HP‘s LD4200tm is a 42-inch LCD designed for digital signage applications. The LD4200tm is the company’s first full interactive digital signage display that incorporates multitouch technology enhancing interactivity for indoor applications such as kiosks, retail and hotel lobbies. Because the LD4200tm was built from the ground up for digital signage applications it can be run 24/7. Here are some key specifications of the LD4200tm:
Convenience With multitouch technology built-into the 42-inch digital signage display, HP is making it significantly more convenient for integrators and project managers deploying digital signage solutions. Adding a touch layer was an additional step that required the inclusion of yet another company into the already complicated mix of participants: display company, mount company, cables company, content management company, storage company, server company, etc.
Dell: The Dell Adamo Desire has been upgraded. The ultra-thin Adamo notebook PC originally sported a puny 1.4GHz CPU coupled with a 128GB SSD. Dell rightly thought it was too slow and a bit light on storage. So the updated version sports a 2.1GHz Intel Core 2 Duo SL9600 CPU and storage is doubled to 256GB SSD. RAM is plentiful at 4GB and fast (DDR3). The 64-bit version of Windows 7 Home Premium is the OS. The price was originally US$2,299 and the updated version… is the same.
Canon released the EOS-1D Mark IV, upgrading its flagship DSLR. One of the most exciting features, to me at least, is the inclusion of 1080p HD video recording capabilities.
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Power Disruption Corning announced that its LCD glass plant located in the Central Taiwan Science Park, Taichung, Taiwan experienced a power disruption over the weekend from October 17 through October 18. The power disruption affected some of its glass manufacturing operations. The supply of LCD glass will have a negative impact on volume shipments in the fourth quarter for Corning.
The majority of our Taichung glass production continues to operate normally. However the power disruption caused the shutdown of several of our glass melting tanks. We are in the process of determining how much glass melting capacity was affected, the time to repair the tanks, and the impact on our glass volume available for customers. We are doing everything possible to accelerate repairs and leverage our worldwide supply chain to secure additional glass supply.
Flat in Q4 That’s according to James B. Flaws, vice chairman and CFO of Corning. Initial estimates by the company put fourth quarter glass volume as sequentially flat or slightly down from third quarter shipments. (more…)
Wow. I think Barnes & Noble’s has got it right. E Ink-based displays last a long time because it doesn’t consume any power when information is not being updated–perfect for an ebook reader application. But it doesn’t update quickly and is very awkward when navigating through a menu system or even simple scrolling. Touch doesn’t work very well either precisely because of the slow response. On the other hand, LCDs do that quite well and that’s probably why it is hanging out below the E Ink display. As you can see from the picture the LCD can display a keyboard, book choices (from, of course, Barnes & Noble) or maybe related content, reference material, footnotes, endnotes, appendix, etc. I believe this is a positive evolution of the ebook reader.
Source: “Exclusive: First Photos of Barnes & Noble’s Double Screen E-Reader” – Gizmodo
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Small Things 13.5 years ago, I started my first newsletter, The DisplaySearch Monitor, which basically launched DisplaySearch which was sold to The NPD Group in 2005. The first issue was just 5 pages and it consisted of analysis of news and data that I translated from Japanese display magazines. I still remember sitting on the couch two days before I left for the SID Conference telling my girlfriend, who I later married, that I really should start a newsletter. She told me to stop talking about it, apparently I had been mentioning this for some time, and just do it already. I chose a clip art image of a monitor as my logo and cobbled something together. At SID, I made hundreds of copies and put them outside the conference rooms. People started taking them and subscribing. The price was just $395. The DisplaySearch Monitor grew to over 150 pages per month and was one of DisplaySearch’s most popular products for a long time. That was how DisplaySearch was born. I am glad I got off that couch. (more…)
Verizon is betting big on DROID, a smartphone by Motorola that will run on Google’s Android 2.0 smartphone OS. DROID will be Verizon’s anti-iPhone. And this is the message:
There have been many well-equipped smartphones that have challenged the iPhone hegemony but have failed to topple it from the crown. There is a massive and dedicated following. And for good reason: the iPhone does a lot of stuff very well and better than others. The iPhone can be considered the best implementation of multitouch and UI on a smartphone platform. Another reason? The App Store is huge with more apps than all the other app stores combined. But, there is an Achilee’s Heel: AT&T. The carrier’s 3G network is spotty and voice connections can be less than satisfying. My guess is that Apple will ditch AT&T when the exclusive runs out. I think Apple will develop an iPhone that will work with any network in the near future. So does Verizon, a carrier that touts its network superiority over AT&T and all the others, combined with Motorola’s DROID smartphone have a chance at successfully beating out the current AT&T-iPhone combo? We’ll see. In my opinion, my bet is on the current champion. (more…)
What is it? 11.6-inch notebook PC with a 1366 x 768 resolution that lasts about 7 hours. It weighs just 3.5 pounds and a bit thicker than an inch. The P3110 sports a 1.3 GHz Pentium SU4100 and the lower-end P3010 features an 1.6 GHz Athlon Neo MV-40.
The Good & Bad: The 7 hours of battery life is certainly a positive. For a 11.6-incher it is a bit on the porky side at thicker than an inch and weighing 3.5 pounds. CPU power seems to be a bit lacking too with the top end sporting a 1.3 GHz Pentium SU4100; it has two cores though. The price better be aggressive or the P Series doesn’t have a chance against netbooks that are cheap and getting more powerful by the day. Source: Engadget
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“Smooth as silk…” - Wired
Pros: Slim (about 20mm thick), Light (just 2.76 pounds), Nicely rounded edges (but what premium portable PC doesn’t?), Excellent tactile feedback on the keyboard, Not overly sensitive trackpad (I guess it’s difficult to get this right, but can’t you change it in the settings?), Removable and beautiful 12-cell battery for 12 hours.
Others: 1.6GHz Atom Z530 CPU, Windows 7, 1GB RAM, 120GB hard disk, 10.1-inch LCD, HDMI port, USB (3) ports, Headphone-out, Microphone-in, SD reader, Ovi software for easy sync between the Booklet 3G and your Nokia phone.
Expensive AT&T will offer the sleek Booklet 3G for just $299 with a $60 per month contract for two years. Contract-free the Booklet 3G will go for $600. Here’s the math: $299 + $60 x 24 = $300 + $1,439 = $1,729. That’s a LOT of money (that AT&T is getting from you)! The better bet is to buy it for $600 and sign up for AT&T’s U-verse Internet service for your home and get free WiFi at Starbucks and other places. I believe you’ll need to sign up for at least the Pro ($30/mo) from U-verse that gives you 3 Mbps downloads to get the free WiFi. The reason why this works is because wherever you are there will almost always be a Starbucks nearby. Check out the video of the Booklet.
HP Global #1 According to Gartner, HP tops the list for worldwide PC vendor, growing 9.0% Y/Y to 16.12 million units shipped in the third quarter of 2009 and grabbing a 19.9% market share. HP’s market share last year this time was 18.4%. Following at #2 is Acer with a 15.4% market share by shipping 12.48 million units. Acer’s market share jumped from 12.5% in Q3’08. The big news is that Acer overtook Dell, who fell to #3 with a 12.8% market share and 10.34 million units in shipments. Dell’s market share back in Q3’08 was 13.8%. At #4 is Lenovo and #5 is Toshiba. Gartner’s definition of PC shipments include desktop PCs, mobile PCs and X86 servers.
Good Sign Overall PC shipments increased 0.5% Y/Y to 80.9 million units in the third quarter of 2009. In Q3’08 the number of units were 80.47 million, so we’re doing slightly better this year. Sequential growth from Q2 has been stronger than historical seasonal growth at 18% Q/Q. That’s a good sign. Or is it? (more…)
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