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Ocosmos wasn’t only showing off a new duo of Windows 7 handheld gaming machine here at CES, but also a newfangled remote in its O-Bar line. This guy is an ultraslim Bluetooth remote, designed to control set-top boxes, game consoles and connected HDTVs. Details were a little unclear (to say the least) on how exactly it would all work, but apparently the company’s supremely interested in licensing out the technology underneath of it for use in other remotes. We get the impression that El Goog doesn’t know about that Google TV logo there on the bottom, and folks at the booth noted that this was just a mockup for demonstration purposes. The goal here would be to place a virtual keyboard on the capacitive display, then enabling couch dwellers to bang out searches for shows on their set. For reasons unknown, there are also a pair of shoulder buttons at the top, possibly for embedded games. This one’s expected to ship later in the year for an undisclosed amount, presumably sans the Google branding.

Ocosmos O-Bar Smart TV / Google TV controller hands-on at CES 2011 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 07 Jan 2011 13:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Cricket Muve music service and Samsung Suede hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 07 Jan 2011 13:28:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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iHome’s big announcement here at CES is the AirPlay-enabled iW1 wireless speakers, but the company also gave us a quick sneak peek at the iW2 and iW3, two new smaller systems that are due to be released… sometime. Both systems are essentially identical internally, with two low-range drivers and two tweeters, but the iW2 is laid out horizontally, while the iW3 is a tower. Since they’re designed to be cheaper fixed satellite speakers for around your house, they don’t have internal batteries or the iW1’s grab-and-go charger, but they do pick up Ethernet ports, and you can still use the new iHome Connect setup application. No word on price, but the iW1 is $300 and these are meant to be cheaper — we’d guess $200 or so.

iHome iW2 and iW3 AirPlay wireless speakers hands-on sneak peek originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 07 Jan 2011 13:18:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Can’t be there in person? Why not spend Vgo, the creepy telepresence robot scooter thing? Vgo is essentially a little remote control bipedal scooter, with a teleconferencing monitor where his weird, misshapen head ought to be.

When you can’t be at the office, you can still see, talk, hear, and move around the place with Vgo. The device is designed by a company called Vgo Communication. It’s fully remote controlled, has high quality audio and video, which can be controlled from a PC. It also has WiFi, security controls, and sensors, so you don’t bump into things while you’re Vgoing.

There was a Vgo cruising the North Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center yesterday, during the first day of CES, and I have to say, it seems like its owners were having a good time. Check out video of Mr. Go, after the jump.