Isaiah's Tech

We are going to see a new JVC LCD protoype at this year's CES. JVC is claiming this 32 inch LCD TV to be the lightest and will only weigh 11 pounds. It looks to me that it has a weird stand and looks better without the stand, mounted on the wall. They reportedly used "50% less materials and 10% fewer LCD module parts" and they also used a "new optical system." JVC explained how they made the LCD so thin and light, but i don't really understand it too well, so you can read about it in the article below, if you want.

Some more news regarding the LG LH9500. I think i talked about this a couple of posts ago, but i don't remember. What i do know, is that we will see this at this year's CES. And, it has a wireless HD box included and has DivX HD support. It will use 240Hz and has a contrast ratio of 2,000,000:1. It's pretty slim and really good looking. Nice to see LG starting off the year pretty good. We'll see it at CES.

The upcoming phone by Palm will be shown at CES, just like everything else i've talked about today. So, this Palm phone will sport the new Nova OS, which some people are claiming to be "amazing." This Palm phone has no official design, but it will, reportedly, be a slider phone, with a large screen. HTC will be designing the phone, so it should look decent. HTC designs all different kind of phones, besides their own. Notably, the T-Mobile G1 and now this Palm slider. We may not see the phone's design at this year's CES, but we will, most likely, see the Nova OS do some work. Be ready.

Apple's Macworld is tomorrow (Tuesday), January 6, 2009. It will be Apple's last Macworld and will be showing at 12:00 p.m. This means that i'll miss most of it, if not, all of it. I don't know how long it will be, so yeah. Anyways, until later, i'm out, maybe even another blog before i leave the library. We'll see

JVC LCD Prototype (and picture): http://gizmodo.com/5123427/jvc-32+inch-lcd-prototypes-11+pount-weight-and-7mm-thickness-to-be-ogled-at-ces
LG's Super Slim LCD (and picture): http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lgs-super-slim-led-backlit-lcd-packing-wireless-hd-divx-hd/
Palm's Nova-powered Slider Phone (and picture): http://gizmodo.com/5123361/palms-nova+powered-last-stand-a-slider-with-large-touchscreen
Apple's Last Macworld: http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/apples-final-macworld-keynote-is-tuesday-and-well-be-there-li/

Big Lenovo news has surfaced, let's do it.

So, let's do a quick recap of one my previous blog post's talking about the Lenovo ThinkPad W700ds (link here). This laptop has a 17 inch primary screen and a secondary screen which is measuring in at 10.6 inches. It has the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M graphics card, up to 8GB of RAM, giving off the signal that this laptop should be primarily used by a hardcore photo / video editor. "The secondary screen features a resolution of 768 x 1280" and adds about 2 pounds of weight. This laptop is pretty heavy, weighing in at around 11 pounds. But, what we all needed to know was the price tag. You want of these don't you? Okay, well, please fork over $3,663 USD. Damn. That is quite a bit of money. I'd get one of these just for show... if i had the money, that is.

Lenovo is ready to push out the thinnest all-in-one computer, the IdeaCentre 600. This will sport a 21.5 inch screen, but gizmodo.com states that the Vaio LV may be better specification-wise. Since this all-in-one computer doesn't come with HDMI and stuff like Blu-Ray are add-ons, they say that it will get "pricey pretty fast." The IdeaPad has a starting price at $999 USD, but as i just finished saying, with all the add-ons you might need to get, the price-tag may skyrocket. What you do get with this is a nice 1920 x 1080 resolution, a dual-core processor, 1-4 GB of RAM (DDR3) and up to 1 TB (Yes, terabyte) of hard-drive space. There's, of course, a bunch of other stuff included, but i just mentioned what stood out for me. I think it looks really good though, looks like the sexiest all-in-one PC's i've ever seen. Maybe we'll see this at the upcoming CES, maybe not. I think we will.

Last, but not least, enter the Lenovo IdeaPad Y650. What's so special about this laptop though? Well, it may not have 2-screens, like the ThinkPad W700ds and it's not an all-in-one PC, like the IdeaCentre. But, the IdeaPad Y650 does win in the weight category. The IdeaPad Y-series is going to have a 16:9 widescreen and is going to be the thinnest and the lightest in their category. Why? Carbon fibre. I know about carbon fibre because i used to play Need for Speed: Underground and it was used to make your car extremely lighter, which would, in the end, make your car move faster. Well, now Lenovo is putting carbon fibre on their laptops. Smart idea? Yeah, why not. Unless it starts screwing around with it's parts, that is. At this point, i don't know where the carbon fibre is located, but maybe it will be announced soon, or maybe i just skimmed through the article too fast. Anyways, accompanying the Y650 is the Y550 and the Y450, "which are the 15 and 14 inch versions of the same notebook," respectively. The starting price of the laptops are "$1200 [USD] for the Y650, $830 [USD] for the other two when they roll out in March." Some of the specs of the Y650 are: up to 4 GB of DDR3 memory and up to 500 GB of storage. They weigh in at 5.62 pounds with Intel Core 2 Duo processors. Pretty sweet. Looks like Lenovo is getting themselves ready for this year. Big year for Lenovo? I'd think so. We'll just have to wait and see, as usual. It's all about how the consumers react.

Lenovo ThinkPad W700ds (and picture): http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/01/04/dual.screen.17.thinkpad/
Lenovo IdeaCentre 600 (and picture): http://gizmodo.com/5123151/lenovo-ideacentre-600-thinnest-hottest-all+in+one-pc-on-the-block
Lenovo IdeaPad Y650 (and picture): http://gizmodo.com/5123157/lenovo-ideapad-y650-is-thinnest-lightest-16+inch-notebook-thanks-to-carbon-fiber