Continuing with Laptops: Samsung has a design winner Series 9:
(Credit cnet)
“Samsung says it's 37 percent thinner and 0.4 pound lighter, and after playing around with a preproduction unit, the new body feels more like Apple's unibody style. Samsung says it's 37 percent thinner and 0.4 pound lighter, and after playing around with a preproduction unit, the new body feels more like Apple's unibody style.” http://www.cnet.com/8301-33372_1-57353911/samsung-raises-design-bar-with-series-9-laptop-just-dont-call-it-an-ultrabook/#ixzz1j856LZol
BUT (and it’s a BIG but): They better do better on the price folks, or it’s a non-starter against a little patience and what’s coming from Intel and Vizio.
A Gaming Tablet?
From Neowin -
“Project Fiona” (not Gabrielle Anwar, sorry)
A Windows based tablet with two handles and a joystick (http://www.neowin.net/news/razer-reveals-windows-tablet-gaming-pc-concept-design).
The actual gaming PC tablet by end 2012 under $1,000. Better do better on the price, guys.
Jaw dropping HTC phone:
Maybe mini-tablet? Mega-phone (pun?)? HTC Titan II 4G LTE Windows phone with a 16 megapixel camera and 4.7” screen??? Insane.
Check out the pics and vid here: http://ces.cnet.com/8301-33370_1-57355515/htc-titan-ii-drops-jaws-with-16mp-camera-4.7-in-screen/?tag=mainMedia%3bimageWrapper
Western Digital Thunderbolt Drive demo:
WD’s first external Thinderbolt drive. 515 MBps write, 770 MBps read daisy chained in RAID sneak peek.
More to come on this at the MacWorld Expo (end of the month).
Proton 24 hr. Human Genome (Entire) Reader:
In less than 24 hours and $1,000 (when popularity increases)? Unbelievable! Now this isn’t going to be in your Doctor’s office, but now prices run at $500,000 for huge ones that are way slower, and this is the size of a laser printer! Should bring testing costs way down… BIG BUT: Do you really want to know? Will your insurance reimburse you once they find out Diabetes/heart disease/the big ‘C’ is in your genes and call it “pre-existing’?
http://ces.cnet.com/8301-33373_1-57356065/proton-promises-us-$1000-genome-mapping-by-year-end/?tag=mncol%3bcnetRiver
Gorilla Glass II
This is what will make even thinner and stronger touch screens and therefore, lighter devices. Kudos to the folks at Corning!
