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We already got a peek at LG’s Smart TV Upgrader box, but now it’s revealing a bit more info about why it thinks anyone will be opting for their app-laden displays this year. Deriding the QWERTY remotes offered by competitors, LG’s big idea is a simple dashboard with four elements, controlled by its Magic Motion gesture control remote. We’ll still need to wait for some hands on time with its DLNA sharing and web browser to see if the simple life is the way, but if you were freaked out by all the buttons on Sony’s Google TV remote then your sometime is now.

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As if building a top notch browser wasn’t hard enough when having to develop for both desktop and mobile, here comes Opera with a third category: tablet-specific browsers. Opera for tablets has just been teased on video, exploiting a Galaxy Tab to show off slippery smooth pinch-to-zoom functionality plus a finger-friendly landing page for all your favorite websites when opening a new window. It’s really not much to go on, but the Norwegian company is trying to hold the details until its proper public preview, which will be happening right here at CES very soon.

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It just wouldn’t be CES without a gaggle of new products from iHome, now would it? Kicking things off in this year’s line of audio-related gadgetry from the company is the iDM12 (shown above), a rechargeable portable Bluetooth speaker that’s described as something like a mini-soundbar. It’ll stream tunes from any Bluetooth-equipped phone or PMP, but naturally, it’s being aimed at iPad, iPhone and iPod owners. Moving right along, there’s the iDM15 rechargeable portable BT speakers. Here, you’ll find two diminutive speakers that can stream in a similar fashion as the iDM12, but with the addition of speakerphone support. Lastly, the iDM70 ‘Sound Sleeve’ is both a protective shell and a speaker setup for your iPad; it relies on rechargeable NXT flat speakers to improve the audio experience, but mum’s the word on price. You’ll find these guys, as well as the iD9, iD28 and iD85, on sale “later this year.”

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It’s no secret that Toshiba‘s got a thing for glasses-free 3D displays and that it’s been putting together 3D concept laptops based on the technology, but according to Toshiba’s director of product marketing Phil Osako, the company could be ready to bring a 3D laptop sans spectacles to market by the end of the year. Sounds good to us, but it’s a pretty ambitious claim, considering the demo unit Toshiba’s bringing to CES, which we got to see a few weeks ago, is very rough around the edges. As you can see in the images below, it had a very large red, chiseled contraption strapped to its lid — although, we do have to say it gives it a rather Iron Man-esq aesthetic. All that aside, the Qosmio laptop packs some pretty innovative 3D technologies — not only does it have two parallax 3D LCD, but its webcam has a special eye-tracking feature that knows when you shift your position. The goal of that is to provide “dead-zone free stereoscopic 3D images” or better viewing angles, but we can’t really say we experienced that — while the 3D clips looked, well three-dee straight on, slightly tilting to the left or right threw off the effect and we were stuck watching some blurry content. Like we said, the concept is really just a concept at this point, but it will certainly be interesting to watch what Toshiba is able to improve and put out by the end of 2011.

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Not satisfied with an Eye-Fi card to add some wireless connectivity to your digital camera? Then it looks like you’ll soon have another option courtesy of Alereon and Spectec — they’ve just announced their Spectec CameraJet system, which consists of a Wi-Jet SD card and Wi-Jet USB dongle that combine to deliver a “faster than wire” Ultra Wideband (or UWB) connection suitable for both transferring files or streaming video. Unfortunately, there’s no indication of pricing or an exact release date just yet, but Alereon and Spectec say the system is expected to go into production in February. Full press release is after the break.

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Spectec CameraJet system promises to bring UWB connectivity to your camera originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 03 Jan 2011 14:55:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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