Portable Screen Makes Trade Show Splash. (Technology).AT last week's 2002 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , ViewSonic Corp. of Walnut introduced a prototype of its wireless LCD monitor A flat panel display that uses liquid crystals. Although laptops have used LCDs as their flat panel technology almost exclusively, LCD is also the most popular for flat panel desktop monitors. Toward the end of 2003, sales of LCD displays for desktops overtook CRTs for the first time. . And none other than Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates (person) Bill Gates - William Henry Gates III, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, which he co-founded in 1975 with Paul Allen. In 1994 Gates is a billionaire, worth $9.35b and Microsoft is worth about $27b. used the hardware in his keynote address keynote address n. An opening address, as at a political convention, that outlines the issues to be considered. Also called keynote speech. Noun 1. . The flat-panel, wireless, 15-inch monitor has touch-screen capability that allows users to get up from their desktop computer, pop out the screen from its docking station and carry it to another room without having to stop what they're doing. It also makes it possible to launch a streaming-media application in the computer room, and then watch the video while in the kitchen preparing dinner. The prototype, called AirPanel 150, is scheduled to hit retail shelves in the third quarter, according to Duane Brozek of ViewSonic. Pricing has not been set yet. Gerry Purdy, chief executive of market research company Mobile Insights Inc. in Mountain View, said he hasn't touched the machine, but knows the product is legit le·git adj. Slang Legitimate. . Purdy said the wireless technology using the 802.1lb frequency is making possible all sorts of applications once considered science fiction. "What you're going to find now is a whole plethora of enhancements that take advantage of connectivity," he said. |
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