Archive for July 21st, 2008

Toshiba and Matsushita to jointly manufacture small OEL displays

Monday, July 21st, 2008

Filed under: DisplaysThe world already knew of Toshiba and Matsushita's separate plans to barrel into the OLED realm, but Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology is all set to become the first in Japan to "mass produce organic electroluminescent, or OEL, display panels." Reportedly, the two outfits will establish manufacturing lines in ...

Nokia and Qualcomm patent arbitration begins: millions at stake, still boring

Monday, July 21st, 2008

Filed under: CellphonesLooks like that agreement between Nokia and Qualcomm to postpone the dozen or so lawsuits they've filed against each other worldwide while an arbitrator tries to help sort out the mess is starting to bear some fruit -- the two cellphone giants are headed to court in Delaware ...

World’s Cheapest Laptop may just be the world’s cheapest laptop

Monday, July 21st, 2008

Filed under: Laptops We've gotta admire the functional naming here. "World's Cheapest Laptop." Hard to get that one confused with the world's almost-cheapest laptop, or similar pretenders. From what we can glean from this laptop's Alibaba page, it's built by Impulse, sports an NPX-9000 model number, and gives new meaning to ...

Panasonic reveals DMC-FZ28 megazoom, DMC-LX3 and DMC-FX37

Monday, July 21st, 2008

Filed under: Digital Cameras Shortly after Samsung unveiled its summer stable of cameras, along comes Panasonic with a new trio of its own. Kicking things off is the zoom-infatuated DMC-FZ28, which features a remarkable 18x optical zoom, 10.1-megapixel sensor, Intelligent Auto Mode, Auto Focus and a 27-millimeter wide-angle lens. Moving on, ...

Samsung BlackJack II now available in pink and blue

Monday, July 21st, 2008

Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds Saying that Samsung's new BlackJack IIs are pink and blue is really only telling part of the story. Unlike the originals, the stylish new models feature contrasting white fronts with color-coordinated keys and fancy designs on the back -- perfect for that fashion-conscious Windows Mobile nerd in ...