Panasonic Unveils its 3D TV – Cheaper than Samsung’s

I think 3-D TVs are going to be a big hit when they go on sale, especially when Sky Sports and Aljazeera Sports announced broadcasting the FIFA World Cup 2010 in 3D. Plus the experience of watching 3-D movies is phenomenal.

Panasonic introduced its first 3-D TV Today Wednesday March 10 in New York. The 50-inch plasma set, one pair of glasses and a 3-D Blu-ray player is set to 2,900 U.S Dollars. If you need more 3-D glasses, then you have to pay another 150$.

Watching 3-D movies at home is reality now, Panasonic starting selling the TV today in New York. On the other hand, Panasonic competitor Samsung Electronics Co, announced Yesterday that their 3-D Tv is going on sale next week at 3,000$ retail price.

Samsung’s TV includes, 46-inch set, two pairs of glasses, a 3-D Blu-ray player and a 3-D copy of “Monsters vs. Aliens.” If you want the 55 inch 3-d TV then you have to pay 300$ extra.

Other giant electronic companies such as LG and Sony are going to start selling their 3-D TV this summer.

Via – MSNBC

Apple Unveils The New Apply iPad

Steve Jobs, Apple CEO, Unveils the New Apple Tablet or Apple Ipad to millions of people who have been waiting for this moment for a long time.

Steve said “this is truly a magical product”, the device could browse the Web, let users send e-mail, share photos, watch videos, listen to music, play games and read e-Books.

Much like an iPhone, the iPad has a touch screen that zooms in and out of Web sites and a virtual keyboard. It also orients to portrait or landscape viewing, depending on how you hold it.

Jobs said it will be half-an-inch thick and weigh in at 1.5 pounds. It will have a 9.7-inch display and include Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity. ABC News.

The iPad specifications:

• 1GHz Apple A4 processor (custom)
• 0.5″ thick
• 1.5 pounds
• 9.7″ Capacitive touchscreen
• 16-64GB of SSD storage
• 3G available but not in all iPads
• $14.99 for 250MB, $29.99 for unlimited data on AT&T (no contract)
• 3G iPads are unlocked, have GSM micro SIMs
• Accelerometer, Compass
• 802.11n and Bluetooth 2.1
• Runs iPhone apps in window or pixel doubling
• Hardware-accelerated OpenGL graphics
• SDK out today
• $499 for 16GB base model, $830 for all maxed out

iPad limitations:

• 64GB only. What if you have lots of videos and music?
• No Video chat because there is no camera.

This the first video released on Youtube showing the Apple iPad.

Via – Crunchgear – ABC news

New and Cool: Face Recognition Door Lock

A Chinese company produced the world’s first facial recognition door lock. The company claims that this new device is easy, affordable, and very convenient.

The device can store and recognize about 500 faces, and can unlock the door with a fraction of a second. So, employees in a company can throw away their keys or badges and use the face recognition device instead.

The device not only can unlock the door, but also record what time employees come in and out and report to the manager instantly. It cost around 450$ only.

Via – Device.com

Have You Ever Thought Of Sleeping Standing Up?

Within few seconds you can set up “the standing bed” and take a nap standing up. As you can see in the pictures, the designer jamie o’shea taking a nap in the middle of the street enjoying the sunshine. The bed is easy to carry around, because you can collapse it into a small suitcase. The vertical bed comes with a sound canceling headphones, opaque sunglasses and a free-standing umbrella in case of a rainy day.

Via – Rebelart.net

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