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Palm WebOS News from CES- Verizon and Video

Palm WebOS News from CES- Verizon and Video

The biggest news coming from Palm so far at CES is that it will be offering two new devices exclusively from Verizon Wireless. The Pre Plus and Pixi Plus bring new features to each device plus a mobile hotspot application. Both of these revised devices will be available from Verizon Wireless on January 25. Pricing was not disclosed. The Pre Plus will differ from the original in that it has a redesigned [...]
DXG Launches New Pro GearTM Line High Definition Camcorder

DXG Launches New Pro GearTM Line High Definition Camcorder

DXG introduced today its new Pro Gear™ line, featuring camcorders that are equipped with high-end video capabilities and simple touch-screen controls, appealing to both expert and novice video takers. The DXG-A80V is the first model in this new line of products and is available at retailers today for $299.99. The DXG-A80V sports an ultra-compact ergonomic design for comfortable filming and playback [...]
IOGEAR Introduces Solar Bluetooth Hands-Free Car Kit & Wirelss HD Kit

IOGEAR Introduces Solar Bluetooth Hands-Free Car Kit & Wirelss HD Kit

California based IOGEAR today announced the availability of its Solar Bluetooth Hands-Free Car Kit (GBHFK231). The new car kit allows consumers to talk hands-free and charge cord-free while driving. Consumers can pair the device with any Bluetooth enabled cellular phone or Smart Phone. Ideal for those looking for wireless mobile solutions, the Solar Bluetooth Hands-Free Car Kit includes a solar-powered [...]
TSR TP-100M Mini Pocket Sized Projector- Supports Native VGA and MP4

TSR TP-100M Mini Pocket Sized Projector- Supports Native VGA and MP4

Technologies and Systems Research Pte Ltd is bringing in the first Singapore designed and made Pico-projector – one of Singapore’s first mini pocket-size projector, a projector that weighs just 180g with the battery included. It is targeted at working professionals as well as students on the go, conveniently allowing them to make presentations and watch movies anywhere. The Pico-projector is [...]
Motorola BACKFLIP Announced, with Android 2.1 and FLASH 10.1 Update

Motorola BACKFLIP Announced, with Android 2.1 and FLASH 10.1 Update

Motorola is certainly coming around, trying to regain smartphone marketshare with some killer phones announced.  It certainly started with the DROID, and their not about to let the air out of the bag in terms of continuing to introduce new and innovative handset designs and mobile software ingenuity. The new Motorola BACKFLIP will have a backwards-folding, outward-facing keyboard, a touchpad on the [...]
Purdue University Students Inspire Latest in Wire-Free Power

Purdue University Students Inspire Latest in Wire-Free Power

Thanks to a group of Purdue University students, business travelers, college students and other on-the-go wireless users will soon have a way to charge their laptops, cell phones, Kindles and iPods without the hassle of carrying around individual chargers. Introduced this week at CES 2010 in Las Vegas, the Power Station© is a 10” x 2” lightweight strip made of ABS plastic that fits easily into [...]
Vuzix to Introduce Revolutionary Augmented Reality Wrap 920AR Video Eyewear at 2010 International CES

Vuzix to Introduce Revolutionary Augmented Reality Wrap 920AR Video Eyewear at 2010 International CES

Video Eyewear maker Vuzix Corporation will debut the Wrap 920AR eyewear complete with a stereo camera pair that “looks” into the world, bringing mixed and augmented reality content to life. With the new Wrap 920AR, you can view the real-world environment and computer-generated imagery seamlessly mixed together; allowing video game characters to jump out of the TV and come to life in your [...]
IDAPT Unveils Universal Charging Station Product Line for 2010

IDAPT Unveils Universal Charging Station Product Line for 2010

IDAPT, a Spanish company specializing in mobile energy technology, is announcing its portable charging systems product line for 2010.  The three models in the IDAPT line – i4, i3, and i2 – will be showcased at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. IDAPT charging stations bring a complete and affordable solution to consumers with multiple mobile devices that each have unique [...]
Light Touch Interactive Projector

Light Touch Interactive Projector

Light Blue Optics has unveiled a new interactive projector that turns any flat surface into a touch screen, the Light Touch Interactive Projector. The Light Touch Interactive Projector can project a screen size of up to 10-inches. Those images and “buttons” can then used as a touchscreen, virtual keyboard and a range of other applications. Light Touch™ includes an infra-red touch sensing [...]
Balance Pole Walking

Balance Pole Walking

Over six million Europeans are Balance Walking. What in the h— is that you ask. It’s a new fitness activity that involves using walking poles during stride, which in turn, turbo charges the normal walking regimen. Balance Walking, sometimes referred to as Nordic Pole Walking and described as cross-country skiing without the skis, exercises the entire body encouraging an upright posture [...]
New Toshiba mini NB305 Netbook Features Higher Battery Life Rating, Streamlined Design and Smarter Features

New Toshiba mini NB305 Netbook Features Higher Battery Life Rating, Streamlined Design and Smarter Features

Toshiba announced the Toshiba mini NB305, the next generation of its award-winning netbook, built for comfort, style and extended computing time. The super-compact companion PC features a sleek new form factor, an impressive battery life rating of up to 11 hours, plus enhanced performance and features for greater ease of use. “Our first netbook in the U.S. market stood out from the competition because [...]
Apple Acquires Quattro Wireless

Apple Acquires Quattro Wireless

Apple is getting ready to take on Google in the mobile ad space. Google recently purchased AdMob for $750 million. Quattro Wireless, a direct competitor of AdMob, will be acquired by Apple for a modest $275 million according to BoomTown. Quattro Wireless has already raised approximately $30 million in venture capital funding since starting in 2006, and has worked with big names like the NFL, CBS and [...]
Epson Stylus Photo R2880 Named 2009 “Printer of the Year” by MacLife

Epson Stylus Photo R2880 Named 2009 “Printer of the Year” by MacLife

Epson announced that the Epson Stylus® Photo R2880 was named “Printer of the Year” in the December “Gear of the Year 2009” issue of Mac|Life. The R2880 was chosen for its outstanding black-and-white print output and fine-art reproduction, as well as superior media flexibility. “The Epson R2880 stands out among all other printers for its breathtaking tonal range in color prints and grayscale [...]
Pandigital Photo Mail LED Digital Photo Frame 3G

Pandigital Photo Mail LED Digital Photo Frame 3G

Pandigital is announcing this week a new email-connected digital photo frame powered by AT&T.  The new Pandigital Photo Mail LED Digital Photo Frame accepts photos emailed directly to its dedicated email address, and there is no service fee. The frame has 1GB of built-in memory, 800 x 600 resolution and a 6-in-1 memory card reader. The download service will be provided by AT&T.  No WiFi available [...]
Marvell Plug Computer 3.0

Marvell Plug Computer 3.0

The predecessor to this new 3.0 product, the Marvell SheevaPlug, was a tiny PC powered by Linux.  Marvell has added a new tiny PC, the Marvell Plug Computer 3.0. It comes with a range of new features over the previous model which include a built in hard drive, as well as integrated Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity. The Marvell Plug Computer 3.0 is a new always-on, always connected turnkey platform [...]
Skype Appearing on your TV

Skype Appearing on your TV

You might already have Skype on your iPhone, portable gaming system, or even your home phone, but 2010 looks to be the year of Skype on your HDTV, with Skype-enabled HDTVs from LG and Panasonic in the pipeline for a Spring release. Skype have announced that they are soon to launch Skype functionality for HD TV’s. Some new TV’s in 2010 will come with Skype firmware installed, allowing for calls [...]
Pure Launches Range of Connected Digital Radios

Pure Launches Range of Connected Digital Radios

PURE, maker of digital and internet-connected radios, is introducing a product family of connected digital radios that sport style and advanced technology that will define the future of radio. PURE’s product family has an intuitive interface that allows you to experience and navigate through the vast quantity of available online content, your personal digital music collection and interactive web-based [...]
The Chung Shi Advantage

The Chung Shi Advantage

Chung Shi is the maker of an innovative new footwear promising to aid in weight loss. The fitness shoes promise to stimulate and build new muscles, thereby boosting the wearer’s overall metabolism. The shoes are uniquely shaped, with heels at 15 & 20-degrees, and “rocker soles” intended to stimulate muscles that usually remain untargeted. The $249-$300 shoes you burn more calories whether, [...]
Babolat Takes Tennis High Tech with GT Technology

Babolat Takes Tennis High Tech with GT Technology

For sports professionals, equipment is becoming “THE” key ingredient to success. Pros rely on cutting-edge technology to boost their performance through advancements in equipment. Tennis, the so-called “sissy” sport, is no different.  Today’s, tennis athletes are perhaps the most conditioned athletes around, (have you seen Rafael Nadal and his “gun show”?), [...]
iTV Goggles Personal Movie Theater

iTV Goggles Personal Movie Theater

The iTVGoggles, taking cues from the VuZix and MyVu multi-media theater goggles, comes equipped with two small LCD Screens on the inside lenses, that will project a big-screen image in front of your eyes, giving you the perception that you’re sitting alone in a movie theater. There are two different pairs of glasses that will create this image for you of simulating a 50-inch or 80-inch big [...]
Freescale 7-inch Smartbook Tablet

Freescale 7-inch Smartbook Tablet

Tablets or Smartbooks, whatever you like to call them, will be a new and very popular category this year at CES. Manufacturers from around the world will be showing off their wares, which the show promises to showcase many exciting products and design concepts. Among them is Freescale Semiconductor, who will be unveiling their Smartbook Tablet, featuring a 7-inch touchscreen (said to be four times [...]
ViewSonic® Introducing HD Entertainment Across the Board

ViewSonic® Introducing HD Entertainment Across the Board

ViewSonic® Corp., a leading global provider of visual display, computing and digital content solutions, will change how consumers connect to the digital world with its new star-studded product and industry partnership announcements in Las Vegas this week. The company will introduce a range of new entertainment and multimedia products across the four screens of life — TVs, digital devices, PCs [...]
Logic Wireless Reveals Logic Bolt V 1.5 Projector Phone

Logic Wireless Reveals Logic Bolt V 1.5 Projector Phone

This year at CES, Logic Wireless will show off the second iteration of its Logic Bolt projector phone, the Logic Bolt version 1.5 Projector Phone. It is a bit thinner than the original that was announced and released in 2009, and it also adds TV & FM tuners as well. The device, which looks similar to a basic Nokia or Sony Ericsson candybar phone, runs the Symbian S60 operating system and offers [...]
Scosche 2010 iPhone iPod Accessory Lineup

Scosche 2010 iPhone iPod Accessory Lineup

Scosche announces its 2010 iPod/iPhone accessory lineup to Listen, Power, Protect, and Connect. Listen – Scosche will unveil the newest addition to its Listen line at CES 2010, the IDR655m earphones with tapLINE II Remote and Mic.  The new and improved noise isolating IDR655m earphones feature 11mm drivers to deliver great sound, and has conveniently placed the IDR655m’s tapLINE II control surface [...]
Gadget Shoulder Holster

Gadget Shoulder Holster

As a world-renowned super-spy, you’ve got a pile of gadgets at your disposal, but you’ve also got to keep your secret identity a secret. You have to be able to blend into the crowd at a moment’s notice. If you were spotted with all the gear you normally carry on your hips, or sticking out of your shirt pocket, they’d single you out as easily as if you had a big red target painted [...]
Sensitivity V Backpack

Sensitivity V Backpack

When professional photographers and videographers need a safe way to transport their very expensive and delicate gear, they trust KATA bags. Known for their innovative design, exceptional quality, and thorough protection, KATA bags are top of the line. Now, the geniuses at KATA have come up with a new bag (a backpack to be precise) for the rest of us with delicate equipment. The Sensitivity V Backpack [...]
Crossbox USB Data Transfer Device

Crossbox USB Data Transfer Device

There are a lot of ways to transfer data between two PCs – some convenient and some not. A network or direct cable connection will definitely get the job done but sometimes these aren’t an option. A USB flash drive or portable hard drive combined with ye olde Sneakernet is certainly easy but not very fun or efficient. So, what to do? The USB Data Transfer Device is a product that offers [...]
External USB SATA Drive Dock

External USB SATA Drive Dock

Make use of your spare SATA hard drives Storage is cheap – less than a dollar per gigabyte. Music and video are being archived at home by everyone from you to your grandmother. Consequently, hard-drives are being upgraded constantly, and quite a few of them end up getting discarded. Just because they’re small, though, doesn’t make them useless. Slip your spare hard drives into this [...]
The Purple Haze – 100mW Music Lounge Projector

The Purple Haze – 100mW Music Lounge Projector

Enter and experience a world of euphoria and let the Purple Haze laser projector help you get the party started. This Purple laser projector features 3 mode selections for music auto projection, manual control and DMX mode. The Purple Haze laser projector can be sound activated so that the laser light patterns move along with the music. The internal micro-stepping motor scanner with extra wide scanning [...]
BT2 Employee Monitor

BT2 Employee Monitor

The BT2 monitor system is made by Exmocare and allows employers to keep tabs on how their staff are doing “inside”, meaning in a heart rate, body temperature etc… way. It takes readings of a member of staff wearing it and reports it back to a central location where the manager can keep an eye on what’s happening. The BT2 allows the manager to see how well the employee is doing physiologically [...]