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8.9-inch ExoPC Slate has iPad looks, netbook internals, Windows 7 soul

January 31st, 2010

“full browser support with flash courtesy of Windows 7 on an Atom N270 at 1.6GHz, with 2GB of DDR2 memory and a 32GB SSD with SD expansion.”

how is it to use, and type on? that’s really the key to this form factor, once you get the hardware price down usability the major hurdle after that – Chris Heath

@m3sweatt a small but growing number of handsets are recycled, most people keep their old handsets or give them away to friends (says ABI)

January 30th, 2010

@m3sweatt a small but growing number of handsets are recycled, most people keep their old handsets or give them away to friends (says ABI)

AirMouse: The Wearable Mouse

January 30th, 2010

“The AirMouse is worn on your hand like a glove allowing for increased speed and accuracy by seamlessly aligning itself with the ligaments in your hand and wrist. The right and left click mouse buttons are integrated in the palm, and the AirMouse which is equipped with an optical tracking laser, lasts for a week on single charge.”

Mobile Handset Demand Fuels 336.5 Million Shipments

January 30th, 2010

“We estimate 336.5 million handsets were shipped in 4Q-2009, up 15.1% QoQ.” Competition continued to squeeze handset ASPs. In 4Q-2009, shipment-based ASPs were down 2% to US$117.55.”

Cheap Neonode zBook platform breaks cover

January 30th, 2010

“Neonode has unveiled a new eBook platform called the zBook that is low cost and will help bring cheap eReaders to market quicker. The platform is aimed at companies looking to produce a reader needing 100% transparent touch windows, multi-touch capability, and capable of input from a finger or a stylus.”

China beats U.S. in gov. Smart Grid funding with $7.3B

January 29th, 2010

“Recent Smart Grid announcements from both the U.S. and China fit into predictions that the number of smart meters in the world will jump from 76 million last year to 212 million in 2014 (estimated by ABI Research). This feat will also be helped by Europe’s so-called “Energy Package” which includes the replacement of all traditional electric meters with smart replacements by 2022.”

QderoPateo Ouidoo platform blends augmented reality, China Mobile and a US carrier

January 29th, 2010

“QderoPateo are looking to bring “Articulated Naturality” – which would include AR as part of “Ambient Intelligence” – to market, and have designed not only an OS but their own custom chipset and a hardware device that uses it, the QderoPateo Ouidoo.”

Sony color Reader on hold as e-paper quality not high enough

January 29th, 2010

“Noguchi believes E Ink’s epaper – which many users find more readable over longer periods than backlit displays – will remain the deciding factor.”

Augmented reality: the next generation

January 29th, 2010

“There has been increasing demand to do recognition tasks like those performed by Google Googles. Googles is an Android application that takes a photograph of an object like a book or landmark. It then uses image recognition to identify the object and returns information about it to the user.”

About 212 Million “Smart” Electric Meters in 2014

January 29th, 2010

“According to a new study from ABI Research, the number of smart electric meters deployed worldwide will rise from a 2009 level of 76 million to reach about 212 million in 2014.”