The Canadian cable operator has taken over the top spot for the fastest data tier by a cable operator in North America with today's launch of its Ultimate Speed Internet 120.
As of today, Ultimate Speed Internet 120 is available in nearly 80 percent of Videotron's Quebec City footprint. The new tier has a speed of up to 120 Mbps on the downstream and 20 Mbps on the upstream.
With the launch, Videotron took over DOCSIS 3.0 bragging rights for the fastest North American tier from Suddenlink, which has a 107 Mbps tier. By comparison, Suddenlink's residential 107 Mbps offering has an upstream speed of 5 Mbps, while Comcast's 100 Mbps business tier is being offered with an upstream speed of 10 Mbps, with the exception of the Twin Cities service that features 15 Mbps.
"Ultimate Speed Internet 120 pushes back the frontier for intensive Internet users," said Robert Depatie, president and CEO of Videotron. "Today, we are launching the high-speed Internet service of the future. With the pace at which users' needs are changing, we are not so far from the day when 120 Mbps will be a must-have convenience."
The 120 Mbps wideband tier will be available in all of Videotron's Quebec City footprint by the end of the year; from there it will be rolled out across the rest of Videotron's service area.
Ultimate Speed Internet 120 will cost residential users $149.95 per month, while a business class tier starts at $219.95 per month.
As for bandwidth caps, Ultimate 120 has a download limit of 170 GB per month and an upload limit of 30 GB for residential users. The business class offering has caps of 225 GB for downloads and 125 GB for uploads.
Videotron said it picked Quebec City for its initial rollout of Ultimate Speed Internet 120 because the network was upgraded in 2006 to the financial tune of $30 million.
With its launch two years ago, Videotron was the first major cable operator in North America to offer DOCSIS 3.0-based wideband services. Videotron's initial launch comprised 50 Mbps and 30 Mbps tiers using pre-DOCSIS 3.0-certified cable modems and cable modem termination systems from Cisco.
In addition to the availability of Ultimate Speed Internet 120, Videotron said it increased the upstream speed on its 50 Mbps tier from 1 Mbps to 2 Mbps with no additional charge, and it will increase the cap from 30 GB to 40 GB starting in November.By Mike Robuck CedMagazine.com - September 22, 2010
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Sep 22, 2010
Sharp To Acquire Recurrent Energy For $305M
OSAKA (AP) -- Japan's Sharp Corp., one of the world's largest producers of LCD TVs and panels, said Tuesday it has agreed to acquire solar project developer Recurrent Energy for $305 million in cash.
The deal comes as Sharp looks to take position as a developer of solar cells, modules and market power generation plants, among other technologies.
"It is essential for Sharp to function as a developer in the photovoltaic field in order to further expand its business in this area," said Toshishige Hamano, Sharp's executive vice president for overseas business.
Under the terms of the agreement, Sharp will completely buy out shareholders of San Francisco-based Recurrent, which include Mohr Davidow Ventures and Hudson Clean Energy Partners.
Recurrent Energy CEO Arno Harris will retain his title and continue to lead the company following its acquisition. He will report to Hamano.
Recurrent's executive team and other employees also will remain with the company, Sharp said.
Recurrent Energy's development pipeline of more than 330 MW of projects includes 170 MW with the Ontario Power Authority, 60 MW with the Sacramento Municipal Utility District, and 50 MW with Southern California Edison.
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The deal comes as Sharp looks to take position as a developer of solar cells, modules and market power generation plants, among other technologies.
"It is essential for Sharp to function as a developer in the photovoltaic field in order to further expand its business in this area," said Toshishige Hamano, Sharp's executive vice president for overseas business.
Under the terms of the agreement, Sharp will completely buy out shareholders of San Francisco-based Recurrent, which include Mohr Davidow Ventures and Hudson Clean Energy Partners.
Recurrent Energy CEO Arno Harris will retain his title and continue to lead the company following its acquisition. He will report to Hamano.
Recurrent's executive team and other employees also will remain with the company, Sharp said.
Recurrent Energy's development pipeline of more than 330 MW of projects includes 170 MW with the Ontario Power Authority, 60 MW with the Sacramento Municipal Utility District, and 50 MW with Southern California Edison.
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BT Wireless Network 1250 Router Review
Introduction
The BT Wireless Network 1250 is an evolution of the earlier BT Home Network 1200 router, both of which are actually built by 2Wire. The BT 1250 looks almost identical to the 1200. The main difference is that the PCMCIA card slot is missing, because the BT 1250 has the wireless networking built into it, rather than an optional extra. Otherwise the unit is pretty much identical offering:
Single 10/100Mbps Ethernet socket with auto-crossover
802.11b wireless built-in
RJ11 socket for connection to phone line
USB socket for connecting to a PC
Home PNA 2.0, allowing use of telephone extensions for networking
NAT/PAT support
DMZplus option to assign WAN IP to a PC
Internet based upgrades, downloaded direct to portal
Much of the documentation for the BT 1250 refers to it as a Home Gateway, and with the various connectivity options, it is much more of a gateway than many other routers on the market. The actual web interface used to configure the unit is also designed with non-expert users in mind, though it still has plenty of functionality. The router will work on single or dynamic IP address ADSL accounts and while NAT can be disabled to allow use of blocks of static IP addresses, the router is best suited to use on single IP address accounts.
What you get for your money
The unit itself is not particularly small measuring 22cm x 20cm x 6cm, but as it is designed to stand up, it does not occupy too much real estate. All of the leads and the router itself are shownn below. You receive as standard with the router, a 3 metre BT phone plug to RJ11 plug lead, USB Type A to Type B lead, power supply, 3 metre RJ11 to RJ11 lead, two microfilters, one RJ45 CAT5e Ethernet lead and a mains lead for the PSU.
Additionally there is a nice stack of documentation and a CD based wizard that can be used to set-up the unit. The quick start guide is a large fold-out affair, that is designed to show you how to connect all the leads and get connected initially. The software manual walks you through many of the more complex options available in the router. The manual also covers how to set-up the router for a Macintosh computer.
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The BT Wireless Network 1250 is an evolution of the earlier BT Home Network 1200 router, both of which are actually built by 2Wire. The BT 1250 looks almost identical to the 1200. The main difference is that the PCMCIA card slot is missing, because the BT 1250 has the wireless networking built into it, rather than an optional extra. Otherwise the unit is pretty much identical offering:
Single 10/100Mbps Ethernet socket with auto-crossover
802.11b wireless built-in
RJ11 socket for connection to phone line
USB socket for connecting to a PC
Home PNA 2.0, allowing use of telephone extensions for networking
NAT/PAT support
DMZplus option to assign WAN IP to a PC
Internet based upgrades, downloaded direct to portal
Much of the documentation for the BT 1250 refers to it as a Home Gateway, and with the various connectivity options, it is much more of a gateway than many other routers on the market. The actual web interface used to configure the unit is also designed with non-expert users in mind, though it still has plenty of functionality. The router will work on single or dynamic IP address ADSL accounts and while NAT can be disabled to allow use of blocks of static IP addresses, the router is best suited to use on single IP address accounts.
What you get for your money
The unit itself is not particularly small measuring 22cm x 20cm x 6cm, but as it is designed to stand up, it does not occupy too much real estate. All of the leads and the router itself are shownn below. You receive as standard with the router, a 3 metre BT phone plug to RJ11 plug lead, USB Type A to Type B lead, power supply, 3 metre RJ11 to RJ11 lead, two microfilters, one RJ45 CAT5e Ethernet lead and a mains lead for the PSU.
Additionally there is a nice stack of documentation and a CD based wizard that can be used to set-up the unit. The quick start guide is a large fold-out affair, that is designed to show you how to connect all the leads and get connected initially. The software manual walks you through many of the more complex options available in the router. The manual also covers how to set-up the router for a Macintosh computer.
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DSL research boosts speeds to 700meg
A prototype of 700meg DSL has been demonstrated by Huawei in Hong Kong. The company have shown a prototype of the new technology that boosts broadband speeds to much higher speeds by using bonding technology to connect four phone lines together. Using SuperMIMO (multiple input multiple output) technology, the company has managed to improve on the current maximum data rate of 100Mbps which has been possible with VDSL2. Using four twisted pairs helps address crosstalk problems and in turn, this allows an increase in bandwidth per channel to around 175Mbps, reaching around 700Mbps over 400 metres.
"DSL technologies for broadband access are showing great market potential. As a leader in the development of DSL technologies, our newest DSL prototype demonstrates our commitment to providing customer-centric and groundbreaking solutions and services for operators to enhance their competitiveness and profitability."
You Yiyong, (President Access Network Products) Huawei
Continued research into faster access using copper phone lines is valuable as the copper phone lines that are installed are likely to be around for some time. Although fibre will likely start to make a larger footprint over the next decade, being able to re-utilise existing capacity that has been replaced by fibre could help offer faster broadband speeds to communities where an investment in fibre has not been taken. Whilst 700meg is likely to be a peak speed, this technology will help boost speeds that users see.Wednesday 22 September 2010 by John Hunt
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"DSL technologies for broadband access are showing great market potential. As a leader in the development of DSL technologies, our newest DSL prototype demonstrates our commitment to providing customer-centric and groundbreaking solutions and services for operators to enhance their competitiveness and profitability."
You Yiyong, (President Access Network Products) Huawei
Continued research into faster access using copper phone lines is valuable as the copper phone lines that are installed are likely to be around for some time. Although fibre will likely start to make a larger footprint over the next decade, being able to re-utilise existing capacity that has been replaced by fibre could help offer faster broadband speeds to communities where an investment in fibre has not been taken. Whilst 700meg is likely to be a peak speed, this technology will help boost speeds that users see.Wednesday 22 September 2010 by John Hunt
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Sep 21, 2010
2Wire Rolls Out Next Generation Intelligent Gateway to Accelerate Service Provider Delivery of Video and Voice Applications
Further Advancing the Technology of the World's Most Widely Deployed VDSL Gateway, New HomePortal® Gateway Supports Demanding VDSL2 Applications Including High-Definition IPTV and VoIP
San Jose, CA - September 21, 2010 - 2Wire, a provider of broadband solutions, today introduced a new HomePortal® intelligent residential gateway that supports current and emerging VDSL applications. The new HomePortal 3801HGV gateway offers service providers a proven, turnkey solution for quickly delivering triple play services to their subscribers. The HomePortal 3801HGV gateway extends the dominant IPTV leadership position that 2Wire developed with the HomePortal 3800HGV gateway, the most widely deployed VDSL gateway in the world.
"With this gateway as the hub of the home network, service providers can quickly deploy high-definition IPTV services as part of a robust and reliable bundle of voice, data, and entertainment services," said Sean Parham, executive vice president and CMO at 2Wire. "The HomePortal 3801HGV gateway features a variety of innovations which support delivery of demanding services like IPTV and VoIP, including a dual-core processor for increased system processing power, an optimized VDSL design for improved connection rates and reach, and a new HomePNA chipset that doubles coax bandwidth and enables support for more in-home video streams, all while leveraging proven HomePortal 3000 series gateway technology."
Designed specifically for high-bandwidth triple play services, the HomePortal 3801HGV intelligent gateway supports fiber to the node (FTTN) and fiber to the premises (FTTP) with an integrated, advanced VDSL2 modem. It supports multimedia coaxial networking within the home for distribution of bandwidth-intensive applications, such as high-definition video, over existing coaxial cables.
The HomePortal 3801HGV intelligent gateway is part of a comprehensive 2Wire solution for managed service deployments. 2Wire offers service providers a suite of solutions designed to optimize every facet of their broadband service deployment, from device software and hardware to consultative services and call center customer support. 21 September 2010
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San Jose, CA - September 21, 2010 - 2Wire, a provider of broadband solutions, today introduced a new HomePortal® intelligent residential gateway that supports current and emerging VDSL applications. The new HomePortal 3801HGV gateway offers service providers a proven, turnkey solution for quickly delivering triple play services to their subscribers. The HomePortal 3801HGV gateway extends the dominant IPTV leadership position that 2Wire developed with the HomePortal 3800HGV gateway, the most widely deployed VDSL gateway in the world.
"With this gateway as the hub of the home network, service providers can quickly deploy high-definition IPTV services as part of a robust and reliable bundle of voice, data, and entertainment services," said Sean Parham, executive vice president and CMO at 2Wire. "The HomePortal 3801HGV gateway features a variety of innovations which support delivery of demanding services like IPTV and VoIP, including a dual-core processor for increased system processing power, an optimized VDSL design for improved connection rates and reach, and a new HomePNA chipset that doubles coax bandwidth and enables support for more in-home video streams, all while leveraging proven HomePortal 3000 series gateway technology."
Designed specifically for high-bandwidth triple play services, the HomePortal 3801HGV intelligent gateway supports fiber to the node (FTTN) and fiber to the premises (FTTP) with an integrated, advanced VDSL2 modem. It supports multimedia coaxial networking within the home for distribution of bandwidth-intensive applications, such as high-definition video, over existing coaxial cables.
The HomePortal 3801HGV intelligent gateway is part of a comprehensive 2Wire solution for managed service deployments. 2Wire offers service providers a suite of solutions designed to optimize every facet of their broadband service deployment, from device software and hardware to consultative services and call center customer support. 21 September 2010
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2Wire Rolls Out Next Generation Intelligent Gateway
Further Advancing the Technology of the World's Most Widely Deployed VDSL Gateway, New HomePortal® Gateway Supports Demanding VDSL2 Applications Including High-Definition IPTV and VoIP
San Jose, CA - September 21, 2010 - 2Wire, a provider of broadband solutions, today introduced a new HomePortal® intelligent residential gateway that supports current and emerging VDSL applications. The new HomePortal 3801HGV gateway offers service providers a proven, turnkey solution for quickly delivering triple play services to their subscribers. The HomePortal 3801HGV gateway extends the dominant IPTV leadership position that 2Wire developed with the HomePortal 3800HGV gateway, the most widely deployed VDSL gateway in the world.
"With this gateway as the hub of the home network, service providers can quickly deploy high-definition IPTV services as part of a robust and reliable bundle of voice, data, and entertainment services," said Sean Parham, executive vice president and CMO at 2Wire. "The HomePortal 3801HGV gateway features a variety of innovations which support delivery of demanding services like IPTV and VoIP, including a dual-core processor for increased system processing power, an optimized VDSL design for improved connection rates and reach, and a new HomePNA chipset that doubles coax bandwidth and enables support for more in-home video streams, all while leveraging proven HomePortal 3000 series gateway technology."
Designed specifically for high-bandwidth triple play services, the HomePortal 3801HGV intelligent gateway supports fiber to the node (FTTN) and fiber to the premises (FTTP) with an integrated, advanced VDSL2 modem. It supports multimedia coaxial networking within the home for distribution of bandwidth-intensive applications, such as high-definition video, over existing coaxial cables.
The HomePortal 3801HGV intelligent gateway is part of a comprehensive 2Wire solution for managed service deployments. 2Wire offers service providers a suite of solutions designed to optimize every facet of their broadband service deployment, from device software and hardware to consultative services and call center customer support.
About 2Wire
2Wire integrated broadband solutions are engineered for the carrier and optimized for the subscriber, providing intuitive, reliable user experiences throughout the connected home. The 2Wire portfolio of broadband solutions includes residential gateways, multi-service media platforms, remote management systems, value-added services, and call center customer support. 2Wire customers are leading broadband providers throughout the U.S., Canada, Latin America, Europe, Australia, and Asia, including AT&T, Telmex, BT, CenturyLink, Bell Canada, SingTel, Telstra, and others. 21 September 2010
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San Jose, CA - September 21, 2010 - 2Wire, a provider of broadband solutions, today introduced a new HomePortal® intelligent residential gateway that supports current and emerging VDSL applications. The new HomePortal 3801HGV gateway offers service providers a proven, turnkey solution for quickly delivering triple play services to their subscribers. The HomePortal 3801HGV gateway extends the dominant IPTV leadership position that 2Wire developed with the HomePortal 3800HGV gateway, the most widely deployed VDSL gateway in the world.
"With this gateway as the hub of the home network, service providers can quickly deploy high-definition IPTV services as part of a robust and reliable bundle of voice, data, and entertainment services," said Sean Parham, executive vice president and CMO at 2Wire. "The HomePortal 3801HGV gateway features a variety of innovations which support delivery of demanding services like IPTV and VoIP, including a dual-core processor for increased system processing power, an optimized VDSL design for improved connection rates and reach, and a new HomePNA chipset that doubles coax bandwidth and enables support for more in-home video streams, all while leveraging proven HomePortal 3000 series gateway technology."
Designed specifically for high-bandwidth triple play services, the HomePortal 3801HGV intelligent gateway supports fiber to the node (FTTN) and fiber to the premises (FTTP) with an integrated, advanced VDSL2 modem. It supports multimedia coaxial networking within the home for distribution of bandwidth-intensive applications, such as high-definition video, over existing coaxial cables.
The HomePortal 3801HGV intelligent gateway is part of a comprehensive 2Wire solution for managed service deployments. 2Wire offers service providers a suite of solutions designed to optimize every facet of their broadband service deployment, from device software and hardware to consultative services and call center customer support.
About 2Wire
2Wire integrated broadband solutions are engineered for the carrier and optimized for the subscriber, providing intuitive, reliable user experiences throughout the connected home. The 2Wire portfolio of broadband solutions includes residential gateways, multi-service media platforms, remote management systems, value-added services, and call center customer support. 2Wire customers are leading broadband providers throughout the U.S., Canada, Latin America, Europe, Australia, and Asia, including AT&T, Telmex, BT, CenturyLink, Bell Canada, SingTel, Telstra, and others. 21 September 2010
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Smartphone Survey Shows Communication is Secondary on Gadgets
Restaurant and travel apps are largely ignored
Advertising research group Nielsen Company has just published the results of their Mobile Apps Playbook survey, the data paints an intriguing portrait of what trends are fueling the skyrocketing sales of smartphones like the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: APPL) iPhone and Motorola (NYSE: MOT) Droid powered by the Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android operating system.
Nielsen began surveying 4000 mobile phone owners, covering both older feature phone users and smartphone users, last December and what they found is that downloadable apps aren’t just a marketing trend. People are downloading them, using them, and paying for them with increasing frequency.
While only 9% of those feature phone users surveyed said that they had downloaded an app for their phone in the past month, a whopping 59% of smartphone users had downloaded a new app in the same time frame. While the types of apps most favored by users have a great deal of crossover between the new and old technology—the overwhelming leader in apps is video games, with 61% of smartphone users downloading games alongside 52% of feature phone users—some app types, like instant message clients, were largely ignored. In addition to video games, the most commonly used types of apps are, unsurprisingly, weather reporting and search tools, particularly map and directions apps. These are followed closely by social networking apps such as Facebook and Twitter, then music apps such as Apple’s iTunes, news reporting services, and general entertainment. More than 30% of smartphone users avail themselves of these types of apps. Less than 30%, however, use general lifestyle maintenance apps, like banking, shopping, and travel tools. Some of the app types most heavily promoted in Droid and iPhone advertising campaigns, such as travel and food guides, are used by less than 20% of smartphone users.
App usage data paints one part of the bigger picture that investors and businesses alike should pay attention to in Nielsen’s report. The other component is the group’s finding that young people are increasingly likely to notice and interact with in-app advertising. 58% of teenagers surveyed looked at mobile ads. The technology, it seems, isn’t the only thing changing. The very venue where the most coveted demographic in consumer culture can be reached has shifted from television to Web browsers in the past fifteen years, and now it appears to be moving again.
There are currently 234 million smartphone subscribers in the United States. Between November of 2009 and February of 2010, that number gained 21% of its total. In just three months at the beginning of the year, 45.4 million smartphones were sold. That was six months before the launch of the iPhone 4, the Droid X, and even would-be contenders to the throne like Microsoft’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows Phone 7. As businesses look for new ways to rekindle consumer interest after two years of weak spending and advertising sales dwindle in traditional venues like television, magazines, and even websites, it would appear that the greatest opportunities lie in the palms of customers’ hands.September 2010 | By Anthony Agnello
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Advertising research group Nielsen Company has just published the results of their Mobile Apps Playbook survey, the data paints an intriguing portrait of what trends are fueling the skyrocketing sales of smartphones like the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: APPL) iPhone and Motorola (NYSE: MOT) Droid powered by the Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android operating system.
Nielsen began surveying 4000 mobile phone owners, covering both older feature phone users and smartphone users, last December and what they found is that downloadable apps aren’t just a marketing trend. People are downloading them, using them, and paying for them with increasing frequency.
While only 9% of those feature phone users surveyed said that they had downloaded an app for their phone in the past month, a whopping 59% of smartphone users had downloaded a new app in the same time frame. While the types of apps most favored by users have a great deal of crossover between the new and old technology—the overwhelming leader in apps is video games, with 61% of smartphone users downloading games alongside 52% of feature phone users—some app types, like instant message clients, were largely ignored. In addition to video games, the most commonly used types of apps are, unsurprisingly, weather reporting and search tools, particularly map and directions apps. These are followed closely by social networking apps such as Facebook and Twitter, then music apps such as Apple’s iTunes, news reporting services, and general entertainment. More than 30% of smartphone users avail themselves of these types of apps. Less than 30%, however, use general lifestyle maintenance apps, like banking, shopping, and travel tools. Some of the app types most heavily promoted in Droid and iPhone advertising campaigns, such as travel and food guides, are used by less than 20% of smartphone users.
App usage data paints one part of the bigger picture that investors and businesses alike should pay attention to in Nielsen’s report. The other component is the group’s finding that young people are increasingly likely to notice and interact with in-app advertising. 58% of teenagers surveyed looked at mobile ads. The technology, it seems, isn’t the only thing changing. The very venue where the most coveted demographic in consumer culture can be reached has shifted from television to Web browsers in the past fifteen years, and now it appears to be moving again.
There are currently 234 million smartphone subscribers in the United States. Between November of 2009 and February of 2010, that number gained 21% of its total. In just three months at the beginning of the year, 45.4 million smartphones were sold. That was six months before the launch of the iPhone 4, the Droid X, and even would-be contenders to the throne like Microsoft’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows Phone 7. As businesses look for new ways to rekindle consumer interest after two years of weak spending and advertising sales dwindle in traditional venues like television, magazines, and even websites, it would appear that the greatest opportunities lie in the palms of customers’ hands.September 2010 | By Anthony Agnello
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Sharp develops a 3D screen for mobile gadgets
The screen will give the illusion of 3D without the need for special glasses
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Sharp will launch an LCD panel for mobile devices this year that can show images with the illusion of 3D without requiring viewers to wear special glasses.
To get the 3D illusion viewers must hold the screen about 30 centimeters in front of them -- about the same distance at which a cell phone or digital camera is typically held. If they get the angle right, they will see an image that appears to have depth; if they get it wrong they will see a blurred image that's difficult to decipher.
The screen can be switched between 3D and conventional 2D modes. This is accomplished with a switchable layer inside the screen, called a parallax barrier, that splits light from the screen and directs it towards the right or left eyes when energized.
During demonstrations on Friday the company showed still images and animation on the screens. The animation looked better than the still images, which were blurry in parts.
Perhaps the most impressive demonstration was that of a screen hooked up to an experimental 3D camera. The camera was capturing an image of a model pushing her arms in and out towards the lens and the 3D screen provided a relatively realistic reproduction of the scene.
The panel is the product of just under 20 years of 3D research and development by Sharp. The company has tried to commercialize such displays several times since 2001 but each time they failed to gain widespread acceptance.
Sharp now believes the time and technology are right.
The new touch-sensitive screen is 3.4 inches across the diagonal. It is twice as bright as the 2001 models, and has about four times the resolution.
"We are going to see a shift to 3D applications on mobile terminals," said Yoshisuke Hasegawa, general manager of Sharp's LCD business, at a Tokyo news conference.
Sharp intends to start mass production of the screen sometime in the next six months, said Hasegawa, and hopes it will find a home in all manner of portable electronics products including cameras, smartphones and handheld gaming devices.
Sharp provides LCD panels to Nintendo for use in its DS handheld gaming console so there's an expectation among some that the screen announced Friday will find a home in the upcoming Nintendo 3DS. The 3DS, announced last month, is an upgrade of the DS with a 3D screen and is due out sometime in the next 12 months.
Sharp was careful not to name any potential customers and wouldn't comment when asked directly about a possible deal with Nintendo.Martyn Williams (IDG News Service)
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Sharp will launch an LCD panel for mobile devices this year that can show images with the illusion of 3D without requiring viewers to wear special glasses.
To get the 3D illusion viewers must hold the screen about 30 centimeters in front of them -- about the same distance at which a cell phone or digital camera is typically held. If they get the angle right, they will see an image that appears to have depth; if they get it wrong they will see a blurred image that's difficult to decipher.
The screen can be switched between 3D and conventional 2D modes. This is accomplished with a switchable layer inside the screen, called a parallax barrier, that splits light from the screen and directs it towards the right or left eyes when energized.
During demonstrations on Friday the company showed still images and animation on the screens. The animation looked better than the still images, which were blurry in parts.
Perhaps the most impressive demonstration was that of a screen hooked up to an experimental 3D camera. The camera was capturing an image of a model pushing her arms in and out towards the lens and the 3D screen provided a relatively realistic reproduction of the scene.
The panel is the product of just under 20 years of 3D research and development by Sharp. The company has tried to commercialize such displays several times since 2001 but each time they failed to gain widespread acceptance.
Sharp now believes the time and technology are right.
The new touch-sensitive screen is 3.4 inches across the diagonal. It is twice as bright as the 2001 models, and has about four times the resolution.
"We are going to see a shift to 3D applications on mobile terminals," said Yoshisuke Hasegawa, general manager of Sharp's LCD business, at a Tokyo news conference.
Sharp intends to start mass production of the screen sometime in the next six months, said Hasegawa, and hopes it will find a home in all manner of portable electronics products including cameras, smartphones and handheld gaming devices.
Sharp provides LCD panels to Nintendo for use in its DS handheld gaming console so there's an expectation among some that the screen announced Friday will find a home in the upcoming Nintendo 3DS. The 3DS, announced last month, is an upgrade of the DS with a 3D screen and is due out sometime in the next 12 months.
Sharp was careful not to name any potential customers and wouldn't comment when asked directly about a possible deal with Nintendo.Martyn Williams (IDG News Service)
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Sep 14, 2010
Amazon goes after Apple's iPad in new Kindle Ad
Amazon.com Inc. is rolling up its sleeves in its fight to convince consumers that its Kindle electronic reader is better than competing devices such as Apple's iPad, unveiling more aggressive advertising that is accentuating a growing rivalry.
In a Kindle commercial aired on TV and uploaded Monday to Amazon's Kindle channel on YouTube, the online retailer shows a man and a woman lounging beside a pool in the sun. The man, dressed in a white T-shirt and gray shorts, looks vexedly at a thin, dark, unlabeled tablet device — presumably an iPad — while trying to shield its shiny screen from the sun.
The man asks the woman, who is clad in a black bikini and sunglasses and reading on a Kindle, how she's able to read in such bright sunlight. Presumably his tablet has an LCD screen, which is tougher to read in the sun than an e-ink screen like that on Amazon's e-reader.
Smiling, the woman answers, "It's a Kindle — $139. I actually paid more for these sunglasses."
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Amazon sells a $139 a version of the device that can wirelessly download books over Wi-Fi; a version with 3G and Wi-Fi costs $189.
Still smiling, she returns to her reading, while the man looks somewhat dejectedly at his tablet device.
The commercial marks a tactical change for Amazon, whose earlier Kindle commercials often featured cheerful indie tunes and stop-motion camera work, with no references to competing products such as tablet computers or other e-readers.
While the Kindle is meant mainly for reading, Apple Inc.'s popular iPad, which starts at $499, is a touch-screen-enabled multimedia device that can be used to read e-books (such as those purchased from Apple's iBookstore), surf the web and more. Though more expensive than the Kindle, the iPad's versatility has drawn in many consumers.
But the iPad's success can also be good for Amazon, too, since Amazon offers free Kindle applications for numerous devices, including the iPad, that can be used to read Kindle e-books.
Apple spokesman Steve Dowling and Amazon spokesman Drew Herdener declined to comment on the new ad.
E-reading is just one of several markets in which Seattle-based Amazon and Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple compete.
They also come up against each other in video and music downloads. Earlier this month, Apple announced a new $99 version of its Apple TV television set-top box that lets people rent TV shows from a number of major networks for 99 cents. The same day, Amazon started selling shows from several of the same networks for 99 cents each to own, not just rent.By Rachel Metz - AP Technology Writer
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In a Kindle commercial aired on TV and uploaded Monday to Amazon's Kindle channel on YouTube, the online retailer shows a man and a woman lounging beside a pool in the sun. The man, dressed in a white T-shirt and gray shorts, looks vexedly at a thin, dark, unlabeled tablet device — presumably an iPad — while trying to shield its shiny screen from the sun.
The man asks the woman, who is clad in a black bikini and sunglasses and reading on a Kindle, how she's able to read in such bright sunlight. Presumably his tablet has an LCD screen, which is tougher to read in the sun than an e-ink screen like that on Amazon's e-reader.
Smiling, the woman answers, "It's a Kindle — $139. I actually paid more for these sunglasses."
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Amazon sells a $139 a version of the device that can wirelessly download books over Wi-Fi; a version with 3G and Wi-Fi costs $189.
Still smiling, she returns to her reading, while the man looks somewhat dejectedly at his tablet device.
The commercial marks a tactical change for Amazon, whose earlier Kindle commercials often featured cheerful indie tunes and stop-motion camera work, with no references to competing products such as tablet computers or other e-readers.
While the Kindle is meant mainly for reading, Apple Inc.'s popular iPad, which starts at $499, is a touch-screen-enabled multimedia device that can be used to read e-books (such as those purchased from Apple's iBookstore), surf the web and more. Though more expensive than the Kindle, the iPad's versatility has drawn in many consumers.
But the iPad's success can also be good for Amazon, too, since Amazon offers free Kindle applications for numerous devices, including the iPad, that can be used to read Kindle e-books.
Apple spokesman Steve Dowling and Amazon spokesman Drew Herdener declined to comment on the new ad.
E-reading is just one of several markets in which Seattle-based Amazon and Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple compete.
They also come up against each other in video and music downloads. Earlier this month, Apple announced a new $99 version of its Apple TV television set-top box that lets people rent TV shows from a number of major networks for 99 cents. The same day, Amazon started selling shows from several of the same networks for 99 cents each to own, not just rent.By Rachel Metz - AP Technology Writer
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Sep 13, 2010
Lantiq's Latest: 16 Channel VDSL, HD-Speed 802.11, 2 Gigabit NP
Imran Hajimusa of Lantiq demo'd four TV streams going wirelessly across a large room to four HDTV's several months ago. They are now shipping the WAVE 300 in volume. Ulrich Huewels is confident it can support HD video. Lantiq tells me a large U.S. carrier will soon surprise by moving to wireless home networks. They've also doubled the density of their Vinax VDSL linecard chips and are sampling the two gigabit GRX gateway processor.
Replacing wires has long been the grail for in-home networking. Vendors have been making promises for years, but field tests were not up to carrier grade. Carriers can't accept networks that only work for 95% of homes because the truck rolls to the other homes can be brutally expensive. They need close to 100% real world performance. I'm going to be skeptical until carriers prove the promises in the field, but the buzz for the new beam-forming chips is good.
The new VINAX V3 supports 16 channels for the 50 meg VDSL2 Profile 17a and 8 channels for the 100/100 meg 30a. Power is 0.9W per channel. Bonding is supported and VINAX "is ready to support full System Vectoring, a VDSL2 enhancement that will reduce crosstalk." Written by Dave Burstein
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Replacing wires has long been the grail for in-home networking. Vendors have been making promises for years, but field tests were not up to carrier grade. Carriers can't accept networks that only work for 95% of homes because the truck rolls to the other homes can be brutally expensive. They need close to 100% real world performance. I'm going to be skeptical until carriers prove the promises in the field, but the buzz for the new beam-forming chips is good.
The new VINAX V3 supports 16 channels for the 50 meg VDSL2 Profile 17a and 8 channels for the 100/100 meg 30a. Power is 0.9W per channel. Bonding is supported and VINAX "is ready to support full System Vectoring, a VDSL2 enhancement that will reduce crosstalk." Written by Dave Burstein
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