Microsoft 'Kinects' with big sales: 2.5M in a month

Microsoft said it has sold more than 2.5 million Kinect devices for the Xbox 360 in its first month on sale.

Kinect was one of the hottest-selling items at Target (TGT, Fortune 500) on Black Friday, according to the retailer.

The $150 device allows Xbox users to play video games without a controller. Microsoft hoped it would help attract more casual gamers to its video game platform. Sony (SNE) also unveiled the Move for PlayStation for the holiday season, but like the Nintendo Wii, it requires a controller for game play.

Although it's not a true apples-to-apples comparison (so to speak), Microsoft can take pride in the fact that it sold more Kinects in its first month than Apple did with its ballyhooed tablet computer, the iPad.

Apple sold 1 million iPads in its first month of sale. Of course, the video game device's price is much lower -- the cheapest iPad costs $479 -- and the Kinect was available in more countries than the iPad at the time of its launch.

"We are thrilled about the consumer response to Kinect, and are working hard with our retail and manufacturing partners to expedite production and shipments of Kinect to restock shelves as fast as possible to keep up with demand," said Don Mattrick, president of Microsoft's interactive entertainment business, in a statement.

Based on the sales so far, Microsoft (MSFT, Fortune 500) predicted that it would sell 5 million Kinects during the holiday season.

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The X-Desk Reviews

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Another Future Computer Concept (by: Hiromi Kiriki)

This computer concept is constructed out of a flexible OLED touchscreen. Earmarked for the year 2020, features like a holographic projector (for screen), pull-out extra keyboard panels and social networking compatibility, make the concept plausible.

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Personal Computer From Japan

Look closely and guess what they could be…

Looks like pens with hidden cams , right?

nope, wrong!

Any wild guesses?

You’ve just seen something that will replace your Personal Computer in the near future from Japan.

You’ve just seen the future of the Laptop. In the revolution of miniature computers, the scientists are ahead with bluetooth technology.

This is the forthcoming computers you can carry within your pockets.

This ‘pen sort of instrument’ produces both the monitor as well as the keyboard on any flat surfaces from where you can carry out functions you would normally do on your desktop computer.

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Flying Cars Will Go On Public in 2011

Flying cars that make a scene late last year, finally got permission to fly from the Federal Aviation Administration (Federal Aviation Administration / FAA) U.S. Department of Transportation. With this permission, the car was named Terrafugia Transition to begin production on its commercial model.

However, before being sold to the public, the FAA requires some changes to the cockpit for safety Terrafugia driver who was also the pilot of this flying car. In addition, the motorist must have a license to fly sport. The driver or pilot can get this license after undergoing 20 hours of flight training.

Terrafugia CEO Carl Dietrich, said that this is a breakthrough in the world of personal mobility. "The journey now becomes an integrated, starting from the ground directly on the air. That's what researchers dreamed of flight since 1918," he said.

The plan, flying cars that will be released to the market in 2011 will be priced approximately 194,000 dollars, or USD 1.78 billion. In the air, Terrafugia can fly up to 115 mph, or about 450 miles per hour.The wings on the flying car could be folded so that can be stored in a standard garage.

Flying car was designed to take off and land at local airports and driving on the road anywhere. The transformation from plane to car to take the pilot is less than 30 seconds.

Terrafugia released into the market will be equipped with additional security features, like airbags, protecting the cockpit and also a vacuum energy absorber.

This flying car developed a graduate of MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). Until now, Terrafugia can only carry one pilot and one passenger.

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iPhone Next Generation

Equipped with all the most important features, including mic, speaker, receiver camera, touch screen and wrist pulse sensor, the iPhone 'Next G' is really the next generation iPhone, stepping away from the concept of autonomous technology.

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