First Ion-based netbooks reportedly on track for June debut
Sony to finally unveil larger-screen OLED TVs at IFA?
We’ve been waiting for what seems like ages for the next iteration of the XEL-1 to dash in and swoop us off of our feet, but frankly, we’re growing anxious. As the world waits for a commercial-ready OLED TV that’s larger than a standard sheet of paper, industry insiders down at the IFA briefings in Malta this past week believe that Sony could be gearing up to make all sorts of hopes and dreams come true this September. Jens Heithecker, executive director of Messe Berlin, which organizes the IFA trade fair, noted that “IFA is a trade show which is focused more on market-ready technologies,” hinting that anything we see in just a few short months will be prepared for release into the wild. We’re also told that more “ultra-widescreen” 21:9 sets — like Philips’ masterpiece — could be on display, not to mention scores of internet-ready HDTVs and a Samsung set with refresh rates of 400Hz. Needless to say, IFA’s shaping up to be quite a show for the television sector, so you may want to think twice (or thrice, if necessary) about snagging a new panel on August 31st.
[Via OLED-Info]
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Messenger Bag Director
By Andrew Liszewski
While wandering the floors of a trade show like CES, the only thing more important than having a bag for stashing press kits and other assorted crap is finding a comfortable place to sit while writing. Unfortunately for me that turned out to be the floor 90% of the time, but not next year! Thanks to Hammacher Schlemmer ($129.95) I’ll always have a place to sit, and shout directions, with this Messenger Bag Director’s Chair.
The chair folds down to less than 4-inches thick and while the whole package weighs about 9lbs it can actually support weights up to 250lbs, which equates to about half of the brochures I had stuffed in my suitcase when I left Vegas. As an added bonus there’s a cup holder on one of the armrests for holding your perpetually empty water bottle, and various pockets for storing other gear.
[ Messenger Bag Director's Chair ] VIA [ The Design Blog ]
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Inventec’s mirasol-equipped V112 smartphone goes on display
We couldn’t get the thing to turn on — prototype buffoonery, zapped battery, or a classic case of trade show jitters, we figure — but Inventec’s curious V112 was on display inside Qualcomm’s booth at CTIA. Why Qualcomm, you ask? Well, Qualcomm owns Qualcomm MEMS Technologies, which has been pushing its mirasol display tech for several years now; the main draw is that it’s super high-contrast which eliminates the need for a backlight in many situations where a traditional LCD would need a little help, and the WinMo-powered V112 uses a small mirasol strip as a secondary display surrounded by nav controls. Even though we weren’t getting any Windows Mobile action, we did manage to engage the mirasol display (also known as “the cool part”) where we saw an example of what the V112 might be able to do without turning on the battery-destroying LCD up top: show basic status information and the current time. It’s a good idea; we’re not sure that the V112’s implementation is perfect since there’s zero tactility to the d-pad, but you’ve got to start somewhere, and mirasol could use as many commercial implementations as it can get.
Gallery: Hands-on with Inventec’s Mirasol-equipped V112 smartphone
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Inventec’s mirasol-equipped V112 smartphone goes on display
We couldn’t get the thing to turn on — prototype buffoonery, zapped battery, or a classic case of trade show jitters, we figure — but Inventec’s curious V112 was on display inside Qualcomm’s booth at CTIA. Why Qualcomm, you ask? Well, Qualcomm owns Qualcomm MEMS Technologies, which has been pushing its mirasol display tech for several years now; the main draw is that it’s super high-contrast which eliminates the need for a backlight in many situations where a traditional LCD would need a little help, and the WinMo-powered V112 uses a small mirasol strip as a secondary display surrounded by nav controls. Even though we weren’t getting any Windows Mobile action, we did manage to engage the mirasol display (also known as “the cool part”) where we saw an example of what the V112 might be able to do without turning on the battery-destroying LCD up top: show basic status information and the current time. It’s a good idea; we’re not sure that the V112’s implementation is perfect since there’s zero tactility to the d-pad, but you’ve got to start somewhere, and mirasol could use as many commercial implementations as it can get.
Gallery: Hands-on with Inventec’s Mirasol-equipped V112 smartphone
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OLED market set to skyrocket in 2011, says DisplaySearch
You’ve seen the prototypes tucked away in trade show corners, and you’ve seen the demise of existing generation technologies — it doesn’t take an industry expert to realize that the door is wide open for OLED to walk through. According to a new report from — who else? — industry experts, the OLED lighting market is set to boom in 2011, with OLED revenues expected to surpass PMOLED displays in the 2013 / 2014 time frame. Specifically in the OLED TV market, manufacturers are scrambling to assemble large-screen OLED TVs that are even close to affordable, and estimates we’ve personally heard put those on the market just after the next decade begins. Clearly, the biggest hindrance from OLED domination right now is the prohibitive pricing, but once those XEL-1s are given away inside King Size cereal boxes, we’ll really be onto something.
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ARM-based netbooks primed to invade Computex?
Steppin’ out in the world, are we ARM? Shortly after hearing that OLPC was eying the brand for processors in the XO-2, Digitimes is now reporting that ARM-based platform makers including Qualcomm and Freescale are looking to unveil netbooks at this year’s Computex trade show in Taipei. Granted, none of this has been confirmed just yet, but we’re hearing that a model with Freescale’s i.MX51 CPU (the ARM Cortex A8) and a version with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon CPU (to be manufactured by Wistron) will be on hand. Not shockingly, in the same breath we’re told that NVIDIA Tegra-based systems will appear “at a later time.” So, is Computex the show where Intel finally takes a little heat in the netbook market? And no, VIA didn’t (and doesn’t) count.
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Keepin’ it real fake, CeBIT edition: Dancing Like The Stars
We just can’t visit a trade show and not scope out at least one KIRF. It’s just not possible. Here in Hannover, we happened upon a rather unusual one in a booth selling all sorts of DVDs to resellers willing to buy absolute rubbish and attempt to flip it. Apparently, Dancing Like The Stars is the long-tenured, very fake version of the show we Americans know best as Dancing With The Stars. A subtle difference, sure, but does this man above look anything like The Woz? No, no he does not. Not even at 800 percent magnification.
Gallery: Keepin’ it real fake, CeBIT edition: Dancing Like The Stars
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LG Arena KM900 unboxed far away from trade show crowds
We already saw every angle of LG’s newly launched Arena (or KM900, if we’re being formal) at Mobile World Congress last month, but there’s just something calming about witnessing an unboxing free of nearby gawkers and devoid of spiraled cables tethered to alarm systems. Seriously, you can’t grasp the significance of it without giving the read link a visit, so here’s what you do: click, indulge, then return and admit that we told you so.
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Sigma DP2 shows itself in pre-production form
Sigma hasn’t had a whole lot to say about its DP1 follow-up, the DP2, since it announced it last fall, but it looks to have pulled out all, or most of the stops for the Focus on Imaging trade show in Birmingham this week, where it has a fully functional pre-production model on hand. As you can see above, the camera doesn’t stray very far at all from the straightforwardness of the DP1 in terms of appearance, but the folks at SigmaUser did find quite a few less immediately noticeable differences once they got to check it out up close, including an improved grip and larger thumb rest area, a new startup / shutdown screen, an improved menu system and, ISO settings right up to 3200, among other promised improvements. Hit up the read link below for a closer look.
[Via 1001 Noisy Cameras]