In Pictures: The Most Promising Tech Of 2010
In Pictures: The Most Promising Tech Of 2010
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Project Natal for the Xbox 360
This year at CES, Microsoft's Robbie Bach announced that Project Natal, the company's motion-sensing game peripheral, would hit retail shelves in time for Christmas. Consuming between 10% and 15% of the Xbox' processor power, Natal combines a basic understanding of human anatomy with terabytes of data documenting thousands of poses observed during testing. No word on price, but you can bet your bottom dollar this is going to be a top seller for Christmas 2010.
We've come a long way in technology. On the next few pages, we'll examine where we'll be heading in 2010. Read on!
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computer hardware has come to a very mature point. (with he exception of SSD's they're evolving quick)
Thats AMOLED right?.. btw... the 2nd sentences doesnt make much sense to me.... it's cheaper to make but also expensive at the same time???
Moving to smaller node might also mean less heat and better oc... that's interesting enough to me... tegra not meant to be a computer.. bulldozer, fusion and bobcat is planned for next year.. maybe that's why it doesnt appear in this year's expected tech...
That is what I was about to ask. +9999 for you
Nothing ironic about it really. I said originally that I felt the iPad is gimped. I still feel the same about it--but it doesn't change what's inevitable.
As time has proven again and again, not all superior products are successful. Often, the inferior devices with great marketing are the ones to dominate. That was my point here.
/ Tuan
Yeah, LED displays are cheaper to manufacture, but because they're the newest "high-tech," they come with a higher asking price. You always pay more for the cutting edge.
So what you are saying is that even though the product may be sub-par, or even a big piece of crap, good marketing will allow it to sell well?
I believe it. That's like Apple's life story...
Right, now i understand... lols... you're saying because it is better and newer, the manufacturer will sell it for higher price despite the same cost to manufacture it...
@3point99ghz_constipation
I said better oc and what i was trying to say is better overclockability... i'm just saying that with smaller node, the heat generated is usually lower... like when oc on air, it might be easier to achieve 4ghz while staying in acceptable temp limit..
I said better oc and what i was trying to say is better overclockability... i'm just saying that with smaller node, the heat generated is usually lower... like when oc on air, it might be easier to achieve 4ghz while staying in acceptable temp limit..
But... with adequate air cooling, it already stays within very acceptable temperatures at 45nm or even 65nm. Does the possibilty of spending $1000 on a new Intel CPU to lower your CPU temps by 5C qualify as "exciting" ? This will be another pointless refresh for Intel if you already had their last-gen CPU, just like Conroe to Wolfsdale.
I agree ipad looks to be a fizzer - all locked up, no expansion, no phone or webcam ... it could have been an awesome videophone to start with ... instead its a halfbaked toy. No recharegeable batteries either.
lol that's almost as absurd as Asus' netbook-keyboard thing making the list. It's got all the power of a netbook (total sarcasm, in case you've never used a netbook) without it's own dedicated display and with around half the battery life... yeah, a step backwards in technology ftw!
Because its newer and BETTER.
The new atom pinetrail is cheaper to make, but more expensive because it improves power efficiency over the old one, so people are willing to pay more. Cheaper + charge customers more = even more profit!
LED LCDs are cheaper to make then cathode LCDs, and OLED screens are cheaper to make then LED LCDs...
Cost to make OLED < LED LCD < CLCD
Cost to buy OLED > LED LCD > CLCD
Why? first rule of economics, something is worth as much as people are willing to pay for it... and when you have the newest bleeding edge tech, people are willing to pay you more.