Jan 10

It was Vegas, baby — Engadget departs CES 2010

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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.

Gallery: Engadget bids a fond farewell to CES 2010

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Jan 10

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

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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.

Gallery: First Else hands-on at CES 2010

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First Else hands-on at CES: ‘still alive and kicking’ originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 10

‘3-point’ USB 3.0 hub is self-referential fun and functionality

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Admittedly, at first we didn’t get it — the hub (with actually helpful, twisting ports) was about 90 degrees counterclockwise from the pictured position and we couldn’t get past the aesthetic similarities to the Dodge Ram logo. That’s when the friendly overseer of the Dun Cheng Technology Corp. booth in the CES International Hall twisted both our minds and the hub itself to reveal an intentionally meta moment — “3-point,” as in USB 3.0. Needless to say, we were very amused.

‘3-point’ USB 3.0 hub is self-referential fun and functionality originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 10

Favi RIOLED-Q and RIOLED-V pico projectors launched: the future is bright, wireless

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Looks like the world’s still got appetite for some more pico projectors, as Favi‘s releasing a pair some time between late February and early March for prices yet unknown. First is the RIOLED-Q (pictured) which sports a pretty 800 x 600 native resolution at 50 lumens — supposedly the best brightness in class (like the Optoma PK301), along with built-in SD / MMC card reader, battery, three-watt stereo speaker and an ever-so-handy digital keystone correction. Joining the party is the smaller RIOLED-V which is shy about its display specification, but proudly packs a card reader and WiFi to cater its various web apps for YouTube, Flickr, Picasa, Yahoo News, Weather, Email, Internet Radio and web browser. Too bad it doesn’t do phone calls.

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Jan 10

EverTune challenges Robot Guitar for in-tune supremacy

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Gibson’s Robot Guitar may have gotten off to a head start, but EverTune is here at CES with an automatic guitar tuner of its own that promises to keep your guitar in tune forever. To do that, EverTune makes use of a simple mechanism that relies on springs to maintain the same amount of tension on each string as the tuner post loosens, which should ensure that your guitar won’t go out of tune even while playing (something that other self-tuning guitars can’t account for). Unfortunately, EverTune isn’t ready to announcing anything about availability (or pricing, for that matter), but it saying it will “soon be available on a wide range of electric guitars,” and that it’ll also be available as an installation kit through select retailers.

EverTune challenges Robot Guitar for in-tune supremacy originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 10 Jan 2010 11:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 10

HyperMac: Candy Colored External Batteries for Mac, iPhone, iPod

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CES - HyperMac - iPod Battery

At CES this week HyperMac, an external battery company, came armed with their entire lineup of brushed aluminum external batteries for the MacBook and MacBook Pro, but also announced a lineup of external batteries for the iPhone and iPod, complete with color cases that match the iPod model you own. 
HyperMac made waves with its lineup of external batteries for the MacBook and MacBook Pro that can power a MacBook for between 20-30 hours beyond the life of the internal battery. With its new iPhone and iPod USB external batteries, HyperMac promises you can get hours of additional battery life on your iPod Touch, iPod Nano, or iPod Shuffle as well. 
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Jan 10

CES: Powermat Unveils 2010 Wireless Charging Products

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CES - 2X Portable Mat - Integrated Battery

Powermat is a well-known name when it comes to inductive charging. Its first wireless charging devices were unveiled at CES back in 2007 ( we did a hands-on review in August of 2009) and its first line of charging mats his the market in October of 2009. Now Powermat wants to take the concept of charging your mobile phone, music player, or portable gaming device a step further with its 2010 lineup of products. 
All of the 2010 products address some of the common concerns and complaints from consumers interested in Powermat’s products but who may opt for other charging peripherals. The company is working on a line of larger charging mats, fold-up portable charging mats. Additionally, the newest Powermat receivers will remove the bulky Powermat medallion from the back of your device and replace it with a smooth back, for a more sleek and attractive look. 
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Jan 10

CES: Psyko 5.1 Gaming Headphones for PC and Xbox

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CES - Psyko Gaming Headphones - Speakers

Psyko Audio Labs announced and released its 5.1 Gaming Headphones for the PC at the end of 2009–and promptly sold out of them. For CES this year, Psyko unveiled a completed version of their 5.1 Gaming Headphones for the XBox, which they expect to be ready for store shelves sometime early 2010. 
At CES, Psyko had the XBox version of their headset available to use while playing games like Halo 3 and Gears of War, and its quality matches up with its PC counterpart. 
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Jan 10

CES: IOGear Unveils Wireless, HDMI Home Theatre KVM Switches

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CES - IOGear - LogoIOGear is more commonly known for its desktop and laptop KVM switches and peripherals, but at CES this year, home theater and media devices dominated the company’s booth. It is making a strong push into the home theater market, including the ability to wirelessly transmit HD content from the devices in your entertainment center to your TV. 

IOGear’s wireless HD products are designed for a range of audiences. For most consumers, the new 2- and 4-port HDMI switch will draw the most attention, since you can connect all of your HDMI capable devices in your home entertainment center to it and then connect the switch to your TV, freeing up valuable HDMI ports.

The HDMI switch is completely wired, but both
models come with a wireless keyboard that can be used to control any
device on the switch that accepts keyboard input. For example, a key
combination switches the input from your HD receiver to your XBox 360,
where you can use the keyboard to update your Twitter or Facebook
status. IOGear’s HDMI switch also has USB ports on the front for
additional peripherals if any of your connected devices need them.

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Jan 10

Jelfin ball-shaped mouse hand-on

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Some wanted to call the Jelfin ball-shaped mouse a crapgadget, but that was until they wrapped their hands around the spherical mouse. We aren’t saying the Jelfin is the best mouse in the world or that it makes you forget about your mouse-woes — that’s if you’ve even ever had them — but the gel covered ball is comfortable. At first it was a bit odd to navigate our MacBook Pro 13’s desktop with a ball in hand, but we got the hang of it. But while we like the feel of the buttons, which are differentated with raised gel lines, they don’t have enough give and we had to press too hard to double click. We also aren’t thrilled that its got a long white USB cord, either. Chances are you’ll be better suited by a Logitech for real productivity, but we did enjoy using a ball as a mouse more than we ever could have imagined.

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