Free local TV soon on cell phones
With the technology advancing by every split second, very soon, the prospect of watching live, local TV shows on mobile phones and other portable devices shall also be fulfilled.
At the International Consumer Electronics show in Las Vegas, the manufacturers this week are showing off gadgets that can receive a new type of digital TV transmissions.
Dubbed as “Mobile DT” gadgets, these will be available this spring for consumers in the Washington, D.C. area for trial. The device includes a cell phone made by Samsung Electronics Co. and a Dell Inc. laptop.
In addition, there is Tivit, a device about the size of a deck of cards that receives a TV signal and further rebroadcasts it over Wi-Fi enabling it to be received by an iPhone or BlackBerry.
Samsung aims to quadruple LED-backlit TV sales
South Korea’s Samsung Electronics announced on Sunday that its aiming to quadruple its sales of LED-backlit flat panel televisions to 10 million units this year.
The world’s leading LCD (liquid crystal display) television maker, Samsung, told that in the preceding year, 2009 it sold 2.6 million of the LED-backlit televisions. These television sets use light emitting diodes. This figure indicated 0.6 million units sold more than the company’s initial target of two million.
In a statement released on Sunday, the company said, “Samsung plans to make an aggressive move to help its LED (backlit LCD) TV lineups make up more than half of its total TV models this year.”
It also stated that the company is expecting the sales of its LED units to grow fourfold to around 10 million units in 2010, clearly representing that they are rapidly superseding traditional LCD televisions in the fast growing global market.
Also, the company said that it planning to expand its LED range from three models currently to eight this year.
According to Samsung, their LED-backlit televisions have thinner screens and consume less electricity than other existing flat panel televisions.
Samsung also revealed that it is planning to unveil three-dimensional LED-backlit models at an electronics fair starting in Las Vegas on Thursday.
Google plans to launch its own phone
According to the latest press reports, the internet search giant Google is aiming to strengthen its presence in the world of mobile telephony with its plans to introduce its very first high-tech phone sometime soon with the dawn of the New Year.
According to the Wall Street Journal reports and other sources close to Google, the Mountain View, California, based giant is expected to release a phone called ‘Nexus One’ that runs Google’s Android operating system.
It also added that the company is aiming to sell the phone directly to consumers, skipping mobile service providers.
Until now, Google has always been dependent on other companies, like HTC, Samsung or Motorola, to provide network support and hardware.
According to the reports, the new phones will be manufactured by Taiwanese phone maker HTC. Incidently, this company has already produced a lot of phones that use Android.
Samsung unveils 12 megapixel phone
On Monday, world’s largest electronic company, Samsung Electronics, unveiled the world’s first cellphone model with a 12 megapixel camera! Yes, you heard it right! That; 12MP, higher resolution than most digital cameras!
The sale of the latest product from the South Korean company Samsung Electronics is bound to hurt the camera industry badly. Arch rival Nokia, also the world’s top cellphone maker, claims that it is also the largest digicam maker in the world.
The new, Pixon12 model from Samsung is expected to go on sale in Europe later this month. This poses a severe threat for another rival, the struggling Sony Ericsson, who has been touting a 12 megapixel model since February but will only come out with its product in the fourth quarter later this year.
The new phone has a Xenon flash and features a touch auto-focus tracking. It features a fast-image saving feature that lets users take the next photo within about two seconds.
Wanna get one for yourself?
LG unveils world’s ‘thinnest’ LCD TV
South Korean electronics company LG Display announced that the company has developed a liquid crystal display (LCD) television panel that is thinner than a pencil! The electronics giant is describing its latest development as the world’s slimmest LCD TV ever made!
According to the official statement from LG Display, the newly developed panel can be approximately 42 or 47 inches wide. It will be using an edge-lit light emitting diode (LED) backlight system that would allow it to be the thickest LCD television ever made, just 5.9mm (0.2 inches).
The famous electronics giant and world’s second biggest LCD maker has also revealed that the new TV would weigh only 6.1 kg (13.4 pounds) and 7.3 kg. This would be almost half the conventional panel.
The official statement said, “The displays can reproduce a rich range of natural-looking colors with a color saturation level of 80 per cent.”
The proud executive vice president of LG, Chung In-Jae, claims “the new products demonstrate our leading edge-lit LED backlight technology that enables thinner designs.”
the leaders in the global market, LG Display and leading rival Samsung Electronics have been competing for long to produce thinner panels for high-definition televisions.
Samsung partners BSNL, MTNL for 3G
India is gearing up for a launch of 3G services by state-owned telecos BSNL and MTNL and now Korean electronic major Samsung has joined hands with the two to provide high-end handsets for their 3G services.
Samsung, the leader in electronic manufacturers, is expecting that up to 45 per cent of its total sales would be generated from its multimedia and touch screen phones.
Jung Soo Shin, the Samsung India Electronics President and CEO said, “We have partnered BSNL and MTNL to promote 3G services in India. We are currently giving a special bundling offer for BSNL consumers on our select handsets for 3G services.”
“We have also provided handsets to MTNL to offer 3G services in Delhi,” he added further.
Samsung also launched an 8 mega pixel touch screen, 3G enabled phone ‘Ultra’ priced at Rs 27,500 in India today. The new handset is capable of offering speedy internet access, video telephony, streaming and multimedia services.
“Samsung already has four touch screen phones available in the Indian market, all of these are 3G enabled,” Shin said.
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