LG’s goregous Tab-Book Ultra Z160 finally available in Korea

Unveiled during this year CES, LG’s new sexy Windows tablet, the Tab-Book Ultra Z160 is finally set to arrive in Korea’s store this month. Powered by a Core i3 or i5 the Z160 comes with a 11.6″ IPS touch panel, HDMI out, USB 3.0, a SSD in just 1.25kg and for a thickness of 19.4mm and with a 6.4h battery life. Pretty short on Specs LG did not comment as well on the Z160 exact launch date or price. Still if you are interested in something more powerful than the average Android …

Ricoh demonstrate Omnidirectional camera at CP+. Takes 360° photo, sends it to you smartphone

This omnidirectional camera, currently under development by Ricoh, takes a full 360° panoramic image in one shot.
“It has two fish-eye lenses, each of which covers 180 degrees. The camera combines the two pictures, and sends them via Wi-Fi to a tablet or smartphone for viewing. The idea is, the pictures you take arrive automatically.”
“When viewing it like a regular panoramic image, you can also see up and down. When you pull out from the image, it finally becomes a circle, …

[Hands-On] 10.1″ Xperia Tablet Z – the world’s slimmest tablet

“This is the Xperia Tablet Z SO-03E. It’s the world’s slimmest tablet, and Japan’s lightest, too. Until now, tablets have been heavy and thick, so they end up getting left at home. But this one’s light and slim enough to carry in a bag, without it feeling like a heavy load.”
“For this tablet, we’ve used what’s called the Omni Balance Design. This looks very sleek, because it eliminates all unnecessary features.”
“This tablet …

Pentax outs Evangelion Q10 in Japan

Announced last November (2011) the Q10, Pentax new mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera has been announced today in a new limited edition of 1,500 units only wearing the color of Evangelion’s heroines with Lei and Asuka as well as the EVA-01. Sold at 59,800 Yen and set for a launch in April, this PENTAX Q10 comes by default with a Pentax-02 Standard Zoom lens and comes with the same default specification found on other Q10 including a 2.4Mpix BSI sensor with a 100 to 6400 ISO Range and …

LG outs the U560 Ultrabook and its gorgeous 15.6″ screen

LG introduced today in Korea a new Ultrabook with the U560 that comes with a gorgeous IPS 15.6″ screen! With an ultra thin body of 20.9mm and a weight of 1.95kg, the U560 comes with a 1.8GHz Core i5-3337U CPU, 16GB of RAM (Max), the choice between a DVD Burner or Blu-Ray Driver as well as the choice between an SSD or HDD. Set for an Korea launch only the U560 will hopefully be later available in other countries as well.

NTT Docomo – 2013 “Spring Collection” new product press conference

NTT Docomo unveiled its 2013 Spring lineup to a packed house of invited Japanese and technical press at the Prince Park Tower Hotel in Tokyo.  They showed off and explained 12 new models that will launch, beginning on January 25th, with a lot of nice improvements over their current line-up of 16 models.
NTT Docomo President and CEO, Kaoru Kato, 7 months into his tenure at the position, gave a confident, nicely-paced, clear and concise presentation of the company’s lineup and vision of …

Panasonic out a new Android Based Toughpad Tablet in Japan

Panasonic updated its Toughpad line-up last week and announced today a new addition with the TOUGHPAD JT-B1! Unlike FZ-G1, the JT-B1, powered by Windows 8, the is an Android 4.0 7″ Tablet and comes with a nice OMAP4460(ARM Cortex-A9 Dual Core)by Texas Instrument at 1.5 GHz, 16GB of ROM, 1GB of SDRAM, Wifi or 3G (optional), a nice 7″ WSVGA (1024×600) touchscreen with a 500cd/m2, Bluetooth V4.0+3.0, Felica, Camera, LED Flash… And comes fully prepare for everything by being …

Panasonic outs its new TOUGHPAD Windows 8 Tablet and its TOUGHBOOKs in Japan

No surprises here since Panasonic already unveiled most its TOUGHBOOKs and its TOUGHPAD last week at CES, but the news here is that these devices will be available in Japan starting from the end of this month for the CF-19, CF-31 and CF-H2 series, middle of February for the CF-C2 and middle of March for the FZ-G1 or TOUGHPAD.
But let’s start with the FZ-G1 or TOUGHPAD. Available in two flavors with a WWAN model and a Wireless-LAN one only the FZ-G1 will come by default with Windows 8, an …

Panasonic demos Five 3D Cameras Capture Panorama at Digital Contents Expo 2012

“DIVE into World Heritage 3D,”exhibited by Panasonic at Digital Content EXPO 2012, is a system for creating panoramic images by shooting with five 3D cameras, then showing the images using five high-definition plasma display panels.
” In collaboration with UNESCO, we photographed seven world heritage sites around the world. The purpose of these images is to allow people to have an experience like they’d have if they went to these sites in person. 3D cameras used to be …

Panasonic Develops New Tablet with 20″ 4k IPS Alpha LCD Panel

Panasonic today announced the development of a new tablet computer that features a 20-inch IPS Alpha LCD panel with more than four times the resolution of Full High Definition, as well as a high precision digital pen. With the target to commercialize the new tablet later this year, Panasonic is gearing itself up to propose new business value this feature-rich device will offer to its customers in a wide range of industries.
Employing Panasonic’s cutting-edge digital technology, the new …