Friday, May 31, 2013

Apple : Asus unveils pixel-rich 31.5-inch 4K Ultra HD desktop monitor

Apple : Asus unveils pixel-rich 31.5-inch 4K Ultra HD desktop monitor

Asus unveils pixel-rich 31.5-inch 4K Ultra HD desktop monitor

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Asus unveils pixel-rich 31.5-inch 4K Ultra HD desktop monitor

Christmas may be nearly six months away, but the folks at Asus have made our wish list easy this year with a 4K Ultra HD monitor intended for the desktop instead of the living room.

On Thursday, Asus announced the PQ321 True 4K UHD Monitor, a 31.5-inch display that brings the latest Ultra HD experience to personal computers.

With a resolution of 3840 x 2160, the PQ321 delivers four times the resolution of a Full HD display, with 140 pixels per inch packed into its true 16:9 aspect ratio.

In addition to DisplayPort and built-in 2W stereo speakers, the U.S. model also features dual HDMI inputs with Picture-by-Picture support, and this bad boy works equally well on the included monitor stand as it does mounted to the wall.

IGZO on board

The Asus PQ321 True 4K UHD Monitor features an active LCD display panel made from Indium Gallium Zinc Oxide (IGZO) instead of traditional amorphous silicon, producing the smaller pixels necessary to quadruple traditional 1920 x 1080 Full HD screens.

With support for 10-bit RGB "deep color" and wide 176-degree viewing angles on both vertical and horizontal planes, the PQ321 promises to deliver "incredibly detailed and lifelike images."

Buyers won't have to fear the arrival of their next electric bill, because this Asus monitor consumes even less energy than traditional amorphous silicon, all while retaining a relatively svelte 35mm at its thickest point.

Unfortunately, Asus is playing coy on a ship date as well as how many credit cards we'll have to thaw out to buy one, but the 32-inch Ultra HD monitor Sharp launched earlier this year carries a price tag around $5,500 USD. Gulp!

Google Play Music All Access hitting iOS in 'a couple of weeks'

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Google Play Music All Access hitting iOS in 'a couple of weeks'

Google Play Music All Access will head to iOS in the next couple weeks, the company has revealed.

Google's Senior Vice President of Android, Chrome and Google Apps Sundar Pichai broke the news at the D11 conference this week.

"In Google's DNA, we wanted to be universally accessible," Pichai said, speaking with tech journalist Walt Mossberg. "The goal with search was to make it work for everyone in the world, and I think that philosophy extends today."

"We brought Google Now to iOS. A couple weeks from now we will launch Google Play Music All Access for iOS, the teams are working like crazy to do it."

All Access, for everyone

Google unveiled its Google Play Music All Access subscription streaming service during its Google IO keynote earlier in May.

All Access will compete with services like Spotify, Xbox Music, and Pandora.

During the event, Android Engineering Director Chris Yerga called it "radio without rules."

Google Play Music All Access is available now in some countries and will head to others soon.

The privacy question: Android guest accounts?

When asked how Google can innovate in privacy, Pichai responded that Android guest accounts could be in the cards for the future.

"When we did Chrome, we did a full incognito mode. That's one example [of Google's innovations in privacy]," he explained.

"But we do want more things like that. There's a lot of things from a security standpoint, from a perspective of children and parents. There's no reason we can't do something like guest accounts on Android."
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