January 2005

GIZMO: inMotion Portable Audio System

Put away your headphones and turn your MP3 player into a go-anywhere sound system that everyone can enjoy. This portable, ultra-lightweight inMotionâ„¢ speaker system with a built-in iPod dock lets you enjoy your digital music collection anytime, anywhere. The system connects with other audio devices, including laptops, older iPods and other MP3 players, using the [...]

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One-button Call to 9-1-1

By Jason Jacks Writers of those New Year’s “what’s hot and what’s not” lists missed one: pressing just one button is definitely in, mostly thanks to companies like OnStar for putting motorists a press away from a tow truck or restaurant recommendation. Now a local company is bringing the single-button trend down to the individual [...]

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GN Netcom 9120 2.4 GHz Wireless Headset with Flex Boom

GN Netcom has taken everything that makes a headset great and wrapped it up into one compact package. The GN 9120 is totally wireless, and gives you a whopping 300-foot range. It takes full advantage of the 2.4 GHz frequency to give you all that freedom. And that’s just the beginning.

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Danger’s hiptop Carries over Three Billion Mobile Instant Messages in 2004

PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan. 12, 2005–Danger, Inc. announced today that over 3 billion mobile instant messages (IM) were sent and received on the company’s hiptop(R) wireless platform during 2004. This number is even more impressive when compared to the 22.8 billion total SMS messages sent across all United States wireless carriers during the same period, [...]

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RCA Lyra Personal Audio/Video Jukebox

RCA’s® new Lyraâ„¢ portable audio/video jukebox with 3.5-inch backlit TFT color LCD monitor lets you watch and listen to your favorite movies, TV shows, music and digital photographs whenever and wherever you want. The built-in 20 GB hard drive holds up to 80 hours of video, 300 hours of music or 100,000 jpeg images. The [...]

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Portable TV’s making a grand return

By Michael Snider Television is about to hit the road. That’s if the exhibitors at the International Consumer Electronics Show have their way. They want to revolutionize the TV set, make it digital and mobile, the way MP3 changed the way people get and listen to their music. The hard part: convincing the consumer. TV [...]

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Olympia 2.4 GHz Bluetooth Cordless Data Phone with JABRA FreeSpeak BT250 Wireless Headset and USB Adapter

Tap the power of your PC to help manage your calls. That’s what this Olympia 2.4 GHz 2-line Bluetooth cordless data phone does best. With its built-in Bluetooth modem, you can connect to your Bluetooth-compatible PC, laptop, or PDA via dial-up or broadband — up to 100 feet away! And with 2 available lines on [...]

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New gadget gender gap

By Jonathan Sidener If women are from Venus, you can bet the planet has Wi-Fi access in doctors’ offices. Meanwhile, on the manly planet of Mars, wireless Internet access clearly would be popular in restaurants. In the brief history of personal computing, there have always been gender differences. Initially, men were more likely to buy [...]

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High-tech retailing

By Tom Van Riper Ready to scan your own groceries as you walk the aisles? How about buying a sweater from a touch screen on a department store shelf, to get a color or size the store just ran out of? The National Retail Federation is set to kick off its annual trade show at [...]

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Motorola A630 Cell Phone

So, what do you call a super-compact, always chic, feature-loaded phone that doesn’t stop with first impressions? Introducing the Motorola A630, a phone with a polished facade that opens up to reveal a full keyboard and landscape screen. With Bluetooth® wireless technology and a hands-free speaker, you’re ready to make heads turn. Keep it closed [...]

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