Year: 2010

3D TV likely to succeed — but it will take time

Posted by | Oct 25, 2010 | , |

It’s too early to tell how much 3D TVs will take off — though it looks as if they’re shaping up to be a success over the long haul. And that means we’ll eventually see 3D supported on computer displays. But that’s likely to be a while.

While 3DTV has been the topic of much industry excitement and hockey stick adoption forecasts, recent research conducted by Strategy Analytics (http://www.strategyanalytics.com) suggests that it will remain very much an event-driven technology, attractive to a select group of consumers.

Read More

‘MUG Event Calendar’: three Final Cut Pro meetings planned

Posted by | Oct 25, 2010 | |

“The MUG Event Calendar” closes out October with a wide variety of presentations and demos.

Apple Senior Systems Engineer Dave Marra will be the featured speaker at a New Jersey group, while three Final Cut Pro User Groups, one in San Francisco, other in Los Angeles and one in Indianapolis, will feature presenters talking about a range of video-related topics and products.

Other topics on the week’s agenda include 1Password, Snow Leopard, Mac holiday gifts and crafts, Skype, iChat, the Verizon MiFi and the iPad, landscape photography, and more.

Read More
iPhone/iPod/iPad apps for Oct. 22

iPhone/iPod/iPad apps for Oct. 22

Posted by | Oct 23, 2010 | |

Here are the latest iPhone/iPod touch/iPod/iPad apps announced. You can find ’em at the Apple App Store (http://www.itunes.com/appstore/).

Mobivention has announced Mahjong Mountain 1.0 for the iPhone and iPod touch. It’s based on a classic Chinese game concept that has the goal of finding matching gaming pieces. Additional difficulty levels are included through different game layouts and different pilings of the pieces. The first 1,000 downloads of the full version are free. Further campaigns and details of the game can be found on http://www.facebook.com/mobivention .

Read More