Amazon have launched a pre-launch product page and a pre-order page for the Zune HD, offering users the opportunity to sign up for Microsoft’s upcoming PMP. While there is no release date mentioned on either Amazon page, and the pre-order links do not yet work, a Best Buy leak earlier in the week seemingly confirmed that Microsoft would be offering the two models – a 16GB and a 32GB version – with September 8th the date tipped for launch.
After their hands-on earlier this month with the Zune HD, CNET are back with a second round of photos showing the OLED PMP’s on-screen keyboard and browser. As you might expect, given the fact that the Zune HD’s browser was developed by the Internet Explorer Mobile team, functionality is similar to what you’d find on a Windows Mobile device.
Microsoft have been attempting to keep the upcoming Zune HD’s UI to themselves, but when you turn up with the PMP at an event full of camcorder-toting geeks you’ve got to expect some leakage. Taking “no pictures” to not necessarily prescribe “no moving pictures”, one enterprising fellow shot a demo video of the prototype Zune HD in action, which you can see after the cut.
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When you call your OLED lighting system "Project TOPLESS" we can't help but think some people might get the wrong idea. Still, it hasn't stopped that self-same team from developing their latest desk lamp prototype, five pure-white 2-inch OLED panels on an adjustable arm.
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After the prematurely-released Zune HD press images yesterday, CNET had the chance to go hands-on with the latest pre-production model, and the best news (for Microsoft at least) is that they reckon it’s the best Zune yet. Gaining particular praise are the 3.3-inch OLED display, which is crisp and bright, while the browser – though lacking Flash support – works just like that of the iPod touch when it comes to multitouch gestures.
Nikon have officially announced its new Coolpix range, including the pico-projector packing S1000pj first spotted yesterday. The Coolpix S1000pj has a 12.1-megapixel sensor, 5x wide-angle optical zoom and EXPEED digital processing as in the company’s DSLR range, but most interesting is the 10 lumen LED integrated projector that can create up to 40-inch VGA-quality picture.
It’s all getting a little confusing, what with two sets of leaked Sony Ericsson XPERIA devices making the rounds. Yesterday’s Sony Ericsson XPERIA X3, formerly known by its codename of “Rachel”, is the company’s upcoming Android smartphone, while today we’re looking at the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X2, the Windows Mobile based successor to the XPERIA X1. More images of the device have leaked over at XDA-developers.
After already committing to releasing a 15-inch OLED TV potentially as early as December 2009 in Korea, LG have now revealed their plans to have a 32-inch OLED display on the market in 2012. Suggesting that OLED would provide a new source of revenue, LG Display CEO Kwon Young-soo told press that the company’s focus is on larger panels rather than cellphone-sized versions.
This, the executive claimed, is because “the larger the display, the more efficient the OLED technology.” It’s certainly given the company’s HR department a boost: LG Display have apparently taken on 1,700 new staff in research and development this year.
The nice thing about Android is that, because it’s open-source, you get strange handset designs springing up all over. One such example is Vobis Computer’s HIGHSCREEN PP5420, a dual-touchscreen smartphone based on the Mobinnova Ice. Vobis have thrown out the Ice’s Windows Mobile OS and replaced it with Android 1.5 Cupcake; you – or should I say Russia, seeing as though that’s where the PP5420 will launch next week – get dualband 900/2100MHz HSPA, WiFi b/g and GPS.
The main display is a 3-inch WQVGA panel, while underneath it there’s a smaller 1.15-inch 128 x 96 OLED navigation pad. A 3-megapixel autofocus camera lurks around the back, with a VGA version up front for video calls, while there’s also TV-output, a mini USB connector and microSD card slot.
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