Tag: CES

CES 2010: Panasonic Boasts 152″ 3D Plasma TV – World’s Largest

In a recurring theme at CES over the past few years, some large TV vendor is sure to outdo the previous year’s record of largest television set. This year it’s Panasonic who have announced a 152″ Full HD 3D Plasma display. Yes, 152 diagonal inches! This is a 4096 x 2160 pixel panel that uses… Continue reading CES 2010: Panasonic Boasts 152″ 3D Plasma TV – World’s Largest

CES 2010: Sprint’s Overdrive Mobile Hotspot Gives you 3G/4G Internet Connectivity in a Palm-Sized Device

Sprint just announced the Overdrive – a 3G/4G mobile hotspot gadget. It connects to SPrint’s WiMax network, and allows up to 5 WiFi devices to connect. If the 4G conn (available right now in 27 cities [coverage]) drops, it switches to the nationwide 3G (EVDO) network. Overdrive will be available in 2 days at Best… Continue reading CES 2010: Sprint’s Overdrive Mobile Hotspot Gives you 3G/4G Internet Connectivity in a Palm-Sized Device

CES 2010: Parrot Demos AR.Drone, RC Flying WiFi

In eye-catching demos reminiscent of WowWee’s Dragonfly in 2007, Parrot is showing off its AR.Drone which is a 4-propeller remote controlled flying ‘thing’. The AR.Drone features 2 cameras that you can view in real-time via WiFi, and also includes its own brain in the way of a Linux-based computer. The AR.Drone will also ship with… Continue reading CES 2010: Parrot Demos AR.Drone, RC Flying WiFi

CES 2010: Toshiba Shows Off multi-Cell CPU 3D TVs

3-D is shaping up to be the hot theme of this year’s Consumer Electronics Show and amongst the players, Toshiba has just shown off quite a star – it’s Internet-connected Cell TV. And by Cell, we’re referring to the multiple 3.2GHz 8-core Cell processors that power its 3-D TV. In case you’re wondering, yes, that’s… Continue reading CES 2010: Toshiba Shows Off multi-Cell CPU 3D TVs

CES 2010: Boxee and D-Link Announce Boxee Box Media Center

Boxee has teamed up with D-Link to produce the Boxee Box, a hardware version of their popular software. The Boxee Box brings TV shows, movies and other Internet content to your TV without a PC a la many other media center boxes. One of the main ideas behind Boxee is to eliminate the pain of… Continue reading CES 2010: Boxee and D-Link Announce Boxee Box Media Center

CES 2010: Powermat Announces Powerpack – Replacement Batteries for Cell Phones

Cordless charger vendor, Powermat, just launched an update to their product line – the Powerpack which is a replacement battery for your cell phone, so that you won’t need to wrap your cell phone in a Powermat-compatible sleeve or tack on an adapter. Powerpacks will be available for devices from Nokia, HTC, BlackBerry, Samsung, LG,… Continue reading CES 2010: Powermat Announces Powerpack – Replacement Batteries for Cell Phones

CES 2010: Kodak Launches the SLICE, Touchscreen 14MP Digital Camera

Kodak has a new digital camera – the KODAK SLICE Touchscreen [press release]. With a 3.5″ 16:9 touchscreen, the SLICE is a 14 Megapixel camera with a 5x SCHNEIDER-KREUZNACH Lens, optical image stabilization, 720p HD video capture at 30fps, and easy sharing to sites like YouTube, Flickr, and Facebook as well Kodak’s Gallery. Available in… Continue reading CES 2010: Kodak Launches the SLICE, Touchscreen 14MP Digital Camera

CES 2010: AT&T Launching 5 Android Smartphones in 1st Half of 2010

AT&T announced that it plans to launch 5 new Android smartphones in the 1st half of this year (2010) [press release]. The phones will be from HTC, Motorola and Dell. Yes, Dell. What does this say about AT&T relationship with Apple and its iPhone? Perhaps nothing, but perhaps that the honeymoon is over and Apple… Continue reading CES 2010: AT&T Launching 5 Android Smartphones in 1st Half of 2010

CES 2010: Sling Media Announces 4 New Products

Sling Media (which was purchased by EchoStar (Dish) last year) has announced not 1, but 4 new products [press release]. First is the Sling Touch Control 100 which is a touch-screen remote control with a 4.3″ touchscreen and a rechargeable battery that gets changed in an accompanying cradle. The Sling Touch can control most IR-based… Continue reading CES 2010: Sling Media Announces 4 New Products