Crapgadget Crapdown, CES 2010: the best of the worst

It’s that time of the year again, where we round up all the gadgets we found on the CES show floor that help us to reset our gauge for bad ideas and hardware. Following in 2009’s footsteps, there seemed to be much less crap this year than before. Still, we’re here to recognize those souls who strive harder than most to hit that point of mediocrity — pick your favorite below, then rest easy knowing that you live in a world that accepts the existence of all kinds of products, no matter how miserable.

The nominees

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LG’s 55-inch 3DTV is 3D (photo) ready too

Taking 3D pictures with Fujifilm’s 3D point and shoot is pretty easy — even if ultimately unsatisfying — but if you need a place to display them, LG has that covered. Tucked away in its booth was a demo of “the world’s first 3D camera compatible HDTV” dutifully taking SD-card stored snaps and putting them on the big screen. Not an entirely complex process, but we figure if a better reviewed 3D camera makes it to market, you might appreciate picking up the right HDTV for the job.

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It was Vegas, baby — Engadget departs CES 2010

Can you believe it? Another CES has come and gone — and the crew of Engadget was there to capture all the highs and the lows. If you haven’t been keeping track of things, this year was an insanely jam-packed frenzy of gadgety goodness. Our team bounced between the towering monuments to 3D TV, a boatload of smartbooks, netbooks, and tablets, an unexpected deluge of “superphones” and smartphones, and the requisite helping of crazy Crapgadgets and mountains of new laptops with the style and grace of a ballerina on opening night. Of course, we captured all of that madness on the pages (and pages, and pages) of Engadget, blowing it out with our biggest CES showing ever and putting a bunch of our new redesign elements into play to get news to you guys faster. But like all awesome things, they must come to an end, and after a week in Las Vegas, everyone is definitely ready to truck it on home. We wanted to leave our readers with a taste of what CES was like for us (including some awesome video of senior editor Thomas Ricker breaking it down). We also want to shout out a big thank you to you guys and girls for coming to the site every day and making this our biggest and best CES ever. You absolutely rule forever.

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CES: The coolest laptops of 2010’s show

While we saw dozens of new laptop models at CES this year, and while the vast majority of them were next-step upgrades of existing models, there were a handful that really grabbed our attention. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://ces.cnet.com/8301-31045_1-10431599-269.html” class=”origPostedBlog”2010 CES/a/p

CES: MSI dual-screen mini-laptop: is it the way to go for future ultraportables?

MSI’s concept device removes a physical keyboard and offers extra screen real estate. Could it be an excellent idea for small devices? pOriginally posted at a href=”http://ces.cnet.com/8301-31045_1-10431893-269.html” class=”origPostedBlog”2010 CES/a/p

CES: What, exactly, is a smartbook? Highlights from the show floor

Along with tablets, smartbooks are one of the surging new trends in portable computers. But is it any clearer what they can actually do? We check out a few at CES 2010. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://ces.cnet.com/8301-31045_1-10431884-269.html” class=”origPostedBlog”2010 CES/a/p

CES: ViewSonic says new PCs are smarter, greener

A look at ViewSonic’s PC lineup. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://ces.cnet.com/8301-31045_1-10431857-269.html” class=”origPostedBlog”2010 CES/a/p

First Else hands-on at CES: ‘still alive and kicking’

We caught up with Else at CES to check on how they’re doing with the First Else since we last saw them back in November. According to CTO Eldad Eilam, the basic functions of the ALP-based phone are finally done and dusted, so now Else will mainly focus on fine-tuning its snazzy visual effects until beta around the end of March. There’s no doubt that it’s also finalizing plans — pricing, content distribution, and remote sync service, etc.– with various partners in the US and Europe. If you happen to be in Asia, then sorry — apparently Else has no intention to visit you guys just yet, but you might get lucky if you sneak into Sharp’s factories in Japan or China. For the rest of us, we shall continuously gaze at our hands-on videos until First Else’s expected end-of-Q2 launch — we’ve got a new one for you after the break.

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New iPod Updater Has Been Released

This article was written on January 11, 2006 by CyberNet.

Apple has released an update to its Apple iPod Software Updater. This is for all versions of the Apple iPod so you might want to update it, but I am satisfied with mine so I probably won’t go for the update. Especially since I am currently using WinAmp to manage my songs because I am not a big fan of iTunes.

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