Samsung has exhibited the world’s largest LCD television at 70 inches, eclipsing Sharp who, in 2004, produced the world’s first 65 inch LCD TV. Samsung expects to go into production in mid 2007. As expected, it has a resolution of 1920 x 1080 progessive, or 1080p, the ‘best’ high definition (HD) standard available today.
Microsoft’s yearly developer conference, training, testing and partner exhibition, Tech Ed, starts today at Sydney’s Darling Harbour. Looking forward to this morning’s keynote, where we’ll hear Microsoft’s direction and vision for the future. No doubt we’ll see plenty of Vista and Office, along with networking, server, programming, virtualisation, security and other solutions.
Is Microsoft’s next version of Windows, known as Windows Vista, secure? That’s the promise that Microsoft has been making to us all for quite some time, especially as the launch date draws ever closer. One Microsoft employee even said words to the effect a few months ago that with Vista, the concept of ‘Patch Tuesday’ would be a thing of the past. Patch Tuesday is where patches are released to fix bug and deliver updates to existing versions of Windows, such as XP, 2000 and others.
Sony Walkman DVE7000
$429
www.sony.com.au
Ever heard of Writely? They created a web based and free wordprocessor a little while back, and then bam - they were bought by Google, and they closed the beta program.
Voxtrack 800 GPS
$799
www.voxson.com.au
Voxson now make GPS nav units, as a lot of companies seem to be doing lately. Because of this, your GPS unit better have one or more good unique selling points, or you’re fighting against all of those that do.
Sanyo Wet & Dry Rechargeable Shaver SVRX10
$169
www.sanyo.com.au
$249.95
www.pyramat.com.au
Speculation is rife that the next iPod will feature a larger screen, wireless features of either Bluetooth, Wi-Fi or both, and even an iPod smartphone that would herald Apple’s true entry into the world of mobile communications. But Apple’s secrecy when releasing new products is well known, so it comes as a surprise to read a report that Apple are not going to include Wi-Fi in their next iPod. They didn’t mention Bluetooth, for which there are many cool headsets out today that can handle music and phone calls, so while that is likely, and unconfirmed, Apple did say to the effect that iPods were better for music than video… and then released the hugely successful iPod Video 5th Generation!
It’s a Walkman phone… on steroids!
Sony Ericsson W950i
$TBA – coming September
www.sonyericsson.com.au
If you’re a Skype or Windows Live Messenger user, Philips has released two new phones you might be interested in. Both are regular cordless phones that plug into your existing phone line - but both can also plug into your PC via a USB connection.
If there is one thing that the advent of digital has brought about, it is a multiplicity of cameras and camera styles. These days, the choices available to the consumer are incredibly wide. Digital cameras come in all shapes and sizes - from pocket sized compacts through to an amazing array of all-in-ones to the digital interchangeable lens type SLR or digital single lens reflex. For many of us, the latter be a wise choice, and for whom? Shelton Muller discusses the reasons…
Full system $649.95, Core system $499.95 www.xbox.com.au
