The nation's top carrier told us Friday that it will push out Android 2.2, also known as the "Froyo" operating system, to the company's Motorola Droid phones next week.
That announcement comes right after Sprint announced they're rolling out Android 2.2 to the company's HTC EVO phones next week as well.
Motorola Inc. reported surging sales of smart phones in the second quarter, but co-CEO Sanjay Jha, head of the phone division, said it is hampered by short supplies of chips.
An analyst asked him to explain how this affects its latest smart phone, the Droid X, which went on sale through Verizon Wireless two weeks ago.
QUESTION: Can you talk a little bit about the supply and demand dynamics of the Droid X launch?
ANSWER: Certainly Droid X has exceeded our expectations. But we believe that we will catch up with demand some time through the course of this quarter. We find multiple components in the industry being constrained.
I think the investment largely in semiconductor space of various different kinds over the last two and a half years has been below par. And I believe that the industry now is trying to compensate for that, and there is some greater investment in the semiconductor space.
The new upgrade will give the Droid many new features, including improved speed, voice dialing over Bluetooth, a faster browser, the ability to store apps on an SD card, and the potential to run Adobe Flash when that software is ready.
We have a hands-on with Android 2.2, otherwise known as "Froyo," from when it was first announced back in May.
Google has had trouble getting the company's Android partners to keep up with the blistering pace of software updates. Android 2.2 was announced in May, but for a while only the failed Google Nexus One phone (now off the market in the U.S.) could run the new OS.
Samsung, Motorola and HTC have all pledged Android 2.2 upgrades for more phones including the Samsung Vibrant and Motorola Droid X, but the company hasn't yet delivered.
Meanwhile, many phones on the market run even older versions of Android. T-Mobile's Motorola CLIQ and CLIQ XT are still running Android 1.5, to the rage of many owners who were promised an upgrade to version 2.1 during the first half of this year.
viernes, 30 de julio de 2010
miércoles, 2 de junio de 2010
Sony develops a rollable OLED screen
To create the display, Sony developed OTFTs with an original organic semiconductor material (a PXX derivative) with eight times*2 the current modulation of conventional OTFTs. This was achived due to the development of integration technologies of OTFTs and OLEDs on an ultra-thin 20 μm thick flexible substrate (a flexible on-panel gate-driver circuit with OTFTs which is able to get rid of convetinal rigid driver IC chips interfering roll-up of a display) and soft organic insulators for all the insulators in the integration cuircuit. By combining these technologies, Sony successfully demonstrated the world's first OLED panel*3 which is capable of reproducing moving images while being repeatly rolled-up - around a cylinder with a radius of 4 mm - and stretched.
Sony will proceed with the development of the solution / print based process which manufactures display devices from organic materials that are easily dissolved in common solvents. High performance OTFT with originally developed high-mobility and highly-stable organic semiconductor materials, PXX derivatives
Sony has developed organic semiconductor material, peri-Xanthenoxanthene (PXX) derivative, which is stable under exposure to oxygen, moisture, light and heat and improved current modulation of eight-times*2 that of conventional OTFT with organic semiconductor of pentacene. Integration of a flexible gate-driver circuit with OTFTs
This is the world's first demonstration*3 of an OLED display with an integrated gate-driver circuit with OTFTs. The improvement of the OTFT described above enables integration of a flexible gate-driver circuit with OTFTs on a display panel. Enhancement of flexibility with all organic insulators in the OTFT and OLED integration circuit
In order to enhance flexibility of the display, Sony has developed organic insulators for all the insulators in the OTFT and OLED integration circuit. These organic insulators can be formed with the solution process in the atmosphere which is requires fewer steps, and consumes materials and energy more efficiently - thus has a smaller environmental footprint - compared to the conventional high temperature vacuum semiconductor process which use inorganic/silicon materials. Achieved display capable of reproducing moving images while rolled-up around cylinder with 4mm radius
Video Sony Rolleable OLED Screen
The OTFT-driven OLED display with the aforementioned technologies (1-3) can reproduce moving images while rolled-up around a cylinder with a radius of 4 mm.
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sábado, 29 de mayo de 2010
A slimmer or Thinner Kindle coming
Amazon plans to unveil a thinner Kindle with a sharper picture in August, according to a Bloomberg News report on Saturday citing anonymous sources. Two people familiar with the online retailer's plans told Bloomberg the next-generation e-book reader will not have a touch screen or color, but the display will be sharper and more responsive.
Amazon says not to expect a color Kindle anytime soon. Shown here is the Kindle 2.
(Credit: CNET ) Earlier this week at Amazon's annual shareholder meeting in Seattle, CEO Jeff Bezos said a Kindle with a color reflective screen is still a ways off.
Bezos said Tuesday that Amazon intends to keep the Kindle focused on what it has always been--a reading device.
CNET e-mailed Amazon on Saturday afternoon seeking a comment on the Bloomberg report. Bloomberg said a call to an Amazon representative was not returned. in 2006--in several new countries this year, including Japan, China, and Australia.
Amazon.com Inc., the world’s largest online retailer, plans to introduce the next version of its Kindle electronic-book reader in August, according to two people familiar with its plans.
The device will be thinner and have a more responsive screen with a sharper picture, the people said, who didn’t want to be identified because the plans aren’t public. The new Kindle won’t include a touch screen or color, they said.
Amazon.com, which introduced the Kindle in 2007, faces increased competition from Apple Inc.’s iPad -- a color tablet device that lets users browse the Web, watch video and read digital books. The new Kindle may be aimed more at Amazon.com’s original e-reader competitors -- Sony Corp. and Barnes & Noble Inc. -- than the newer threat from the iPad, said James McQuivey, an analyst at Forrester Research Inc.
“It’s probably likely that Amazon already had this one in mind, more out of a response to Sony than out of any response to Apple,” McQuivey said. The shares have declined 6.7 percent this year.
Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos said this week that the company was concentrating on wooing committed book readers and that a color display screen is “some ways out.”
Not Ready
“I’ve seen some stuff in the laboratory, but it’s not quite ready for prime-time production,” Bezos said May 25 at the company’s annual shareholders meeting.
The Kindle uses a black-and-white screen that mimics the appearance of paper. The new version will have sharper contrast that makes e-books look more like real books, the people familiar with the product said.
Sony is taking on the Kindle with a touch-screen reader, which it introduced last year. Barnes & Noble’s Nook device made its debut in October.
The Kindle currently sells for $259, the same price as the Nook. Sony sells its touch-screen device for $199.
About 6 million e-readers will be sold this year, up from 3 million last year, according to Forrester Research Inc. The Kindle has about 60 percent of the U.S. market, followed by Sony with 35 percent, the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based research firm estimates.
Earlier this year, Amazon.com bought a company called Touchco, which specializes in touch-screen technology, according to the people.
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martes, 25 de mayo de 2010
Samsung UN55C8000 55-Inch 1080p 240 Hz 3D LED HDTV - review
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Product Description
Samsung LED HDTVs combine breakthrough picture quality and advanced connectivity options that will keep you entertained 24/7. This UN55C8000 LED HDTV also makes it easy to be green, and will save you some green, by being ENERGY STAR compliant.
Samsung UN55C8000 55-Inch 1080p 240 Hz 3D LED HDTV
Watch jaw-dropping action leap off the screen with Samsung 3D technology. The UN55C8000 LED television brings new depth and dimension to it all— so you’re not just watching the action, you’re living it. Along with a visually stunning picture, it also features web-connected Samsung Apps so you can stream movies, play games, flip through photos, and more while you watch TV.
Key Features
Product Description
Samsung LED HDTVs combine breakthrough picture quality and advanced connectivity options that will keep you entertained 24/7. This UN55C8000 LED HDTV also makes it easy to be green, and will save you some green, by being ENERGY STAR compliant.
Samsung UN55C8000 55-Inch 1080p 240 Hz 3D LED HDTV
Watch jaw-dropping action leap off the screen with Samsung 3D technology. The UN55C8000 LED television brings new depth and dimension to it all— so you’re not just watching the action, you’re living it. Along with a visually stunning picture, it also features web-connected Samsung Apps so you can stream movies, play games, flip through photos, and more while you watch TV.
Key Features
- Screen Size: 55 inches
- Full 1080p HD: Enjoy the powerful picture quality, vivid colors and stunning clarity of Full HD 1080p resolution.
- 240 Hz Clear Motion Rate: Samsung 240 Hz technology delivers even the fastest onscreen motion with utterly life like clarity.
- 3D-ready: Samsung 3D technology makes images leap off the screen– so you feel like you’re a part of the action. Sync up with our Samsung Blu-ray player to experience movies in 3D on your TV – and enjoy more TV broadcasts in stunning 3D, coming soon. (Learn more about Samsung 3D Active glasses)
- Internet@TV: Connect to an ever-expanding portal of your favorite digital content. Customizable widgets give you access to BLOCKBUSTER, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, Amazon Video On Demand and more – all on your HDTV.
- Ultra Slim Design: Stunning ultra slim depth – includes tuner (no external transceiver box).
- Ultra Clear Panel: Advanced technology lets you enjoy crisp image details, natural skin tones, excellent shadow detail, and vibrant colors.
- Touch of Color design: Exclusive Touch of Color design combines texture and color that can complement any room.
- ConnectShare Movie: Connect a thumb drive or digital camera quickly and easily. User-friendly interface allows access to videos, music playlists and pictures via the remote.
- Game Mode: Enhances dark areas, sharpens the picture, speeds up the image processing response and enhances the sounds of your games. Picture and sound quality optimized for the special needs of gaming systems at the touch of a button.
- Exceeds ENERGY STAR Standards: LED Energy Efficient, up to 50% less than the latest ENERGY STAR specification depending on series and screen size in standard mode.
- Wide Color Enhancer Plus delivers the entire spectrum of color and luminance for rich, saturated images with intense detail.
- 15 Watts x 2 audio power stereo broadcast reception: Supports multichannel sound (MTS)and second audio program (SAP) with 181-channel capacity.
- Built in Digital Tuner: no external box needed.
- Warranty: 1 year parts and 1 year labor warranty (90 days parts and labor for commercial use), with in-home service, backed by Samsung toll-free support.
- AllShare: Sync up your entire household. A wired or wireless DLNA connection lets you stream your PC audio and video files to your HDTV using your remote.
- Skype on Samsung TV: Enjoy the convenience and connectivity of free, IP-based, picture-in-picture video calls via Skype right from your couch: View it all life size on your Samsung TV.
- Pin-Point Dimming: Samsung’s innovative Precision Dimming Technology delivers our greatest range of dynamic contrast and rich, bright color. You’ll see whiter whites and deeper blacks, minus the “halo” effect, which occurs when light is diffused to such a degree that it distorts the image. Energy consumption is also reduced.
- Brushed Titanium Finish
- Swivel stand
Amazon Gift Card - review- How to buy it
Amazon Gift Card Delivery Options
Amazon offers a lot of choice in the way you can get a gift card. The disadvantage of having a gift card mailed is that physical gift cards can’t be customized, and they just have a single design. This may mean the world to some people, while make no difference to others.
Print a gift card: If you want to present the card yourself, but can’t wait for it to be delivered, you can print it as well. Buy it online, and print it out to deliver it yourself, without having to wait the shipping period.
Amazon Gift Card Denominations
Amazon is pretty flexible with its gift card denominations. You can buy an Amazon gift card with any value between $5 and $5000. The only gift cards that are pre-denominated are the physical gift cards which need to be shipped in 3 – 5 business days. Otherwise, even the physical gift cards that are mailed to you do not have a predetermined denomination, and you can select the value of your gift card.
Customizing Amazon Gift Cards
Amazon has a lot of pictures categorized for occasions that can be used in your gift cards. For example, — you can use this cute little picture of a stork on your gift card, if you want to wish someone on the birth of their baby girl. There are several other pictures like this, which can give a personal touch to your gift card.
There is Kindle Gift card too, but all it does is have a picture of the Kindle on it. I am not sure who will find this useful (apart from Amazon itself). If you wanted to gift someone a Kindle, you’d buy that instead of the card.
How do I use my Amazon Gift Card?
Amazon Gift Card can be used at Amazon and Endless.com.
When you buy something after this, the balance will be deducted from your gift card first, and only if it doesn’t cover the entire price, will your credit card be debited.
The second way of using the Amazon Gift Card is to enter the promotional code, when you are placing the order through the shopping cart or using – “Buy with 1 click”. The amount will be deducted from your gift card, and if it doesn’t cover the entire purchase price, — your credit card be debited.
Here is a page from Amazon that has more details on this process.
Amazon says that once you enter the code on their website, they store it for you, and you don’t need to enter it subsequently. I haven’t tried this, but I’d expect that if money is left on my gift card, it will be deducted first before Amazon debits my credit card. Only when my gift card is exhausted, will my credit card be touched.
Can I use the Amazon Gift Card to buy anything? Sometimes Amazon promotes items by bundling them up with a gift card, and offering a discount of sorts.
Some third party sellers don’t accept it, and there are certain other exceptions. I’d use it if I knew someone who shops a lot from Amazon, but couldn’t think of a good gift for them.
How to Buy Amazon gift card ?
1.-Visit Amazon's official website and sign into your account.
2.-Read the information provided about Amazon Gift Cards. Be sure to review the terms and conditions of purchasing and using a gift card. Agree to these terms and conditions before proceeding.
3.-Decide on the format of gift card you want to purchase. Amazon gift cards are available in electronic, printable and mailable formats. The format you choose largely depends on your preference and the information you have available on the intended recipient. Electronic formats enable purchasers with only a recipient's email address to deliver the gift card; mailable gift cards need a valid, physical address for delivery; printable gift cards don't require a name or an email address.
5.-Enter a gift card amount between $5 and $5,000. Type the rest of the required information. Depending on your format choice, the required information may include email addresses, first and last names or a mailing address. Select a payment method and authorize the transaction.
7.-Review the successful payment and information page. Read and follow any additional instructions or advisements about your gift card purchase.
sábado, 20 de marzo de 2010
PlayStation Move ad rips Wii, Xbox 360's Natal
I've tried not to laugh, tried to maintain some semblance of journalistic dispassion, but screw it, these Kevin Butler PlayStation spots are hilarious. The latest plugs Sony's upcoming PlayStation Move motion control system with some pretty barbed razzing of Nintendo's Wii and Microsoft's forthcoming controller-free Project Natal.
In it, Sony's new "It Only Does Everything" campaign front-man, played by Jerry Lambert (Everybody Loves Raymond, Malcolm in the Middle, That 70's Show) delivers a video-cast from the "future" to thank PlayStation 3 owners for making the PlayStation Move a success. You've got the controller and camera with microphone working together to give you total control over your gaming experience. [Butler waves the PlayStation Move wand left and right] ...but this way too [Butler delivers a haymaker].
On the Xbox 360:
[The PlayStation Move]'s also got what we in the future call buttons, which turn out to be pretty important to those handful of millions of people who enjoy playing shooters and platformers, or, well, anything that doesn't involve catching a big red ball.
If you're in the market for a PlayStation 3 or Nintendo Wii, you've probably noticed that they're hard to come by. One of those shops, GameStop, said in a recent earnings call with investors that those shortages are expected to continue.
"I am not exactly sure that I have a total answer, obviously, it is a question that we ask the platform holders," Bartel said in response to an investor question on why shortages continue to plague the market. "Consequently, I can tell you that we do anticipate that we will be in that situation for the PS3 for another couple of months, unfortunately, because we could sell a lot more hardware than what we have on both that and the Wii platform."
Bartel went on to tell investors that his company expects to have Wii in-stock sooner than the PS3, but it will still take some time.
"So we do anticipate that those shortages should have bade some time before the next couple of months," Bartel said. He said that "unprecedented demand" could be a leading cause and both Nintendo and Sony are "still scrambling to catch up from the December surge of hardware that occurred."
Nintendo's shortage woes have been going on since the Wii was released. For a while, the company got ahead of demand, but it still suffers from supply problems that, frankly, should have been taken care of by now. And according to the company, it's working hard on it.
"Even with healthy sales, we realize that there are missed opportunities had supply been able to keep up with demand," a company representative wrote in an e-mailed statement. "Wii hardware shortages, which affected approximately 70 percent of all retail locations during February, are being remedied. For a while, Sony couldn't get PlayStation 3 units to leave store shelves due to higher demand for the Wii and Xbox 360. PS3 sales have been so torrid that NPD reported earlier this month the console's sales in February were up 30 percent year over year.
In it, Sony's new "It Only Does Everything" campaign front-man, played by Jerry Lambert (Everybody Loves Raymond, Malcolm in the Middle, That 70's Show) delivers a video-cast from the "future" to thank PlayStation 3 owners for making the PlayStation Move a success. You've got the controller and camera with microphone working together to give you total control over your gaming experience. [Butler waves the PlayStation Move wand left and right] ...but this way too [Butler delivers a haymaker].
On the Xbox 360:
[The PlayStation Move]'s also got what we in the future call buttons, which turn out to be pretty important to those handful of millions of people who enjoy playing shooters and platformers, or, well, anything that doesn't involve catching a big red ball.
If you're in the market for a PlayStation 3 or Nintendo Wii, you've probably noticed that they're hard to come by. One of those shops, GameStop, said in a recent earnings call with investors that those shortages are expected to continue.
"I am not exactly sure that I have a total answer, obviously, it is a question that we ask the platform holders," Bartel said in response to an investor question on why shortages continue to plague the market. "Consequently, I can tell you that we do anticipate that we will be in that situation for the PS3 for another couple of months, unfortunately, because we could sell a lot more hardware than what we have on both that and the Wii platform."
Bartel went on to tell investors that his company expects to have Wii in-stock sooner than the PS3, but it will still take some time.
"So we do anticipate that those shortages should have bade some time before the next couple of months," Bartel said. He said that "unprecedented demand" could be a leading cause and both Nintendo and Sony are "still scrambling to catch up from the December surge of hardware that occurred."
Nintendo's shortage woes have been going on since the Wii was released. For a while, the company got ahead of demand, but it still suffers from supply problems that, frankly, should have been taken care of by now. And according to the company, it's working hard on it.
"Even with healthy sales, we realize that there are missed opportunities had supply been able to keep up with demand," a company representative wrote in an e-mailed statement. "Wii hardware shortages, which affected approximately 70 percent of all retail locations during February, are being remedied. For a while, Sony couldn't get PlayStation 3 units to leave store shelves due to higher demand for the Wii and Xbox 360. PS3 sales have been so torrid that NPD reported earlier this month the console's sales in February were up 30 percent year over year.
lunes, 15 de marzo de 2010
Google Satellite TV Search to Be Fueled By Android
Google and the Dish Network are implementing Google's Web search experience through a Google Android set-top box, where the users' search queries bring back both TV content and YouTube video content, an IDC analyst told eWEEK.
The Wall Street Journal said Google is testing its search software on TV set-top boxes, which as one of the modern replacements for the cable box enables content transmitted from the Internet. Google is testing this search service with a "very small number of the company's employees and their families," the Journal said.
Reynolds noted that while such a blend of TV and Web video content will become standard in the industry within five years, Google will not be able to graft the standard search experience they use on the Web onto the video world. sports, drama, news, etc.) and then with rich visual representation of results, like little clips of shows, perhaps, or at least an image that represents visually what the video will be about. Good metadata annotation of video objects will be the key to the success of the search experience, since the text around video content description can be sparse at best."
Reynolds said that unlike text search, in which Google makes users click out to pages and read them, no one wants to click out to videos and have to watch a few minutes to see if what they've found is "the one."
Richard Doherty, research director for the Envisioneering Group, told eWEEK he believes Google has at least three strategies for melding the TV with the Web. Second, he sees Chrome Operating System running on smart networked TVs and Tru2way boxes. Finally, Google will serve YouTube videos with embedded ad links.
If Google can get search and YouTube running on TVs well enough, there's good reason to believe Google could extend this approach to the rest of its Google Apps.
Users could well even log onto their Google Accounts through the TV remote or keyboard and access Gmail and other Web services through their televisions.
Getting Google search on TVs, then, may seem like a foregone conclusion at this point, but one well worth pondering for those keen on the convergence of the Internet with television.
Google Engineering Vice President Vic Gundotra did not say when he expected the crossover in the so-called cost per click of its search ads to occur, during a webcast to analysts about the company's mobile business on Monday. But he said that mobile ad rates have increased "dramatically" in recent years.
And he noted that the number of Google searches on mobile phones have increased five-fold in the last two years.
"We hope and believe that there's even a chance that we could exceed desktop in the future," Gundotra said in reference to the cost per click of mobile ads.
Google, the world's No.1 Internet search engine with $23.7 billion in 2009 revenue, has stepped up its mobile efforts as consumers increasingly access the Web from smartphones like Apple Inc's iPhone.
In November, Google announced plans to acquire mobile advertising firm AdMob for $750 million, though the deal is currently facing regulatory review.
The mobile briefing comes as Google is in a standoff with China, the world's largest Internet market by users, over the future of its Internet search website in the country. Google has said it will no longer censor search results in China, a move that some analysts believe could mean the end of its Chinese language web site Google.cn.
Asked what the search situation might mean for Google's mobile plans in China, Google CFO Patrick Pichette said on the webcast on Monday that Android was an "open source" platform that's available to everybody and that the company thought China represented "another great market in which Android should flourish."
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The Wall Street Journal said Google is testing its search software on TV set-top boxes, which as one of the modern replacements for the cable box enables content transmitted from the Internet. Google is testing this search service with a "very small number of the company's employees and their families," the Journal said.
Reynolds noted that while such a blend of TV and Web video content will become standard in the industry within five years, Google will not be able to graft the standard search experience they use on the Web onto the video world. sports, drama, news, etc.) and then with rich visual representation of results, like little clips of shows, perhaps, or at least an image that represents visually what the video will be about. Good metadata annotation of video objects will be the key to the success of the search experience, since the text around video content description can be sparse at best."
Reynolds said that unlike text search, in which Google makes users click out to pages and read them, no one wants to click out to videos and have to watch a few minutes to see if what they've found is "the one."
Richard Doherty, research director for the Envisioneering Group, told eWEEK he believes Google has at least three strategies for melding the TV with the Web. Second, he sees Chrome Operating System running on smart networked TVs and Tru2way boxes. Finally, Google will serve YouTube videos with embedded ad links.
If Google can get search and YouTube running on TVs well enough, there's good reason to believe Google could extend this approach to the rest of its Google Apps.
Users could well even log onto their Google Accounts through the TV remote or keyboard and access Gmail and other Web services through their televisions.
Getting Google search on TVs, then, may seem like a foregone conclusion at this point, but one well worth pondering for those keen on the convergence of the Internet with television.
Google Engineering Vice President Vic Gundotra did not say when he expected the crossover in the so-called cost per click of its search ads to occur, during a webcast to analysts about the company's mobile business on Monday. But he said that mobile ad rates have increased "dramatically" in recent years.
And he noted that the number of Google searches on mobile phones have increased five-fold in the last two years.
"We hope and believe that there's even a chance that we could exceed desktop in the future," Gundotra said in reference to the cost per click of mobile ads.
Google, the world's No.1 Internet search engine with $23.7 billion in 2009 revenue, has stepped up its mobile efforts as consumers increasingly access the Web from smartphones like Apple Inc's iPhone.
In November, Google announced plans to acquire mobile advertising firm AdMob for $750 million, though the deal is currently facing regulatory review.
The mobile briefing comes as Google is in a standoff with China, the world's largest Internet market by users, over the future of its Internet search website in the country. Google has said it will no longer censor search results in China, a move that some analysts believe could mean the end of its Chinese language web site Google.cn.
Asked what the search situation might mean for Google's mobile plans in China, Google CFO Patrick Pichette said on the webcast on Monday that Android was an "open source" platform that's available to everybody and that the company thought China represented "another great market in which Android should flourish."
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