Toshiba’s older models Satellite E205, M645, A665, and Protege R705 are all 4G WiMAX ready and will be available in stores September 26th.

Satellite E205
Exclusive to Best Buy. NVIDIA GeForce 310M GPU with Optimus. 14-inch LED-backlit LCD. WiDi. Core i5 CPU. Slot-loading DVD. LED backlit keyboard. Starting at US$1079.99. I’m liking the rounded edges of the E205 but it is interesting to see a non chiclet keyboard. The two trackpad buttons falling off the bottom of the chassis are too blue and might not as ergonomic.

Satellite M645
14-inch LED-backlit LCD. Core i3 or i5 CPU. Optional NVIDIA GeForce 310M with Optimus. Harman Kardon / Dolby Advanced audio. $759.99.

Satellite A665
16-inch LCD. AMD Phenom II Quad Core Mobile or Core i3, i5, i7 CPUs. Optional NVIDIA GeForce 310M GPU. NVIDIA 3D Vision compatible (Core i7 models A665-3DV, A665-3DV1). $804.99.

Portege R705
13.3-inch LCD. 4 pounds. WiDi. $899.99. The ID is angular, which I like. The keyboard and trackpad seem to be offset to the left a little, thanks to the extra column of keys on the right.

DigiTimes: Pegatron Technology is expected to commence volume manufacturing of the rumored CDMA iPhone 4 in November. From November to December, Pegatron should produce 3-4 million units and then up to 10 million by mid-2011.

Toyoda Gosei brings technology to the LED table while Epistar brings low-cost manufacturing. TE Opto, the joint venture between the two companies, will be established on November 1st. Toyoda will have 51%, Epistar 40%, and Town Hill 9% of shares. Great technology with aggressive pricing sounds like a winning strategy. Source: Digitimes

Sharp announced its 52- and 60-inch AQUOS Quattron 3D LE925 Series LCD TVs at CEDIA. The 52-inch 52LE925 sports an edge-lit LED backlight and starts at US$4199. The larger 60LE925 is $5299. Thankfully 3D glasses, two of them, are included. You can use the built-in Ethernet port or the optional WiFi adapter to get content from Netflix, VUDU and other sources. With the USB port you can alsp playback DivX video. Sharp claims the fourth yellow primary color offsets the dimming that usually comes (free) with 3D. I think the price is too high, even though you get an extra primary color and 3D with two pairs of glasses. Source: Sharp via Engadget

The BenQ XL2410T is a 23.6-inch 3D LCD monitor. The LCD sports a 1920×1080 pixel format, a LED backlight, a 120Hz frequency, and a low input lag combined with a wicked fast 2ms GTG response time. The XL2410T is height adjustable and accepts VGA, DVI, and HDMI inputs. Folks in Europe will get access to this NVIDIA 3D Vision certified monitor in October and the world will get it later. Source: Engadget

Toshiba and Best Buy are working together to create the Satellite L635, a ruggedized notebook PC geared for kids. The rugged parts include a rubberized wipeable keyboard with protected corners. Specs include: a 13.3-inch LCD, dual-core Intel Celeron P4600 CPU, 2GB RAM, DVD drive, 250GB hard drive. Kid-centered included software: NetNanny (parental control), KidZui (browser), Lego Batman, etc. Priced at US$499 and available only at Best Buy on September 26th. I think this is a fantastic idea. Make the computer a bit more rugged geared for kids who are a bit more rough with electronics. Source: Engadget

Wired: The Four Thirds system is for DSLRs. The Micro Four Thirds system is for mirrorless cameras such as the Olympus PEN series. Miquel Angel Garcia, head of Olympus Europe, shared with Quesabesde during the Photokina show that Olympus will no longer make new Four Thirds lenses and instead focus on lenses for the mirrorless Micro Four Thirds system.

Garcia:

But it is very important to have broken the DSLR market status quo. There are two brands that for years have been allocated 80% of the global market. And this will change.

I personally like Canon and have bought many Canon cameras over the years: compact digital cameras, SLR, DSLR. I still use some of them. But my most recent purchase was a mirrorless interchangeable lens camera, so I get Garcia.

Interestingly, Garcia seems to be holding the recently showcased compact digital camera with an integrated Zuiko lens. Engadget seems to think that an integrated Zuiko lens means that it cannot be based on the Micro Four Thirds system. But I think otherwise: it will be Olympus’ high-end compact digital camera that will make use of the Micro Four Thirds system; it’s just that the lens won’t be interchangeable. Think of it as the Canon S95 killer.

Image source: Cinema5D. Original photo scaled to 600 pixels wide. Photo by Timur Civan.

Combine a circa 1908 Wollensak 35mm F5.0 Cine-Velostigmat and a Canon EOS 5D and you’ve got… words really can’t describe it… history in the making. Literally. The photographs look as though they were caught a hundred years ago. Take a look at the photograph above that Timur Civan (www.timurcivan.com) took using the frankensteinian apparatus. Absolutely brilliant!

Original photograph was scaled to 600 pixels wide and then sharpened a little. Sourced from Cinema5D and photographed by Timur Civan.

This was made possible with the aid of a Russian lens technician mad scientist friend in New York who found the century-old lens and crafted to fit Canon’s EF mount. I hope this Russian genius will lend his services to craft other magnificent lenses to fit modern cameras.

Hmmm… the HP Slate looks exceptionally terrible. There’s a Ctrl-Alt-Delete key? At first, I thought it unbelievable, but now I’m thinking, “Of course! It is Windows 7!”

How unfortunate.

Here are some other observations:

• You still have a mouse pointer; it disappears though.
• Touch feedback blue dot animation: I thought this was only used when you were developing an ad to help folks visually see what your fingers are doing without actually showing the fingers. I guess not.
• Browser performance is slow, excruciatingly slow. I was grasping for air just looking at it.
• Keyboard button: You need it since it isn’t automatic. Just terrible.

I guess Microsoft was spending too much time developing the Windows Phone 7 mobile OS to give much thought to the tablet-version of Windows 7. Of course, this video is of a prototype HP Slate so there is the possibility of things getting better, but I wouldn’t hold my breath. This is the case of the OS choking the hardware design and ruining the entire experience. If I had the choice between a HP Slate and a Samsung Galaxy Tab there is no doubt in my mind which is better. Here’s hoping HP will dump this garbage and focus on a webOS tablet. via Daring Fireball

The Samsung Galaxy Tab looks good. Here are some notes I jotted down while watching the 9:18 video on YouTube:

• Google’s Android 2.2 is very responsive to touch gestures.
• Pinching and zooming looks good.
• Swype is onboard.
• Combined Google, Facebook, Outlook calendars.
• Productivity applications seem quite workable.
• The keyboard dock looks good, though on the big side.
• Social networking integration.
• There’s also a phone app that supports video on the Galaxy Tab.
• Readers Hub, an iBook lookalike, makes the reading experience very similar to the iPad. You get magazines too.
• The Music Hub is for music.
• 7-inch LCD sporting 1024×600.
• Flash 10.1 and HTML5 is supported on the multitouch-enabled browser.
• A dock to connect to your TV at Full HD: seems a bit laggy though.
• Android Market support.
• GPS.
• Car windshield dock.
• Fits in your hand, just one.

Overall the Samsung Tab looks to one-up the iPad in some areas: one is portability, second is the dual cameras good for taking pictures but also FaceTiming. Early adopters will need to get a hold of one and check it out. No doubt!

But, for those of you thinking there might be something better around the corner from Apple, my guess is Apple is working on an updated iPad. If you’re in the market for a tablet, I would wait and see what Apple has to offer come January. Three and a half months is a long time to wait but I think it’ll be worth it. Even if that means you don’t get a tablet underneath your Christmas tree this year.

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