Sharp has confirmed launch details for its Galapagos tablets, which are set to arrive in Japan - complete with an ebook and emagazine store - on December 10. The 5.5-inch EB-W51GJ-R/-S will be priced at 39,800 yen ($475), while the 10.8-inch EB-WX1GJ-B will be 54,800 yen ($654); each runs Android with a capacitive touchscreen.
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Archive for November, 2010
Sharp’s Galapagos ereading tablets priced & dated for Japan
Quantum 3D upgrades sweet ExpeditionDI infantry training platform
When it comes to training infantry soldiers in the US military there are all sorts of drills and programs that the warriors go through. One of the coolest is the 3D virtual reality system from Quantum3D that may be the coolest and most realistic shooter in the world. The company has announced that it has updated the training system called ExpeditionDI with new hardware.
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Ocosmos OSC1 Oak Trail tablet detailed: due Q1 2011
Details on the Ocosmos OSC1 UMPC which Intel briefly flashed at IDF 2010 earlier this year have emerged, set to be one of the first Oak Trail devices assuming the company can find carriers willing to take it on. According to the spec sheet, the OSC1 will have either a 1.5GHz or 1.9GHz Oak Trail CPU running Windows 7, 400MHz GPU with HD decoding, WiFi b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, and a 5-inch capacitive touchscreen running at 1024 x 768.
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Samsung Super AMOLED production up 10x in 2011 as company posts record small display profit
Samsung Mobile Display is reporting the highest operating profit margin of display manufacturers worldwide, according to Etnews, with the company's Super AMOLED primarily responsible for the sale success. In Q3 2010, SMD saw sales worth 1.272 trillion won ($900m), with a 10.5-percent operating margin. Meanwhile, supplies of AMOLED panels are set to grow vastly from May 2011, when Samsung's new production line starts up.
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Sprint 4G hits LA, Washington DC, Ohio & more; due San Francisco Dec 28
Sprint has turned on a new batch of 4G markets, bringing its WiMAX service to Los Angeles, Miami, Washington, D.C, Cleveland, Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio. The launch means Sprint 4G is available in 68 markets across the US, with the carrier tipping San Francisco 4G service on December 28.
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Chinese Government directly responsible for Google-hack says WikiLeaks
Documents released as part of the ongoing WikiLeaks controversy have again fingered China as directly responsible for hacking attempts on Google in January 2010, with a Chinese source apparently informing the American Embassy in Beijing that the incidents were "part of a coordinated campaign of computer sabotage carried out by government operatives, private security experts and internet outlaws recruited by the Chinese government." The attacks were supposedly prompted by a senior Politburo official finding critical sites when performing a vanity search using Google .
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Microsoft physical touchscreen patent app tips dynamic Surface
Microsoft has filed a patent application which would give large-scale touchscreen computers, such as its Surface multitouch table, a dynamically changing display capable of physically presenting keys, buttons and other controls. The technology would rely on a layer of light-induced shape-memory polymer across the touchscreen surface, and which could be controlled by ultraviolet light to either protrude and harden or relax and soften.
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iPhone 3GS & 3G get iOS 4.2.1 carrier unlock with new redsn0w tool
The iPhone Dev Team have released a new iPhone 3G/iPhone 3GS carrier unlock, taking advantage of a susceptible baseband that Apple itself is still supplying, and allowing the older smartphones to use any SIM with iOS 4.2.1. This new redsn0w version relies on baseband 06.15 still offered as part of the iPad's iOS 3.2.2 firmware; however, there are also some significant provisos that mean this method isn't for everybody.
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Samsung Nexus S gets second shot at FCC
Samsung's Nexus S has gone through a second batch of FCC testing, this time with new Bluetooth/WiFi and GPS receiver antennas getting the main attention. According to Samsung's submission, the GT-i9020T in this second round "is identical to the previously certified cellular/PCS GSM/EDGE and AWS WCDMA phone with WLAN and Bluetooth" barring the new antennas.
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Why Apple’s all-SSD, Light Peak MacBook Pro makes sense
Apple’s intentions for their flagship laptop range, the MacBook Pro, made headlines this week with a new set of rumors suggesting 2011′s model would mark the transition to not only solid-state storage but Intel’s Light Peak connectivity for high-speed data transfers. Whether this particular speculation turns out to be accurate or not, SSD – and abandoning optical drives – certainly seems the most likely route for Apple to take.
SlashGear Week in Review – Week 47 2010
Welcome to this week's edition of the SlashGear Week in Review! I hope you had a good Thanksgiving and all those irritating family members you really didn’t want at your house have finally gone home. Early in the week Cox Communications unveiled a new whole home DVR solution that was sure to make fans of TV and movies with packed DVRs happy. The service lets you watch and play DVR programs on any TV in your home.
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Richard Branson vs Rupert Murdoch in iPad Magazine Wars Soon
As you may be already aware, Richard Branson will soon (maybe as soon as next week) be launching an iPad-centric magazine by the name of "Project." Richard Branson is affiliated with Virgin, while News Corporation "tycoon" Rupert Murdoch, at the same time, is hot on the path to making a daily newspaper with the same subject matter by the name of "The Daily." This iPad newspaper is set to be "unveiled" next month and officially launched at the beginning of 2011. This newspaper will cost about $30 million USD to start, it employing a staff of about 100 journalists.
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