All-In-One with Voice and Gesture Recognition Coming

Korean semiconductor and electronics company Samsung is preparing a new All-In-One system that will feature a rather large 27” screen and new user interface technologies. When it comes to PCs, no “smart” technologies seem to be entering the market. The only smart and intuitive feature that seems to have really penetrated the tablet market and it also present on touch enable PCs is the “swipe” feature. Samsung and LG have new SmartTV that listen to you voice and recognize your face and oral commands so it’s only normal to ask ourselves when are these going to trickle down to the PC market? Microsoft’s Kinect is still slow to penetrate the market as a standard feature and voice recognition in now only available from specialized...

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Toshiba’s “Transformer” Unhidden for a Glimpse

Japanese giant technology company Toshiba seems rather open to new ideas and concepts. It is now clear that ASUS’ Transformer concept is becoming a real product type and Toshiba acknowledges that and prepares a Transformer-like tablet of itself. For us, the users, this can only mean good news as competition, may that be on the performance/quality side or on the price front, is always welcomed. In reality, a basic tablet user that wants to read, browse the internet, review some picture albums and listen to some music while doing any of these will most likely happen to have to write an email or just type something. When it comes to computer communications, typing is the most important and prevalent means of communication. Sure...

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First 21:9 UltraBook Revealed by Toshiba

Japanese electronics and technology giant Toshiba is always trying the enthusiasts filled Japanese market with novel and sometimes strange solutions. The company’s new 21:9 UltraBook is a perfect example of good technology in a very strange package. The new mobile computing unit from Toshiba is called Satellite U840W and although it reportedly weighs in at a little bit less than four pounds, the company is calling it an UltraBook. The only thing that could be characterized as “ultra” about the Toshiba’s Satellite U840W is the screen format and that’s rather an ultra-weird 21:9 format sporting an atypical 1792 by 768 pixel resolution. We haven’t the slightest idea about what Toshiba is trying to achieve with this strange design,...

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Toshiba Presents LX830 All-In-One with 10-Point Touch Input

Technology giant, Japanese company Toshiba has chosen Computex 2012 as right moment to launch the company’s new All-In-One (AIO) system. The LX830 AIO from Toshiba has lots of connectivity options and comes packed with a wireless keyboard and mouse. The new AIO system from Toshiba is powered by Intel’ latest generation “Ivy Bridge” processors and can accommodate up to 16 GB of DDR3 RAM memory and up to 2 TB of storage, but there’s no mention on whenever the storage bay is 3.5” or just 2.5”. The LX830 feature a large 23-inch display that sports a fitting FullHD 1920 by 1080 pixel resolution. The display is also a touch input device with support for up to ten simultaneous input points. We don’t really understand what the use...

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