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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Lenovo IdeaTab S2109 teased by FCC, launching with 9.7-inch display this month?]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/12/lenovo-ideatab-s2109-9-7-inch-IPS/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/12/lenovo-ideatab-s2109-9-7-inch-IPS/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/12/lenovo-ideatab-s2109-9-7-inch-IPS/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/12/lenovo-ideatab-s2109-9-7-inch-IPS/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/03/lenovo-k2109-fcc.jpg" style="border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 4px;" /></a></div>Lenovo's been hard at work with various <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/lenovo,android">Android phones and tablets</a> so far this year, and here's yet another one that's just popped up in FCC's database. Dubbed the IdeaTab S2109 (or S2109A-F, to be specific), we're told by a reliable source that 'tis an Ice Cream Sandwich tablet assembled by Foxconn, and it'll come with a 9.7-inch, 4:3 IPS display (supplied by Chi Mei), a TI OMAP chip and four powerful SRS-ready speakers as featured on the beefy <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/08/lenovo-lepad-k2010-ideatab-k2-hands-on/">K2010</a>. The above diagram suggests said slate has a microSD slot accessible from the outside, and if you take a closer look at the product label, you'll see that the device requires a whooping 2.5A input at 5V, which means it'll come with a 12.5W adapter -- a lot higher than many tablets' maximum consumption at 10W (including <a href="http://www.engadget.com/event/apple-ipad-event-2012">the new iPad</a>) or below. Here's hoping that this is an indication for a faster charge time.<br /><br />As for availability, we heard that this S2109 will launch at some point this month, though our shy friend didn't specify which market it'll debut in -- the FCC document lists Germany, Canada, US, India, Russia, Turkmenistan, Mexico, Chile, Japan and China. If <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/optimus+vu">Android on a 4:3 screen</a> sounds like your cup of tea then stay tuned for more news.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/12/lenovo-ideatab-s2109-9-7-inch-IPS/">Lenovo IdeaTab S2109 teased by FCC, launching with 9.7-inch display this month?</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:04:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/12/lenovo-ideatab-s2109-9-7-inch-IPS/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/20191224/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/12/lenovo-ideatab-s2109-9-7-inch-IPS/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>4:3</category><category>4x3</category><category>9.7 inch</category><category>9.7-inch</category><category>9.7Inch</category><category>Android</category><category>android 4.0</category><category>android 4.0.3</category><category>Android4.0</category><category>Android4.0.3</category><category>Chi Mei</category><category>ChiMei</category><category>exclusive</category><category>Foxconn</category><category>ice cream sandwich</category><category>IceCreamSandwich</category><category>ics</category><category>ideatab</category><category>ideatab S2109</category><category>IdeaTab S2109A-F</category><category>IdeatabS2109</category><category>IdeatabS2109a-f</category><category>ips</category><category>lenovo</category><category>OMAP</category><category>S2109</category><category>S2109A-F</category><category>SRS</category><category>tablet</category><category>Ti</category><category>TI OMAP</category><category>TiOmap</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Lai]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:04:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Samsung, Sharp, Hitachi and others settle LCD panel price fixing consumer class action for $539 million]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/27/samsung-sharp-hitachi-and-others-settle-lcd-panel-price-fixing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/27/samsung-sharp-hitachi-and-others-settle-lcd-panel-price-fixing/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/27/samsung-sharp-hitachi-and-others-settle-lcd-panel-price-fixing/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center;">
	<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/27/samsung-sharp-hitachi-and-others-settle-lcd-panel-price-fixing/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2011/12/2011-12-271053.jpg" style="border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 4px;" /></a></div>
'Tis the season for settling antitrust lawsuits, folks. Earlier this month, Sharp, Samsung, Hitachi and other LCD panel producers settled out their <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/07/sharp-samsung-and-other-lcd-makers-agree-to-pay-388-million-in/">price fixing lawsuit</a> with direct purchasers (read: TV and computer monitor manufacturers) for $388 million. So the story goes, the companies colluded to assure higher prices on LCDs sold between 1999 and 2006. Now, those same seven companies have settled up with indirect LCD purchasers -- aka the folks buying TVs and PCs -- to the tune of $539 million. Samsung, Sharp and Chimei are dishing out the lion's share of settlement dollars at $240 million, $115 million and $110 million, respectively, with the other companies kicking in between $2.8 and $39 million for their (allegedly) anti-competitive ways. Of course, the settlement isn't final until it receives the court's blessing, but you can see what the judge will likely be rubber-stamping at the source below.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/27/samsung-sharp-hitachi-and-others-settle-lcd-panel-price-fixing/">Samsung, Sharp, Hitachi and others settle LCD panel price fixing consumer class action for $539 million</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:34:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/27/samsung-sharp-hitachi-and-others-settle-lcd-panel-price-fixing/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/20135925/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/27/samsung-sharp-hitachi-and-others-settle-lcd-panel-price-fixing/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>antitrust</category><category>chimei</category><category>Chimei Innolux</category><category>ChimeiInnolux</category><category>class action</category><category>ClassAction</category><category>epson</category><category>hitachi</category><category>lawsuit</category><category>lcd</category><category>LCD panel</category><category>lcd panels</category><category>LcdPanel</category><category>LcdPanels</category><category>legal</category><category>litigation</category><category>price fixing</category><category>PriceFixing</category><category>samsung</category><category>settle</category><category>settlement</category><category>sharp</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Gorman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:34:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[7-inch iPad tattle churns through Taiwanese rumor mills]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/7-inch-ipad-rumors-heat-up-in-taiwanese-rumor-mills/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/7-inch-ipad-rumors-heat-up-in-taiwanese-rumor-mills/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/7-inch-ipad-rumors-heat-up-in-taiwanese-rumor-mills/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center;"> </div>
<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/7-inch-ipad-rumors-heat-up-in-taiwanese-rumor-mills/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="left" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/ipadapplehubhub2010.png" alt="" /></a>The 7-inch iPad rumors are suddenly hot and heavy. In the last few weeks, we've seen a series of reports claiming that Apple was working on a smaller iPad (or bigger iPod touch?) set for release between the end of 2010 or early 2011. A <em>DigiTimes</em> piece, sourcing its own "analyst," claimed that the device would be making a jump to the <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/cortex%20a9">Cortex A9</a> processor core, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/17/iphone-4-to-have-512mb-of-ram-double-the-3gs-and-ipad/">512MB of RAM</a> like the iPhone 4, and a 1,024 x 768 pixel IPS panel -- the same resolution as the 9.7-inch iPad giving the new model a better pixel density. Now we've got Taiwan's <em>Economic Daily News</em> saying that Chi Mei will join LG in supplying the new 7-inch IPS panels with AUO joining Sintek to provide the digitizer. EDN also claims that either Compal or Pegatron may join Foxconn in the assembly. Remember, even with <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/new-iphone-ipad-model-codes-set-up-for-itunes-activation-bypass/">hints of a new iPad model</a> in Apple's own code this is all just rumor for now. Besides, we're still waiting for those Xbox 360 Blu-ray drives that the <em>Economic Daily News</em> <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/02/xbox-360-blu-ray-console-by-september/">assured us were coming</a> in <em>Q3 of 2008</em>.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/7-inch-ipad-rumors-heat-up-in-taiwanese-rumor-mills/">7-inch iPad tattle churns through Taiwanese rumor mills</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Tue, 17 Aug 2010 07:04:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/7-inch-ipad-rumors-heat-up-in-taiwanese-rumor-mills/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19596506/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/7-inch-ipad-rumors-heat-up-in-taiwanese-rumor-mills/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>7 inch</category><category>7 inch ipad</category><category>7-inch</category><category>7Inch</category><category>7InchIpad</category><category>apple</category><category>auo</category><category>chi mei</category><category>chi mei optoelectronics</category><category>ChiMei</category><category>ChiMeiOptoelectronics</category><category>Compal</category><category>cortex a9</category><category>CortexA9</category><category>digitimes</category><category>Economic Daily News</category><category>EconomicDailyNews</category><category>edn</category><category>foxconn</category><category>ilounge</category><category>ipad</category><category>ipad 2</category><category>Ipad2</category><category>ipod touch</category><category>IpodTouch</category><category>ips</category><category>lg</category><category>pegatron</category><category>rumor</category><category>Sintek</category><category>SintekPhotronic</category><category>tablet</category><category>taiwan</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Ricker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 07:04:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[LCD price fixing investigation reaches $860 million in total fines, Chi Mei latest to 'fess up]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/lcd-price-fixing-investigation-reaches-860-million-in-total-fin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/lcd-price-fixing-investigation-reaches-860-million-in-total-fin/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/lcd-price-fixing-investigation-reaches-860-million-in-total-fin/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.justice.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2009/252936.htm"><img hspace="4" border="0" align="left" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/12/14dec9iyv234ra.jpg" alt="" /></a>It's not every day we get to cite an official US Department of Justice news release, so it's with a certain glee that we can announce the US taxpayer was last week enriched by another $220 million courtesy of the not-so-fine folks who swindled him out of that money in the first place. Joining the ignominious ranks of <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/lg-sharp-plead-guilty-to-lcd-price-fixing-take-585m-fine/">LG, Sharp</a>, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/hitachi-also-admits-to-lcd-price-fixing-will-pay-31m-fine/">Hitachi</a> and <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/three-more-executives-indicted-in-lcd-price-fixing-scheme/">Chungwa Picture Tube</a>, Taiwanese manufacturer Chi Mei is refunding the US state for the pecuniary impact of its collusive practices, which were primarily related to keeping prices artificially high and profits proportionately inflated. US companies directly affected by these ignoble activities include HP, Dell and Apple, but don't you worry, <a href="http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/21/atandt-sues-lg-samsung-others-alleging-lcd-price-fixing-conspir/">AT&amp;T has already started</a> the inter-corporation scuffle, with <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/nokia-sues-lcd-manufacturers-for-alleged-price-fixing/">Nokia piling on</a> for good measure. Man, it almost seems like crime doesn't pay.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/lcd-price-fixing-investigation-reaches-860-million-in-total-fin/">LCD price fixing investigation reaches $860 million in total fines, Chi Mei latest to 'fess up</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:03:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/lcd-price-fixing-investigation-reaches-860-million-in-total-fin/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19277574/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/lcd-price-fixing-investigation-reaches-860-million-in-total-fin/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>apple</category><category>att</category><category>cartel</category><category>chi mei</category><category>ChiMei</category><category>collusion</category><category>conspiracy</category><category>criminal</category><category>dell</category><category>hitachi</category><category>hp</category><category>illegal</category><category>law</category><category>lcd</category><category>lcd price fixing</category><category>LcdPriceFixing</category><category>nokia</category><category>price fixing</category><category>PriceFixing</category><category>tft</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Vlad Savov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:03:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commercial Times: Palm "smartphones" delayed to end of year (updated with Palm's response)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/23/commercial-times-palm-smartphones-delayed-to-end-of-year/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/23/commercial-times-palm-smartphones-delayed-to-end-of-year/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/23/commercial-times-palm-smartphones-delayed-to-end-of-year/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20090323PB202.html"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/03/1-4-09-palm-logo.jpg" alt="" /></a> Here's a murky report flushed from the bowels of rumor-dom that's sure to get investors into a tizzy as information and misinformation spreads. The <em>Commercial Times</em>, with its hit-or-miss record of rumor mongering is reporting that Compal Communications, "will be forced to postpone its shipments of smartphones to Palm from mid-year to the end of the year." It goes on to say that, <br /><blockquote>"Palm's two smartphones will be delayed as Compal is waiting for Qualcomm's new chipset solutions that will enable better performance." <br /></blockquote>Now, before you panic, keep a few things in mind. First, the article never specifically mentions the Pre which Palm has emphatically stated (just 3 days ago) is <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/20/palm-posts-net-loss-of-95-million-for-q3-reaffirms-that-pre-is/">on track for launch in the first half of 2009</a>. Also, <em>DigiTimes</em> which is re-reporting the rumor from the original Chinese-language source claimed last week that <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/palm-pre-to-be-assembled-by-chi-mei-communication-systems-fairi/">Chi Mei</a>, not Compal, was doing the Pre assembly. Also note that Palm has stated that the Pre uses a <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/the-palm-pre/">TI OMAP processor</a> making the Qualcomm quote a bit dubious. Our take? This rumor's bunk, at least as it applies to the Pre. We'll be getting a statement from Palm just as soon as they awake.<br /><br />[Thanks, Herman M.]<br /><br /><strong>Update: </strong>Palm just followed up with us on this, stating that there is "No change in our previously announced plan to have the Pre available in the first half of 2009." Phew!<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/handsets/" rel="tag">Handsets</a>, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/palm/" rel="tag">Palm</a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/23/commercial-times-palm-smartphones-delayed-to-end-of-year/">Commercial Times: Palm "smartphones" delayed to end of year (updated with Palm's response)</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Mon, 23 Mar 2009 07:25:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20090323PB202.html>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/23/commercial-times-palm-smartphones-delayed-to-end-of-year/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/1495468/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/23/commercial-times-palm-smartphones-delayed-to-end-of-year/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>chi mei</category><category>ChiMei</category><category>commecrial times</category><category>CommecrialTimes</category><category>compal</category><category>digitimes</category><category>mobile</category><category>omap</category><category>palm</category><category>pre</category><category>qualcomm</category><category>rumor</category><category>smartphone</category><category>ti</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Ricker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 07:25:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commercial Times: Palm "smartphones" delayed to end of year (updated with Palm's response)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/23/commercial-times-palm-smartphones-delayed-to-end-of-year/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/23/commercial-times-palm-smartphones-delayed-to-end-of-year/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/23/commercial-times-palm-smartphones-delayed-to-end-of-year/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20090323PB202.html"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/03/1-4-09-palm-logo.jpg" alt="" /></a> Here's a murky report flushed from the bowels of rumor-dom that's sure to get investors into a tizzy as information and misinformation spreads. The <em>Commercial Times</em>, with its hit-or-miss record of rumor mongering is reporting that Compal Communications, "will be forced to postpone its shipments of smartphones to Palm from mid-year to the end of the year." It goes on to say that, <br /><blockquote>"Palm's two smartphones will be delayed as Compal is waiting for Qualcomm's new chipset solutions that will enable better performance." <br /></blockquote>Now, before you panic, keep a few things in mind. First, the article never specifically mentions the Pre which Palm has emphatically stated (just 3 days ago) is <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/20/palm-posts-net-loss-of-95-million-for-q3-reaffirms-that-pre-is/">on track for launch in the first half of 2009</a>. Also, <em>DigiTimes</em> which is re-reporting the rumor from the original Chinese-language source claimed last week that <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/palm-pre-to-be-assembled-by-chi-mei-communication-systems-fairi/">Chi Mei</a>, not Compal, was doing the Pre assembly. Also note that Palm has stated that the Pre uses a <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/the-palm-pre/">TI OMAP processor</a> making the Qualcomm quote a bit dubious. Our take? This rumor's bunk, at least as it applies to the Pre. We'll be getting a statement from Palm just as soon as they awake.<br /><br />[Thanks, Herman M.]<br /><br /><strong>Update: </strong>Palm just followed up with us on this, stating that there is "No change in our previously announced plan to have the Pre available in the first half of 2009." Phew!<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/cellphones/" rel="tag">Cellphones</a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/23/commercial-times-palm-smartphones-delayed-to-end-of-year/">Commercial Times: Palm "smartphones" delayed to end of year (updated with Palm's response)</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Mon, 23 Mar 2009 07:25:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20090323PB202.html>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/23/commercial-times-palm-smartphones-delayed-to-end-of-year/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/1495455/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/23/commercial-times-palm-smartphones-delayed-to-end-of-year/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>chi mei</category><category>ChiMei</category><category>commecrial times</category><category>CommecrialTimes</category><category>compal</category><category>digitimes</category><category>omap</category><category>palm</category><category>pre</category><category>qualcomm</category><category>rumor</category><category>smartphone</category><category>ti</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Ricker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 07:25:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Palm Pre to be assembled by Chi Mei Communication Systems, fairies]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/palm-pre-to-be-assembled-by-chi-mei-communication-systems-fairi/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/palm-pre-to-be-assembled-by-chi-mei-communication-systems-fairi/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/palm-pre-to-be-assembled-by-chi-mei-communication-systems-fairi/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div align="center"><a href="http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20090317PB201.html"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/03/palm-pre-webos-20090114-600.jpg" /></a><br /></div>
Information about Palm's hotly anticipated <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/Pre/">Pre</a> just keeps slowly trickling out... today, we hear that Taiwanese OEM <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/ChiMei/">Chi Mei</a> Communication Systems will have the honor of assembling the smartphones. The company's not one of the largest out there, but it also manufactures phones for Motorola. This info comes to us courtesy of <em><a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/DigiTimes/">DigiTimes</a></em>, so make of it what you will, but they also say that production could begin as early as March. Considering that it's March now, well... we'll just have to wait and see, won't we?<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://www.brighthand.com/default.asp?newsID=15040&amp;phone=Palm%20Pre%20webOS">Brighthand</a>]<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/handsets/" rel="tag">Handsets</a>, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/palm/" rel="tag">Palm</a>, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/sprint/" rel="tag">Sprint</a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/palm-pre-to-be-assembled-by-chi-mei-communication-systems-fairi/">Palm Pre to be assembled by Chi Mei Communication Systems, fairies</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:33:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20090317PB201.html>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/palm-pre-to-be-assembled-by-chi-mei-communication-systems-fairi/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/1491874/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/palm-pre-to-be-assembled-by-chi-mei-communication-systems-fairi/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>cellphone</category><category>cellphones</category><category>chi mei</category><category>ChiMei</category><category>digitimes</category><category>fairies</category><category>mobile</category><category>oem</category><category>palm</category><category>palm pre</category><category>PalmPre</category><category>pre</category><category>smartphone</category><category>sprint</category><category>taiwan</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura June]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:33:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Palm Pre to be assembled by Chi Mei Communication Systems, fairies]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/palm-pre-to-be-assembled-by-chi-mei-communication-systems-fairi/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/palm-pre-to-be-assembled-by-chi-mei-communication-systems-fairi/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/palm-pre-to-be-assembled-by-chi-mei-communication-systems-fairi/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div align="center"><a href="http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20090317PB201.html"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/03/palm-pre-webos-20090114-600.jpg" /></a><br /></div>
Information about Palm's hotly anticipated <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/Pre/">Pre</a> just keeps slowly trickling out... today, we hear that Taiwanese OEM <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/ChiMei/">Chi Mei</a> Communication Systems will have the honor of assembling the smartphones. The company's not one of the largest out there, but it also manufactures phones for Motorola. This info comes to us courtesy of <em><a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/DigiTimes/">DigiTimes</a></em>, so make of it what you will, but they also say that production could begin as early as March. Considering that it's March now, well... we'll just have to wait and see, won't we?<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://www.brighthand.com/default.asp?newsID=15040&amp;phone=Palm%20Pre%20webOS">Brighthand</a>]<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/cellphones/" rel="tag">Cellphones</a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/palm-pre-to-be-assembled-by-chi-mei-communication-systems-fairi/">Palm Pre to be assembled by Chi Mei Communication Systems, fairies</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:33:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20090317PB201.html>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/palm-pre-to-be-assembled-by-chi-mei-communication-systems-fairi/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/1491810/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/palm-pre-to-be-assembled-by-chi-mei-communication-systems-fairi/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>cellphone</category><category>cellphones</category><category>chi mei</category><category>ChiMei</category><category>digitimes</category><category>fairies</category><category>oem</category><category>palm</category><category>palm pre</category><category>PalmPre</category><category>pre</category><category>smartphone</category><category>taiwan</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura June]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:33:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chi Mei Optoelectronic votes "no" to cutting LCD production]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/28/chi-mei-optoelectronic-votes-no-to-cutting-lcd-production/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/28/chi-mei-optoelectronic-votes-no-to-cutting-lcd-production/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/28/chi-mei-optoelectronic-votes-no-to-cutting-lcd-production/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div align="center"><a href="http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2008/11/21/2003429169"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/11/11-24-08-cmo-hdtv.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div>
With practically every other flat-panel maker out there <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/production/">cutting back</a> production like it's going out of style, it's no shock that rumors were a-flowin' that LCD maker Chi Mei Optoelectronic would soon be following suit. After suffering a <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/lcd-maker-chi-mei-optoelectronics-suffers-125-million-loss-in-q/">$125 million loss</a> in Q3 and facing a grim Q4, the outfit has proudly proclaimed that it has zero intentions of shutting down factories or otherwise lowering production in order to counter <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/17/hdtv-manufacturers-lowering-prices-to-cope-with-bulging-inventor/">the slump</a>. 'Course, CMO <em>did</em> trim output by around 20% last quarter, but in an official filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange, it clearly stated that it currently had "no plans to close factories as reported by the media." So, what exactly is it doing? Encouraging employees to take unpaid vacations. Interesting.<br /><br />[Image courtesy of <a href="http://www.ubergizmo.com/photos/2007/2/chimei.jpg">UberGizmo</a>]<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/industry/" rel="tag">Industry</a>, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/displays/" rel="tag">Displays</a>, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/lcd/" rel="tag">LCD</a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/28/chi-mei-optoelectronic-votes-no-to-cutting-lcd-production/">Chi Mei Optoelectronic votes "no" to cutting LCD production</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Fri, 28 Nov 2008 10:03:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2008/11/21/2003429169>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/28/chi-mei-optoelectronic-votes-no-to-cutting-lcd-production/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/1381920/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/28/chi-mei-optoelectronic-votes-no-to-cutting-lcd-production/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>business</category><category>Chi Mei</category><category>Chi Mei Optoelectronics</category><category>ChiMei</category><category>ChiMeiOptoelectronics</category><category>CMO</category><category>economy</category><category>flat-panels</category><category>hd</category><category>industry</category><category>lcd</category><category>production</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Darren Murph]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 10:03:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[CMEL shows off 1mm-thick 25-inch HD OLED panel]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/cmel-shows-off-1mm-thick-25-inch-hd-oled-panel/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/cmel-shows-off-1mm-thick-25-inch-hd-oled-panel/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/cmel-shows-off-1mm-thick-25-inch-hd-oled-panel/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/external/idg/2008/10/29/29idg-Taiwans-CMEL-s.html"><img vspace="16" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/10/10-29-08-cmel-oled-tv.jpg" alt="" /></a>Call us crazy, but we're thinking the <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/samsung-and-lg-hdtv-prototypes-battle-for-supremacy/">OLED battle</a> is <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/samsung-titillates-with-transparent-and-0-05mm-flapping-oled-p/">totally on</a>. With the novelty of Sony's <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/xel-1">XEL-1</a> behind us and the lust for bigger screen sizes completely consuming our minds, we're drooling at the mere thought of a 25-inch OLED panel that checks in at just 1-millimeter thick. Taiwan's Chi Mei EL was caught showing off the <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/18/cmo-and-cmel-develop-25-inch-ltps-amoled-tv">long-awaited</a> display at the FPD International exhibition in Japan (last year's image shown), where it explained to onlookers that the marvel featured a native resolution of 1,366 x 768 and was capable of displaying 16.7 million colors. Regrettably, there was no mention of an expected release date, but we'll be watching at CES 2009 just in case (one of our) wildest dreams come true.<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://www.oled-display.net/cmel-shows-25-inch-oled-display-thats-less-than-a-millimeter-thick">OLED-Display</a>]<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/displays/" rel="tag">Displays</a>, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/others/" rel="tag">Others</a>, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/oled/" rel="tag">OLED</a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/cmel-shows-off-1mm-thick-25-inch-hd-oled-panel/">CMEL shows off 1mm-thick 25-inch HD OLED panel</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:40:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.nytimes.com/external/idg/2008/10/29/29idg-Taiwans-CMEL-s.html>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/cmel-shows-off-1mm-thick-25-inch-hd-oled-panel/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/1356372/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/cmel-shows-off-1mm-thick-25-inch-hd-oled-panel/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>25-inch</category><category>Chi Mei</category><category>Chi Mei Optoelectronics</category><category>ChiMei</category><category>ChiMeiOptoelectronics</category><category>CMEL</category><category>CMO</category><category>hd</category><category>OLED</category><category>others</category><category>prototype</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Darren Murph]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:40:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[CMEL shows off 1mm-thick 25-inch HD OLED panel]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/cmel-shows-off-1mm-thick-25-inch-hd-oled-panel/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/cmel-shows-off-1mm-thick-25-inch-hd-oled-panel/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/cmel-shows-off-1mm-thick-25-inch-hd-oled-panel/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/external/idg/2008/10/29/29idg-Taiwans-CMEL-s.html"><img vspace="16" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/10/10-29-08-cmel-oled-tv.jpg" /></a>Call us crazy, but we're thinking the <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/10/15/samsung-and-lg-hdtv-prototypes-battle-for-supremacy/">OLED battle</a> is <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/10/29/samsung-titillates-with-transparent-and-0-05mm-flapping-oled-p/">totally on</a>. With the novelty of Sony's <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/tag/xel-1">XEL-1</a> behind us and the lust for bigger screen sizes completely consuming our minds, we're drooling at the mere thought of a 25-inch OLED panel that checks in at just 1-millimeter thick. Taiwan's Chi Mei EL was caught showing off the <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/18/cmo-and-cmel-develop-25-inch-ltps-amoled-tv">long-awaited</a> display at the FPD International exhibition in Japan (last year's image shown), where it explained to onlookers that the marvel featured a native resolution of 1,366 x 768 and was capable of displaying 16.7 million colors. Regrettably, there was no mention of an expected release date, but we'll be watching at CES 2009 just in case (one of our) wildest dreams come true.<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://www.oled-display.net/cmel-shows-25-inch-oled-display-thats-less-than-a-millimeter-thick">OLED-Display</a>]<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/displays/" rel="tag">Displays</a>, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/hdtv/" rel="tag">HDTV</a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/cmel-shows-off-1mm-thick-25-inch-hd-oled-panel/">CMEL shows off 1mm-thick 25-inch HD OLED panel</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:40:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.nytimes.com/external/idg/2008/10/29/29idg-Taiwans-CMEL-s.html>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/cmel-shows-off-1mm-thick-25-inch-hd-oled-panel/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/1356358/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/cmel-shows-off-1mm-thick-25-inch-hd-oled-panel/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>25-inch</category><category>Chi Mei</category><category>Chi Mei Optoelectronics</category><category>ChiMei</category><category>ChiMeiOptoelectronics</category><category>CMEL</category><category>CMO</category><category>hdtv</category><category>OLED</category><category>prototype</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Darren Murph]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:40:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chi Mei tosses in an Xbox 360 with its LCD HDTVs]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/27/chi-mei-tosses-in-an-xbox-360-with-its-lcd-hdtvs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/27/chi-mei-tosses-in-an-xbox-360-with-its-lcd-hdtvs/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/27/chi-mei-tosses-in-an-xbox-360-with-its-lcd-hdtvs/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div align="center"><a href="http://www.digitimes.com/displays/a20080125PD215.html"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/01/1-26-08-chi-mei-360.jpg" /></a><br /></div>
Enticing consumers to pick up a new HDTV by <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/10/panasonic-to-bundle-discounted-blu-ray-players-with-plasmas/">throwing in</a> a fairly attractive bonus is quite an antiquated (but still incredibly effective) <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/20/vudu-box-thrown-in-with-select-sharp-aquos-lcd-tvs/">trick</a>, and it seems as if Chi Mei is resorting to such tactics to move its 42- and 50-inch 1080p LCD HDTVs. Reportedly, the group is bundling the aforementioned sets with Xbox 360s during the 2008 Taipei Game Show, but we've no idea if it plans on keeping the promotion alive after January 28th comes and goes. Now, if only there were an HD DVD add-on thrown in, we might consider ourselves sold.<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/industry/" rel="tag">Industry</a>, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/displays/" rel="tag">Displays</a>, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/other-hardware/" rel="tag">Other hardware</a>, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/others/" rel="tag">Others</a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/27/chi-mei-tosses-in-an-xbox-360-with-its-lcd-hdtvs/">Chi Mei tosses in an Xbox 360 with its LCD HDTVs</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 03:23:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.digitimes.com/displays/a20080125PD215.html>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/27/chi-mei-tosses-in-an-xbox-360-with-its-lcd-hdtvs/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/1097827/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/27/chi-mei-tosses-in-an-xbox-360-with-its-lcd-hdtvs/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>Chi Mei</category><category>ChiMei</category><category>cmo</category><category>hd</category><category>other hardware</category><category>otherhardware</category><category>others</category><category>xbox 360</category><category>Xbox360</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Darren Murph]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 03:23:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[CMO's 42-inch 1080p LCD: $1,665 now in Europe, Q2 US]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/cmos-42-inch-1080p-lcd-1-665-now-in-europe-q2-us/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/cmos-42-inch-1080p-lcd-1-665-now-in-europe-q2-us/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/cmos-42-inch-1080p-lcd-1-665-now-in-europe-q2-us/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div align="center"><a href="http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chimei.com.tw%2Fbig5%2Fproduct_list.asp%3Fmainclassid%3D1%26subclassid%3D5%26model_no%3D35%23&amp;langpair=zh-CN%7Cen&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF8"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.engadget.com/media/2007/02/2007_1_31_3982.jpg" /></a><br /></div>
<div align="left">Look out <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/westinghouse">Westinghouse</a> and <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/vizio">Vizio</a>, Taiwan's Chi Mei has a new 42-inch, 1080p LCD TV looking for market share at the low-to-mid end of the big panel LCD spectrum. Shipping now in Taiwan and Europe, model DTL-742E500 is expected to make its US premier sometime in Q2 -- about the time we expect their <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/17/cmo-to-ship-47-inch-quad-hd-1440p-lcd-in-2007/">47-inch Quad HD LCD</a> to ship. Their new set swaddles a Faroudja <a href="http://www.engadget.com/search/?q=DCDi">DCDi</a> scaler and Chi Mei Optoelectronics (<a href="http://www.engadget.com/search/?q=cmo">CMO</a>) panel with a 1200:1 contrast ratio, 500cd/m2 brightness, 176-degree viewing angle, 6.5-ms response, and 2x HDMI inputs among a healthy collection of in and outs. Expected to pop at your local big box for right around $1,665 or less by the time it arrives.<br /></div>
<br />[Via <a href="http://www.akihabaranews.com/en/en/news-13241-A+new+Chimei+HD+TV+for+Europe+and+Taiwan.html">Akihabara News</a>]<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/displays/" rel="tag">Displays</a>, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/others/" rel="tag">Others</a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/cmos-42-inch-1080p-lcd-1-665-now-in-europe-q2-us/">CMO's 42-inch 1080p LCD: $1,665 now in Europe, Q2 US</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 10:47:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.chimei.com.tw/big5/product_list.asp?mainclassid=1&amp;subclassid=5&amp;model_no=35#>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/cmos-42-inch-1080p-lcd-1-665-now-in-europe-q2-us/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/748354/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/cmos-42-inch-1080p-lcd-1-665-now-in-europe-q2-us/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>chi mei</category><category>ChiMei</category><category>cmo</category><category>DTL-742E500</category><category>Faroudja DCDi</category><category>FaroudjaDcdi</category><category>hd</category><category>others</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Ricker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2007 10:47:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[CMO's 42-inch 1080p LCD: $1,665 now in Europe, Q2 US]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/cmos-42-inch-1080p-lcd-1-665-now-in-europe-q2-us/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/cmos-42-inch-1080p-lcd-1-665-now-in-europe-q2-us/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/cmos-42-inch-1080p-lcd-1-665-now-in-europe-q2-us/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div align="center"><a href="http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chimei.com.tw%2Fbig5%2Fproduct_list.asp%3Fmainclassid%3D1%26subclassid%3D5%26model_no%3D35%23&amp;langpair=zh-CN%7Cen&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF8"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2007/02/2007_1_31_3982.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div>
<div align="left">Look out <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/tag/westinghouse">Westinghouse</a> and <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/tag/vizio">Vizio</a>, Taiwan's Chi Mei has a new 42-inch, 1080p LCD TV looking for market share at the low-to-mid end of the big panel LCD spectrum. Shipping now in Taiwan and Europe, model DTL-742E500 is expected to make its US premier sometime in Q2 -- about the time we expect their <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/10/17/cmo-to-ship-47-inch-quad-hd-1440p-lcd-in-2007/">47-inch Quad HD LCD</a> to ship. Their new set swaddles a Faroudja <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/search/?q=DCDi">DCDi</a> scaler and Chi Mei Optoelectronics (<a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/search/?q=cmo">CMO</a>) panel with a 1200:1 contrast ratio, 500cd/m2 brightness, 176-degree viewing angle, 6.5-ms response, and 2x HDMI inputs among a healthy collection of in and outs. Expected to pop at your local big box for right around $1,665 or less by the time it arrives.<br /></div>
<br />[Via <a href="http://www.akihabaranews.com/en/en/news-13241-A+new+Chimei+HD+TV+for+Europe+and+Taiwan.html">Akihabara News</a>]<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/hdtv/" rel="tag">HDTV</a>, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/displays/" rel="tag">Displays</a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/cmos-42-inch-1080p-lcd-1-665-now-in-europe-q2-us/">CMO's 42-inch 1080p LCD: $1,665 now in Europe, Q2 US</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 10:47:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.chimei.com.tw/big5/product_list.asp?mainclassid=1&amp;subclassid=5&amp;model_no=35#>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/cmos-42-inch-1080p-lcd-1-665-now-in-europe-q2-us/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/748347/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/cmos-42-inch-1080p-lcd-1-665-now-in-europe-q2-us/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>chi mei</category><category>ChiMei</category><category>cmo</category><category>DTL-742E500</category><category>Faroudja DCDi</category><category>FaroudjaDcdi</category><category>hdtv</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Ricker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2007 10:47:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chimei gets into iZ3D game with 22-inch LCD]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/15/chimei-gets-into-iz3d-game-with-22-inch-lcd/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/15/chimei-gets-into-iz3d-game-with-22-inch-lcd/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/15/chimei-gets-into-iz3d-game-with-22-inch-lcd/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div align="center"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2007/01/chimei-3d-lcd.jpg"  alt="" /><br /></div>
We've been seeing this <a href="http://www.engadget.com/search/?q=iZ3D">iZ3D</a> stuff around -- you know, that low-impact 3D display technology which almost actually works, two high claims in the notoriously lame 3D tech circle. Well, now Taiwan's Chimei is busting out what looks to be the first <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/22-inch">22-inch</a> LCD sporting that iZ3D spec. Unfortunately, that's about as much info as we've got on the display, other than the 140 degree viewing angle, but we can tell you that Chimei isn't just stopping here: it's planning a whole line LCD displays of the computer and television varieties for the North American market in '07, and with Chimei's success in the Taiwan and European markets, we might be seeing some good, friendly competition on our retail shelves this year.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aving.net%2Fkr%2Fnews%2Fdefault.asp%3Fmode%3Dread%26c_num%3D32866%26C_Code%3D02%26SP_Num%3D53&amp;langpair=ko%7Cen&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF8">Read</a> - Aving.net<br /><a href="http://www.digitimes.com/systems/a20070104PD211.html">Read</a> - DigiTimes<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/displays/" rel="tag">Displays</a>, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/gaming/" rel="tag">Gaming</a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/15/chimei-gets-into-iz3d-game-with-22-inch-lcd/">Chimei gets into iZ3D game with 22-inch LCD</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 14:11:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/15/chimei-gets-into-iz3d-game-with-22-inch-lcd/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/736256/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/15/chimei-gets-into-iz3d-game-with-22-inch-lcd/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>22-inch</category><category>3d</category><category>chimei</category><category>iz3d</category><category>lcd</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Miller]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 14:11:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
