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‘3D’ Stories

HTC EVO 3D UK launch delayed until September

Chris Davies, Jul 28th 2011 Discuss [7]

HTC has confirmed to SlashGear that its European version of the EVO 3D will arrive in the UK in September 2011, two months after initially expected. No reason for the smartphone's delay was available, though it fits in well given UK carrier Vodafone announced earlier this week that it no longer planned to range the glasses-free 3D smartphone. Read The Full Story

Nintendo 3DS price slashed to $170

Chris Davies, Jul 28th 2011 Discuss [12]

Nintendo has slashed the price of the 3DS glasses-free 3D games console, less than four months after the handheld went on sale in the US, bringing the price down to $169.99. Launched in late March at $249.99, from August 12 you’ll save $80: money that Nintendo is hoping you’ll spend on one of its flagship games released in the run up to the holiday season, Star Fox 64 3D, Super Mario 3D Land, Mario Kart 7 and Kid Icarus.

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HTC EVO 3D gets Vodafone snub

Chris Davies, Jul 27th 2011 Discuss [4]

Could the tide be turning against HTC's prime position in the Android smartphone segment? UK carrier Vodafone has confirmed this morning that it has ditched the HTC EVO 3D from its line-up, over concerns that ongoing delays in the GSM version's launch meant it would come simply too late to compete with rival devices. Read The Full Story

Nintendo 3DS sales frozen as Amazon investigates fault

Chris Davies, Jul 25th 2011 Discuss [4]

Amazon has frozen sales of the Nintendo 3DS, with the glasses-free 3D handheld currently listed as "under review" after customer complaints. Although sales through marketplace sellers continue, Amazon says will not be offering the 3DS itself until the issue has been rectified. The exact reason for the delay has not been specified, though some reports claim it's down to scratches on the top display from the clamshell design. Read The Full Story

GM uses computer software and rapid prototyping rather than clay or wood for prototype testing

Shane McGlaun, Jul 25th 2011 Discuss [3]

Many of the 3D printing stories that I talk about are using the tech to make smaller things and concept products. One of the places where the 3D printing and rapid prototyping is being used the most is in the automotive world. Before the first prototype is made in full scale, there are all sorts of revisions done from wind tunnel testing and other forms of testing that require the design and shape of certain parts on the vehicle to be changed. Read The Full Story

Sony Cyber-shot TX55 packs Full HD into 12.2mm body; brings WX30 for ride

Chris Davies, Jul 25th 2011 Discuss [0]

Sony has revealed its latest Cyber-shot digital cameras, the 12.2mm-thick TX55 - billed as the world's thinnest with Full HD video recording support - and the WX30. Both have the same 16.2-megapixel Exmor R CMOS sensor, a touchscreen display - 3.3-inch OLED on the TX55, and 3-inch wide-aspect LCD on the WX30 - and Sony's Intelligent Sweep Panorama mode which can capture 42.9-megapixel panoramic shots simply by waving the cameras around. Read The Full Story

Columns

Revisiting My Anti-Tech Resolutions

Philip Berne, Jul 23rd 2011 Discuss [1]

I’m going to start by congratulating myself. I have stuck with some of my original Anti-Tech Resolutions longer than I have ever stuck with a resolution in the past. Before I get specific about my progress with each of my original goals, I’ll say that the first thing I learned about keeping a resolution is that it is much easier to vow NOT to do something than it is to promise yourself you WILL do something. Maybe that’s a lesson I will take into any resolutions I make of a non-technical nature. Instead of vowing to lose weight, I will vow to not drink sugary soda. Instead of vowing to go to the gym, I will vow to not go to the gym.

I can already see the flaws in my plan.

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Samsung Galaxy 3D Smartphone Possible for Q4 2011

Chris Burns, Jul 22nd 2011 Discuss [9]

According to Korean News Site ETNews speaking with sources in the field, Samsung may be planning a 3D device not unlike what's been revealed by LG in the Optimus 3D and by HTC in the EVO 3D. Both comparative devices feature a glasses-free 3D display, two cameras on the back side of the device for 3D photography, and a dual-core processor to handle the graphics. The details on this new Samsung device are sparse, but it is said to be running Android 2.3 Gingerbread, the most advanced version of Android for handsets, for starters. Read The Full Story

Hitachi shows off new 4.5-inch 3D glasses-free LCD for mobile devices

Shane McGlaun, Jul 21st 2011 Discuss [0]

Hitachi has announced a new small screen that is sure to find its way onto smartphones and other portable gadgets in the coming months. The new screen is 4.5-inches wide and supports 3D content. The screen needs no glasses for viewing the 3D content either and it has HD resolution so you can watch the HD content you like too. That HD resolution is as interesting as the 3D tech to me. Read The Full Story

Pokémon Rumble Blast 3D hits Nintendo 3DS on October 24

Chris Davies, Jul 19th 2011 Discuss [0]

Pokémon in 3D: does life get any better than this? Nintendo has announced its first Pokémon title specifically created for the 3DS, Pokémon Rumble Blast, complete with StreetPass support for challenging other gamers physically nearby, along with over 600 toy characters to collect. Launching on October 24, the new game will see group battles of multiple toy Pokémon all taking part at once, as well as familiar characters brought in from Pokémon Black Version and Pokémon White Version. Read The Full Story

Sony 3D Experience gives Bravia owners new free 3D content streaming channel

Shane McGlaun, Jul 13th 2011 Discuss [0]

Sony is a giant in the electronics industry and has a full range of products from TVs to cameras and everything in between. Sony is one of the larger providers of 3D TVs as well with its line of Bravia sets that can show 3D content. Many of those Bravia sets also support content streaming from the web. Sony has announced a new 3D Experience to bring owners of its 3D sets more content. Read The Full Story

LG Cinema 3D DX2000 display uses eye-tracking for glasses-free 3D

Chris Davies, Jul 12th 2011 Discuss [3]

LG has outed its latest 3D monitor, the LG Cinema 3D DX2000, and like Toshiba's recent Qosmio F750 3D notebook it uses eye-tracking to offer glasses-free 3D images and video no matter from what angle you're looking at the screen. A webcam integrated into the bezel of the monitor tracks the viewer's eye position and then adjusts the parallax-barrier 3D display to suit, whether they're looking from the side, above or below. Read The Full Story