LG Display 4.3″ WVGA Multitouch LCD at SID 2008

LG Display 4.3″ WVGA Multitouch LCD
Size: 4.3″
Pixel Format: 800 x 480
Pixel Density: 217.1ppi
Color: 16.7M (8 bit)
Brightness: 420 cd/m2
Contrast Ratio: 500:1
Viewing Angle: 60/50/70/70 (U/D/L/R, CR>10:1)
LCD Technology: TN
Touch: Yes, Multitouch

LG Display showcased many LCD innovations including this 4.3″ multitouch LCD sporting a pixel format of 800 x 480. I am scratching my head and wondering if this [...]

Singapore Airlines: 15.4″ LCD, Docks for iPhone, iPod

Singapore Airlines is my favorite when traveling to Asia from where I am in San Jose, California. I almost always fly coach (forced to due to budgetary pressures) and even then I am glued to the tiny LCD screen watching a bunch of movies. One time I was flying out of SFO to ICN (Inchon, [...]

Second Generation iPhone: GSM & CDMA, EV-DO & HSDPA

Why does a mobile phone need to be limited to being either a GSM or a CDMA phone? Isn’t that the old way of doing things where the carrier reigns supreme and bullwhips the phone manufacturers into making certain phones for them? I think it’s time these carriers get whipped themselves. And I think Apple’s [...]

Food For Thought: Tilt to Scroll on iPhone

I was strolling my little one around this morning and trying to read my emails on my iPhone. At the same time. Yes, I know, I should be watching where I go, but I was strolling inside the home, so there weren’t any traffic to watch out for. Safety: check, even with just one hand. [...]

DIOTEK Develops Handwriting Recognition Software for Apple iPhone

DIOTEK is a mobile software developer based in South Korea and announced on May 6, 2008 its DioPen handwriting recognition software for Apple’s iPhone. Just like you do everything on the iPhone, you use DioPen with your finger. Although there are some who are content with the on-screen QWERTY keyboard, there are many who just [...]

Totoku ME551i2 Medical LCD Monitor

Totoku ME551i2

Size: 21.3″
Pixel Format: 2560 x 2048
Contrast Ratio: 800:1
Brightness: 750 cd/m2 (max), 410 cd/m2 (default)
Viewing Angle: 170/170
Input: DVI 1.0, USB 2.0 (upstream 1, downstream 2)
Other: DICOM-compliant, only display compatible with OsiriX 64-bit version, luminance sensor

The 5MP display is geared toward digital mammography. The incorporated a-Sentinel II system features a luminance sensor and luminance control circuit. [...]

iPhone Shortage?

Of course there’s an iPhone shortage. Not because there is so much international demand, but because there is so much international demand relative to supply. And supply of the 8GB and 16GB first generation iPhone is dwindling. This is nothing new. Apple almost always dries up the channel for a given product when a new, [...]

Apple iPhone: 270,000 in 30 Hours

Apple’s third quarter ended June 30, just 30 hours after the iPhone became available to the public. 270,000 iPhones were sold in 30 hours. That’s fantastic! A simple calculation results in revenues ranging from $135 million to $162 million. That’s $4.5 million to $5.4 million, AN HOUR. Due to activation problems, AT&T reported total iPhone [...]

Apple iPhone: 3.5″ 320 x 480

Apple’s new iPhone has a 3.5″ transflective TFT LCD with a pixel format of 320 x 480. Not the highest resolution, but still very high (160ppi) for Apple that has a penchant for sticking to 100-110ppi. Although I am not sure who the LCD supplier is, I have a feeling that it is Sharp. Sharp [...]