The morning is done, it’s time for a well-earned lunch break. But before you go, let’s have a look at what’s been happening tech-wise this morning.
It’s been a busy one, with Google viagra, the world’s first glasses-free 3D laptop being unveiled, and rumours of new MacBook Air plans.
Toshiba’s just outed the world’s first glasses-free 3D laptop, the Qosmio F750 3D. The 15.6-incher uses the same tech as the company’s glasses-free 3D, the REGZA GL1, so a lenticular screen sends images with different perspectives to each eye, which your brain reads as a 3D image.
All very impressive, but we’ve got some reservations. Read on to see why we’re not quite reaching for the popcorn just yet.
Apple doesn’t own the idea of using aluminium in gadget designs or creating a phone where the touchscreen is the focus of all your attentions but there’s a certain Cupertino touch that other manufacturers relentlessly attempt to mimic.
We’ve seen it this morning with the unveiling of the Dell XPS 15z which cops a lot of moves from the MacBook Pro – from its aluminium/magnesium alloy shell to the placement of its speakers, the arrows on its backlit keyboard and the positioning of its ports and slot-loading DVD drive. Is it asking to much to expect designers to do something a little different?
Ladies and gentlemen feast your eyes on the top five stories breaking headlines and hearts this side of the pond. We kick things off with the release of the HDHomeRun PRIME, a networked CableCARD tuner which aims to please the media center enthusiast in your life. Android 3.1 is hitting some Motorola Xoom WiFi owners, but it’s missing the Movie rental feature. We close the show with two new HTC smartphones that pack a punch, the HTC Holiday and Lead.
The race to produce a display with the highest pixel density has a new leader. Today, Toshiba introduced its 4-inch HD display, running at a jaw-dropping 720×1280 for an industry best 367ppi. Taking the title from Apple’s Retina display is no small feat, let’s find out more about Toshiba’s amazing screen.
The unnamed Toshiba Android Honeycomb tablet has got a moniker. At least, that’s if a selection of Newegg product listings is correct. Wait for it…Toshiba’s Android Honeycomb tablet will be called: the ANT. Yep, it’s going for a kind of insecty vibe. The Toshiba Android Honeycomb tablet will be available in three configurations if the listings are right with the ANT-100 (8GB), ANT-102 (16GB) and ANT-104 (32GB).
All the models will be iPad 2-fighting 10.1in tablets with a 1280×800 resolution screen. No release date of UK pricing has been outed yet but the ANT looks like it’ll start at $449.99 in the US. Sound good to you? Hit the comments and let us know.
If you bought a new MacBook Air recently you might have benefited from a subtle speed boost. Apple has switched the SSD lurking inside the new MacBook Air from the Toshiba Blade X-gale SSD to a blade SSD from Samsung. Apple doesn’t normally up a product’s performance without kicking out a refresh but in this case that seems like exactly what’s happened…
