Flexible OLED screen

This is something I found truely amazing -- flexible OLED screen from Sony. So flexible that it can wrap around almost anything. Will we see a pencil or pen wrapped with this flexible OLED screen, hooking up to the Internet to retrieve answers during exams? High-tech cheaters!

Virtual goods => real goods

Ever think of getting your virtual robots into the real world? That may be a bit too far. But wait, how about a virtual ice-cream? That is somewhat probable.

It's not just probable. But it already happened. You can buy Farmville ice-cream at 7-11! See here for more details.

iPhone 3GS @ US$97

Ha, this one is certainly something. Walmart just officially announced that it'll be selling the 16GB iPhone 3GS for $97 starting Tuesday, a full $100 off the regular price. This is a logical step and it must point to the release of a new iPhone.

I wonder when operator in Hong Kong will slash the price of current 3GS models. Heard that the new iPhone also got video chat capability. For those who got onto the bandwagon of the last batch of 3GS, it would be some money not well spent.

Sony NEX-3, NEX-5

There is no shortage of innovative cameras these days. The latest one entering the ring is the Sony EVIL (Electronic View-finder Interchangeable Lens) NEX-3 and NEX-5. It is very compact and very attractive. The full spec is as follows:

• 14.20 Megapixels
• 3.00x zoom, 18-55mm, (27-83mm eq.) kit lens
• 3.0 inch LCD Viewfinder
• ISO 200-12800
• Shutter: 30-1/4000
• Max Aperture: 3.5
• Mem Type: MS PRO Duo / SD / SDHC / SDXC
• Battery: Custom Li Ion
• Dimensions: 4.4 x 2.4 x 1.6 in. (111 x 60 x 40 mm)
• Weight: 17.7 oz (502 g) includes batteries, kit lens
• MSRP: $700
• Availability: 07/2010

The notable thing is that the price is very competitive and it also accepts SD (a rare inclusion from a Sony perspective).

The full review can be found here.

Street fighter short movie -- from a fan!

Sometimes it is amazing that the work from an amateur is so professional. For those familiar with Street fighter, this is a movie on a shoe-string budget, shot with a Canon 7D with aftereffects done on Final Cut Pro. Amazing.

Face-off iPhone

This is really fun stuff. An iPhone running Android.



Sometimes I wonder, will there be a day we see Acer NeoTouch or HTC running iPhone OS?

Did you notice the author used another iPhone to film the face-offed iPhone?

iPad go International

The long wait outside US for the iPad is over, officially. (Hey, forget all those parallel imports)

Apple said the iPad will be in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK on May 28 and then Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand and Singapore in July. Those who can't wait (well, you define for yourself) can pre-order starting May 10. Sounds great.

Here is the official statement.

Tegra, AIR, Flash

Bloodshed of the tablet battlefield is just beginning. Here is a new contestant, in a prototype form, running Android.

The biggest selling point for this yet-another-tablet is that it runs fully functional Adobe AIR and Flash, the centrepiece of a warzone. I guess it is faster than those cheapy netbooks. See how it goes if it can ever hit the shelves.

Tegra Prototype