On the 8th of November 2010, Docomo presented their spring product lineup of mobile phones.

Docomo’s focus for this lineup was on smart phones, feature phones and brand collaborations.

The Sharp LYNX 3D features a 3.8″ 480×800 pixel Wide VGA 3D display as well as a 9.6MP CCD sensor camera.

This Android phone uses a 2D interface for regular use, but also features a 3D interface for accessing and viewing 3D content such as movies, photos and games. 3D photos can be taken with the phones camera and additional 3D content will be available from the Docomo Market and the Sharp web site.

The Fujitsu Toshiba REGZA Phone, features a 4″ 480×854 pixel display and a 12MP CMOS sensor camera. It is also the first waterproof smartphone available for the Japanese market.

Both smartphones support GPS, the One Seg and Mobile Wallet functions, SDHC memory cards up to 32GB and feature native Flash support in the browser.

They will be shipped with Android 2.1 with an update to 2.2 available in Spring 2011.

Feature phones include:

The SH-06C from Sharp, which features an nHD 640×360 pixel pico projector and can connect to and transfer content from compatible BluRay Recorders for watching on the phones 3.7″ display,

The L-03C from LG which features a 12.1MP CCD sensor as well as a retractable 3x zoom lens,

and the Touch Wood, which is limited to 15,000 units, is an eco-friendly phone made from surplus wood from forests in Japan, and features an ergonomic shape and natural-wood feel.

For other market segments such as high school students, the focus was on brand collaboration, with seven phones designed in collaboration with companies such as fashion brands Cecil McBee, Pinky Girls and Coco Lulu and snowboard manufacturer, Burton.

Docomo also introduced data terminals for their LTE service, Xi, which will be the high-speed successor to the current 3G network. Docomo will begin rollout of Xi in urban areas of Japan from December.

source: http://www.diginfo.tv/2010/11/10/10-0234-d-en.php

Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece “North by Northwest” presented flawlessly on Christie’s premiere 4K Solaria Series Projector

Christie®, the leader in digital cinema projection, has presented the world’s first full feature screening in 4K resolution DLP Cinema® before members of the Hollywood community.  Held at the famed Mann Chinese theater complex in Hollywood, California, the screening was presented for the annual Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) technical conference.

SMPTE is the leading technical society for the motion picture industry. The 4K presentation on a Christie Solaria CP4230 projector, featured Alfred Hitchcock’s classic, “North by Northwest,” which was meticulously restored by Warner Bros. Motion Picture Imaging (MPI) with a process that included the highest available scanning resolution and played back using an Integrated Media Block from Doremi Cinema.

“We were impressed by the 4K presentation of this timeless Hitchcock chase thriller,” said Wendy Aylsworth, SMPTE Engineering Vice President and Senior Vice President, Technology, Warner Bros. Technical Operations.  “The image looked superb, and the audience gave the film enthusiastic and rave reviews.  Both Motion Picture Imaging’s restoration and the digital presentation were excellent.”

“The audience saw details in the 4K restoration that were unlike anything ever seen before,” said Brian Claypool, Senior Product Manager, Entertainment Solutions for Christie.  “It’s not an easy thing to showcase new technology to an audience of engineers and technicians who belong to every discipline of the film industry.  To get such a positive reaction from them is proof that superior 4K has arrived, and Christie’s 4K DLP Cinema solution meets the industry’s highest standards in image quality for spectacular 2D and 3D presentations.”

The new Christie Solaria™ Series 4K projector line for digital cinema features the enhanced 4K DLP Cinema chip from Texas Instruments (TI) (NYSE: TXN) and is designed to be compliant with the Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI) specification.  It was the first 4K DLP Cinema projection system to be demonstrated publicly at IBC in September 2010 and launched at ShowEast several weeks ago, where Christie began accepting orders.

The latest Christie Solaria CP4230 and CP4220 projectors feature the Christie 4K+4 advantage, which includes maximum performance for 3D, Christie Pixel Track™ technology for optimum image quality, simple maintenance procedures and the lowest cost of ownership of any digital projector on the market.

source: http://www.dcinematoday.com/dc/pr.aspx?newsID=2091