(a) A year ago, 3-D television sets and personal computers (including laptops but not Apple Mac) were heralded in Consumer Electronics Show (CES). They are commercialized now.
"Vizio just announced a 47-inch 3D-capable set for $1,999."
Edward C. Baig, 3D Gets Close Enough to Touch; Some Predict 2010 Is the Year It Will Really Hit Home. USA Today, Jan. 6, 2010.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/media/2010-01-05-3D-television_N.htm
(b) Brian Stelter and Brad Stone, Television Begins a Push Into the 3rd Dimension. New York Times, Jan. 6, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/06/business/media/06tele.html?scp=2&sq=3-d%20brad%20stone&st=cse
Please see only
(i) the illustration "hOw Active shutter Technology Works," and
(ii) the last three paragraphs.
(c) Yesterday I referred to "video chats on TV via Web." It is conceivable that video chat can be combined with 3-D technology. HOwever, judging from the illustration in (b) above, I wonder 3-D web-cam will be cheap enough for consumers.
Spencer-E. Ante, e-Books: Averting a Digital Horror Story
Amazon.com's growing might and the sizzling success of the Kindle has publishers terrified. Hachette, Harlequin, and others are fighting back. BusinesWeek, Dec. 30, 201
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_02/b4162050103172.htm
My comment: Please read Paragraph 1 only.
(3)
(a) A report touts iPod Touch.
Peter Burrows, iPod Touch's Holiday Sales Spike Likely Beat the iPhone's; While Apple's iPhone grabs headlines, the cheaper iPod touch keeps gaining devoted fans. BusinesWeek, Dec. 30, 2010.
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_02/b4162022078079.htm
(b) But the above report does not say if the sale spike is a a phenomenon of this past holiday of of a longer-term trend. Wall Street Journal stated sale of iPod as a whole (without differentiating various type of iPod) decreased in 2009.
Yukari Iwatani Kane and Geoffrey A. Fowler, Apple Nears Tablet Launch; New Multimedia Device Expected to Ship in March. Wall Street Journal, Jan. 5, 2010.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703580904574638630584151614.html
My comment: Please see the illustration only.
【 在 choi 的大作中提到: 】
: (1) 3-D
: (a) A year ago, 3-D television sets and personal computers (including laptops but not Apple Mac) were heralded in Consumer Electronics Show (CES). They are commercialized now.
: "Vizio just announced a 47-inch 3D-capable set for $1,999."
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