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• Toshiba Is Working On 1TB Optical Discs
• Live from Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 launch event (Tune in at 6:30am Pacific!)
• A second Windows Phone 7 handset gets an early debut: The Samsung Omnia 7
• WP7-Powered LG Optimus 7 gets a temporary announcement ahead of schedule
• Bremont Supermarine 500 Watch Review
• Report: Toshiba To Launch Naked-Eye 3D Laptops Next Year
• CrunchGear Week in Review: Bear Scare Edition
• CEATEC 2010 Exhibition In Japan: Our Round-up

Toshiba Is Working On 1TB Optical Discs Posted: 11 Oct 2010 05:01 AM PDT In July this year, TDK announced BDXL Blu-ray discs with 100GB capacity. And now TDK is working on optical discs that even boast 1TB capacity. The company says the current prototype has 16 layers (four times more than on a Blu-ray disc), each with 32GB on each side (equaling 1,024GB). The disc has a light transmittance of 72.6%, with each layer having a transmittance of even 95.1%. It’s the one you see in the middle on the picture above. Piled up on the left are 21 BD-Rs with 50GB capacity and 41 BD-Rs with 25GB capacity the new disc might replace one day (or the 218 DVD-Rs on the right). According to TDK, the prototype was developed by applying a range of existing technologies used for Blu-rays; the only problem being that in its current form, the disc is too thick to comply with Blu-ray specifications. Those specifications dictate that each layer can be up to 100μm thick, but the recording layer of TDK’s disc is 260μm thick. The company says commercialization depends on the plans of disc makers, but we can only hope they’ll be faster than Pioneer, for example. We still wait for their 400GB disc that was announced way back in July 2008. Via Tech-On

Live from Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 launch event (Tune in at 6:30am Pacific!) Posted: 11 Oct 2010 04:46 AM PDT Oh, Microsoft. Only you would throw the official launch event for your new mobile operating system on a national holiday and wait to tell the invited folks about it until just 5 days before. Oh well. We’re live in NYC, where Microsoft is expected to finally pull back the last wee bit of curtain shrouding Windows Phone 7, while also showing off a bunch of the phones their hardware partners have been cracking on since the platform’s announcement back in February. Join us after the jump for the liveblog, won’t you? Read the rest at MobileCrunch >>

A second Windows Phone 7 handset gets an early debut: The Samsung Omnia 7 Posted: 11 Oct 2010 04:45 AM PDT Uh oh — if these things don’t stop slippin’ out early, Microsoft’s not going to have much to announce at their event later today. The second handset to make an earlier-than-intended debut: The Omnia 7, by Samsung. Read the rest at MobileCrunch >>

WP7-Powered LG Optimus 7 gets a temporary announcement ahead of schedule Posted: 11 Oct 2010 04:45 AM PDT Things always get a bit hectic when announcements are about to go down. Bring a half-dozen-or-so hardware partners into the mix, and things are going to go straight crazy. We’ve got about 2 hours before Windows Phone 7 is set to make its official debut, and the hardware is already starting to come out of the woodwork. For a few fleeting moments this moment, LG’s as-of-yet-unannounced Optimus 7 made an early debut. Read the rest at MobileCrunch >>

Bremont Supermarine 500 Watch Review Posted: 11 Oct 2010 04:40 AM PDT It was love at first sight with the Supermarine 500. That doesn't happen too often with watches. It wasn't the first watch I loved, and it won't be the last, but this timepiece certainly has a place in my heart.

Report: Toshiba To Launch Naked-Eye 3D Laptops Next Year Posted: 11 Oct 2010 02:40 AM PDT We can’t say we’re surprised: after unveiling the world’s first glasses-free 3D TVs last week, Japanese business daily The Nikkei recently reported that Toshiba is currently readying naked-eye 3D PCs. While the TVs will be released in Japan as early as December, big T is planning to launch the PCs, which will be marketed under the dynabook brand, sometime next year. The PCs will be the first of their kind made by one of Japan’s big computer makers. 3D models from other companies, such as NEC or Fujitsu, require glasses. Toshiba is using the same proprietary integral imaging technology that enables 3D images to be viewed from multiple angles as in its naked-eye 3D TVs. What’s interesting is that the 3D laptops will let users pick and choose specific parts of the screen to be displayed in 3D while other portions of the LCD can continue in 2D (see below). Apparently, Toshiba plans to commercialize a 12-inch version first, followed by bigger sizes later. Via IT Media [JP]

CrunchGear Week in Review: Bear Scare Edition Posted: 11 Oct 2010 12:00 AM PDT Herman Miller's Sayl Chair: Live Unframed Chevy Volt 240V Home Charging Kit: $490 (That's Without Installation Taken Into Account) The SmartShopper: Because Writing Down Grocery Lists Is So 20th Century Zoom Q3HD Basically Records It All CEATEC 2010: Hands-on With Fujitsu's "Social" Teddy Bear Robots Going The Distance: Nike+ GPS Vs. RunKeeper

CEATEC 2010 Exhibition In Japan: Our Round-up Posted: 10 Oct 2010 06:38 AM PDT Earlier this week, CrunchGear was at CEATEC 2010, Asia's biggest technology and electronics exhibition, which takes place yearly in Chiba (one hour away from Tokyo). All major Japanese electronics makers showcased their newest products (plus numerous prototypes) at the event, and we condensed 12 highlights from CEATEC into a long list after the jump. Click through for videos and more information on each device you’re interested in. Mitsubishi Diamond Vision OLED Display • Modular OLED Display • Commercially available since last month • $400,000 for a 155-inch display • From the post: “Buyers can order the display in any size they want.” Hitachi LCD Projector • Smallest and shortest-focus projector • Combination with touchscreen whiteboard • On sale in the US within this month • From the post: “It produces 80-inch images from a distance of just 56cm.” Toshiba Naked-Eye 3D TVs • World’s first glasses-less 3D TVs • 2 sizes: 22 and 12 inches • On sale in Japan in December • From the post: “Images can be viewed in 3D when users look at the screen in one of nine distinct viewing angles.” Fujitsu Windows 7 Tablets • 2 protoypes • Will run Windows 7 • “Currently in development” • From the post: “The hardware looks quite nice in both cases.” Sharp Android Phone IS03 • 3.5-inch LCD with iPhone 4 resolution • Android 2.2 • Massive spec list • From the post: “My first impression was that much like Sharp’s Galapagos (Android-based) tablet, the UI was too sluggish.” Fujitsu Social Bear Robots • Robots shaped like teddy bears • Hundreds of pre-programmed patterns of behavior • Target groups: nursing homes, schools • From the post: “I was surprised how responsive the robots actually are.” Toshiba Folio 100 Android Tablet • 10.1-inch LCD touchscreen • Android 2.2 • Europe-only device • From the post: “Big downer: Toshiba won’t let you access the Android market through this tablet.” Fujitsu Dual Touchscreen Phone • Prototype phone • 2 capacitive touchscreens • Symbian OS, “Android theoretically possible” • From the post: “What’s cool is that you can actually separate contents on both screens, for example using Twitter on top and checking emails on the bottom.” Olympus AR Walker • Augmented reality headsets • Showcased by mobile carrier NTT Docomo • 3 working prototypes • From the post: “When you run, the AR Walker can show you how many calories you burnt, how fast you go or provide information about the route ahead.” Panasonic Lumix Phone • Cell phone with Lumix camera • 13MP CMOS sensor • Wi-Fi and DLNA support • From the post: “And both the design of the device and the way Panasonic presented it were disappointing.” TDK Bendable And Transparent OLED Displays • 2 passive matrix mini OLED panels • Flexible type is just 0.3mm thin • See-through type has a transmittance of about 50% • From the post: “What's cool is that both prototypes are showcased as black-and-white and color models.” Sharp Galapagos Android Tablets • 5.5-inch and a 10.8-inch versions • Sharp plans e-book service supporting the devices • both models launch in Japan in December • From the post: “Turning pages or zooming (and then moving the screen around) was just a little too laggy for my taste."”

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