HP today introduced its new range of Electronic Skins, also known as eSkins. It is actually a flexible reflective color film, which is able to be used on a wide range of gadgets including cellphones, MP3 players, digital cameras, netbooks, and laptops. It can reflectively display icons and alpha-numeric characters. The eSkins technology provides brand manufacturers new ways to personalize their products with an electronically controlled color surface created using HP’s breakthrough roll-to-roll manufacturing platform and the potential for more cost-effective manufacturing. [HP]
Philips has launched a 3D display with an LCD screen size of 52″, full high definition display, a contrast ratio of 2,000 to 1 and a response time of 8ms as well as Philips 3D Solutions’ WOWvx technology.
WOWvx relies on footage being coded with depth information that indicates the position of each 2D image pixel. That information is translated into nine different views and rendered in real-time by the display hardware. A microlens layer in front of the LCD panel spatially disperses these nine different views, giving a sense of depth to the high-definition picture. Because it only requires enough data to construct a relatively basic depth profile, the bandwidth requirements for “2D-plus-Depth†are close to plain 2D video. [SlashGear]
Auo will be launching the World’s slimmist TFT-LCD in both 1.9-inch and 8-inch versions. The 8-inch features a 400cd/m2 brightness and 2.1-gram weight along with a pair of in-cell, multi-touch displays in 4.3- and 8-inches. “They are said to offer superior anti-glare properties while manufacturing the multi-touch feature directly into the LCD cell without more glass.” The 4.3-inch panel will be on shelves this quarter. [Digitimes]
Pandigital has announced its new PanTouch line of digital photo frames with a touch-operation interface. Icons on the screen will show users where to touch and slide their fingers on the surrounding matte for control and access to their digital photos, MP3s, and video clips. The device also comes with Bluetooth and WiFi compatible. The Pandigital PanTouch photo frames are available next month and come in 10-inch (1024 x 768), 8-inch (800 x 600) and 7-inch (482 x 234) models. They are priced at $250, $170 and $120, respectively . [PCMag]
Gefen has just dropped a USB to DVI Graphics Adapter that allows you to connect more displays to all Windows XP and Vista and Mac OS X as well. The device also enables you to do a plug and play connection of a DVI or VGA display to any USB 2.0 port so you can add projectors or other displays to your laptop simultaneous video delivery without a DVI port, and has VGA or DVI display compatibility. $129 [Engadget]
This digital frame is an all-in-one gadget that functions as an alarm, MP3 player, and radio. Now photos wont be hard to upload, etc with this easy to use gadget. Just upload pics from the SD/MMC slot. You can even access video clips from your computer. The alarm allows you to either be waken up by the radio with the 20 presets or some of your MP3 files. There’s also a calandar included on the alarm feature. Now you can be organized and store all your files for a retail price of $130.
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Want an all-in-one gadget that is also a display? Well the Cenomax F7012A digiframe does that and more. It features 480 x 234 resolution panel, 400:1 contrast, a USB port, multicard reader for 15 different formats. It also has MP3 playback through built-in speakers, support for automatic slideshows and also includes an alarm clock and calendar. This is the perfect gift for the organized person on the go! There’s no telling when this one comes out but it has a retail price of $98. Not bad at all considering all this frame has to offer.
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