From the monthly archives:

September 2008

Emblaze Mobile Edelweiss: Touch Smartphone with 854 x 480 Pixels

September 30, 2008

The Edelweiss, one of the most popular European mountain flower, is the name of a touch smartphone that will begin shipping in about a month. Emblaze Mobile is on to something. The large screen, which I would guess to be around the 3.5″ range, sports a pixel format of 854 x 480 (landscape). 854 x [...]

Chi Mei EL (CMEL) Shifting to Larger Active Matrix OLED (AMOLED) Displays

September 30, 2008

LCD technology is the 600 pound gorilla in the world of displays. LCDs range from the tiny to the very large and are incorporated into the latest smartphones as well as the biggest LCD TVs and digital signage displays. Any company with a different technology will need to find ways to not only compete but [...]

Fujitsu Magnetic Modular Smartphone

September 29, 2008

Fujitsu and Docomo showcased a very interesting concept smartphone during CEATEC 2008. The smartphone has two parts. Both parts have displays. One is used as the main display while the other is used as the keypad or keyboard. The two parts are physically stuck to each other via magnets and communication duties between the two [...]

Samsung Pixon: 8MP Touch Smartphone

September 29, 2008

Samsung Pixon Specifications
Display: 3.2″ Touch TFT LCD
Pixel Format: 240 x 400 (portrait)
Colors: 262,144
Camera: 8MP stills with LED flash, auto focus, face detection, geo-tagging
Video: 720 x 480 at 30fps, 320 x 240 at 120fps
Video Playback: MPEG4, WMV, DivX, XviD
Audio Playback: MP3, AAC, eAAC, WMA
Memory: 200 MB (built-in)
Connectivity: GSM, EDGE, HSDPA (7.2Mbps, 2100MHz), Bluetooth 2.0, FM Radio, [...]

Sharp AQUOS LC-65XS1U-S: 65″ 1080p LCD TV

September 29, 2008

Sharp AQUOS LC-65XS1U-S Specifications
Display: 65″ TFT LCD with LED Backlight
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Pixel Format: 1920 x 1080
Contrast Ratio: 1,000,000:1 (dynamic)
Brightness: 450 cd/m2
Availability: October 15, 2008 i Japan

At CEATEC 2008, Sharp introduced its AQUOS LC-65XS1U-S LCD TV. The LC-65XS1U-S is a huge 65″ LCD TV that was jointly developed by Pioneer, the folks that bring you the [...]

Westinghouse Digital LTV-46W1: 46″ LCD TV for $799.99 at TigerDirect

September 26, 2008

Westinghouse Digital LTV-46W1 Specifications
Display: 46″ TFT LCD
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Pixel Format: 1336 x 768
Contrast Ratio: 1000:1
Brightness: 500 cd/m2
Color Gamut: 72% NTSC
Viewing Angle: 178/178
Response Time: 8ms
Connectivity: HDMI, VGA, Component (2), S-Video, Composite
Tuner: NTSC, QAM, ATSC
Dimensions: 46.0 x 31.5 x 9.0″ (w/stand), 46.0 x 29.3 x 5.5″ (w/o stand)
Weight: 73.9lbs (w/stand), 70.0lbs (w/o stand)
Price: US$799.99 at TigerDirect

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Samsung Haptic 2 Touch Smartphones: SCH-W550, SPH-W5500, SCH-W555

September 26, 2008

Samsung Haptic 2 Specifications
Display: 3.2″ Touch TFT LCD
Camera: 5MP with Flash, Image Stabilization, Macro Mode, Autofocus, Timer
Internal Memory: 4GB (W550, W5500), 16GB (W555)
Connectivity: DMB, Bluetooth 2.0, Mobile Banking
Availability: September 27, 2008
Price: About KRW 70,000 (W550, W5500) and KRW 80,000 (W555)

Samsung’s original Haptic smartphone was unveiled to the world back in March and sold for KRW [...]

Panasonic Toughbook T8: Rugged 12.1″ Touch Notebook PC

September 25, 2008

Panasonic Toughbook T8 Specifications
Display: 12.1″ TFT LCD with Touch
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Pixel Format: 1024 x 768
CPU: 1.20 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo SU9300, 3MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB
HDD: 120GB Shock-mounted
Optical: DVD Super-multi
Connectivity: WiFi (802.11a/b/g/n), Gobi 3G WWAN (EV-DO and HSUPA, optional), SD (SDHC), USB 2.0 (3), Gigabit Ethernet, VGA, Modem, Bluetooth 2.0
Battery: About 7 hours with [...]

Canon 5D Mark II: Full Frame DSLR and 1080p Video Recording

September 25, 2008

Image courtesy: Digital Photography Review
Canon’s 5D Mark II is a full frame digital SLR (DSLR). It improves on the original 5D on many accounts. The full frame CMOS sensor has a total of 22.0 million pixels with 21.2 million of them effective. The largest files will have a pixel format of 5616 x 3744. The [...]

Casio 2″ Quarter Full HD (960 x 540) LCD

September 24, 2008

Casio developed a 2″ LCD with a pixel format of 960 x 540 resulting in a pixels per inch resolution of 546ppi. The 960 x 540 pixel format is being called Quarter High Definition or QHD. It would be more accurate to call it Quarter Full High Definition or QFHD. The reason being that the [...]


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