SAMSUNG 3D TELEVISION

Over the years, 3D has evolved to now give you a great experience. Samsung brings the wonder of 3D home with full color and high resolution. Hollywood has embraced 3D with a growing number of new 3D films. Ever the innovator, Samsung has partnered with DreamWorks and Technicolor for content you can get right now. And it's not just Hollywood. A 3D TV and sports broadcast revolution is underway, and Samsung 3D TV is ready to deliver. Samsung is the world's first 3D LED TV and is compatible with broadcast and Blu-ray 3D standards. Our eyes are spaced apart from each other, which mean our left and right retinas see objects at slightly different angles. In real life, the brain merges these two images into a single three-dimensional image. To recreate this experience of depth on television, a 3D TV will display two separate but overlapping images of the same scene simultaneously, and at slightly different angles as well. One image is intended for the left eye, the other for the right. A pair of Active Glasses helps viewers perceive the two 2D images as one 3D image. Samsung's eye-popping 3D capabilities can be found in our new lineup of LED, LCD and Plasma TVs, and Blu-ray Players, including the LED 7000, LCD 750, PDP 7000 and Blu-ray 6900. Samsung's built-in 3D processor is so powerful it can convert 2D (normal) movies and photos to 3D in real-time with the push of a button.

REFERENCE: http://www.samsung.com/us/learningresources3D/

PREPARE BY: CHI CHOU

Skyfire 2.0: The best Android web browser?

I’m sure that you already know how awesome Android OS is, but you’ll have to agree that Android wouldn’t be the same without its apps. This time there is a new application for Android and it is called Skyfire 2.0.

Skyfire 2.0 is a browser and it’s supposed to be a replacement for native Android browser. So what’s so special about this browser? Unlike its competitors this browser has its SkyBar with 3 options that other browsers are missing, such as Video, Explore and Share. The SkyBar is positioned at the bottom of your screen so it’s quick and fast to access

Let’s have a closer look at the SkyBar. The first option, Video is used to play all the flash videos that your native Android browser couldn’t. It might not work with all the videos, but it a nice feature, so you’ll be able to view all the videos that you need fullscreen. Second option, Explore is used for finding more information about a certain topic, and all you have to do is to press the explore button and you’ll find all relative information. As for the Share option it is used to share whatever you’re browsing on other social website.

Besides the amazing SkyBar Skyfire 2.0 has a lot more nice options such as possibility to open up to 8 different tabs and to choose how will you view your pages. So bottom line is, if you have Android phone, be sure to get this app, because it’s simply amazing.

references:http://www.skyfire.com/product/skyfire-2-0-for-android/

by hon keat

Creative Inspire S2 Wireless 2.1 Speaker System

One of the things no geek can ever get enough of is entertainment, if you want a good quality entertainment package either from your tele / PC, you need a crucial component not worth sacrificing – sound system. We recently received one of Creative’s mid-price range speaker systems, the Inspire S2. Its a 2.1 setup and some of you may have seen its non-wireless equipped version, this system however has been packed with bluetooth connectivity, so here’s our quick review and overall impression of the system.

Design

The Creative Inspire S2 is a slick speaker system, the largest of its three components is the Direct Throw Subwoofer. While it is a wireless speaker system, one may have thought that even its speakers are completely wire-free (as official images seem to suggest), this is in fact not true. The below pictures may demonstrate this better.The two small speakers are connected to the subwoofer through separate cables, more importantly, the right speaker’s cable is fixed to the subwoofer, this cannot be removed or unplugged. This is not the case for the left speaker, but it too is plugged to the back of the subwoofer. This rather ‘fixed’ nature of the speaker makes the Inspire S2 not so convenient or mobile for moving or handling.

Putting the wires aside, the speaker system is overall well designed and relatively compact. Your external music source (if not bluetooth compatible) can be connected to the right speaker’s aux inlet, this is also where you would connect your headphones.
Around the back of the subwoofer, this is what you would find. It has a knob which allows you to adjust the amount of bass you’d like to get out of your music / movie / film / tele / gaming experience. The Inspire S2 looks and feels stylish and well made. It doesn’t feel like cheap plastic and gives you a sense that your money’s been well spent.

Features

Putting aside the not so cordless setup of the Inspire S2. The idea of having a bluetooth equipped wireless system is that you’d place the speakers in a fixed location where you’ll be able to leave it and forget about it and then have the freedom to move your laptop / mobile phone around the room and not have to worry about being attached to a set of speakers. We think the Inspire S2 does this fairly well.

references:
http://www.gadgetlite.com/2010/05/02/review-creative/

prepared by: Tian jen