Jan 05

Flipower Turns Your Outlet Into a USB Charger

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Here’s a handy little device I wish I packed for this year’s CES. The Flipower from Taiwanese company, Power Tech, features a USB slot. The device plugs directly into a wall outlet and lets you charge up USB gadgets while a normal three-pronged plug is plugged into the socket. Consider the device something of portable power strip, handy for the traveler running low on computer ports and hotel room outlets.

Not a lot of information on the availability of the device, though the company did manage to score a 2010 Innovations Award from CEA, so it likely won’t be too difficult to get some distribution in the States.

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Jan 05

iHome introduces iP2 iPod / iPhone sound system and iP39 kitchen gizmo

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iHome always does it big at CES, and while we’ve yet to see everything from the company, the first two products showcased are already looking mighty tempting. The first is the iP2 (the obvious followup to the iP1), which touts Bongiovi technology, a 50-watt amplifier and support for dock-connecting iPods and iPhones. You’ll also get individual bass and treble adjustments, an AC output, line-in jack and a bundled remote. The iP39 is an interesting beast, as it’s designed mainly for use in the kitchen. Yeah, the kitchen. Designed to fit the decor found in the modern cooking palace, this timer / iPod alarm clock sports a slide out drawer for docking your iDevice, an FM radio tuner, a device-time sync function and a typical alarm clock — too bad it’s lacking a coffeemaker, huh? The iP2 is expected to make landfall this summer for $199, while the iP39 should start sashaying into domicile in the Spring for $99.

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Jan 05

New SD Cards Store up to 2TB, Coming Later this Year

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The SD Association was on hand tonight at CES Unveiled, to celebrate the tenth anniversary of its existence. The association, a joint venture of Panasonic, SanDisk, and Toshiba, didnt actually showcase any new products, but it did give a rough estimate for the debut of the latest generation of SD cards–the SDXC.
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First outlined at last years show, the new cards are the same size as standard SD cards and will be able to hold a whopping 64GB to 2TB. The low end of the spectrum is double the maximum capacity of todays biggest SDHC cards.

A spokesperson for the association said that she expected the cards to begin appearing early this year. The first models will be in the lower capacities but are still 8,000 times the capacity of the first cards introduced a decade ago.

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Jan 05

ARM demos the Cortex-A9’s web browsing skills on video

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We’ve been hearing reports of the ARM Cortex-A9 holding its own with the ever-present 1.6GHz Atom processor for quite a while now, but ARM is now taking advantage of CES to do a bit more up-front boasting — like this recently-posted video demoing the processor’s browsing performance against an average netbook. While it’s obviously not entirely scientific, the Cortex-A9 does seem to lag only slightly behind — which is all the more impressive considering that the ARM is running at just 500MHz compared to the Atom’s 1.6GHz. Equally impressive: ARM’s fine taste in websites. Head on past the break for the video.

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ARM demos the Cortex-A9’s web browsing skills on video originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 05

CradlePoint introduces pair of 4G routers, one for home, one for the road

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CradlePoint introduces pair of 4G routers, one for home, one for the roadWe’re in Vegas this week, enjoying the sights and sounds of Sin City — and the 4G wireless. Blistering city-wide wireless is great, but everyone having to have their own USB adapters isn’t so much fun. If only we had one of the new 4G routers that CradlePoint is launching this week. The first, a portable model, can beam WiMAX out again as an 802.11n signal to up to 16 people, sporting VPN, WEP, and WPA security. Should you go out of 4G range (not hard to do) there’s a USB port through which you can connect a 3G modem, and four hours of battery life should get you through the most grande of lattes if you can’t find an open plug at the coffee shop. For the wired lifestyle there’s the CBA750, adding a WAN port and four LAN ports to the mix, ditching the battery, and taking its power exclusively over Ethernet. That’s convenience. The CBA750 is available right now for $249, and we expect the portable version to go for the same price whenever it hits the Strip.

CradlePoint introduces pair of 4G routers, one for home, one for the road originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 05

Logitech Speaker Lapdesk N700 comfily enters the burgeoning speaker-lapdesk market

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This is where we’ve come as a society. No longer are external speakers, pillows or even laptop cooling apparatuses enough to satisfy us. Instead it takes a conglomeration of all three to prop up our hapless “portable” computers as we wallow in our Snuggies and fat free comfort foods. The new Logitech Speaker Lapdesk is one such $80 conglomeration, with two-inch stereo speakers, a built-in fan and a nice bit of padding to keep the whole assembly from frying your lap. It all plugs in over USB, both for audio and for fan power, and there are hardware buttons for switching the fan on and off and changing volume.

We gave it a quick trial run, and can certainly vouch for its comfort and protective qualities, though at the same time we’re not quite sure why it’s so enormous. The speakers are decently loud and clear, and the fan noise wasn’t loud enough to be heard over the general din of the tradeshow, so there’s really not much to complain about if you can stomach the price. But for anything smaller than a 17-inch laptop this is probably overly large for no apparent reason. There’s a quick demo video after the break.

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Jan 05

Existing T-Mobile customers won’t get the $180 price for the Nexus One

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It turns out that if you’re an existing T-Mobile customer interested in buying the new Nexus One, you won’t be able to get it for $180 with a contract. Instead, you’ll have to pay either $279 or $379. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://www.cnet.com/8301-19736_1-10426068-251.html” class=”origPostedBlog”Android Atlas/a/p

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Jan 05

Flash Player 10.1 coming to Nexus One

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Adobe previews Flash Player 10.1 on the Nexus One Google Android smartphone. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://www.cnet.com/8301-19736_1-10426032-251.html” class=”origPostedBlog”Android Atlas/a/p

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Jan 05

Magnetic unveils a clutch of glasses-free 3D displays

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As you well know, Magnetic 3D is one of many companies that have been dabbling in 3D sans glasses — and lo and behold! Here we are in Las Vegas where the company is debuting three new auto-stereoscopic product lines including the Allura (commercial grade high-definition 3D LCD monitors up to 55-inches), Emersa (3D displays for close proximity viewing up to 42-inches), and Envolve 3D touch displays for commercial uses — you know, slot gaming, kiosks, and all sorts of red hot Vegas-y stuff. Will this be the year that 3D displays stop giving us headaches? Time will tell…

Magnetic unveils a clutch of glasses-free 3D displays originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 05

Microsoft to reveal HP built Courier slate tomorrow?

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It was 2001 that Bill Gates first introduced the Tablet PC in Las Vegas. Tomorrow will see the launch of what could be Microsoft’s next take on the Tablet PC right here at CES if the New York Times is correct. According to “people familiar with Microsoft’s plans,” Steve Ballmer will introduce an HP-built “slate-type computer” during the opening CES keynote. The rumored device is said to be a “multi-media whiz with e-reader and multi-touch functions” in tow that could be available by mid year. So what will it be? The Courier supported by a full-suite of content partners, or will it be just another Windows tablet in search of mass market acceptance? You’ll find out tomorrow right here at Engadget.

Microsoft to reveal HP built Courier slate tomorrow? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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