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Nvidia is doing the rounds with Panasonic in the US at the moment, showing off its barrage of 3D-enabled kit. On its travels it’s introduced some software which will upgrade a GeForce GPU-enabled PC or notebook to play 3D content through a 3D TV. Called simply 3DTV Play, the software package enables PCs which have a HDMI or DVI connection the ability to pipe Full HD 3D content to 3D Ready TV, bringing Nvidia’s 3D content to the big screen.

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Flat panel TVs, both LCD and plasma, set the stage for a seismic shift manufacturing dominance. Where Sony was once the dominate player, back when TVs still had CRTs, today it’s Samsung. Samsung has been the ‘big boy on the block’ since 2006, but it’s become even bigger, verging on 20% of the global market share of TV sales. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Samsung is approaching a milestone not reached since the earliest days of television. And, Samsung has achieved the feat almost single-handedly, keeping production in-house, where it has greater control over quality, rather than outsourcing.

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There’s no running from Netflix, which has partnered with almost every hardware manufacturer possible. Now the streaming video service is even available on Sony’s Dash . The addition of a dedicated app for Netflix helps the Dash live up to its description as a personal Internet viewer, giving owners instant access to a growing catalog of thousands of movies and TV episodes.

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T-Mobile has announced at a press conference at Mobile World Congress that it will be slimming down its budget Android offering in the T-Mobile Pulse Mini. The new phone will retail for just £99.99 on Pay as you go tariffs, and will allow more users to sample Android without breaking the bank. It’s not got the worst specs in the world either: 3.2MP camera with LED flash, 2.8-inch resistive touchscreen and a 3.5mm headphone jack (where the original Pulse just had a 2.5mm offering). Inter-dimensional The Mini phone has dimensions of 106×57x14mm, meaning it’s not the thinnest device out on the market – but at that price we doubt that will affect its appeal. It’s not got a lot else to shout about – 300MB on board memory, a microSD card slot for media expansion and Android 2.1 are the main highlights from the rest of the spec sheet (although we’re pleased to see the latter on such a cheap device)

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There comes a time in the development life cycle of electronic equipment where things get a bit, well, Terminator. Your electronics get ideas of their own and start ordering you about. For instance, Yamaha’s RX -V2065 receiver suggested, in no uncertain terms, that I leave the room while it sets itself up. Yikes

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Samsung and LG are to release their 3D-toting displays in March, just three months after announcing the TV sets to the world at CES 2010. According to the Korean Times , both the LED 9000 series , which is Samsung’s super-gorgeous 3D skinny range and the Infinia LE9500 , LG’s 3D range, are to be released in March – which should point to a summer UK release date for the TVs. LG vs Samsung “For some people it could be a good excuse to put their current HDTV in the bedroom and put the new 3D TV in the family room,” said an LG Electronics representative, grasping somewhat at the reasons why someone would purchase a 3D TV. Yoon Boo-keun, Chief of Samsung’s Visual Display Division, has predicted that Samsung will sell around 2 million 3D TVs this year. This is a revised number, however, with the company initially looking at the 2.6 million mark

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LG has announced the Mini GD880, a phone it says is a ‘response’ to unwieldy large touchscreen handsets on the market. The phone appears to be mostly about its design, with LG extolling the virtues of the ’smallest and slimmest’ 3.2-inch touchscreen phone on the market. The touch display also extends to the edges of the phone, which LG says gives it “a finish that is as smooth as ice”. Socially conscious There’s Wi-Fi, A-GPS, a 5MP camera with face detection and push email too under the skin to add some decent phone features to the game. There’s also 7.2Mbps HSDPA and social networking tools, such as Social Network Connect, which allows linking of your online buddies to their contacts on the phone (similar to that seen on the LG Intouch Max Android handset)

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It’s easy to get caught up in the excitement surrounding 3D TV. DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg proclaimed that: “2010 will be the year in which 3D is brought to the home.” Stephen Gater, LG’s Head of Marketing for Home Entertainment said: “we’re witnessing the start of dramatic change in how we view TV.” While a bullish Samsung laid out its plans at CES . “Just as we created the LED market last year, we will lead the industry in the 3D market this year,” boasted its US president Tim Baxter. Although 3D telly prototypes have been knocking around at tech shows for the past few years, 2010 is being hailed as the year that the resurrected format finally becomes a commercial reality.

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NAD Electronics has unveiled its latest contribution to the home cinema market – the NAD M56 Blu-ray player. Sporting the sort of technology which makes AV enthusiasts drool, the M56 is a BD-Live toting machine that’s designed so that you get the best from your Blu-ray discs. On-board is HDMI connectivity (1080p at 24 frames) and Component video output (1080i), a proprietary upscaling engine and a USB 2.0 port on the rear panel.

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The memory market has been one of the hardest hit sectors in the tech industry, so it came as somewhat of a surprise when rumors started swirling that Kingston would go on a spending spree acquiring outsourcing partners Panram International and Orient Semiconductor Electronics (OSE). And with good reason, because as it turns out, the rumors aren’t true , or at least that’s what Kingston’s saying. Kingston, who expects to see revenues generated from Asia reach the $1 billion milestone when all the numbers are tallied for 2009, said it will continue to work closely with contract partners, but has no plans to buy or merge with any of them. The memory chip maker also indicated plans to increase its outsourcing to Panram and OSE instead of ramping up its in-house assembly capacity. Image Credit: Kingston

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