The market for pocket projectors, which are small handheld devices that enable a larger image to be projected onto a wall or screen in either stand-alone or embedded/dedicated formats, is poised for strong growth in 2010 and beyond.
Read MoreHD television and HD radio are realities. It is ironic that the telephone, patented in 1876 – years before either radio or TV – is the last of the three to get the quantum leap in quality that “High Definition” provides.
However it is here at last, and according to a new study from ABI Research (http://www.abiresearch.com), about 487 million mobile subscribers will use HD-enabled handsets to carry on clear, comprehensible conversations over upgraded networks in 2015.
HP and Palm have entered into a definitive agreement under which HP will purchase Palm, a provider of smartphones powered by the Palm webOS mobile operating system, at a price of US$5.70 per share of Palm common stock in cash or an enterprise value of approximately $1.2 billion. The transaction has been approved by the HP and Palm boards of directors.
Read MoreHere are the latest iPhone/iPod touch/iPod/iPad apps announced. You can find ’em at the Apple App Store (http://www.itunes.com/appstore/).
Yellow Field Technologies and Coach Joe Beer has announced MyZones 1.0, exclusively for the iPhone and iPod touch. The US$3.99 app calculates training heart rate zones that can be used by runners, cyclists, triathletes from keen fitness enthusiasts to focussed racers. MyZones can calculate your personal zones from maximum heart rate, race HR data, or professional lab test results.
Read MoreNoise Industries, developer of visual effects tools for the post-production and broadcast markets, says new development partner, Luca Visual FX, has released Light Box 1.0 for the FxFactory platform.
It’s a collection of light and image enhancement tools designed to work inside Adobe After Effects CS3/CS4/CS5, Apple Final Cut Pro, Apple Motion and Final Cut Express. Light Box 1.0 includes nine customizable GPU-accelerated plug-ins and transitions.
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