Samsung adds new tech to their plasma TV & DLP sets, Bluetooth and 3D

Samsung has been pretty hot for the past few days for its small-size, high storage hard drives. It looks like its TV product is getting hot too. It’s just equiped its new plasma TV, 50″ SPD-50P91FHD, with Bluetooth, and again makes itself to hold another “first in market” title - the first full HD plasma TV in the world that is Bluetooth-capable. This Bluetooth-capable TV features True Black Panel for an improved full HD image and a Cinema Screen Mode that utilizes proprietary technologies like Ultra DayLight, Natural True Color, and Real motion studio. It’s is compatible with Bluetooth-capable devices such as headsets and photo printers. It also supports ACAP standard two-way data broadcast. You can get it in Korea, which is pretty expensive, about $4,600.

Look closely and guess what they could be...

Looks like pens with hidden cams , right?

Nope. Wrong.

Introducing what I (Dusk) like to call the Penputer....

You've just seen the future of the Laptop. In the revolution of miniature computers, the scientists are ahead with bluetooth technology

from Urban Legends:

Can it possibly be true that your cumbersome desktop PC — keyboard, monitor, and all — may someday be replaced by a set of pen-like objects that fit neatly in your pocket?

The innovative folks at NEC Design, Ltd. in Tokyo say yes.

The email presentation you have just read is based on an experimental product called the P-ISM, described by NEC designers as a "Pen-style Personal Networking Gadget Package." A prototype of the system, which cost a reported $30,000 to build, was unveiled

Nokia's future mobile phone design

Start trek mobile phone design by heikki juvone

Philips DVD Player Offers IPod Dock, 9-Inch Screen

You may or may not recall this nifty portable Philips DVD player that let you snap your iPod into its case so you could play your digital media on the go. This new variant on the design is less about taking your player on the road, and more about playing your media at home.

Perfect for a kitchen countertop or any other place where you don’t need a big screen, Philips DCP951/37 Docking Entertainment System moves away from the clamshell case design to a flat, one-piece design that can stand up on its own. The player features a 9-inch diagonal LCD screen and built-in stereo speakers.

A handy iPod dock/charger pops out of the side of the player, keeping it out of harm’s way until you need it. In addition to playback from DVD or iPod, there’s a built-in SD/MMC card slot if you prefer to keep your media on memory cards. It supports a wide variety of playback formats including DVD, DVD+/-R and DVD+/-RW, (S)VCD, DivX & MPEG4 videos.

Disney Flix Video Cam

Disney's Flix Video Cam just had to be a part of the Top 10 Toys of 2007 list. This inexpensive video camera from Disney is not just a video camera. It comes bundled with Disney's Magic Director software too, which can be used to create all kinds of special effects. Simply plug the camera directly into your computer and use this software to edit away to glory! The included story boards and audio cues are all that are needed to pave your way towards becoming a professional movie director. The High School Musical and Hannah Montana storyboards are included. The camera has a storage capacity of 128MB and an included SD card slot can increase the length of a video that is captured with the camera.

Hawking Technologies

Hawking Technologies is proud to present its new HRGZ1 HomeRemote Wireless Home Automation System. This affordable and compact system plays a vital role in your home and office security. The HRGZ1 HomeRemote Wireless Home Automation System acts as a portal between the Internet and your home enabling you to control lighting and appliances. You can view live video even from your cell phone or an Internet web browser.

Vizio Plasma TV Specifications

VIZIO P50HDTV10A

P50 - 50" Plasma HDTV

The VIZIO P50 HDTV Widescreen 50-in* Plasma TV offers a HDTV display capability at 720P and 1080i allowing you to enjoy High Definition content in either format. This product offers a high 1,000 cd/m2 Brightness at a 1366 x 768 native resolution, and an unprecedented 10,000:1 max Contrast Ratio. Using VCV (VIZIO Color Vision), this Plasma TV can display 6,144 shades of gray in 231 Billion colors for a brilliant, colorful picture.

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Along with some of the newest advancements in mobile technology, we’ve given these Satellite® laptops a whole new look too, including a brilliant high–gloss Fusion™ finish, attractive Horizon design pattern, sleek flush–mounted touchpad and feather–touch controls. You’re definitely styling!

World’s First Transparent Design Phone

Europe : LG Electronics unveiled the world’s first transparent design phone, the LG-GD900, at the Mobile World Congress 2009 in Barcelona, Spain.

Having introduced a selection of highly acclaimed and stylish phones, LG makes a bold step in the design category by introducing yet another innovative aesthetic concept, transparency. This crystal, glass-like phone proves that stylish design can be achieved not only with the use of vivid colors, but also by revealing the handset in its purest form. Once imagined but never seen before, the LG-GD900 is expected to make a new fashion statement. With the debut of the LG-GD900 at the Mobile World Congress 2009, LG will strengthen its leadership in the mobile industry by expanding its design portfolio.

Transparent yet eye-catching, the LG-GD900 will stand out from the crowd, and so will those who carry it. When opened, its sliding, translucent keypad illuminates a cool glow that reflects the phone’s sleek and polished silver body. But first-rate design was not the only thing in mind when creating the LG-GD900. It also lives up to the highest level of technical features expected in a premium calibre handset, including its dedicated Bluetooth headset.

The LG-GD900 is scheduled for release during the second quarter of 2009

SAMSUNG Expands Ultra-Stylish, Compact Second Generation DVD Player

Samsung Electronics has unveiled a second generation DVD player, the DVD-H1080. A follow up to last year’s pebble-like DVD-F1080 model, the new DVD-H1080 player is as compact as the original. Slightly larger than the DVD discs it spins, the device weighs just over two pounds. The high-performance digital entertainment device also boasts Samsung’s striking Touch of Color™ (ToC™) design. Samsung DVD-H1080 will be on display at Booth #11033 during the International Consumer Electronics Show, held at the Las Vegas Convention Center, January 8 through 11, 2009.

“The DVD-H1080 player furthers Samsung’s strong desire to provide a truly passion-worthy digital entertainment experience. Consumers will attain an unheralded degree of style, sophistication, and DVD playback performance with this new product,” said Reid Sullivan, vice president of Audio/Video and Digital Imaging Marketing at Samsung Electronics America.

Sony HDR-FX1/E HDV Handycam Camcorder (PAL)

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Presenting the world�s first consumer 1080i high definition camcorder, the Sony Handycam HDR-FX1. A revolution in form and function, the HDR-FX1 allows you to play and record interlaced high definition video at resolutions up to 1440 x 1080 for professional quality video with vivid colors and striking detail.

Proximity Card Reader - 26SA

?The SecuraKey 26SA

card access control unit utilizes state of the art electronics in providing a unit that is both inexpensive and fully programmable. The patented slot less Touch Card reader is protected from weather and vandalism. Simply place the card on the stainless steel touch plate and the card is read instantly and without error. A green light indicates that access has been granted. Because the SecuraKey 26SA has non-volatile memory, reprogramming the access codes after power loss is a thing of the past. Validating and voiding of cards as well as other programming functions are easily accomplished from outside the housing using a few programming cards. The complete unit easily surface mounts to a single gang electrical box, masonry wall, post, or almost any other flat surface. The SecuraKey 26SA operates on low voltage, AC or DC, and consumes less than 200 milliamps.

Pioneer KURO PDP-5020FD 1080p Plasma TV

50" Pioneer Plasma Television Editor's Choice for Quality in 50" Plasma

Plasma TV is Dead - Pioneer Exits

Plasma TV is DEAD

As we predicted several years ago, plasma technology is on its way out. Putting one of the nails in the lengthy coffin is Pioneer Corp, who is stopping ALL production of plasma display panels. Last week we reported that they had decided to stop all 42-inch panel production, however that has now been expanded to its entire plasma line. This comes via an industry source briefed on the plan and quoted by Reuters in an article released today. Rather than panic, Pioneer shares immediately jumped to a four-month high following the report - up 11.2 percent.

Plasma TV is Dead - Pioneer Exits

Plasma TV is DEAD

As we predicted several years ago, plasma technology is on its way out. Putting one of the nails in the lengthy coffin is Pioneer Corp, who is stopping ALL production of plasma display panels. Last week we reported that they had decided to stop all 42-inch panel production, however that has now been expanded to its entire plasma line. This comes via an industry source briefed on the plan and quoted by Reuters in an article released today. Rather than panic, Pioneer shares immediately jumped to a four-month high following the report - up 11.2 percent.

Plasma TV/LCD TV

Plasma TV/LCD TV

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Resolution: 1366 * 768
Viewing Angle: H: 160; V: 160
Contrast Ratio: 10, 000: 1
Brightness: 1200CD/m2
Display Colors: 16.7M Colors

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42 inch Plasma Lcd Television (with 3xHDMI)

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3- Life time: 65, 000 hours
4- Size & Aspect Ratio: 42-Inch (16: 9)

Will New Blu-ray Drives Suck Your Laptop Battery Dry?

Now that Sony’s Blu-ray technology has won the high-def format war, computer manufacturers must tackle its power-hungry playback performance.
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Watching a Blu-ray movie in all its high-definition glory on your laptop may finally become an affordable prospect this year. Just don't wander too far from a power outlet.

With the Sony-backed HD format emerging victorious from a two-year showdown with Toshiba's HD DVD, many laptop manufacturers are now scrambling to add Blu-ray drives in their desktop and notebook lineups. Next month, Dell will even introduce a sub-$1,000 Blu-ray notebook, according to Brian Zucker, a technology strategist for the company.

But the promise of viewing an increasing variety of HD movies on your laptop may be overshadowed by ongoing concerns over the technology's vampiric effect on battery life. Indeed, if the first generation of Blu-ray equipped laptops are any indication, you might not get more than halfway through that movie before running out of juice completely, analysts say.

$200 Laptops Break a Business Mode

AN FRANCISCO — The global credit crisis may have caused the decline in consumer and business spending that is assaulting the giants of high tech. But as the dominant technology companies try to emerge from this slump, they may find themselves blaming people like David Title just as much as they blame Wall Street.

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Mr. Title, a 35-year-old new-media manager at a film production company in New York, has dropped his cable subscription and moved to watching most of his television online — free. While shopping for a new laptop for his girlfriend recently, he sidestepped more expensive full-featured computers and picked a bare-bones, $200 Asus EeePC laptop, also known as a netbook.

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New Laptop Technology You Need To Know (Before Buying Your Next Laptop)

Laptop or notebook computer technology is advancing at a blistering speed. Ferrari fast. So fast that by the time you purchase your new laptop, it's probably already obsolete or out of date. A sobering thought considering the hefty prices you have to pay for a high-end laptop.

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But laptop technology is changing so fast new innovations are coming on stream as you read this article. There is a whole new generation of notebook technology every two years or less. Therefore, unless you buy or upgrade your laptop each year you're falling behind what these sleek little powerhouses can now deliver.

And unless you're already in Geek Heaven, keeping track of all these new technologies and innovations can be quite a chore. Figuring out the right Graphics chipset that works best with the right CPU and the best Data buses is a major feat. And now that everything is being Doubled -- dual core, dual graphics -- it's entering the realm where Einstein would be amused, even on a bad hair day!

The highly recyclable, even more energy-efficient MacBook family has been designed with the environment in mind.

When we designed the new MacBook, our designers and engineers set a goal of making not only the greenest notebook Apple ever produced, but the greenest family of notebooks. So every new MacBook has been built using materials that are highly recyclable and free of many of the harmful substances present in other computers. Apple engineers also designed the software and hardware to work together, in order to maximize energy efficiency and minimize the carbon footprint of the MacBook. Even the packaging was reconsidered and reduced, producing smaller boxes to ship and less material to recycle. The result is exactly what we hoped for: the greenest family of notebooks ever made.

New Laptops: The First of Two Waves

By Rob Enderle
TechNewsWorld
02/07/05 5:00 AM PT

In PC deployments, I'm seeing a strong push to move from desktop to mobile, with some roll-outs jumping from 30 percent mobile to 60 percent midway through, suggesting a huge push to allow people to work wherever they are. The new products are, across the board, more secure, more reliable and more attractive than the products that came before.

Orange is first to launch LG Touch Watch phone in Europe

Europe : Orange tannouncds it will be the first operator to offer the world’s first Touch Watch phone (LG G910) in Europe, bringing customers the latest in breakthrough mobile technology in this tiny, wearable device from LG Electronics.

First Set of Acer Tempo Smartphone Series

US : Acer is introducing a new line of smartphones with a broad range of features and innovations. These first devices are mainly targeted at consumers who want to make use of excellent technology both for their personal and their professional needs.

Acer M900 -- for all your communications on the go

Gresso Announce New Skeleton Gold Luxury Mobile

Europe : After a great success met with the Skeleton Collection, introduced in December 2008, Gresso is proud to present a gold version of the collection, now limited of 50 pieces.

The signature feature of Skeleton Gold is the open back executed of sapphire crystal, which will allow the customers to admire the inner mechanism of the device. This peculiarity is inspired by complicated swiss skeleton watches.

Review of Nokia's stylish flip phone 7510 for T-Mobile

Nokia 7510

Nokia 7510

Nokia 7510

Nokia 7510

Nokia 7510

Nokia's 7510 was originally part of the fashion-oriented Supernova series, but dropped the Supernova title when it came to T-Mobile USA. This stylish handset has some neat features, though, so we gave it a run through to see how well it holds up. Read on to find out our thoughts of the Nokia 7510 as it appears in its T-Mobile USA guise .

Revolutionizing Mobile Software

Who is Killer Mobile ® Software?

Quite simply, we are the industry leaders in Smartphone Mobile Software Development. We have been since 2003 when we released our first Smartphone Application, AutoPilot Call Manager for Series 60 (Symbian OS) Mobile Devices which was on the bleeding edge of what mobile devices were capable of in it's day. Since then we've never looked back, and continue to lead the pack, followed closely by mindless imitators of half hearted software developers around the world.

Kaleidescape claims new 1080p upscaling DVD players "rival Blu-ray"

And you thought Toshiba's super-resolution DVD player taking on Blu-ray was comical. Kaleidescape -- the company famous for selling grossly overpriced (albeit fanciful) DVD / BD archiving systems for wealthy home theater junkies -- has just announced two new standalone DVD players that "provide a viewing experience that rivals Blu-ray." The argument goes something like this: there are 170,000 titles on DVD, and "just 6,000" (wait, for real?) on BD -- why support the next-gen format when these two upscaling DVD players display content that is utterly indiscernible from Blu-ray. For starters, the outfit is launching the 1080p Player (pictured), which earns the "ultimate DVD player" label by featuring a Sigma Designs Gennum VXP chip, 10-bit processing and full support for Dolby Digital, DTS, MPEG and PCM audio formats. The 1080p Mini Player offers the same, but in a tinier package meant for inconspicuous installations. Granted, both units do have exclusive access to Kaleidescape's Movie Guide database, but that hardly justifies the $4,295 / $2,995 price tags (in addition to the required $10,000 Kaleidescape System). Full release after the jump.

Oppo's new DVD player upconverts, ups the ante

The best-selling disc players aren’t high-def models like Blu-ray machines — they're upconverting DVD players. Those are regular DVD players that sport an HDMI output for easy connection to an HDTV (HDMI carries both audio and video). Oppo has been the standard-bearer of this technology for a while, and today they announced a new model, the DV-983H. This one doesn't just upconvert; it also delivers Dolby Digital 7.1-channel sound and scales up images to 1080p with Anchor Bay’s VRS (Video Reference Series) technology, said to deliver better video than previous models.

ClearPlay DVD Player

We have owned the clearplay dvd player for 5 years and we absolutely love it. It makes any movie with a filter family friendly. We don't have children, but I don't want the garbage in my head any more than I do a childs. With this dvd player I can watch a movie without having to hear or see anything I don't want to. They do such a wonderful job that you usually can't even tell it's being edited. This dvd player is a must have for anyone trying to " fix their eyes on things that are praiseworthy and good."

Sony DVP-FX820/R 8-Inch Portable DVD Player

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• 8" LCD Widescreen Monitor
• High-Resolution (800 x 480 resolution)
• 180 Swivel and Flip monitor
• Up to 6 Hour of Battery Life
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New DVD Player Is High-End Candy Store

Unlike earlier versions of the program, WinDVD 8 gives you greater control over playback with a video and audio center. The video center gives you control over how your video is displayed. For example, you can stretch your video to common display ratios like 4:3 and 16:9.

Best DVD player overall

OPPO DV-980H

• Excellent image quality
• Supports high-resolution audio formats
• Built-in USB port

• Doesn't upscale as well as others
• Confusing interface
• Reports of occasional freeze-ups

HD Digital Video Camera Hi-Def Camcorder

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Sony's new Handycam DCR-SR80, DCR-SR60 and DCR-SR40 hard drive camcorders

Sony's all out assault on the marketplace didn't stop with those wonderful new HD camcorders of theirs, they've also got three new standard definition Handycam units to show off. The DCR-SR80 leads the pack with a 1 megapixel CCD, 60GB drive, 2.7-inch widescreen viewfinder, 12x optical zoom, a hot shoe, and $800 price tag; the DCR-SR60 is essentially the same unit as the SR80, but with a 30GB drive and $700 price; the DCR-SR40 features a 40GB drive, 20x optical, 2.5-inch 4:3 aspect ratio touchscreen viewfinder, and $600 price point. All are due September, during which time we'd roughly estimate they'd vanish from store shelves in short order.

Brand New Handycam from Sony the HDR-SR12E

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Weybridge, 7th January 2008 - Whether you’re a first time movie-maker or trading up from your current camcorder, this season’s Handycam® line-up delivers more great ways to shoot, share and enjoy your memories.

For 2008, Handycam® offers best-ever image and sound quality, plus innovative, easy-to-use shooting features that put amazing pictures within everyone’s reach.