When Sony announced at the IFA that its 40ZX1 LCD TV will now be accompanied by a standard built in wireless HD video technology, it sent a few strong ripples across. Hearing this, many companies were aghast and then there was the expected ‘me-tooing’. Panasonic and Toshiba were two of the few names involved in the follow-up claims. But it is a bit surprising that even after running demos of wireless HD video technology at CEATAC, both the brand names will not be able to bring any products into the market till late next year.

Yet another wireless pusher is Hitachi. It was doing demos on a system based around the Ultra Wideband (UWB) standard operating in the 4.2-4.8 GHz range. Hitachi has just suggested that its wireless HD technology will be a part of a new RGB LED back-lit TV which will have a separate mulitmedia reciever box. The claims have been attractive for sure, but we haven’t heard anything concrete but subtle suggestions.

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Lately, Toshiba unveiled its revolutionary series of laptops that incorporates Garmin GPS technology into the crease. Known as the Toshiba Qosmio F55, the laptop features 15.4-inch screen and is power-driven by the Intel Core 2 Duo CPU and NVIDIA GPUs. Priced at $1,400, the incorporated GPS technology by Garmin enables you access to all those things that atypical free-standing GPS system would offer. Equipped with a face recognition technology, the detailed configuration of laptop include two Harman Kardon speakers, a subwoofer, HDMI, three sleep-and-charge USB ports and a DVD SuperMulti drive.

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