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September 30, 2004
Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology Co. has announced plans to flood the market with LCDs you can't afford produce several thousand high end 32-inch low-temperature polysilicon thin-film-transistor (TFT) LCD panels, the largest of their kind, per month. The new LCDs will use the technology called Optically Compensated Bend, which makes LCDs' viewing angles wider and response speeds faster.
- MORE via Press Release
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Here is a new device to make sure you always look like the man on those really long road trips that you "have" to take against your will, in parts of the country you did not know existed.
NAV ONE
The NAV ONE unit by Cobra is a specialized, portable navigation system for use in vehicles. It provides turn-by-turn route guidance by combining:
A Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver to detect position
A detailed map of the 48 contiguous states, Hawaii and major metropolitan areas in Canada
"Plug and Go" functionality
- MORE via PCWORLD HATES THE NAVONE
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Stormblue Xuke MP-600 OLED MP3 Player
Stormblue has introduced the Xuke MP-600 to the Korean OLED MP3 Player market.
The Xuke MP-600 comes in 128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB sizes. It uses a 4 line 2 color OLED LCD. Supports MP3 and WMA (DMR) music playback. Also includes FM Tuner, direct encoding, voice recorder, lyrics display and upgradable firmware. Measuring 76x26x16mm the Xuke MP-600 is about the size of a lighter.
- MORE via i4u
- Product Page KR
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Some images of the Treo 650 for your viewing pleasure .
The Treo 650 will have built-in Bluetooth, 312MHz processor, 32MB of RAM, a higher-resolution 320x320 LCD screen, dedicated answer and disconnect buttons, and a one megapixel digital camera.
Sprint Branded Treo 650 Pictures
- MORE via Engadget
- MORE via TreoCentral
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September 29, 2004
Rio Audio has announced a new OEMed MP3 Player in Japan -- The Rio Audio SU70. Don't get too excited it is basically the M-Cody MX-100 with some surgery.
RIO SU70
The Rio Audio SU70 is available in 256MB and 512MB configurations. The SU70 measures 84x34x18mm , plays MP3, WMA (DRM), ASF and WAV. Features include USB 2.0, FM-Tuner and 3D Sound and 35 hour battery life. - via i4u
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IBM Corp. has unofficially started to parade with the new title the world's fastest supercomputer, taking the crown from 3 year title holder NEC's Earth Simulator in Japan.
Earth Simulator can sustain speeds of 35.86 teraflops.
While the IBM still-unfinished BlueGene/L System, named for its ability to model the folding of human proteins, can sustain speeds of 36 teraflops. A teraflop is 1 trillion calculations per second. The prototype for which IBM claimed the speed record is located in Rochester, Minn., has 16,250 processors and takes up eight racks of space. Supercomputing is significant because of its implications for national security as well as such fields as global climate modeling, astrophysics and genetic research.
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September 28, 2004
Panasonic's SJ-MJ99
The SJ-MJ99 is a new portable MD player by Panasonic. The SJ-MJ99 weighs 55g & is 10.77 mm. D.sound audio system & Atrac3 compatible . Available in Japan in October in blue, lead, black & silver. - Matsushita via SoronbanGeeks
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In an effort to show iPod who is boss, in October Sony will ship the Vaio-branded 20GB VGF-AP1, their new digital music player. The folks at theRegister got their hands on a preproduction 40GB model, the VGF-AP1L.
Sony Vaio Pocket VGF-AP1L
Read Review Sony Vaio Pocket VGF-AP1L digital music player
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Epson JP has announced the P-2000 Photo Fine Player, a 40GB device that can be used for viewing digital photos (which you can transfer over to its hard drive via a CompactFlash/SD memory card slot, the P-2000 can also play back MPEG4, MP3,and AAC. The P-2000 has on-board CF and SD card slots.
Epson P-2000 Photo Fine Player
OS: Windows 98SE/Me/2000Professional/XP HomeEdition/XP Professional,Mac OS 9.1 - Mac OS X(Ver.10.2)
Gizmodo via SorobanGeeks
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You need this in your life - The Toshiba 37LZ150 is an 37-inch LCD with the ability to record TV shows on a private newtwork. The 37LZ150 can be hooked up to your PC or network and record TV streams directly onto your HDD . When you use a network you can access the internet, and surf on the 37" screen. Also has a usb port for keyboard connection .
Toshiba's 37LZ150
Cool points - when you are not at home you can send an email to the TV to start a recording .
SD port which allows you to record MPEG4 clips for use on phone or PDA
Product Page - Toshiba via SorobanGeeks
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