Archive for April, 2008
Acer launched the H5350 home cinema projector with the promise that it will "transform any living room into a home theatre" for under £600.
Complete with PS3/Xbox 360 and Blu-ray friendly HDMI port, content is displayed at 720p resolution (1280 x 720).
Additional features worth a mention are the 2000 ANSI Lumens brightness, 2000:1 contrast ratio and the projector is powered by Colorboost, a technology that provides more than a 50% increase in mid-tone image brightness, says the manufacturer.
The detachable control pad gives access to Acer’s tools including eView Management, which adjusts projector settings to suit any lightning environment and any type of content and the SmartFormat technology, which provides multi-format support.
The H5350 comes complete with a two-year carry-in warranty and is priced £589.
From pocket-lint
Sweden-based Neonode announced on Tuesday it will add four vibrant new colors to its N2 cellular phone. Originally offered only in black, Neonode’s web store now offers the quad-band GSM phone in Lime (green), Azure (blue), Rubine (red) and Roza (pink). The phone features an optical 2-inch touchscreen with a programmed Neno user interface that uses various finger sweeps across the screen as shortcuts. It is not yet available in the US, but Neonode mentions the new colors are meant to help the company bring the phone to new markets as it attempts to boost sales.
The N2 was launched last August and has sold 31,000 units in the fourth quarter of last year, prompting Neonode to move up the launch of the new colors.
The phone is Bluetooth enabled and holds audio files in MP3, WMA and WAV formats on a miniSD card. The phone’s built-in 2-megapixel camera can capture still images or videos in MPEG and WMV formats.
To date, the N2 has been sold in Europe, but it has been rumored that Neonode will announce the N2 for US consumption and launch it Stateside sometime in 2008.
From electronista
AMD announced new Phenom X4 CPUs end of March. Digitimes cites Motherboard sources that there are two new 45nm Phenom X4 CPUs (codename: Deneb) coming in 2008.
The new rumored AMD CPUs include the 125W Phenom X4 9750 and the 95W Phenom X4 9850 will appear before January of 2009. There is supposedly also an updated version of the upcoming Phenom X4 9950 (June) at the end of the fourth quarter.
45nm AMD Phenom X4 CPUs are to be expected on shelves this November.
AMD is also supposed to begin production for the low-power Phenom X4 9350e (Agena) in the third quarter, while the low-power 8450e (Tollman) will see production begin in the second quarter.
From i4u.com
The 6600 fold features a 2.13” OLED screen and a 2 megapixel camera. The high-gloss surface of the Nokia 6600 fold shows the hidden display when tapped twice to reveal time, incoming messages, missed calls etc. A double tap on the Nokia 6600 fold also snoozes alerts and silences or rejects incoming phone calls. 3G-enabled, the phone allows fast and easy sharing of pictures and videos. The Nokia 6600 fold has an estimated retail price of $430 excluding taxes and subsidies.
From Newlaunches
TG Sambo announced the launch of its 4.8-inch new PMP in Korea market, which supports full browsing, T-DMB and 802.11 b/g wireless LAN.
Adopting a 4.8-inch WVGA touch screen LCD and 16GB flash memory, the PMP runs on Alchemy AU1250 700MHz processor and WinCE 5.0 OS.
From AVING
Only available in Korea here you are the RD-CX310, which is actually not you average electronic dictionary since our all mighty RD-CX310 feature not less than 82 dictionaries for the studies of English, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish and of course Korean, but also 20 audiobooks (from the world best novelist), as well as some pretty nice PMP feature with a 30GB internal HDD with a 4.3” LCD, support of WMV9, MPEG-4 and DivX video, Mp3 and WMA for audio, a voice recorder and an FM tuner. WOW school in Korean must be fun !
From akihabaranews.
If you’re vaguely remembering a mention of MLD, you’re not crazy. Around this time last year, PureDepth announced that it was teaming up with Samsung to crank out a 46-inch Multi-Layer Display LCD. Fast forward to now, and we’re hearing that the first MLD wares should be hitting the streets relatively soon. The technology itself consists of building displays that are in fact two or more layers of LCD panel that share a common back-light source, thus creating a depth effect when viewing material. As it stands, the outfit has signed agreements with Samsung (obviously) for development of displays in mobile handsets and Sanyo for mobiles, gaming solutions and automotive electronics (including in-car navigation). Interestingly enough, Q1 2008 saw quite the surge in support for the 3D sector, making the launch of MLD that much more applicable to the apparent desires of content viewers.
From Engadget
BMW’s supercar icon, the M1, blew out the candles at the Concorso d’Eleganza at Villa d’Este this weekend. In honor of the car’s thirtieth birthday, BMW rolled out the new BMW M1 Hommage, a concept/design study that pays tribute to the original M1 and shows what could be possible if BMW were to produce a new mid-engined sports car.
The BMW M1 Hommage blends a wide, aggressive stance with intentionally retro/modern twists on the key visual elements that defined Paul Bracq’s original BMW Turbo concept and the Giugiaro-designed M1 homologation special that followed. It is instantly recognizable as an M1, particularly in profile, where the M1 Hommage’s basic shape clearly mimics that of its forebear. BMW’s stylists also incorporated similar nods the particulars of the original, such as the louvered rear window; the badge placement in back; the line extending aft from the side glass; and even the wheel design, which is an exaggerated take on the ones you’ll find on the original road car. Poring over the details of the Homage is akin to going on an Easter Egg hunt.
3R System(www.3rsys.com) rolled out its stylish LP case ‘3Rsystem V10 LP’ in Korea market, which features one-touch assembling operation.
Adopting a 5.25-inch ODD, two 3.5-inch HDD, a 3.5-inch external bay drive and four PCI slots, the V10 LP can be used as a tower pc case as well as a desktop pc case, by either standing or laying down it.
It comes in two different colors such as white and red. Suggested price is between 30,000(KRW) and 40,000(KRW).
From AVING
Sanyo announced the launch of its new digital movie camera ‘Xacti VPC-CG9′ in Korea market.
Adopting a 2.5-inch LCD monitor, the movie camera incorporates 9.1M CMOS sensor with a high-performance F3.5, 5x optical zoom lens.
Supporting MPEG-4 AVC(Advanced Video Coding)/H.264 high compression and recording format, the Xacti VPC-CG9 compresses 60 VGA(640 x 480) frames into each second. It can simultaneously record VGA movies and 2M stills without interrupting movie shooting.
Other features included its new shake-control mechanism for still pictures, a digital image stabilizer for movies and SD memory card capacity.
It comes now in white and pink colors, and silver is also expected to be released in July. Suggested price is 398,000(KRW).
From AVING