Filed under: WIRELESS | Tags: Handhelds, iPhone, iPod Touch, LG, LG Group, Samsung Group, Smartphones, Wireless network
The much anticipated DataCase application for the iPhone launched this morning. The app, which costs $6.99, turn your iPhone into an easy-to-use wireless storage device that can be access by any other device on your wireless network. A one way drop box can be added to a normal machine to drop files onto the iPhone, or alternatively you can set up a two-way shared drive to move files between the iPhone and a computer. (http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/12/datacase-launches-turn-the-iphone-into-a-wireless-drive 8/12)
DataCase Demo Video
Strategy Analytics reports that the popularity of touch-screen phones has helped LG expand its U.S. market share. The company has replaced Samsung as the second-largest maker of handsets for the U.S. Financial Times (8/11)
Yahoo unveiled a mobile version of its fantasy football portal offering the ability to set your line-ups, receive injury updates and make last-minute roster changes. Yahoo’s PC-based Fantasy Football app also added some new goodies including a new draft application featuring a drag-and-drop queue and audio alerts. (Cynopsis 8/12)
Filed under: TECHNOLOGY | Tags: 5Megapixel, Black Label, Cell Phones, LG, LG Group, Lumen, South Korea, XGA
TECHNOLOGY
Definitive Technology said it will ship next year its “Disappearing In-Wall” series of custom architectural speakers that will be all but invisible. The speakers will feature hidden flanges, discreet micro-perf grilles and small diameters, making them nearly invisible to the naked eye. (TWICE 7/9)
Net income more than tripled in the latest quarter for South Korea’s flat-screen manufacturer LG Display as demand surged for LCDs while supplies of PC panels dried up. But analysts are not so upbeat about LG’s prospects for the remainder of the year due to the global economic slowdown and falling panel prices. (The Washington Post/Reuters 7/9)
Filed under: TECHNOLOGY | Tags: Displays, LG, LG Display, LG Group, Liquid crystal display, Samsung, Samsung Group, The Korea Times
Samsung has unveiled an 82-inch LCD panel that a company executive termed the “optimal display for future TVs.” The display, which one report described as “massive,” has a resolution of 3820×2160 pixels — for a total screen resolution of 8.3 megapixels — and is said to be four times better than today’s 1080p TVs. (TG Daily 5/18, The Korea Times 5/18)
LG Display is likely to begin operating next year a new $960 million production line for LCDs, CEO Kwon Young-Soo told analysts last week. The move by the world’s No. 2 LCD maker concerns analysts and investors who say it could cause a glut of the screens in the market. (The Wall Street Journal 5/19)
Large-screen LCD shipments slipped 1.6% in April, to 36.6 million units, a 29.7% annual increase, fueled largely by the information-technology segment, according to LCD researchers WitsView. The firm reported that the TV segment shipped 7.8 million units, a 2.9% decline as demand remained weak for LCDs at 40 inches and above. (Smarthouse 5/19)
With plans to sell Blu-ray players for under $300 this month, Wal-Mart will become a low-cost purveyor of the device, which has failed to gain traction among mass-market consumers largely because of their high price. Wal-Mart will sell a Profile 1.1 Funai player under the “Magnavox” brand with picture-in-picture functionality. Best Buy is expected to offer the player under the Insignia brand for about $350, beginning in July. (Pocket-lint.co.uk 5/19)
