Tesla just unveiled its 4-door electric car: the Model S. The Model S is sexy and high-tech in all the right ways. And it is, of course, an electric car. The Model S sits seven people, has a 300-mile range thanks to 8000 battery cells (2000 more than the Roadster), can be charged in just 4 hours with a 220v outlet and can accelerate up to 60mph in 6 seconds or less. All of this and more point to a very nice car. And the price? $50K.
Now, let’s get to displays. Yes, the Model S has a very nice LCD and it’s big. 17″ big. Take a look at the picture and you’ll see that the LCD is huge compared to anything that’s out there today. Tesla used such a massive display to get rid of buttons, most of them anyway. The LCD will be touch enabled and 3G-connected. I do see a little glare. Also, take a closer look at the instrument cluster: it looks like a display and not a physical instrument panel. There are many more pictures over at Autoblog.
Source: Autoblog
Image courtesy: Samsung
Samsung held its Power Green Luncheon on March 26, 2009 at its San Jose office. There were several talks regarding the company’s green efforts that included such topics as hard drives, memory, SSD and LCDs. Of course, I’m most interested in LCD. In Scott Birbaum’s presentation there was a portion that talked about the OLED PenTile Matrix.
Now there are a few things to keep in mind when we discuss OLEDs. Unlike LCDs, OLEDs consume power only for active pixels. So when the pixel is black, the OLED pixel is off. OLED’s lifetime is directly connected to current density: the higher the current density the shorter the lifetime. Now, what does the OLED Pentile Matrix do to help? (more…)
On March 26, 2009 Samsung announced that it has begun production of its ultra-slim, energy-efficient LCD TV panels that make use of edge-lit LED backlighting technology. There are three sizes: 40″, 46″, and 55″. Edge-lit LED backlighting has an advantage over LED backlighting from the back: lighter weight and thinner designs. Compared to a CCFL backlit LCD TV the LED backlight is greener: no mercury and consumes 40% less power. (more…)
Maingear mX-L Specifications
Display: 13.3″ Wide TFT LCD with LED Backlight
Aspect Ratio: 16:10
Pixel Format: 1280 x 800
GPU: Intel GMA X4500HD
CPU: Up to 2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
RAM: Up to 8GB DDR2
HDD: 160GB Intel X25-M SSD or 500GB HDD
Optical: Blu-ray DL
Connectivity: Bluetooth 2.0, Gigabit Ethernet, WiFi ABGN, VGA, USB (3)
OS: Windows Vista Home Premium (32/64-bit) or Vista Ultimate (32/64-bit)
Dimensions: 12.125 x 9.125 x 1.3-1.44″
Battery: 4-cell Lithium Ion
Weight: 4.4lbs
Price: US$1099.99
Maingear. Never heard of them. The no-name brand busted out its mX-L, a 13.3″ LED backlit notebook PC. The specs are impressive especially the Blu-ray DL reader, up to 8GB DDR2 RAM, 160GB Intel X25-M SSD and the decent (starting?) price of just US$1099.99. What is not so impressive is the GPU: Intel GMA X4500HD and the tiny 4-cell Lithium Ion battery. And the rest is pretty standard: 13.3″ TFT LCD with a LED backlight and 1280 x 800 pixel format, Intel Core 2 Duo CPUs…
ASUS Eee PC 1002H Specifications
Display: 10″ Wide TFT LCD with LED Backlight
Pixel Format: 1024 x 600
Webcam: 1.3MP
CPU: Intel Atom N280
RAM: 1GB
HDD: 160GB
Connectivity: VGA, USB (3), WiFi, Bluetooth
Storage: Multi-card Reader
Battery: Lithium Polymer (5 hours)
There was just one netbook in the whole world that packed the N280 Atom. Now there’s another: The Eee PC 1002H (not 1002HA). The 1002HA (with the A) sported an N270 Atom. Everything else is the same as the 1002HA: 10″ TFT LCD with 1024 x 600 pixel format, same ram (1GB), same hard drive (160GB), same webcam (1.3MP), etc. Colors? Pearl White, Pink and Black.
Source: ASUS, Eee PC-Blog, Engadget
The world’s first handheld WiMAX device in the US. That’s according to Samsung. Samsung‘s Mondi is a MID (Mobile Internet Device) and was formally called SWD-M100. Mondi will connect using Clearwire’s Mobile WiMAX network or just Clear. The OS? WinMo 6.1. Or 6.5. Not sure. As you can see from the picture above the Mondi has a slideout QWERTY keyboard that will no doubt be useful. The D-pad will make navigating the wide LCD handy as well. No detailed specs at the moment.
Source: Phonescoop, Engadget
Sony Ericsson‘s T707 is Maria Sharapova’s favorite phone? Mmm… I’m not sure about that but it does have a very nice feature: a monochromatic OLED display. It’s a 1.1″ OLED display that is seamlessly integrated on the outside of the T707. The OLED display has a pixel format of 128 x 36. The camera lens you see in the picture above sports a 3.2MP sensor. The digital camera has a bevy of features including: Photo Fix, Picture Blogging, Video Blogging, Video Recording and Video Light. Of course, the inside of the T707 has a display too: 2.2″ LCD with a 240 x 320 (portrait) pixel format. The T707 will come in three very interestingly named colors: Mysterious Black, Spring Rose, Lucid Blue. You can find all of the specifications at Sony Ericsson’s T707 press anouncement page.
If you’re not into cute, pretty, Sharapova’s favorite phone type of phone, then consider the top-of-the-line Xperia X1. It’s got everything and it’ll take just about every dollar in your wallet too.
Source: Sony Ericcson, Engadget
Samsung 933SN Specifications
Samsung: Another day, another 16:9 LCD monitor. The Samsung 933SN is a 19″ wide LCD monitor sporting a 16:9 aspect ratio. The Samsung site states that the 933SN has a 1360 x 768 pixel format. It is most likely a typo and should be 1366 x 768. The LCD is actually 18.5″ and features a brightness of 300 cd/m2 and a contrast ratio of 1000:1. Response time is a quick 5ms with decent viewing angles of 170/160. The design is quite nice and it seems to be sporting the Touch of Color theme but without a color.
Field Emission Technologies (FET) will be no more. The company was established in December 2006 in collaboration with TCI (Technology Carve-Out Investment LLP) and Sony. FET is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan with Shohei Hasegawa as President and CEO.
FET’s mission was to promot the nano-Spindt Field Emission Display (FED) technology. The nano-Spindt FED technology was developed by Sony prior to 2006. FET was established because of the potential of nano-Spindt FED technology to dethrone LCD. The greatest advantage of nano-Spindt FED compared to LCD is that it has absolutely no motion blur using a line-sequential impulse drive where a single signal line emits a short burst of light when an electron beam hits it. In other words, light is emitted only during and within a single frame. Coupled with short-decay phosphors the nano-Spindt FED never produces a blurred image.
The company FET demonstrated its first prototype in 2006 and a 240fps FED at CEATEC 2007.
Source: Sony (Google Translated from Japanese), Engadget, Field Emission Technologies
Samsung‘s Haptic SCH-W740 can be confusing. In a good way. Is it a phone with a digital camera added on? Or is a digital camera with a phone added on? The SCH-W740 touch smartphone sports an 8MP camera that has AF (auto focus), a flash, Smile Shot, etc. The SCH-W740 sports a 3.3″ TFT LCD that is touch capable.
Face Tagging There is also a nifty feature called Face Tagging (kind of similar to what you get with your new iPhoto app on Macs). Face Tagging lets you send a SMS message or make a call by simply fingering the person in the image! (more…)
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