HTC Incredible S launched in Asia

post from Ubergizmo on 17 March 2011 11:57:56 PM. © Ubergizmo

So the HTC Incredible S has already been launched – at least in Asia. It will be tied down to a carrier in Malaysia at least for March (DiGi), followed by an unlocked version from April onwards. According to a HTC exec, the earthquake in Japan will not affect the HTC Incredible S supply in the immediate future even though they obtain their Super LCD display from Sony who has shut down their plants in Japan due to the recent earthquake. It wasn’t mentioned, however, whether future supply lines will be disrupted or not.It can be quite safe to assume that the HTC Incredible S will not reach the sales figures of the iPhone 4, so demand for Super LCD displays may not be that high for the moment even in a limited supply environment despite all the logistical problems to boot.We do hope to snag a unit for review purposes, and all in all, the handset does look pretty good on paper and in real life, huge display and all. Check out our hands-on at Mobile World Congress last month for a clearer look. A picture gallery will be up shortly. Meanwhile, the argument between Super LCD and Super AMOLED goes on among fanboys…

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Dell Inspiron Mini 1018 4034CLB Netbook with HD
720p Display

post from Computer and Electronic Reviews on 17 March 2011 11:55:10 PM. © Computer and Electronic Reviews

Dell has released the Inspiron Mini 1018 4034CLB Netbook delivers outstanding performance with great feature. The new netbook sports a 10.1-inch HD WLED display with support 720p resolution at 1366 x 768 pixels, the system is powered by an Intel Atom N455 CPU which running at 1.66 GHz, 1 GB DDR3 Memory, and 6-cell battery [...]

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iPad 2 and iPhone 4 could suffer from shortages

post from Ubergizmo on 17 March 2011 09:55:26 PM. © Ubergizmo

We know that the iPad 2′s launch in Japan will be delayed due to the recent earthquake and tsunami disasters, and with news of Toshiba closing down their LCD plant for a month and Mitsubishi Gas Chemical.also doing the same to one of their factories might just see the iPad 2 and iPhone 4 suffer from shortages. After all, it is widely believed that Mitsubishi is Apple’s main supplier of BT resin, where it is used in printed circuit boards. Toshiba, supplier of around 40% of global flash memory, will also definitely (negatively) impact Apple’s iPhone 4 supplies in the near term. Even if other parts manufacturers do not shut down their factories, logistics is still a nightmare for many, and will most probably result in supply problems for weeks to come – and some say even until the end of June. Nice to know that Apple does not put all of their eggs in a single basket by having several vendors.

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Toshiba to shut down LCD assembly line in Japan
for a month

post from Ubergizmo on 17 March 2011 09:52:30 PM. © Ubergizmo

Toshiba has announced that they will be closing down their LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) assembly line for a month at the very least, and this has resulted in PC manufacturer Lenovo voicing their concerns that they are suffering from a parts shortage. Toshiba is also joined by Hitachi during a similar time period, and it is most likely that such a disruption to might result in a global supply shortage which in turn will dent corporate profits and economic growth across the board. Just how does Toshiba’s plant closure impact the world? For starters, that place supplies the mobile phone industry and auto makers navigation displays, comprising of around 5% of the global small LCD display market. Take your time, Toshiba – lives are more important than making sure everyone has got their LCD fix.

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Ericsson kickstarts industrys first HD voice call
on CDMA

post from Ubergizmo on 17 March 2011 09:50:56 PM. © Ubergizmo

Ericsson has recently made the first HD voice call on CDMA in the industry, calling it CDMA HD voice that delivers speech in a wider spectral range of 50Hz to 7000Hz. What do these figures mean for the end user? Well, we are talking about increased voice quality and intelligibility coupled with a decrease in listening fatigue, despite having you being in environments with high background noise. Here is what a top executive over at Ericsson has to say about their latest development, which we hopefully will see implemented in the market in the near future.

?We have demonstrated the first high-definition CDMA voice call in the world over an Ericsson network utilizing the new EVRC-NW 3GPP2 standard codec and ensuring interoperability with existing functionality while easing the rollout of future wideband services. This is the starting point of a voice quality revolution that will significantly enhance CDMA networks as we know them today.?

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Fog and projectors used to create 3D
multi-viewpoint display

post from Ubergizmo on 17 March 2011 08:54:51 PM. © Ubergizmo

3D rabbit fog

A research group from Osaka University in Japan recently demonstrated a display that can be used to show 3D images with the usage of fog and multiple projectors. The projectors are set up in different angles around a fog screen, and each one projects a different viewpoint of the same object onto the fog. This allows users to view the image from multiple viewpoints, as if it was a 3D object, as they move around the fog. Even though the technology the students used can be further improved (more projectors and fog can be used), what they’ve managed to accomplish so far is pretty impressive. They hope to apply the usage of such technology to healthcare and entertainment in the future. Watch a video of the system in action after the break:
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iPhone 5 will feature NFC

post from Ubergizmo on 17 March 2011 08:28:10 PM. © Ubergizmo

iPhone NFC

After this week’s report about the iPhone 5 not having NFC, it looks like we have another conflicting report about the iPhone 5′s NFC capabilities. Now according to writer at Forbes, Elizabeth Woyke, she met an entrepreneur who has a friend working in Apple that confirmed the iPhone 5 will have NFC. Whether it turns out to be true or not, we’ll have to wait and see but you can expect more rumors to bubble up over the next few months as we get closer to an official announcement for the next iPhone. How important is NFC for you? Do you think the next iPhone needs NFC?

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Songs can be used to hack cars

Car hacker Some researchers studying the different methods on how to gain access to computer systems featured in modern cars have discovered that it is possible to hijack a car through its stereo ? by letting the CD player read a song infected with a Trojan horse. While users listen to Trojan-infected songs, the malicious software can rewrite the firmware of the car’s stereo system to give hackers a way to access the vehicle. The scary part is that something as innocuous as a song could be used to trigger such events. And let’s not forget how easily songs can be shared and spread across file-sharing networks on the internet.
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Sony SRS-A3 15 Degree Tilted Design 2-Channel
Speakers

Compact,5W maximum output, 2-channel, easy to carry with HD digital amplifier, new Sony SRS-A3 is the right speakers for you who looking for an inexpensive external speakers for your desktop, laptop or MP3 player (at least more powerfull than your built-in laptop speakers). Sony tilted the way of SRS-A3 speakers face to 15 degree up. Perhaps, the idea is the speakers can find the shortest way to your ears to...

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Google Cr-48 Chrome OS Notebook

post from Benchmark Reviews: Performance Computer Hardware Tests on 17 March 2011 07:00:00 PM. © Benchmark Reviews: Performance Computer Hardware Tests

Cloud computing has been the big word for the last two years, and has quickly become a part of everyone's daily lives. Photos going up on the web to be edited, music and video being streamed, and documents stored online are becoming the norm. Google's CR-48 Chrome Notebook running the Chrome OS is a culmination of all of these. It provides no local services and allows users to only use internet accessible services. Benchmark Reviews will investigate to see if the CR-48 is really the future of computing or if it just is an interesting idea that will fade away like many other products that have been touted as the future of computing.

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