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Love this show!
DigitalLife, "the leading consumer electronics and video gaming event," will take place at the Jacob K. Javits Center in New York City, next month! October 12-15, to be exact,.
This year’s show will feature more than 200 leading consumer electronics and entertainment companies, including Microsoft, Intel, Sony, Toshiba, HP, Kodak, TiVo, Verizon, Nintendo, SEGA and many more.
(And to be sure some of the best new products will be from companies you barely heard of ...)
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Written by VoIP & Gadgets Blog on September 1st, 2006 with no comments.
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A survey of U.S. adult computer users, commissioned by Intel and conducted by Harris Interactive, reveals that 34% of respondents or their families have taken a laptop PC with them on vacation and 51% of all respondents are likely to take a laptop PC on a future vacation.
Add to that the fact that more than 90% of corporate travelers take their laptop with them on business trips and you can easily see the basis for the Aviator Laptop Stand from Keynamics.
The first and only stand specifically designed for business travelers, it is expressly designed for use aboard commercial aircraft, with careful consideration given to the position of the laptop for optimal user comfort as well as to to accommodate the reclined seat in front. (Now,why didn't I think of that?!)
Designed to be sturdy and extremely stable to handle turbulence and bumping from other passengers, the stand extends the laptop keyboard 2.5 inches over the front edge of the tray and raises the screen by 3 inches. This positions the keyboard at a comfortable angle for typing and places the screen at the proper eye level for reduced neck bending and back strain. The stand eliminates the “hunch” and allows you to rest your back against the seat for spinal support, achieving neutral postures.
(As in your back says "Aaah.")
The Aviator can double as a portable desktop stand for use on the train. And will also take care of a DVD player if you want to spend commuting time relaxing, rather than working.
Weighing only 9 ounces, the Aviator stores flat in the side pocket of a briefcase.
MSRP: $24.99. (Look for $19.99 street price.)
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Written by VoIP & Gadgets Blog on August 8th, 2006 with no comments.
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We just sat in on the Sprint’s conference call, which brought together Sprint Nextel CEO Gary Forsee, Motorola’s Ed Zander, Intel’s Sean Maloney and Samsung’s KiTae Lee. Here are the details.
Sprint confirmed it has chosen mobile WiMAX as the technology for its 4G network and says it will spend between $2.5 billion and $3 billion on capital expenses by 2008. The company says it is working with Intel, Samsung and Motorola, though didn’t specify how much additional money each of those companies is investing in the plan.
Sprint executives said the network will offer between 2 to 4 Mbps, and will be launched in the Q4 2007, with a nationwide rollout in 2008. With that much bandwidth available, Sprint executives referred to a network that will be built to run user-generated content, and enabling subscribers to access “YouTube and MySpace on the fly.”
Sprint detailed some of the reasons for its mobile WiMAX choice, and said the company can create a “mobile WiMAX ecosystem” with 4 times the performance and a tenth of the cost of a technology like EVDO. In a call after the conference Sprint phrased the benefits as providing ten times the combined performance and cost saving over other available networks, but wouldn’t clarify more on this somewhat confusing metric.
All of the cheering on the call was of course at the expense of Qualcomm, which Sprint did not choose for the 4G network, and which builds a business off of owning proprietary IP standards and a closed model. Sprint said Qualcomm’s tech was not chosen for technical differences, among a variety of reasons, and emphasized its interest in mobile WiMAX as a global standard with a business model for building an ecosystem.
No surprise that Intel’s Maloney emphasized these thoughts in the conference, as did Samsung’s Principal for wireless broadband North America, Tom Jasny in a call after the conference. Jasny put it as “an open standard contributes to large adoption, helps the fundamental economics and encourages countries to make the standards available.” Qualcomm’s stock fell $2.71 after the call to $33.66.
While Sprint’s partners didn’t detail their commitments too much, Sprint VP of Broadband Bin Shen said to us after the conference that a major portion of the deal with be an agreement on marketing — which Intel learned from WiFi can be pretty expensive — as well as network deployment and operational support. Samsung Jasny said its partnership could include chips, network infrastructure, and consumer electronics, including handsets, computer cards among other devices.
Sprint’s Shen said there would be announcements with major partners in the coming months. We’re wondering how Clearwire will fit in? Investors weren’t too confident in the announcement and Sprint Nextel’s stock fell almost 2%.
Written by Katie Fehrenbacher on August 8th, 2006 with no comments.
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As the demand for energy conservation continues to grow, corporations are tailoring their products to better meet consumers' needs.
Intel underscored this trend when it unveiled 10 new Intel Core 2 Duo and Core Extreme processors earlier this week. The new processors are designed to conserve energy by more than 40 percent while simultaneously running numerous applications at faster speeds.
(Faster, better, cheaper anyone?)
Intel officials say these new processors enhance high-definition video playback, protect a PC and its assets during e-commerce transactions and offer a longer battery life.
In related news, Intel and Micron Technology jointly announced that they are working together to develop a new, more powerful flash memory chip designed to offer greater capacity for mobile devices and other consumer electronics. (This according to Newsfactor.)
The new chip technology offers 4Gb of memory, whereas the current generation of flash memory, like that which used in MP3 players, typically reaches only 1Gb.
Engineered through IM Flash Technology, a joint venture of both companies, the smaller-sized flash chips could provide more memory for storing more songs on portable music devices or more pictures in a camera phone.
To get the full picture, visit www.newsfactor.com
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Written by VoIP & Gadgets Blog on July 28th, 2006 with no comments.
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For consumer electronics industry, digital home is the next big pot of gold, a pot so big that it has everyone from Apple (AAPL) to Microsoft (MSFT) to Intel (INTC) licking their chops. But it is Linux could emerge as one of the biggest winners in this bonanza.
The demand for networked CE devices is going to increase in tandem with the availability of faster in-home networks that can shunt data at blazingly fast speeds. Technologies such as MOCA, HPNA 2.0 and 802.11n will allow us to move content from one device to another.
As a result of that, we should expect the demand for the Home Media Servers and Entertainment Hubs could grow to be a $44 billion business in 2011, according to ABI Research. (Well, don’t pay much attention to the mega-billion number, but instead focus on the trends!) ABI says that the digital media server market is made up of four main categories: PCs, set-top boxes, consumer electronics devices such as gaming consoles or PVRs, and Network Attached Storage (NAS) hardware.
“Linux as embedded OS should take up a substantial part of the set-top box and CE market, but not the PC,” says Michael Wolf, principal analyst with ABI and author of the study. Who wants their PC to be their media center? Okay, at least not us. The logic is simple – the other two players – Apple and Microsoft will have their own proprietary systems. Apple will not share them with anyone else, of course! Microsoft would as long as you play ball with their DRM system or some other lock-in. (And they are not to be taken lightly.)
This leaves CE makers, and start-ups with one option – Linux. The embedded Linux has already been adapted and widely deployed in everything from Sharp PDAs to Motorola Mobile Phones to set-top boxes. Many of the newer digital music systems such as Sonos are powered by the little Penguin. TiVo, for example is based on a version of Linux. So is DirecTV’s set-top box! Moxi, is another set-top box maker that uses Linux. AT&T HomeZone is powered by Linux as well.
Scores of other start-ups are experimenting with Linux-based home entertainment systems, music players and digital video recorders. IntAct, a spinout from set-top box maker, Amino has just started selling a Linux-based software stack that runs on any kind of chip, and can also run Opera browser. And there are many more similar packages out there, or under development.
The signs are pointing to a Linux-powered living room. Do you agree? (Take our poll.)
Written by Om Malik on July 26th, 2006 with no comments.
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Chip industry is having a very bad day. Intel is cutting a 1000 jobs, which is well a drop in the bucket for a company that is bloated and feels downright dowdy. Then 34 states are suing eight DRAM (memory commonly used in PCs) makers alleging price fixing.
Of the eight, Samsung is feeling heat of its own. Wall Street Journal reports that Samsung saw its second-quarter net profit fell 11%, and margins tighten on its chip business. And if that was no enough, Broadcom Corp., long viewed as the leader amongst mere mortals, got dragged into the options scandal. The company says it will record additional non-cash stock-based compensation expense of more than $750 million mostly because it is now correcting its books for past stock-option grants.
Ironic part is that the chip stocks are almost flat, just like the SOX, the chip index not the baseball team.
Written by Om Malik on July 14th, 2006 with no comments.
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Marvell Technology Group has acquired Intel's XScale processor division. As a gadget-lover this is absolutely shocking since the
Intel XScale chips are used in PocketPCs, handhelds, mobile phones and other embedded devices and gadgets. The popular Treo and Blackberry devices also use the XScale chipset.
Intel has been one of the leading innovators of providing low-power consumption chipsets, continually pushing the edge of battery life and performance in small embedded devices. Intel has one of the largest R&D budgets in the IT world and some of the most sophisticated labs. Intel selling the XScale processor division for $600 million will certainly give Intel a much-needed cash boost, but they may have just mortgaged their future earnings. Both the Blackberry and Treo have been a resounding success. Certainly Windows Mobile 5 smartphones like the
Motorola Q are also selling. So why Intel would abandon a growing market seems a bit odd.
Marvell also will acquire the 1,400 people currently employed by Intel and they state they will retain most of these employees.
I hope Marvell continue to improve the XScale processor and will dedicate plenty of R&D dollars to that end. Perhaps Marvell will do even better than Intel in improving the performance specs on the XScale chipset. Only time will tell.
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Written by VoIP & Gadgets Blog on June 27th, 2006 with no comments.
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Great article in USA Today earlier this week about how a potent combination of computer companies, tech entrepreneurs and philanthropic folk are working together to bring the digital age to the Third World (and the rest of the world).
Here's an excerpt from Kevin Maney's article:
It's a mini-movement. There's former Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab chief Nicholas Negroponte with his $100 laptops [that's one in the photo], funded in part by Google. There's chipmaker AMD with its 50x15 program — funding projects that can get 50% of the world's population on the Internet by 2015. There's Intel, trying to keep up with feisty rival AMD, announcing in early May that it will invest $1 billion to make technology for people in developing nations.
Click here to read the full article -- required reading!
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Written by VoIP & Gadgets Blog on June 1st, 2006 with no comments.
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Seems like losing market leadership to another company is enough to make anyone crazy -- and Dell is no exception.
Fresh from less than stellar recent news, Dell is moving to chips from AMD rather than Intel, planning to hire more customer service reps to battle some very bad press in that area (and maybe they can be English speaking) and vowing to become more aggressive.
Now in computer market terms, aggressive can mean many things, but will be interested if Dell is getting more aggressive in its pricing -- the sales they run every week or so have some great deals (but it always pays to shop around ...).
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Written by VoIP & Gadgets Blog on May 19th, 2006 with no comments.
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