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May 2009

Pixel Qi 3qi Display: Full Color and ePaper in One

May 29, 2009

Mary Lou Jepsen posted up a couple of photos on her blog: the very first pictures of Pixel Qi’s 3qi display. The display itself is 10.1-inch in size and will be looking to find a place in a netbook or ebook. I took the liberty of cutting the first photo in half: one is of [...]

Corning Gorilla Glass in Dell Adamo

May 28, 2009

On May 27, 2009, Corning (NYSE:GLW) announced that its Gorilla glass has been designed into the Dell Adamo. The Adamo’s 13.4-inch display features an edge-to-edge cover glass. According to Alex Gruzen, senior vice president at Dell:
In designing Adamo, we set the goal of creating the thinnest notebook in the world while keeping a commitment to [...]

Zune HD: Hands On

May 28, 2009

Engadget’s Joshua Topolsky shares his thoughts on the Zune HD after fiddling with it:
… the thing kind of rocks… The OLED screen looks absolutely stunning… we didn’t notice a single hiccup while jumping through menus or playing back HD video.
That’s a lot of praise on a preproduction model. Topolsky also mentions that the Zune HD [...]

Palm Pre Coming to Verizon in Six Months

May 28, 2009

Verizon Wireless announced that it would be adding Palm’s Pre to its upcoming device lineup. When? In the next six months or so according to Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam. The upcoming device lineup also includes the new BlackBerry Storm 2 and the BlackBerry Tour from Research In Motion and Android smartphones. According to McAdam:
Over the [...]

Corning Raises Second Quarter Guidance

May 28, 2009

Corning CEO Wendell Weeks updated attendees at the Sanford Berstein Strategic Decisions Conference in New York City:
The LCD supply chain is in full recovery mode. The LCD supply chain continues to replenish; glass supply and demand is very tight right now, much stronger than we anticipated. This has led to an imbalance… that will likely [...]

2009 iPhone: Larger Display?

May 28, 2009

Four Inches This picture is via iFun.de and is supposedly the front-facing bezel frame for the 2009 iPhone. If true, the obvious difference from the current iPhone 3G is that it is black. The interesting differences are the ear speaker and thinner base where the single button goes. If the ear speaker is flush with [...]

Samsung to Build LCD Module Plant in Shenzhen, China

May 27, 2009

LED Backlit DigiTimes is reporting that Samsung will be building a new LCD module plant in Shenzhen, China. The company will focus on promoting 40-inch and larger LCD TVs with LED backlights in the Chinese market. LED backlit LCD TVs have been garnering popularity due to the thin design and reduced power consumption over those [...]

Apple Updates Entry Level MacBook

May 27, 2009

The morning of May 27, 2009 the folks at Apple quietly unveiled an updated MacBook. The entry-level one that goes for US$999. What did they update?

CPU: 2.0GHz –> 2.13GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
RAM: 2GB 600MHz –> 2GB 800MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Hard Disk: 120GB –> 160GB 2.5″ 5400RPM SATA

The graphics subsystem, which is NVIDIA’s GeForce 9400M, didn’t [...]

MSI X-Slim X340: US$899.99

May 27, 2009

Air-Esque MSI’s X-Slim X340 is an inch-thick notebook PC, sports a fantastic design (MacBook Air-esque), is ultra-thin (0.78-inch) and costs a penny under US$900. Graphics is powered by Intel’s GMA 4500MHD. The X340 comes with 2GB of DDR2 RAM, a 320GB hard disk, gigabit Ethernet, WiFi, a 4-cell battery with an integrated 1.3 megapixel camera, [...]

Zune HD: Official

May 26, 2009

3.3-inch OLED On May 26, 2009, Microsoft announced its Zune HD portable media player. The Zune HD will sport 3.3-inch OLED display with a 480 x 272 pixel format. It will be multitouch capable too. The overall design is nicely angular. Some might like the champagne color but for those who don’t there will probably [...]


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