Samsung PN50C6500 Review
The Latest Samsung’s new C6500 Series plasma HDTVs offers the Samsung PN50C6500 50-Inch 1080p Plasma HDTV Get a true cinematic experience without going to the cinema with a Samsung plasma HDTV,this Samsung PN50C6500 has powerful picture quality, vivid colors and stunning clarity of Full HD 1080p resolution and represent our finest innovations in design and performance. Samsung’s new E3-Panel combined with our Clear Image Panel technology provides a stunning high contrast picture at any angle. It’s not just the images on screen that capture your attention – the Ultra Slim cabinet is only 1.4″ deep and designed with a stylish vibe. with Mega Dynamic Contrast Ratio makes sure every frame is saturated with dense, rich color.
Samsung PN58C6500 Review
The Samsung’s new C6500 Series plasma HDTVs review on Samsung PN58C6500 58-Inch 1080p Plasma HDTV has powerful picture quality, vivid colors and stunning clarity of Full HD 1080p resolution,This Samsung PN58C6500 features 58-Inch Plasma HDTV,Samsung’s new E3-Panel combined with our Clear Image Panel technology provides a stunning high contrast picture at any angle.with Mega Dynamic Contrast Ratio makes sure every frame is saturated with dense, rich color. It’s not just the images on screen that capture your attention – the Ultra Slim cabinet is only 1.5″ deep and designed with a stylish vibe.
LG 42LD550 Review
The News LG HDTVs future of entertainment is broadband TV offers the LG 42LD550 42-Inch 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV with NetCast Entertainment Access lets you tap into it today.the LG 42LD550 features 42″ Widescreen LED-Backlit LCD Display,Beyond the limitless possibilities of accessing movies, shows and info direct from the Internet, the LD550 gives you options like never before with Wireless HD capabilities,with NetCast Entertainment Access lets you tap into it today,offers you the option to access NetCast Entertainment and yet reserves the 3D technology access for the higher end models. You get the opportunity to access a host of Internet services like Skype, YouTube, VUDU, NetFlix and many more but at lesser prices than the higher end models. Since the picture quality is above reproach, you may not have the chance to miss the 3D images.
Apple’s $1 Million IAd Challenge
News that Apple is seeking commitments of at least $1 million for ad campaigns on the iPhone and iPod touch through its new iAd platform had the mobile ad community buzzing Thursday. That’s because to date only a handful of brands are budgeting that much for mobile advertising of any kind.
And the $10 million each Apple reportedly wants from a smaller group of launch advertisers is simply unheard of in mobile, where annual spending is still generally less than $250,000. Obviously, the company is betting that top marketers are willing to pay a premium for the cachet of being associated with the Apple brand and the potential of the iAd format to redefine mobile advertising (at least within applications).
“It’s got a Super Bowl feel to me, at least for the marketers that would be part of the initial launch,” said Jeff Hasen, CMO at mobile marketing firm HipCricket. He added that 2010 is the first year many companies are adding mobile as a separate line item on ad budgets, with global brands like Coca-Cola and Nike earmarking $1 million for the category.
At Expo 2010 Shanghai, China thinks big
Take the crowd that attended Woodstock in 1969, multiply it by 175 and dump the result in the middle of the world’s most populous city. That is, in effect, what China plans to do at Expo 2010 Shanghai, an elephantine world’s fair that opens Friday evening on the banks of the Huangpu River.
Everything about the Shanghai jamboree is super-size, most prominently the China Pavilion, a red upside-down pyramid with floor space equivalent to 35 football fields. That makes it about 30 times the size of the Canadian-designed U.S. showcase, which is tucked away in a corner of the main Expo site.
“The obvious conscious message is that China has arrived,” said Jose Villarreal, a San Antonio lawyer recruited by the Obama administration in July to salvage floundering U.S. plans for the Shanghai Expo. “We are basically celebrating China’s emergence as a world power.”
Villarreal, who was named U.S. commissioner general to the event, joined Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in raising $61 million from U.S. companies to finance the American pavilion, which — to China’s dismay — was nearly abandoned at one point for lack of funds. “We were going through one of the worst financial crises in history, and it was hard to get the attention of corporate leaders,” Villarreal said.
Apple Reported New IPhone Was Stolen, Prosecutor Says (Update3)
April 29 (Bloomberg) — An Apple Inc. lawyer told law enforcement officials last week that a prototype iPhone belonging to a company engineer was stolen, sparking an investigation that led authorities to seize computers from an editor whose blog bought the device, a prosecutor said.
Technology blog Gizmodo.com said it obtained the next- generation phone after the Apple engineer lost it, leaving it in a bar in the San Francisco suburb of Redwood City on March 18. A patron found the device on a stool and handed it to another customer who sold it to Gizmodo for $5,000 after trying unsuccessfully to contact Apple, the blog said April 19.
An O’Melveny & Myers LLP lawyer representing Apple and the engineer contacted the San Mateo County District Attorney’s office to report the item as stolen, said Chief Deputy District Attorney Stephen Wagstaffe.
“They said there was a belief that this had been stolen and we want to make sure it’s investigated, and we agreed,” Wagstaffe said today in a phone interview. “It was reported as stolen property.”
The lawyer and engineer were referred to California’s Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team, which started an investigation, Wagstaffe said.
Brian Hogan, the 21-year-old college student who sold the device to Gizmodo.com, “regrets his mistake in not doing more to return the phone,” his attorney, Jeffrey Bornstein, said today in an e-mailed statement.
Microsoft Trains Linux Patent Crosshairs On Android
Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) has been waving the Linux patent lawsuit stick for years, but in Google (NSDQ:GOOG), it may have found a foe with deep enough pockets — and the willingness — to challenge the validity of these claims.
Cnet (NSDQ:CNET) reported earlier this week that Microsoft is now claiming that Android violates its patents in a number of areas, including the user interface and the underlying OS.
There has been speculation that Microsoft’s patent cross licensing deal with HTC was designed to make life more difficult for Apple, which sued HTC in March for infringing on patents related to the iPhone’s touch-screen user interface, underlying architecture and hardware. But now it looks like HTC is the first of several similar deals Microsoft will seek to hammer out with other Android handset makers.
Microsoft’s official stance is that it has invested heavily in its patent portfolio and has a responsibility to its customers, partners, and shareholders to ensure that “competitors do not free ride on our innovations.”
“We have also consistently taken a proactive approach to licensing to resolve IP infringement by other companies, and have been talking with several device manufacturers to address our concerns relative to the Android mobile platform,” said Horacio Gutierrez, Microsoft’s deputy general counsel, in a statement.
LG 50PJ350 Review
The LG Plamsa hdtvs is LG 50PJ350 50-Inch 720p Plamsa HDTV a beautiful HD and the superior plasma contrast you’re looking for with the 50PJ350 50” Class High Definition Plasma TV (50.0” diagonally),one of the smaller plasma TVs in the series, built with a slender frame so it is easier to integrate with existing entertainment systems. The LG 50PJ350 has a USB connection and three HDMI inputs. The PK550 series is a line of smaller sized large screen TVs with the smallest being the LG 42PJ350 If you think plasma means a bulky frame or power inefficiency, take a second look with the PJ350. It has a TruSlim Frame that makes for a sleek design and its Intelligent Sensor technology and Smart Energy Savings makes sure it’s using only the energy it needs.
iPad vs. Everything Else
Can Apple’s much-hyped tablet replace your notebook, e-reader, smartphone, audio player, magazines, or gaming device? Here’s the verdict from our experts.
What, precisely, is the iPad? Compared with its iconic ancestors, the iPod and the iPhone, that’s a surprisingly tough question to answer. It runs the same operating system as the iPhone–but you can’t make phone calls on it. It has been hailed as the gadget that may save the publishing industry–though its e-reader software, which isn’t preinstalled, does not display magazines and newspapers. It features a bevy of games–but it’s neither an Xbox 360-killer nor a handheld device like a Nintendo DSi.
Most paradoxically of all, the iPad takes on the Windows world of netbooks and even more full-featured PCs, though it doesn’t run all Web apps. Or print. Or provide a file system that lets you get to all your documents in any app. Those shortcomings would make the very concept of competing with PCs laughable, if weren’t for the way its small size, touch interface, and impressive battery life add up to one of the best devices ever built for consuming content of all kinds, from Web pages to books to feature films. It’s both more fundamentally limited than a PC and an exciting sneak peek at where interfaces are likely to go–which is why it makes much more sense as a supplement to the other computers in your life than as a replacement for any of them.
Microsoft, HTC Agreement Could Alter Apple Patent Battle
Microsoft and HTC’s April 27 announcement of an IP agreement, which will see the phone manufacturer license Microsoft’s patented technology for use in Google Android-powered smartphones, could have a substantial effect on Apple’s lawsuit against HTC. Microsoft’s announcement is vague about the patents covered by the agreement, but they will likely give HTC more leverage as it attempts to prove that its smartphones do not violate the iPhone’s hardware or software.
Microsoft and HTC announced an IP (intellectual property) agreement April 27 that will see the phone manufacturer license Microsoft’s patented technology for use in its smartphones running Google Android. In exchange, HTC will pay undisclosed royalties to Microsoft.
Since launching its IP licensing program in 2003, Microsoft has entered more than 600 licensing agreements with companies ranging from Apple and Hewlett-Packard to LG Electronics and Nikon. Most recently, Microsoft announced patent-portfolio deals with Amazon.com and Panasonic in February.
Such cross-licensing agreements allow companies to create stronger partnerships and avoid the patent-infringement lawsuits that occasionally make for high drama in the tech world. Apple and Nokia are currently engaged in one such battle, with Apple claiming violations to nine patents by certain Nokia mobile devices.