Is there anything BillionSound won’t put a speaker in? No, no there isn’t. The Chinese company had speakers shoved into just about everything imaginable in their booth at the International Hall of CES 2009–including a mousepad.
The Chinese company’s excitingly named RM-102 sticks a 25mm flat-paneled speaker into a regular really, really thick mousepad. The whole thing is USB powered.
The monitor you see above was awfully close to becoming exactly like this, but thankfully, the wood gods spoke to Scuba_SM’s heart before he could round up another batch of Victorian-era tubing. The 22-inch wooden enclosure completely covers up the fact that an awkward looking LCD monitor is sitting on the table, and the solid maple top / base caps, light cherry stain and light coat of satin finish polyurethane make for something that’s actually enjoyable to gaze at. Overkill? Maybe. Classy? Yes, please.
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Steampunk monitor initiative goes awry, out pops wooden enclosure originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Convergence! For those us aren’t ready to throw away our CDs and DVDs, iLuv’s got the i1155. The multimedia player doubles as both a CD/DVD player and a dock for your iPod.
The cover of the player flips open so you can display your iPod upright. The i1155 has a 8.5-inch display for playing DVDs or video of your 5th gen iPod. No word yet on iPod touch or iPhone support.
After the majors loosed their loads on press day, what new discoveries remained? Here we bring you today’s more under-the-radar highlights.
FyreTV Porn Streamer: A quick jump over to AVN yielded juicy fruit: Jason “Roku What?” Chen’s favorite porno streamer now does it without wires. Discerning adult cinema fans need their AV center CLEAN and CLUTTER FREE.
HDi Dune Blu-ray Players With BitTorrent : Toss your torrents into this Blu-ray deck’s client over the network, then play back your pirated catch with its crazy extensive codec support. Brilliant.
The Hunter Concert Breeze Ceiling Fan Experience: Speakers + ceiling fan. Sometimes, a headline says it all.
Dell Mini 10: A 720p screen and a TV tuner is a nice bump for one of our favorite netbook series.
Cell Mate Hands-Free Cellphone Holder: Bluetooth is for the moneyed d-bag elite; real mobile gangstas clamp their iPhones to their heads.
If you missed the early highlights from the majors, our Day One Roundup can help. And enjoy the rest of our CES coverage here: CES 2009
Cisco chairman and CEO John Chambers showed off several home networking devices during his Friday CES keynote, including a Media Hub that lets users remotely access their digital libraries.
Connect the Linksys by Cisco Media Hub to your wireless router and it will scan your network for all the hard drives in your home. Organize your files as you see fit, and access them throughout your house. If you’re out of town, you can also log on to your Media Hub through the Web and gain access to all your files remotely.
“This device will automatically collect all the pictures and music and movies that are on my PC or my Mac and it will store it on this local device, allowing them to be shared across all of the devices across the network,” Jim Grubb, Cisco’s chief demonstration officer, said during the keynote presentation.
There are three models available: the NMH305 with a 500GB hard drive for $299.99; the NMH405 with a 500GB hard drive, an LCD screen, and six-in-one card reader for $349.99; and the NMH410 with a 1TB hard drive, the LCD screen and card reader for $429.99.
Cisco will provide one year of free access with your purchase, but the Media Hub will require an annual fee of $9.99 thereafter.
Media Hub works with the four wireless music devices Cisco also unveiled this week – the Director, Conductor, Player, and Controller.
We hit up Dell for a few more minutes with the sleek new Studio XPS 13 and 16, and our positive early impressions just got better with time. We’re really digging the leather panel on the lid, and while the machines are total fingerprint magnets, when they’re cleaned up they’re pretty eye-catching — particularly the light-up circles on the hinges and the backlit keyboard and mouse buttons. Even the bottom is slick — it’s nicely detailed and the whole things lifts off (Dell calls it a “garage door”) for easy access to the RAM and hard drive. We nabbed a ton of shots, check it out in the gallery!
Gallery: Dell Studio XPS 13 and 16 hands-on
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Dell Studio XPS 13 and 16 hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Areaware is a design company that makes really cool-looking products–remember that foldable bicycle from earlier today? The company was also showing off this snazzy wooden radio.
Designed by Singih Kartono, the Magno Wooden Radio is made from sustainable wood. I spoke to a rep from the company who explained that the radio is designed to have something of a “timeless” quality.
It also sounds surprisingly good. The company was blasting some music from one, and the result was rich and full. The radio also has an auxiliary input, so you can play songs from your non-wooden iPod.
The Polaroid is back! The Polaroid Pogo Instant Digital Camera does 5-megapixel photos, features a 3-inch LCD, writes to SD memory cards, and does 5X digital zoom (no optical zoom). It prints 2×3 photos in about 45 seconds. Watch for it in March, for $199. Ten packs of Zink paper will cost $4.99.
For more info on Zink ink-less technology go here.
Check out some video, after the jump.
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Coby has never really been known as a manufacturer of high-end electronics. Heck, they sell the company’s products at my local bodega–not behind the counter. Until my trip around the CES showroom floor tonight, I had always associated the company almost exclusively with low-end MP3 players. Turns out Coby is in the notebook business, too.
The NBPC892 is Coby’s entry into the netbook space. The computer features an 8.9-inch screen, an Intel Atom N270 processor, and a surprisingly roomy 160-500GB hard drive. The netbook runs either XP or Linux, features 1GB to 2GB of RAM, and has a built-in 1.3-megapixel camera.
All in all, I’d wait for a review before rushing out and picking one up at your neighborhood 7-11.
Max Headroom action after the break.
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Crapgadget CES, round 2: Stereo Bluetooth Sunglasses originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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