Massive: 13 feet by 10 feet or 4 meters by 3 meters. Whatever the purpose of this massive curved plasma display may be it is hugely effective. The border between the panels look very thin and looks quite good. My guess at the manufacturer is Panasonic.
According to the Chosun Ilbo the next-gen iPhone, which I will call iPhone HD (read iPhone HD, will make use of a 5 megapixel camera (read 2010 iPhone: 5 Megapixel, 1080p 30fps Video Recording) built by LG Innotek. Production has already started at the company’s Gumi plant and will enter into mass production in 2H’10.
US$1.2 billion is the price. Surprising but not totally. Remember HP’s iPAQ, functional and somewhat popular PDAs, way back when. HP’s Todd Bradley, EVP for HP’s Personal Systems Group and previous Palm CEO: “The attractiveness of the smartphone market is compelling to us.” Jamie Townsend of Townhall Investment Research:
In our view, the recent announced purchase of the company by Hewlett Packard will be completed without any other bidders. We do not believe that Hewlett Packard will be able to either revive Palm’s current poor sales of the Pre and Pixi or, that eventual new handsets incorporating WebOS will represent a meaningful new competitive threat to other handset vendors.
Quite pessimistic. HP has very strong ties with the enterprise and has a huge retail presence globally and especially in the US. I think HP can carve out a small niche in the smartphone market that can capture share in both consumer and enterprise markets. I think both Apple and RIM are probably looking carefully at this development since HP’s enormous resources cannot be ignored.
I have written about the TS-24W8h, which was a debranded HP w2408h (read TS Series Display TS-24W8h: Refurbished 24″ LCD Monitor) and the display was flawless. Now comes a review of a slightly smaller 23-inch version for just $160. From Bona Fide Reviews:
For the price this ‘de-branded’ monitor is a good one truly. It works great and the colors are near perfect.
A smart way to save money on computer-related gear is to purchase refurbished or, as is the case with this 23-inch HP LCD monitor, de-branded versions. Whatever was going to go wrong already did and the company fixed it for you. For that, you get to pay less. That sounds like a great deal to me.
mnmlist in why i won’t be buying an ipad:
Because I don’t need one.
He points to the two-year-old brilliantly-working iMac and MacBook Air that take care of all of his computing needs, and probably for another two to three years. The interesting thing is that I checked out the iPad precisely because I wanted to simplify my life and minimize the number of gadgets. I thought I could eventually get rid of my MacBook Pro, mobile phone, books, scheduler, notepad, etc. I wanted to investigate whether or not the iPad could replace everything. Unfortunately, after just a couple of weeks I discovered the iPad is good for just a few things, as of now. One of the things the iPad isn’t good for is blogging, which I need to do, efficiently, each and every day.
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