy calling its next shot, planning to offer cards with even more storage in the future. Of course, you'll need compatible devices to make these new cards worth it, we wonder what kind of Advanced LTE smartphones with 3D gaming and HD video capabilities might be in store from Samsung soon...

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Samsung's ST200F goes on sale in Korea, wants you to know it exists

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/04/samsungs-st200f-wifi-goes-on-sale-in-korea/

Having trouble remembering Samsung's ST200F? You're forgiven as it was announced during the feed-busting monster that is CES, and alongside three other (arguably more interesting) Sammy WiFi-enabled shooters. No matter, as today the company's jogged our memory by letting us know the 16 megapixel shooter will soon soon grace Korean shelves for ₩249,000 (or around $200). Those buying will also be granted to a 10x optical zoom, 802.11 antennae and 720p video recording. And best of all, a quick perusal of online retailers reveal it's already up for preorder and will likely ship stateside in mid-April. Considerably later than the previously promised "February" ship date, but beggars can't be choosers. Right?

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Plantronics BackBeat Go headset sports tangle-free cord, 'rich' stereo sound

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/03/plantronics-backbeat-go/

Plantronics has made a name for itself in the wireless headset space, but there's plenty of room to grow when it comes to premium stereo offerings. BackBeat Go is the company's smallest and lightest wireless earbud set to date, tipping the scale at 13 grams, or "about the weight of three nickels." The cordless rig includes a pair of earbuds linked with a flat tangle-free cord, with inline controls to adjust volume and an integrated mic for calls. The Bluetooth-enabled Go can sync up with one device at a time, so you'll need to repeat the pairing process if switching between phones or to a tablet -- and you should be able to snag 4.5 hours of listening and talk time or 10 hours of standby with a single charge. Digital noise reduction and echo canceling play into the call experience, while the "deep, rich, stereo sound" means the earbuds are equally suited for leisure. Sound good to you? You can snag your own set for a cool $100 by clicking through to the source link below.

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NTT forces you to pay attention during a video conference (video)

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/03/ntt-video-conferencing-technology/

Video conferencing solved the "you talkin' to me?" problem ages ago, when business execs first started using sophisticated telepresence suites to share moisturizing tips. The thing is, catching a person's eye somehow has greater instinctive impact when you actually see them turn around to face you. That's exactly the sensation that NTT engineers have tried to replicate with the MM-Space conferencing system. It's demoed after the break by a pleasant-looking (Oil of Olay?) Japanese woman -- and even though you can't hear a word she says, the rotating, nodding translucent screen definitely lends her some extra gravitas.

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Upstart SugarCRM Raises Another $33 Million To Take On Salesforce And Microsoft (CRM, MSFT, ORCL)

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/sugarcrm-upstart-raises-another-33-million-to-take-on-salesforce-and-microsoft-2012-4

SugarCRM is up against a couple of noisy competitors -- Salesforce and Microsoft love to talk about their products and spend oodles on marketing every year.

But the seven-year-old company has carved out a nice niche for itself: it's been cash flow positive since 2010, and has more than one million end users, making it the third-largest CRM vendor. Billings were up 67% last year, and almost doubled in the fourth quarter.

Now, it's about to get bigger with a $33 million funding round led by NEA.

So how do they do it?

Focus. All they do is CRM. They're happy to let partners fill in all the other pieces that a business needs.

As CEO Larry Augustin told us, "We're not going to do like Salesforce has done. We're not pushing Heroku, Force.com, Rypple, Site.com or any of those things."

As far as Microsoft goes, "They have a solution that's an add-on to SharePoint, Exchange, and Office. If your goal is to live in Microsoft's world, that's naturally where you're going to go. Today, a lot of companies have a more heterogeneous environment. A lot of people have Google Docs, or mobile solutions that are not just Windows solutions. That's where we shine."

Another big difference: while Salesforce and Microsoft want customers to run in their clouds, SugarCRM wants customers choose their own cloud computing provider. The app can run on Amazon Web Services, IBM SmartCloud, Rackspace, a company's private data center or -- ironically -- even Microsoft's Windows Azure platform.

"We do host, we have a multitenant data center. But our emphasis is moving product out to other cloud services. If I never bought another server I'd be very happy."

Augustin also told us that the CRM market is far from full. Most of the company's customers so far have been smaller businesses, and about 60% of them are moving from makeshift solutions for tracking customer relationships, like storing data in Excel or Google Docs.

But SugarCRM is moving upmarket, and sought this funding round to make sure it had the cash to cover the longer sales cycles that enterprises require. It's also planning on making some "small tuck-in acquisitions" that help its core product.

The round was led by NEA, and NEA partner Brooke Seawell will join the board. The round also included new investments from Silicon Valley Bank and Gold Hill Capital.

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