CES 2010: Android-powered microwaves
Jason Hiner from TechRepublic and Stuart Miles of Pocket-lint both sit down with Randall and talk about one of the more unique places you'll find Google's Andriod OS.
CES 2010: Brian Heater
PC Mag Senior Editor Brian Heater stops by the TechVi booth at CES and chats with Randall. The duo discusses Steve Ballmer's keynote, HP's Slate, Project Natal, and more.
CES 2010: D-Link’s Touch
D-Link has lots of goods to show off during CES, and our own Iyaz Akhtar stopped by the booth to look at a few. In this video, he gives us a glimpse of the Touch, a new 802.11n WiFi router that incorporates a 3-inch touchscreen. Users can utilize the screen to setup the router without a computer or check network stats. The price has not been set yet, but you should be able to buy one this summer.
CES 2010: DeLorme Earthmate PN-60w
Iyaz has the goods on the DeLorme Earthmate PN-60w, a full-featured handheld GPS personal navigation device with a secret. It can talk to the outside world through the included SPOT satellite communicator, allowing the user to send messages and waypoints to sites like SPOTadventures.com, Geo-caching.com, Twitter, and Facebook. As an emergency back-up, the SPOT Satellite Communicator has stand-alone capability to send location-based SOS notification to an emergency response center. Expect to see it in stores in May for $549, plus about $17 per month for the SPOT service.
CES 2010: XactTrax and Cocoon organizers
Anthony stopped by and talked with Randall about some of the new things coming from DMC Worldwide's companies. The XactTrax is a GPS device, roughly the size of a large mobile phone, that can be used to track all sorts of things. Instead of subscribing with a monthly fee, the user pays about a dollar each time they want to track the device over T-Mobile's GSM network. Expect to find XactTrax sometime in the coming months for around $149.
DMC also owns Cocoon Innovations, an accessory company that makes some unique organizers and bags. Anthony showed off the GRID-IT! organizing system and an upcoming camera bag.
CES 2010: Buffalo Dualie
Randall chats with Jay from Buffalo Technology about the company's unique iPod/iPhone charging dock. The Dualie includes a 500GB hard drive that slips behind the charging and syncing iDevice to act as a USB-connected external storage device. When you're ready to go, grab your iPhone and the hard drive to take them with you, as the hard drive doesn't require the dock. Available now for $249, exclusively at the Apple Store.
CES 2010: LG’s 15-inch OLED TV
Iyaz Akhtar stopped by the LG booth to track down one of the hottest TVs at CES this year, the LG OLED TV. At 15 inches, this is the largest commercially available OLED television in the world. The panel is an incredible 3mm thin, while the entire splash-resistant TV weighs just ounces. LG plans to release the OLED TV this year (although there are reports that the unit has been spotted in Korean stores already) at a cheaper price than Sony's 11-inch model. Of course, we use the term "cheaper" loosely, as the Sony TV is around $2500 retail.
CES 2010: Samsung e-book readers
Our own Iyaz Akhtar visited the luminescent Samsung booth to check out its new e-readers. If size matters to you, Samsung probably has something to fit the bill as it announced 4-inch, 6-inch, and 10-inch models with varying features. For example, the largest version, the E10, has the ability to annotate on-screen while the mid-sized model connects to your email. Watch the video to see the devices in their full glowing glory.
CES 2010: LG Press Conference
LG Electronics started the day with a press conference where it announced a variety of new and upcoming products. The TechVi team discusses a few of the highlights including media streaming TVs, thin-client-style networked monitors, some OLED "new thin hotness," and throw in a bit of VUDU just for good measure.
CES 2010: Sling, Samsung, RIM, and AT&T
Wednesday is Press Day at CES 2010, and the TechVi team took a look at the hottest things coming up in this year's show. Randall, Iyaz, and Eric sit down and summarize some of the highlights of the day.
Sling Media
Sling announced a slew of products today. The Total Control 100 is a high-end touchscreen remote control that has a WiFi connection to download show guide information and connect to Slingboxes. The Sling Monitor is a 15" LCD complete with Sling Catcher circuitry to catch content without a separate box. And the 700U is a new auto-configuring Slingbox that can plug directly into some DVRs.
Samsung
The update to the popular Android-based Moment was announced today, and it will include a mobile digital TV tuner to display live television programming on the phone without clogging up its cellular data connection.
Research In Motion
BlackBerry-toting pitchmen around the world rejoiced at RIM's announcement of the BlackBerry Presenter, a $199 device that allows the popular smartphone to connect to any VGA or S-Video projector or display.
AT&T
Finally, the country's four largest wireless carriers have Android offerings as Dell, HTC, and Motorola all plan on making Google-powered handsets for AT&T.