Apple Tablet PC to be released this 2010

The much-hyped Apple Tablet PC looks set to be unveiled later today, but how funny would it be if the device did not feature in their announcement. The time of the press event is at 11AM, look below for the time for your country. So let us have a look at what we know so far.

The most recent piece of news that we have is the fact that the biggest announcement from the event could be a Verizon iPhone. We know that the Apple Tablet is big news, but if the iPhone was allowed on the most popular U.S. cell phone carrier, then sales would be huge, much bigger than the iSlate, iPad, iTablet or whatever you wish to call it.

So if and when Apple does release its new tablet device, what do you think the commercial will look like. If past products are anything to go by, we know that it will be slick and polished. However, we wonder if they will do things a bit different this time round?

Yesterday we picked up on the fact that the Apple Tablet could change our reading habits forever. The reason behind this statement is simple; Apple changed the music industry with its iPod and the cell phone market with its iPhone, so why would the tablet be any different?

The biggest news of the week has to be what Steve Jobs was rumored to have said. The Apple CEO said that the iPhone is not as important as the Apple Tablet. We have to wonder what he means by that, but the tablet has to be something very special if Jobs did say this.

Here are the times for the Apple Press Event:

• 08:00AM – Hawaii
• 10:00AM – Pacific
• 11:00AM – Mountain
• 12:00PM – Central
• 01:00PM – Eastern
• 06:00PM – London
• 07:00PM – Paris
• 09:00PM – Moscow
• 03:00AM - Tokyo (January 28th)

Watch Apple MacBook Touch Tablet Concept Video Here:

video courtesy of AuburnSpyder

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HP Pink Laptop for Ladies

Looking for a stylish girly laptop that will make all your officemates or schoolmates envy you? HP already has a solution for that. Nikita Buyanov designed an HP Make-Up Concept especially for the ladies. 

Some of its exciting features includes:

       * Mirror Mode - in just a press of a button, the laptop screen will change to mirror mode.
       * Built-in on-nail printing device - lets you choose different nail art designs and prints it instantly to your fingernails.

You can stay in touch, send emails, type documents, make presentations, download files, listen to music, watch videos and a whole lot more while looking good on this stylish and lightweight laptop that will surely be the talk of your workplace.

Most men are still probably sticking with basic black, but, more and more women are beginning to fall in love with these trendy pink laptops. So, if you happen to be needing a gift for a woman in your life, pink laptop computers are definitely a choice that will be a winner.

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HP TouchSmart PC

Touch the future now

Introducing the next great innovation from HP. The new TouchSmart products redefine what touch can do for you.  Add a new touch of style and interactivity to your home or office with the all-in-one, multi-touch enabled HP TouchSmart PC.

An attendee of the CES 2009 Exhibit is playing Solitaire on an HP TouchSmart PC.

What's new with HP TouchSmart 3.0

• Multi-touch capabilities such as pinch, zoom and pan to handle your content how you want.
• New and enhanced apps such as Canvas, Recipe Box, Hulu, Netflix and Twitter
• Wider 16:9

source: hp.com

E-Ball: A Complete Computer in a Ball

  How about taking whole computer in your pocket all the time?  This ball predicts the future of computing. You might have seen many things like this but the unique feature of this ball is that when it is closed, no one can guess that whole computer is hidden inside this ball. Much like the 5 in 1 Pen drive which was fetured in this blog earlier.

The concept PC is called E-Ball designed by  Apostol Tnokovski. It’s shaped like a sphere because in Tnokovski’s opinion this is the best shape in nature and it draws everybody’s attention.

E-Ball will feature a dual core processor, 250-500GB HDD, 2GB of RAM, integrated graphic card and sound card, 2 x 50W speakers, HD-DVD recorder, wireless optical mouse and laser keyboard, LAN and WLAN card, modem, Web cam and integrated LCD projector.

The E-Ball PC supports a paper holder and the paper sheet on the holder could act like a screen where you can watch movies or something. This concept PC will measure 160mm in diameter and it was designed for Microsoft Windows OS. For the moment, there is no word on pricing or when it’s going to be available. But upon release,  it will surely hit the markets as everyone would like to see a small spherical PC like this one.

The spherical shape may not be practical. A sphere isn’t a very good idea for an object that needs to dissipate heat. Spheres have the highest volume/surface area ratio possible (which is why bubbles are spherical) and so would have the hardest time getting rid of waste heat. But hey, the most important here is that someone is pushing the envelope of PC computing and getting bigger ideas. It takes a brilliant mind to think these ideas which engineers then bring to reality. Sure there are some very dodgy concepts like the round mobo etc, but if nobody demands that engineers stretch their imagination we would still be having dinner with a pick axe out of stone.

Source: Techtoggle.com

Touchable Holography? Almost...

A New Projector Lets You Touch 3D Objects

It’s cool enough to have holograms, but what if you could actually touch them? Remember those uber-cool 3D projections in flicks like "Star Wars?" The University of Tokyo has turned this movie fantasy into a reality with its latest holographic projector prototype.

For added realism, it utilizes a pair of Nintendo Wiimotes for hand movement tracking and a technology known as (ready for it...) Airborne Ultrasound Tactile Display. This essentially adds tactile feedback to the hovering image via ultrasonic waves (the projected images float about 12 inches away from the display surface). So when that hand that you see in the picture tries to dribble that tiny ball, it responds like a real superball would.

Ultrasounds are then given so the hand can actually “feel” the impact. Experiements have shown that the ultrasounds can disrupt things from a distance, and if focused properly, they can create a sense of touch. At the end of the video is that hand underneath some raindrops, and it can apparently “feel” them.

This is definitely one of those “this could change everything” technologies, but it is still in its fetal stage. In other words, don’t be dreaming about having your own holodeck from Star Trek TNG anytime soon.

Though I'm not that old enough, I have seen some really great ideas go nowhere and some other stuff that seemed silly at the time become important developments. Technology can turn some corners that we didn't even know were there. Who knows, this technology might not amount to much in the area of gaming, but could turn out to have useful applications in areas we can't imagine. In the meantime ... hey, it's cool!

Pen PC - The Future of Computers

Personal computer in a pen?

You will not be able to know what's ahead of you, until you have seen at least 4 pictures and read the explanation of what they are. Our future is here, incredible! What an age we live in? Now take a peak...

Are these pens?

It seems that these are pictures of several pens in the pencil holder. Now take a closer look...

 Pens with Cameras?

No way to conclude that you are actually looking at the computer. And a little transformation would result to this.

In the revolution of miniature computers, scientists have made great development with bluetooth technology. This is the forthcoming computers you can carry within your pockets.

Here's how it works:

The Pen PC has rechargeable Lithium-Ion battery and contains a tubular holographic storage device capable of storing terabytes of data, far exceeding the capacity of today's hard disks. A docking stand holds the pen pc in place. Using lasers and infrared technology, the PEN PC projects a screen on the wall.

It also projects a full-size keyboard onto any flat surface from where you can carry out functions you would normally do on your desktop computer. As you type on the laser projection, it analyzes what you're typing by the coordinates of that location. The virtual keyboard can be customized to any size, configured with additional keys + virtual touchpad.  The virtual keyboard is already in the market for certain cell phones and PDAs.

 

Can anyone say, "Good-bye laptops!" Lookslike our computers are out of date... again!!!

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