Demy Specifications
Display: 7″
Storage: Up to 2500 recipes
Connectivity: USB
Availability: May 2009
Price: US$299
Popgadget: Demy is the first and only kitchen-safe recipe reader. So that should mean that it is waterproof due to the occasional splash, drop-proof since someone will knock it over, high-temperature-proof since it will be near hot stuff, oil-proof since everyone stir-fries, scratch-proof and forks and knifes will probably hit the display. If not, then these guys are exaggerating that it is kitchen-safe. Key Ingredient is the company that thought of this (marvelous?) idea.
How do you sync recipes? You’ve got to connect the Demy with your PC. Terrible. It should have a WiFi connection. Can you scribble your own recipes on the screen? I’m pretty sure you can not. This is a MUST feature since not all ovens, stoves, microwaves, pots, pans and chefs are alike. A must I tell you!
At least you can make the text bigger so cooks with less-than-perfect eyesight can actually read text off of the Demy. The fact that you have to connect the Demy to your PC to sync recipes is a deal breaker. I would expect a WiFi connection and a scribble feature in the next version.
TAG Heuer Meridiist Specifications
Display (Main): 1.9″ TFT LCD
Pixel Format: 240×320
Display (Top): OLED
Pixel Format: 96 x 16
Camera: 2MP (1600×1200) CMOS with Mechanical Slider for On/Off
Connectivity: Bluetooth, miniUSB 1.0 (as Mass Storage), Modem, GSM, GPRS
Audio: MP3, AAC
Picture: JPEG, GIF, BMP
Video: Record and Playback (format unknown)
Battery: 950mAh Lithium Ion (28-day standby, 7-hour talk)
Dimensions: 112 x 46 x 15.5mm
Weight: 155g
TAG Heuer: You can pre-order your Meridiist now. What’s a Meridiist? It’s TAG Heuer’s high-end mobile phone that incorporates a 1.9-inch LCD for its main display and an OLED for another display on top. The 1.9″ LCD sports a 240×320 pixel format resulting in a very high resolution display.
The “Time Unit” integrates a watch on top of the Meridiist that allows you to use it as… well… a clock. And a chronograph and caller identification. The OLED display is protected by a sapphire crystal glass. There’s a video where a super-rich person who is ultra-dumb is driving and using the Meridiist–don’t do this at home kids!
The Meridiist sports a 2MP digital camera incorporates some special custom software that maximizes the image quality and color rendering. The phone has 2GB of memory so you can store about 5000 pictures on it.
Other features include a fairly extended 28-day standby time and 7 hours talk time. The target customer is clear: the upper crust. You have a choice of rubber, calfskin leather or genuine alligator leather, which is “sourced exclusively from breeding farms” and is “cut, sewed by highly qualified craftsmen.” If I actually did order this expensive phone I would definitely choose the “Black rubber” option and won’t be part of slaughtering alligators or baby cows just to have some leather on my phone.
The case is made of 316L stainless steel that is hand-brushed and polished. After that the case is coated with Titanium carbide to make it extremely durable.
There are only 11 stores, worldwide, that will carry the Meridiist: Singapore, Dubai, New York (2), Manhasset, Los Angeles (2), Beverly Hills, Seef-Rivoli, Manama-Rivoli and Doha-Rivoli. Price? If you have to ask…
Dell Studio One 19 Specifications
Display: 18.5″ Multitouch TFT LCD
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Pixel Format: 1366×768
Webcam: 1.3MP
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 9400
CPU: Up to Intel Core 2 Quad
RAM: 4GB
HDD: 750GB
Connectivity: USB (6)
Optical: Blu-ray
Availability: Japan (now), US (Spring)
Price: ¥149,800 (about US$1538) and starts at US$699 for US model
Engadget: Dell is upping its design and its products are looking quite good. The Adamo is a case in point. Now comes another beaut: the Studio One 19. The Studio One 19 is a 18.5-inch all-in-one that looks fantastic. It reminds me of an iMac but a more curved, rounded version. As you can see from the picture above the 18.5″ LCD chassis houses the CPU that can be equipped up to a Core 2 Quad. The 18.5″ LCD is limited to just 1366×768. There is a Blu-ray optical drive feature but that will be wasted with such a low-pixel count display. I hope Dell has a LCD option capable of 1080p.
Although the pixel count is limited you can manipulate those pixels via touch: the 18.5″ LCD features multitouch. Very nice. Resistive? Capacitive? Don’t know. You have some color options: black, blue, pink, red and white. This sexy all-in-one is available in Japan but will be coming to the US this spring. Exactly when is unknown but the price will be quite aggressive starting at just US$699. Good stuff Dell. Good stuff!
Dell Adamo Specifications
- Display: 13.4″ TFT LCD with Cover Glass and LED Backlight
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Pixel Format: 1366×768
- Webcam: 1.3MP
- CPU: 1.2/1.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
- RAM: 2/4GB 800MHz DDR3
- HDD: 128GB SSD
- Connectivity: WiFi BGN, Bluetooth, DisplayPort, WWAN (optional), Ethernet, USB (3 with 1 USB/eSATA)
- OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit
- Other: Machines-aluminum chassis, Backlit Keyboard
- Battery: 40Whr Lithium Polymer (4 hours 53 minutes based on the “Discovery” portion of the website and “More than 5 hours” on the “Commit” portion)
- Dimensions: 13.03 x 9.5 x 0.65″
- Weight: 4.0lbs
- Price: ADMIRE (1.2GHz/2GB) is $1999, DESIRE (1.4GHz/4GB/WWAN) is $2699.
Engadget: Joshua Topolsky, Chief Editor at Engadget has posted up an unboxing video of a retail boxed Dell Adamo. My first impressions when viewing the video are: nice, thin, sexy, cool. Nitpicking: The power adapter and cord storage area in the plastic case was a bit underwhelming: Apple does a much better job there. Yes, I know I’m talking about just a power adapter, but with such a highly-anticipated high-end laptop as the Adamo, Dell could have done a bit better.
Next: glare and lots of it! There were a lot of windows directly across from the Adamo and you could see that the glare off of the 13.4″ LCD was… extreme. Class Cover: It has that edge-to-edge glass cover giving you the illusion that the LCD is bigger than it actually is (13.4″). Overall I am quite impressed at how Dell has managed to pull a sexy machine like the Adamo out of its hat.
MarketWatch: GE Security will attempt to accomplish the goal of protecting “travelers with advanced high-definition 3D imaging baggage screening technology” with its CTX 9800 DSi, a part of the company’s EDS (explosives detection systems) line of products. The embedded video above will show a user zooming in and out, rotating (360 degrees) a 3D image that was captured by the CTX 9800 DSi.
GE Security’s Homeland Protection business attained TSA certification for the CTX 9800 DSi on March 26, 2009. Airports can now make use of the 3D HD baggage screening technology to look for explosives.
The CTX 9800 DSi makes use of an innovative data acquisition system called Clarity that combines the 3D imaging technology from GE Healthcare and the automated explosives detection technology from GE Security. I feel just a bit safer already.