Samsung has quietly upgraded its Go range of netbooks, the N315. Most significantly, it has the newer 1.66GHz Atom CPU from Intel's newer Pine Trail platform versus the older 1.6GHz version, along with a matte screen. The chassis and keyboard are carried over, and a Wi-Fi radio is integrated as well. The New York Times' Reader software is preloaded onto the larger 250GB hard drive, along with Windows 7 Starter....
Okay, so Avatar was a big blue dud at the Oscars last night. But that still doesn't change the fact that the 3-D spectacle has made more money than some small countries. And with Alice In Wonderland raking in over $100 million in its opening weekend, the U.S. movie audience has shown it's willing to embrace 3-D. That's why Panasonic has teamed up with Best Buy to push its new line of 3-D TVs.
Panasonic has some hefty competition in the 3-D TV market from the likes of Samsung, Sony and LG, so it's made a deal with Best Buy to set up demonstration areas to show off their products in the retail giant's stores. According to reports, the initial launch will be in 300 Best Buys, increasing to 1,000 stores by year's end.
Panasonic hopes to sell approximately 500,000 3-D TVs in the U.S. in 2010. They are expected to price their 50" 3-D unit at around $2,500, which is more than double the current cost of their same size 2-D screen.
What do you think about 3-D? Is it the future of home theater? How much would you be willing to spend on a 3-D TV?
While Body Glove is known for it's synthetic cases such as the Body Glove Rhythm and Side Case , they also offer a few quality leather cases for Windows Phones.
We've already taken a look at one of these leather cases, the Body Glove Landmark horizontal case, and now we turn our sights on Body Glove's Landmark vertical case.
Ease on past the break to see what impression this vertical case made.
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The Body Glove Landmark vertical case ($19.95) is a universal case that will fit a wide range of Windows phones including the AT&T Pure, Treo Pro, Samsung Omnia II, and the HTC Imagio. We tested the Landmark case with the Samsung Jack.
Just like the Landmark horizontal case, the vertical model is made of soft, brown leather that has a slight distressed (worn) appearance. A soft, stretchy fabric is sewn into the sides of the case to help accommodate the variety of phone widths
The case is lined with a soft, felt-like material and has some padding to protect the phone from bumps, dings and short falls. Not too much padding to make the case feel bulky but just enough to offer some protection.
Stitching was tight with no loose seams noticed. To the back the case has a leather wrapped, swivel clip. The clip is strong enough to hold the case in place on your belt and the swivel is tight to prevent accidental or unwanted rotation.
The case has a leather, magnetic flap that helps hold the phone in place. The flap is fixed (non-adjustable) but does have some movement with the magnetic placement to accommodate slightly longer phones than the Jack.
The Samsung Jack slid nicely into the case and was held snugly in place. Even without the flap, the phone felt secure in the Landmark case.
Removing the phone from the case wasn't an issue. The stretch fabric sides gave just enough give where you can fit two fingers around the phone.
In using the Landmark case for a few days I found myself liking it more and more. Keep in mind that, personally, I prefer side cases. Vertical cases often feel like they ride too low on the belt or feel too bulky on the hip. The Landmark's clip carries the case a little higher on the belt than giving it a little more comfortable feel. The case is also cut small enough that it doesn't have that bulky feel to it.
I'm not ready to give up my Ecolife Element side case just yet but if I do, the Body Glove Landmark vertical case will be on my short list. Build quality, fit, feel and comfort all get high marks. Add the comfortable price of $19.95 and the Body Glove Landmark vertical case might be hard to beat.
Overall: 4.25/5
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NVIDIA took the chance provided by this year's CeBIT expo in Hanover, Germany, to officially showcase its next-generation ION graphics for netbooks, nettops and all-in-one systems. Rather than being a complete platform, however, this new product is mainly a graphics solution that aims to enable advanced multimedia capabilities on such devices. As s... (read more)
As reported by Japan's Nikkei newspaper, Panasonic is going to partner with retailer Best Buy in the US for a major push of 3D technology. Best Buy brings the retail space, Panasonic brings the hardware, and presumably, customers will come, too--because Panasonic's cutting prices by almost 50% to entice them.
Beginning this coming Wednesday, Best Buy will construct special exhibition areas for Panasonic's new line of 3D HDTVs (both LCD and plasma, more on that below) in a few hundred of its biggest stores. The Nikkei reports that that number will expand to 1,000 stores by the end of the year--a lot, but Panasonic has big plans for these TVs.
Panasonic's been hurting in the US--it might be the fourth-biggest HDTV-maker in the world (behind Samsung, LG, and Sony) but in the US it's also beaten by lower-priced brands like Vizio. In fact, Panasonic as a whole has been in the red for two straight years, and they're hoping a huge push on 3D TVs will provide it. Even more, their plasma business has been severely underselling (as in all plasma vs. LCD sales numbers recently), and the company is hoping that plasma's inherent superiority for 3D (thanks to faster refresh rates) will reignite enthusiasm for the tech.
But what about those price cuts? Panasonic expects its entire line to cost at least 30% less than it does in Japan, and sometimes as much as 50%--they're expecting/hoping US sales to make up a full half of their revenue in the coming year, so they want to encourage the tech as well as some brand loyalty as much as possible. The given example: a 50-inch set in Japan costs 430,000 yen, or about $4,800. Here in the States? $2,500. That's a huge slash, even considering electronics prices are often lower in North America than Japan, and might just lead to the kind of sales Panasonic needs.
On the other hand, Avatar lost Best Picture--it's still possible that 2010, like 2009 and 2008, will not be the year of 3D.
[Via Wall Street Journal]
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Office Depot has the Samsung TOC T260HD 26″ Widescreen HDTV on sale for $299.99 with free shipping. Click here for the techdeal.
26″ at 1920×1200, 300 cd/m2 brightness, 1000:1 contrast ratio
5ms response time, D-Sub/DVI/HDMI inputs, Built-in TV Tuner
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A dpreview forum user has found a Samsung NC110 camera, shown at the Littlewoods.com website, with two NX-series lenses (18-55, 50-200), and a price of GBP 719. The camera specs include:
+ 14.6mp sensor
+ 3-inch AMOLED touchscreen
+ 720p
If you're sick—literally or figuratively—of 3D now, just wait until the end of the month. HD Guru has Best Buy's schedule for rolling out 3D capable HDTVs and Blu-ray players, and they're coming your way soon.
The Guru claims that sales and demonstrations of 3D gear will commence at 200 Best Buy locations on March 10—as in, like, Wednesday. According to his sources, that initial blast will feature Panasonic's 50" TC-P50VT20 plasma 3D HDTV—we've heard it will retail for around $3500—in tandem with their DMP-BD350 3D Blu-ray player.
On March 21, apparently, Samsung will join the fray, showing and schilling their LED 3D HDTVs—the 46" UN-46C7000 and the 55" UN-55C7000—along with the awesome-looking BD-C6900 3D Blu-ray player at 900 Best Buy locations. TechRadar checked out this package earlier this week and said that if you decide to take the plunge, you won't be sorry you purchased it.
We've heard for a while now that Monsters vs. Aliens will be the first 3D Blu-ray movie available, and HD Guru reports that it will be available as part of a promotional package with Samsung's gear on the 21st. [HD Guru]
Samsung appears to have launched an updated version of the Samsung Go netbook. The new version looks identical to the original Samsung N310 and has the same rubberized case and chiclet-style keyboard that I loved so much when I reviewed the laptop last year. But the updated Go has a shiny new 1.66GHz Intel Atom Pine Trail processor.
Here’s a rundown of the specs for the new Samsung Go N315:
The Samsung N315 is available for pre-order from Amazon for $429
via Netbooked
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Samsung Go netbook updated, given the Pine Trail treatment
ZTE Smooth
ZTE wants to go beyond its low-cost handset maker image and enter the higher-margin smartphone market. The Chinese company is working round the clock on brand new Android-powered smartphones (not one, but multiple devices) as we speak. In that sense, today we present you 4 ZTE phones that could find its way to the market (possibly even outside China) this year:
In other words, ZTE is super committed to Android and the only problem seems to be in distribution. As soon as that’s resolved, I’ve no doubts we’ll see ZTE smartphones popping on every corner of Europe and the U.S…
ZTE Blade
ZTE Racer
ZTE Mercury
[Via: Unwired View, MobileReview]
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These are where (some) TVs are made.. The SAMSUNG factory in Kaluga @ English Russia.
This man is tightening a mold in a Samsung factory in Kaluga, Russia. Inside that mold is a portion of what will soon be a television. Let's take a tour of the rest of the factory.
Samsung opened this particular factory in 2008 and its been putting out products ever since. Aside from quality inspections, it appears that from the moment components arrive in gigantic sacks from Korea nearly everything is automated in this factory—from hot plastic being piped into molds to microcircuits being produced to the little logos being stamped onto panels. Humans mostly oversee the production and yes, occasionally tighten molds. Guess we're still needed for something. [English Russia]
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