Samsung’s Tweeting Refrigerator Could be Overkill

Samsung’s showing off its tweeting, Pandora-music-playing, Google Calendar-displaying Wi-Fi refrigerator at CES, and we couldn’t resist shooting this video.



When we arrived at Samsung’s booth at CES 2011, we encountered a Samsung rep extolling the virtues of using Twitter() on an 8-inch touchscreen embedded in your refrigerator door.

As over-the-top as it seems, some of the Samsung RF4289 Internet()-Connected Refrigerator’s features are actually useful, such as the ability to type memos for other family members, refer to the family’s Google Calendar, or check the temperature outside before you send your kids off to school in 10-degree weather without their coats. You can even adjust the temperature inside the fridge with the snazzy touchscreen.

We especially like the way you can quickly access foodie site Epicurious for advice and recipes. We’re also fond of the shiny finish, gleaming on all four doors.

But tweeting on your refrigerator door? Can’t it wait? Since 40% of all tweets come from mobile devices, a growing percentage of you could just whip out your smartphones and take care of business, couldn’t you?

Interesting Electro Gadgets for 2011

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Electronic gadgets market is giant market with countless gadgets that gained recognition and praise worldwide. Technology is advancing so rapid, that every now and then, we listen to about new electronic gadgets and their upgraded versions being launched in the market by electronic giants.

1. Google Nexus One

 Google’s Nexus is a speedy smart phone. It’s a intuitive handset having five customizable home screens with animated backgrounds. It also provides slick speech recognition capabilities. Nexus is now integrated with most of the software services provided by Google. Nexus One represent itself as a search giant’s first expansion in the world of e- commerce and hardware. Although that some well-publicized customer service issues comes up with the device, still it remains among those ionic customer electronics which are at top of the list throughout the year.

2. RIM-BlackBerry-Presenter

As most of you already notice that micro and mini projectors will be available soon.  Manufactures like 3M, Microvision and other. Thank God this handy 3.4-inch x 2.4-inch boxlike accessory is designed, so that it can be used with BlackBerry smart phones. It is very simple in use. What you have to do is this that simply connects it with a projector or monitor and you can use Blutetooth connectivity in order to display Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 and 2007 slides directly from your handset. You can pause images, set slides to automatically swap at prearranged intervals and in this way you can enjoy the benefit of accurate reproductions with most visual and animated effects.


3.  PlayStation Phone by Sony

Sony, the leader of innovative technologies is ready to launch playstation phone code named “Zeus” in early 2011. Zeus would have Andriod 3.0 Gingerbread operating system. It also contains SD slot card having 8GB of memory with 1GHz Qualcomm MSM8655 processor. It comes up with 3.8 display and graphics processing unit of Adreno 205. This superb phone also contains 1GB ROM and 512 MB RAM. 3.8″ touch screen and its touch pad is just like gaming console of PSP. Through PlayStation Phone you can also download different games. So for those who love games its going to be a best product.


4.  3D Vaio by Sony

In order to be synchronizing with BRAVIA glasses 3D laptop computer by Sony will boast of IR blaster. Lodged in F series chassis, the laptop contains display of 16”, so it can also be used for PS3. For games and videos this laptop comes up with 1080p 240fps display. You can upgrade it from 2D to 3D with Blu-ray drives. In order to retain crystal clear picture quality 3D VAIO uses the same technology in BRAVIA TV, with Black Frame Insertion. 3D VAIO used sequential technology for HD display while utilizing shutter glass. With just one touch button you can change between 2D to 3D. So, 3D VAIO would be a 0utstanding electronic gadget of 2011.


5. Apple iPhone 5

Apple iPhone 5 is based on face recognition mechanism with a sleek design. It contains 64GB memory with OLED screen. With GPS navigation feature you are able to synchronize with iTunes and customize SMS alerts and tones with HD audio quality. With Apple iPhone5 you can do video chat on 3G. For more durability, the screen is made scratch protected. For improved resolution it contains the most advanced graphic chips in it with chips dual core processors. On iPhone 5 you are also able to watch local channels. It also include Pico projector which is used for presentation on a wall or flat surface.

6. PlayBook by BlackBerry

 
With simplified and advanced operating system BlackBerry is going to launch PlayBook. It would be highly compatible with current web requirements such like HTML5. This BlackBerry Tablet Operating System also called as QNX and it also supports open GL and PSIX. It will be also compatible with Adobe AIR and Flash 10.1. It comes up with 1GHZ processor, 1GB of Ram, 3MP camera with 5MP lens and 1024X600, 7″ display. Playbook offer video conferencing and features micro USB jack, 1080p resolution, Wi-Fi, HDMI port and Blue Tooth. Playbook is hardly just 0.4” thick and approximately weighs just 450 grams. It is possible to extract the data out of BlackBerry on PlayBook with the help of BlueTooth tethering application.


7. 3DS by Nintendo

   The Nintendo 3D comes with 2 outward lenses and 1 inwards lenses for taking pictures and it is compatible with 3D graphics sans glasses. With outward lens you can take picture of any person and at the same instant the user’s picture can be taken with the inward lens. It is possible to combine two images and produce a single one. Users cartoon avatars automatically created by 3DS. It also enables users of 2DS for communication. With the help of tag mode, you are able to get the details of another user of 3DS, like you can come to know about the games he or she played last.


8. Samsung LED 9000 Series

Samsung’s LED 9000 series of television sets is pencil-thin. Yes it’s just 0.3 inches wide and it can support and having the great ability to display 3D images and can convert 2D content into third dimension. You must be impressed by knowing that it can offer great support to for downloadable apps, just like you’d find on the iPhone or Nexus One. Its application served via open development platform which means that any entrepreneur is able to insert content in it and can add up huge functionality in it, from the world of social networking clients to the downloadable games.


9. Palm Pre Plus

With minor changes in hardware the newer version of palm pre comes up with patch up keyboard and some little changes in user interface. It contains 3.1 inch multi touch screen with 320×480 resolution with HVGA display. In order to capture amateur video capture it contains 3MP camera with LED flash. Palm Pre Plus will be coming up with Verizon. It runs on WebOS in its smartphone platform, which gives applications like Hotspot Tethering. You can get Palm Pre Plus for just 150 $ with two years Verizon contacts with their data plans.


10. Lenovo IdeaPad U1


  

Lenovo IdeaPad U1 is a 1.6 inch Linux based PC. It can also become a fully functional 3.7lb notebook having multi-touch capabilities that boasts an Intel Core 2 Duo processor. This device really functions well while offering solid five hours of battery life. E-mail and other web surfing facilities are also available. It attracts to those mobile professionals who are looking for great diversity in computing solution. So you can call it as two for one deal.

11.  Google TV

Google TV will be available at Europe in 2011 after being officially launched in the U.S. This is the news released directly from the top of the Mountain View giant stage directly from IFA 2010 in Berlin which ended recently. The potential of this new Google project seems really interesting. Collaboration with some of the largest producers in the world of television, such as Samsung and Sony, will enable the transition from use in the PC than on TV. 

Xbox And Kinect Are The Future Of TV

Xbox And Kinect Are The Future Of TV...
Except Microsoft Will Figure Out A Way To Blow It

Xbox 360 and its slick new motion-sensing Kinect gadget could very well represent the future of how people watch TV: Zipping from channel to channel, or from app to app, without a remote control, using their hands and voice to control the experience. Microsoft's history of failures in the television industry -- and the overall slowness, messiness, and complexity of the TV business -- the odds of Microsoft succeeding here, and truly taking over, are slim.

Last month, we had a chance to experience some of the new Xbox and Kinect entertainment apps at a Microsoft briefing in New York. (Kinect support is coming soon to the Xbox's Netflix and Hulu Plus apps, Microsoft just announced.) And we were really impressed.

The idea of being able to ditch your table full of remote controls and just use your hands and voice to interact with the TV is compelling. It's much nicer than QWERTY keyboards -- a terrible idea in the living room; Wii-like remote controls; or even using an iPad or smartphone as your TV remote.

Microsoft seems way ahead here, and we're actually surprised that Apple -- which has been sticking a camera in all of its computers for a while now -- isn't the one who has led the way here. The Apple TV gadget should be powered by gestures, not a dinky little remote control. (Perhaps they're saving this for their TV sets?)

So it's good news for Microsoft that Kinect, and all the high-quality entertainment apps on the Xbox 360, are looking more and more like the future of the living room. And it's nice that Microsoft owns the intellectual property, especially through its recent acquisition of Canesta, which has filed for more than 50 patents.

But it's hard to imagine how Microsoft could come to dominate the TV business.
For Xbox TV (we'll call it that for now) and Kinect to really make a huge mark, they're going to have to be everywhere, the way Microsoft Windows is for the PC industry.
But it's not like everyone is going to buy an Xbox 360 and Kinect. While Microsoft has sold tens of millions of Xboxes already, and has shipped 8 million Kinects, it's not practical to assume that everyone is going to buy one -- they're still too gaming focused and too expensive.

So, what are Microsoft's options?

• It could slap together an "Xbox TV" gadget to rival the Apple TV, which just includes the Xbox's entertainment apps and the Kinect interface, and no DVD drive.

• It could try making actual Xbox television sets and hope to disrupt the TV industry incumbents, the way we expect Apple to.

• It could license the Xbox TV and Kinect software to TV, Blu-ray, and cable set-top box makers, and go for the "Windows" model, competing with Google TV. Maybe it could team up with Facebook for this one.

The thing is, while each of these is somewhat possible, we don't see Microsoft rushing to do any of them. It seems like they're too addicted to the Xbox's substantial gaming revenue to split the Xbox TV stuff off, even though there's a huge population of non-gamers who probably have no interest in buying an Xbox.

Instead, we see Microsoft more or less leaving the Xbox 360 intact, and trying to address the living room (again) with some kind of embedded Windows -- which doesn't have the Xbox's cool entertainment apps or the Kinect controller. And that, like Microsoft's other TV projects to date, will probably be a failure.

So while the Xbox and Kinect are really cool, and could actually be compelling TV experiences, we're not expecting Microsoft to truly capitalize on them. And instead, they'll let the likes of Apple, Google, Samsung, and Cisco run away with the future of TV