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Is flexible e-paper the next evolution for e-book readers?
by Jonathan Strickland | September 16, 2010
I saw a post on Ubergizmo that caught my eye. It’s about a new technology from Sony — flexible e-paper. Unlike current e-book displays, which have glass in them, this one is made from plastic. It reminds me of the promise of OLED technology — bendable displays that you could roll up or mount on corners. The Ubergizmo piece suggests this might be the next step for e-book readers. I’m not so sure — the iPad has shown that features like e-ink might not matter as much as being able to display rich media content.
The Sony booths (there are two of them) at E3 are enormous and packed shoulder-to-shoulder with eager gamers. Like Microsoft’s booth, Sony is using its space to showcase games that have a presence elsewhere at E3. But it also is showing off the Move, Sony’s new motion-based controller.
Once you read the article and sync up with his vibe, you look at this video from Microsoft and see exactly what he is talking about…
…It’s like Leave It To Beaver has invaded the video game industry.
The Electronic Entertainment Expo is right around the corner and I’m already preparing myself for what I’ll see while I’m there: hundreds of exhibitors, thousands of attendees, dozens of booth babes dressed up as superhero-ninja-nurse-clown zombies and the games the industry hopes will take the world by storm over the following year. But I’m really excited to get a closer look at Project Natal and the Sony PlayStation Move, two new control interfaces.
Several weeks ago, Chris and I recorded a podcast about the United States military purchasing PlayStation 3 consoles. The goal wasn’t to provide the men and women serving in the armed forces the chance to play a little Katamari Damacy between deployments. Instead, the goal was to link the consoles together to create a modular supercomputer.
The PS3′s processor is what makes this possible. Sony decided to experiment with the PS3 and incorporated a Cell processor. The Cell processor has two main components: a managing processor and several Synergistic Processing Elements.
Over the weekend I spotted a headline that caught my attention. Apparently Sony is ready to launch a whole new slate of handheld devices aimed at helping them regain market share the company has lost to its competitors. Daisuke Wakabayashi and Yukari Iwatani Kane wrote about the company’s plans for The Wall Street Journal.
Lots of stuff going on today, so here are some highlights:
Nintendo dropped the price of the Wii to $199 in the United States. John P. Falcone wrote in CNET’s Crave blog about the change, which comes hot on the heels of Sony’s cut in the Playstation 3′s price to $299, and a little farther back, Microsoft’s cut in the 120GB hard drive version of the Xbox 360. I’m guessing that will help push the three consoles through the holiday season, but I’m also thinking sales will remain slow, based on what I’ve heard.
Andrew Nusca wrote at ZDNet that Microsoft‘s acquisition of Danger has yielded two Sharp-manufactured phones, the Turtle and the Pure. These are part of the so-called Pink Project. The pictures look a little like Danger’s Sidekick devices. A few days ago, Mary Jo Foley at ZDNet said Pink Project phones will use a version of Windows Mobile 7 and will be able to use the Zune music store.
TV Hardware and Machinima – TechStuff Podcast Roundup
by Jonathan Strickland | September 4, 2009
Hey there! Before I sum up what we covered in TechStuff this week, I just want to say Chrispy and I continue to receive great e-mails and tweets from you guys. Thanks for sending us your questions, comments and ideas for topics. We’re also aware of some encoding issues we’ve had with past episodes and we’re working to resolve them. We’re flattered that you guys want to go back and listen to everything we’ve done so far. If all else fails, maybe Chrispy and I can show up at your town and reenact the podcasts you’re missing [editor's note: we will not do that].
Also, I need to make the following statement: Linux is an amazing operating system. It’s robust and it has a huge community of intelligent and innovative supporters who continually improve the OS and create fantastic applications. Anyone who makes fun of Linux clearly doesn’t know what he is talking about. And I would appreciate it if the IT department would lift the restrictions on my computer so that I could access something besides the “Hamster on a Piano” YouTube video. Click to read more.
This morning, I read a post by ZDNet Editor in Chief Larry Dignan that Toshiba announced it will soon offer products that support Sony’s Blu-ray technology. That has to sting. In case you don’t remember the brouhaha (things changing so skorry these days and everybody very quick to forget), Toshiba was the company backing the chief rival to Blu-ray technology: HD-DVD.
Just a few days before E3 started, a video of Sony’s new product, the PSP Go, hit the Web. It featured a fairly goofy skit in which reporter Veronica Belmont met with a Sony representative to get a look at the top secret device. Unfortunately it hit the Intertubes a little too early.
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