Dell’s ultra-thin Adamo laptop set free

We’re live at the Dell presser and the Adamo (pronounced uh-dahm-o) is official. The laptop was briefly presented and then whisked off stage without specs or prices. All we know is that it’s crazy thin and represents the new luxury design franchise within Dell’s laptop lineup. More as we get it.

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CES 2009: Elite Launches Concealable Projection Screen in Black

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Elite Screens announced at CES that its Raptor projection screen, an electric floor-rising screen that conceals itself in a functional furniture cabinet, is now available in black. Elite’s Raptor is especially useful in situations where wall or ceiling projection screen installations may not be practical, such as a hidden home theater or executive conference room.

Elite’s Raptor comes in three sizes: 72 inches, 84 inches or 100 inches (measured diagonally), with a 16:9 aspect ratio. It’s available with Elite’s MaxWhite FG fiberglass-backed material to provide a flat and easily visible surface in 1.1 gain. The Raptor is housed in a fully functional media cabinet that accommodates a variety of media players and software. Currently, furniture finish options are matte black or cherry wood.

Cheap Geek, Todays Deals: 1/9/09

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Another work week is over, so it’s time to kick up your feet and relax. While you’re sitting on the couch, check out Gearlog’s deals for Friday:

1. Amazon is having a buy-one-get-one free sale on select TV seasons on DVD. Not only are the DVDs already discounted by 30 percent, but you also get another season free. Shows like “I Dream of Jeanie,” “The Shield,” or “Get Smart,” are available, but check out the full listing of 121 available titles. The sale ends on January 14.

2. Looking for an inexpensive headset? Sellout.woot is offering Philips’ PC Stereo Headset SHM3100 for $2.49. It’s offered on Amazon for $9.99, so this is quite the deal.

3. ThinkGeek is having a sale on a plethora of items. Save 25 percent off of the Ultra-thin Digital Voice Recorder (above), 27 percent off of the 15-inch Gigantor Digital Photo Frame, and 40 percent off of the Pico USB Flash Drive. Check out all the discounted items before it’s too late.

Live from Dell’s Adamo press event!

We’re live from Dell’s early-morning Adamo press event at the Palms — we’re pretty much expecting them to reveal a slick 13-inch ultraportable, but we’ll see what other surprises are in store. We’re currently confined to suite across the hall where Dell’s plying the media with free omelettes, but we snuck into the event room for the shot above and saw what looked to be the XPS Studio 1340 and 1640 set up. We’ll be starting for real in just a few, keep it locked!

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Dell launches Inspiron Mini 10

Here in an atypically small press conference in the desert, Dell has just served up its Mini 10 netbook, complete with an “edge-to-edge” 720p 10-inch display, a built-in TV tuner (!), integrated 3G WWAN / GPS, multitouch support and an Atom Z530 CPU. Moreover, you’ll find an “edge-to-edge” keyboard (no wasted space, we guess), a gesture-sensing touchapd and expanded design studio choices. Check another image after the break, but don’t expect any pricing or release information, ’cause Dell ain’t squealing.

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Dell USB Digital TV Tuner announced for Inspiron Mini family

Unless you’re picking up a Mini 10 with an integrated TV tuner, you’ll need one of these (or something similar) in order to pull down OTA signals on your Inspiron Mini. Dell has just announced a thumb-sized USB digital TV tuner (complete with a built-in telescoping and articulating antenna that retracts) catering to the Inspiron family which will start at just $50. Also of note, the company is intending to offer “regional-specific versions of the Digital TV Tuner, designed to receive local broadcast standards, including mobile digital television standards like ATSC in the US, DVB-T in Western Europe, ISDB-T 1-seg (a.k.a. One Seg) in Japan, and the emerging CMMB standard in China.” It’ll play nice with the Dell-customized version of Ubuntu Linux (8.04), Windows XP and Windows Vista Basic, and it’s expected to ship later this quarter in Europe, followed by North America and Asia-Pacific / China soon after.

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HP’s Firebird with VoodooDNA 802 / 803 now available starting at $1,799

We know it’s a little easy to lose track of time with the world’s craziest consumer electronics show steaming ahead, but today actually is January 9th. The meaning of that? HP’s two Firebird gaming towers are go for purchase. Both the Firebird with VoodooDNA 802 and 803 are available for purchase right now, with starting prices pegged at $1,799 and $2,099, respectively. The primary difference between the stock configurations are the CPUs (a 2.66GHz Core 2 Quad versus 2.83GHz Core 2 Quad), the hard drives (2 x 250GB verses 2 x 320GB), the sound card (the 803 has a Creative X-Fi mini-PCI audio card) and the fact that the 803 comes packed with a slot-loading Blu-ray drive. Hit the read link to get your shopping on.

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Verizon completes Alltel acquisition, now covers 83.7 million customers as nation’s largest wireless network

As promised, Verizon and Alltel tied the knot today, in a $5.9 billion acquisition, plus $22.9 billion of Alltel debt. Combined they form the nation’s largest wireless carrier, with 83.7 customers (12.9 of those from the Alltel fold). For the time being, Alltel customers can sit tight and continue to use their devices and service plans as usual, with re-branding operations to happen Q2 and Q3 of 2009.

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Ballmer Interview Points at Zune’s Uncertain Future

Not only Steve Ballmer has smashed again the stupid Zune cellphone rumors, but talking with the Financial Times he has pointed out at the possibility of the Zune hardware doom:

Asked if Microsoft would counter with a “Zune Phone”, Mr Ballmer said: “You should not anticipate that.” He added that the company would stick to its strategy of developing software to support a range of mobile devices. That suggests that, if there is a future for Zune, it lies in planting the software and online service linked to the player in other devices.

Ballmer believes that software is what Microsoft does best, so they need to put that software in as many third-party devices as possible, rather than focusing on their own dedicated music device, a market that he believes is declining. [Financial Times via Alley Insider]

CES 2009: How Ford Sync 3.0 Changes the Car Business

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The new version of Ford Sync, introduced this week at CES, isn’t just better Bluetooth and audio. It also represents a cheaper way to get navigation and driving information in your car. And most of all, it’s part of the car technology revolution where electronics trumps mechanical components.

Ford CEO Alan Mulally introduced Sync 3.0 with Traffic, Directions and Information in a keynote speech at the Consumer Electronics Show yesterday. Sync will include an offboard navigation system that connects to your car via your Sync-connected Bluetooth cellphone and voice (or dashboard) inputs. You request trip directions from a Sync server, it downloads turn-by-turn information, and you navigate via text prompts (no moving map) on the radio display.

There’s also traffic information sent to your cellphone as text messages that can be read aloud by Sync, and the ability to get business information, weather, and sports scores. All this comes free for the first three years of ownership, after which there’s a monthly service charge that Ford says it hasn’t determined yet, or more likely just doesn’t want to discuss. Figure $10-$15 a month.