Archive for August 30th, 2008
Saturday, August 30th, 2008
Just over a week ago we reported on the tip of a new Philips Essence LCD HDTV to be announced at this years IFA. It turns out that most of the information in the rumors were correct, and the Essence is a 42-inch LCD model called Philips 42PES0001. Philips has taken a similar route to Sony, where they have designed a minimalist and stylish thin HDTV which can be wall mounted and look like a picture frame. The Philips 42PES0001 has one of the slimmest frames (21mm) I have seen on an HDTV, given it a great look with a glossy black aluminum frame. The 42-inch 1080p LCD HDTV is just 33mm / 1.5 inches deep and makes use of a connectivity hub, so that only one cable connects to the HDTV, sending the video, audio and power. (Read the full post about ‘Philips 42PES0001′…)
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Saturday, August 30th, 2008
Just over a week ago we reported on the tip of a new Philips Essence LCD HDTV to be announced at this years IFA. It turns out that most of the information in the rumors were correct, and the Essence is a 42-inch LCD model called Philips 42PES0001. Philips has taken a similar route to Sony, where they have designed a minimalist and stylish thin HDTV which can be wall mounted and look like a picture frame. The Philips 42PES0001 has one of the slimmest frames (21mm) I have seen on an HDTV, given it a great look with a glossy black aluminum frame. The 42-inch 1080p LCD HDTV is just 33mm / 1.5 inches deep and makes use of a connectivity hub, so that only one cable connects to the HDTV, sending the video, audio and power. (Read the full post about ‘Philips 42PES0001′…)
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Saturday, August 30th, 2008
by Nilay Patel, posted Aug 30th 2008 at 5:02PMHP has always been confident that the 2133 Mini-Note would sell quickly, to the point where the company planned to build some two million units this year, and it sounds like that bet’s paying off — China’s Apply Daily is citing sources at HP Taiwan quoting worldwide sales growing 50 percent monthly. (Read the full post about ‘Demand for HP’s Mini-Note growing fast?’…)
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Saturday, August 30th, 2008
FROM GAMERTELL - Even though the PSP continues to show strong hardware sales, Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Patcher thinks the new hardware changes are signs of a much larger problem… MORE » Keep up with the latest gadget goodness! - Subscribe to our feed → Tags: audio, sat-nav, amps, toys (Read the full post about ‘Analyst describes PSP as “no-man’s land” for developers’…)
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Saturday, August 30th, 2008
Look, I’ve never had, even once in my life, had the desire to decapitate anything. So, no, this doesn’t fulfill one of my childish dreams, but I find it terribly cute anyways.
For sure, a lot of people would be weirded out. But growing up with my younger neighbours decapitating my dolls anytime they get a chance, I don’t even find this remotely weird. Yep, the protrusion you see from the laptop is the body of a teddy bear that’s turned into a USB drive. Sure, the 1GB capacity is lackluster, but I’ll gladly pay the 8 for a teddy bear that’s actually a USB flash drive.
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Saturday, August 30th, 2008
by Joshua Topolsky, posted Aug 30th 2008 at 12:25PM Sure, we’ve seen some blurry videos and managed a few stolen glimpses when Andy Rubin demonstrated this beast, but now we’ve gotten our hands on a slew of pictures showing off a very real T-Mobile-branded Dream in all its Android-running glory. Not only does this confirm the design spied in those FCC docs as well as show off that nearly-done version of Android, but it seems to confirm the fact that this will be headed to T-Mobile, and sooner rather than later judging from the looks of the above device. Needless to say, our inner-geeks are completely geeking out right now. Hit the gallery below for a handful of other views of the phone.[Thanks, Michael]Gallery: HTC’s An (Read the full post about ‘HTC’s Android-driven Dream revealed in glorious spy photos’…)
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Saturday, August 30th, 2008
by Paul Miller, posted Aug 30th 2008 at 2:01PM We won’t belabor these two: X-Fi has been spotted plenty of times before, and the Zen Mozaic “is a crap,” as our friends at Engadget Spanish put it. There was no functioning WiFi to test out the X-Fi’s networking features, but they looked pretty tedious on the surface, and the player is otherwise okay but unimpressive. Meanwhile, the Zen Mozaic is just another in a long line of shoddily built — if interesting looking — low-end DAPs from Creative. (Read the full post about ‘Creative’s Zen Mozaic, X-Fi players hands-on’…)
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Saturday, August 30th, 2008
by Nilay Patel, posted Aug 30th 2008 at 3:12PMNeurosurgery with robotic assistance is getting pretty old hat nowadays, so it looks like scientists are trying to up the difficulty factor by keeping their patients awake — a team of French doctors just completed the first successful removal of malignant brain tumor from a still-conscious patient, using a computerized laser and an MRI scanner to guide the probe. The fiber-optic laser was fed into the brain through a 3mm (.12 inch) hole in the patient’s skull and guided via MRI to the tumor, where it fired for two minutes and completely destroyed the cancerous tissue. Once the tumor cells were dead, the cable was removed and the patient was allowed to return home — all within a single day. (Read the full post about ‘French doctors use laser to destroy brain tumor in conscious patient’…)
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Saturday, August 30th, 2008
Earlier this month, Sony entered the PMP market in China by shipping out their PMX-M80. Today, they have announced another PMP that they plan to sell there as well, however, this is one is more affordable than the PM-M80 and will accompany the PMX-U50 and U53. The PMX-U55 sports a 2.4-inch screen with a 320 x 240 resolution, supports a few formats including MP4, H.264/AVC Baseline profile, AVI, MP3, WMA, and AAC. It’s only 7.5mm thick, so it’s pretty thin. Battery life isn’t too bad - 12 hours of audio and 5 hours of video playback. The 2GB model is already available, however, it is only available in pink at this time. It will sell for 498 Yuan, which is about $73 US. (Read the full post about ‘Sony adds another PMP to the Chinese market, the PMX-U55′…)
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Saturday, August 30th, 2008
by Paul Miller, posted Aug 30th 2008 at 7:19AM Delta Electronics might’ve jumped the gun a bit with its claim of firsties on Texas Instruments’ new “PhlatLight” HD LED DLP projector tech. Delta hasn’t brought even a prototype to IFA, but over at Texas Instruments there’s a Vivitek version of the lamp-free projector tech, which TI claims will be the first to market sometime in Q4 of 2008. The specs they rattled off are undoubtedly impressive: 50% better color range, 500,000:1 contrast ratio, 30% less power draw, and of course 1080p to put a feather in the cap. (Read the full post about ‘Texas Instruments’ new LED-based DLP projection shines in person, due Q4′…)
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