Jan 04

Motion Computing’s Oak Trail-powered CL900 is one tough Win 7 tablet

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Boy, have we seen a bunch of Windows 7 slates in our day — most with delicate capacitive displays, sluggish software layers, and older Intel Atom processors — but Motion Computing’s new CL900 seems to be a totally different beast. Aimed at enterprise and vertical markets, the 10.1-inch tablet runs Windows 7 Professional and is powered by Intel’s forthcoming Oak Trail Atom processor. We don’t know much about that silicon performance yet, but the company’s promising up to eight hours of battery life as well as 1080p playback over HDMI. However, the CL900’s real appeal comes in its rugged case and screen. The 2.1-pound tablet (though, it feels a bit heavier than that in hand) has met the MIL-STD-810G spec, so it can survive a four foot drop and its Corning Gorilla Glass display should be able to withstand, oh you know, a pen stab. As for the actual 1366×768-resolution touchscreen, it has a capacitive layer, but also can be configured with an active digitizer for a really solid inking experience. We got a chance to put stylus to screen on an early model Motion was showing off and the digital writing experience seemed quite smooth and responsive. As you can see in the gallery below, the tablet is also home to two cameras, a USB port, and microSD card and SIM card slot. We told you it was spec’d to kill, but with the company promising an MSRP of less than $1,000 it could be priced to kill as well. Hit the break for the full press release and don’t forget to peruse the images below.

Gallery: Motion Computing CL900 hands-on

Gallery: Motion Computing Motion CL900 tablet

Updated: You’ll notice that in this picture the CL900 is running ExoPC’s UI layer. Motion Computing told us that it is currently experimenting with the Windows layer, but it doesn’t have any formal plans to ship with it preloaded.

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Jan 04

Joby Ori and Yogi iPad cases hands-on

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Joby is here at CES Unveiled, and this year they’re introducing two new interesting cases for a certain tablet you may have heard about. The “Yogi” for iPad draws on Joby’s roots, essentially pairing its successful Gorillapod stand tech with a hard plastic iPad case that you can dock in either portrait or landscape. The folks at the booth envision usage scenarios on uneven surfaces, or even for wrapping the gorilla legs around a car headrest for easy on-the-go use. More interesting, however, is the “Ori” case, which puts a new spin on convertible cases for the iPad. Made out of strong, lightweight aluminum, this case has a continuous hinge, folds into multiple positions, and has a swivel so you can tilt your ‘pad in nearly any direction you wish. Check out the crazy origami-action in the video after the break, and glamour shots of this beauty in nearly every contortion imaginable in our gallery below.

Gallery: Joby Ori and Yogi iPad cases hands-on

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Jan 04

VIA Nano X2 low power, dual-core chip gets official

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VIA has officially announced its Nano X2 low power dual-core chip. The chip comprises two of VIA‘s 64-bit Isaiah architecture cores, found in previous single-core Nano CPUs. The processors come with native 64-bit software support, VIA’s PadLock hardware security features, and VT CPU virtualization technology. The new Nano X2 chips are compatible with VIA’s previous processors, including the Nano, C7, C7-M, and Eden, facilitating easy upgrades. The VIA Nano X2 processors are already currently available for OEMs, with systems featuring the chips expected in the first quarter of this year. Full press release is after the break

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Jan 04

Withings fittingly debuts iPhone-connected blood pressure monitor at CES

Posted in: app, Apple, AppStore, ios, ipad, iPhone, IphoneApp, medical, Medicine, peripheral, sensor, Software, Today's Chili

Trust us — no one on the Engadget staff wants to know what their blood pressure is right about now. For those trapped in the hurricane that is CES, there’s probably no better product to have laying around than this… but only if you’re looking to confirm your suspicions about being in a high-stress career. Withings, the company best known for its connected scales, has just revealed the planet’s first iPhone-connected blood pressure monitor, with an aim to make measuring vitals as easy as pie for iOS users. The idea is fairly simple: just plug the arm band into your iPad, iPod touch or iPhone, dial up the gratis app and start the process. All of the data is logged on the user’s secure online space, and there’s even a secure sharing feature that’ll beam your abnormally high rates right to your frightened physician. It’ll go on sale tomorrow around the globe, with the asking price set at $129 / €129.

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Jan 04

DriveNTalk BHF-2000 lets you drive while your smartphone talks, we go hands-on

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Sadly, no, we still haven’t seen a gadget that lets your smartphone drive. Maybe next year, but this year it’s the BHF-2000 letting your smartphone talk while you drive. It’s the latest TalkNDrive, a lineup that specializes in advanced hands-free kits, and the BHF-2000 is the furthest ahead of the bunch. Like the others it uses Bluetooth to connect to your phone and then voice-to-text to read e-mails or SMS messages to you and accepts simple voice commands, but this one also accepts simple hand gestures, so you can silence playback by making the classic “talk to the hand” gesture, and it has a solar panel so that it can try to stay charged while clipped to your visor. Naturally it will let you take calls, just like the lesser-expensive 700 and 800 also on display — but they’ll just ignore your hand waving. Finally there’s the KlaT 7, a little wireless remote control that can clip on your dash, if you still need buttons.

Gallery: TalkNDrive

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Jan 04

Griffin gets an iPhone all up in your car’s OBD-II port with the CarTrip Bluetooth adapter

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Garmin gets an iPhone all up in your car's ODBII port with the CarTrip Bluetooth adapter

If you’re not a car person there’s a good chance you don’t know much about the OBD-II lurking mysteriously beneath your dash. It’s there — if your car was built since the first Bush administration, anyway. Usually its needs go unfulfilled until your check-engine light pops on and some mechanic with greasy paws clumsily stuffs a code checker in there, but more and more tools are coming out to change that. The Autobot Mavia is one, and now Griffin is doing similar with the CarTrip. It’s an OBD-II adapter that connects wirelessly to an iOS device or writes directly to SD card, storing information on information related to car mileage, even giving you a real-time efficiency readout on your display with the CleanDrive app. And, yes, it’ll even pull warning codes and the like if things aren’t quite running how they should. All that for $89.99, a fair bit less than the Mavia will potentially be and available sooner — sometime before the first quarter is through.

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Jan 04

ioSafe Rugged Portable hard drive wrapped in Full Metal Jacket, probably tougher than you

Posted in: rugged, solid state drive, SolidStateDrive, SSD, storage, Today's Chili, usb 3.0, Usb3.0

With a name like ioSafe, you know it’s hardcore. The company has made a name for itself by concocting products that can outlast minor disasters, and per usual, it’s using CES as a springboard for something else that you probably can’t destroy. This year, the Rugged Portable is on display, arriving in a pair of enclosure options and offering a bundled data recovery service to boot. The unit is quite literally wrapped in metal — the aluminum option can withstand up to 2,500 pounds of force, while the titanium shell doubles that up and shrugs its shoulders at up to 5,000 pounds. It’s also immune to submersion — your data remains safe in up to ten feet of salt water for as long as 72 hours, and it’ll still come out unscathed when dipped in oil and other toxins.

Naturally, the HDD or SSD within (your call there) is covered by suspension springs, and the USB 3.0 interface ensures that you won’t be waiting around in the jungle for things to transfer. Those who snap one up will get one year of data recovery service included, a one-year ‘No Hassle’ warranty and up to $5000 for “third party forensic recovery services” if needed. Time Machine owners will be happy to know that this drive is fully compatible with the service, and you’ll be able to select HDDs from 250GB to 1TB or SSDs from 256GB to 512GB. As for prices? $149.99 for the stock 250GB HDD aluminum version, $3,899.99 for the 512GB SSD titanium build with an extended warranty, and everywhere in between. It’s up for pre-order today and should ship later this month in the US, with global availability details to follow in due time.

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Jan 04

Oregon Scientific’s Touch Weather Series tells the temperature, doesn’t break the bank

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“Oregon Scientific” and “home weather station” kind of go hand in hand, so it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that the company’s unleashing a new three-pack of colorful weather units here at CES this week. Starting on the left, the $24.99 model displays indoor temperature along with up to three channels of outdoor temps; it also includes a clock and calendar with alarm, which makes it a serviceable bedside clock if you’re really into the weather. Moving upmarket a tad, the $39.99 Touch Weather Thermometer with Humidity (pictured center) is exactly that: the aforementioned temperature features plus a daily min / max display and both indoor and outdoor humidity stats. Finally, the $49.99 Touch Advanced Weather Station (right) adds a 12-hour weather forecast along with 24 hours’ worth of historical barometric data. All are powered by a pair of AA batteries and have touchscreen control — hence the names, we imagine.

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Jan 04

Orbitsound T14 soundbar debuts at CES, will take its sweet time getting to market (hands-on)

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You’ll be forgiven for being a little misty on who exactly Orbitsound is — the British company has only sold its T12 soundbar in the domestic market — but today it’s reminding everyone of its presence with a brand new product for CES-goers in the T14 you see above. The company’s patented “spatial stereo” sound is still the big selling point, promising a revolutionary aural experience that eliminates the need to occupy the traditional sweet spot for enjoying stereo sound. That’s achieved via six 2.5-inch drivers and a studio-class amp that “senses” surrounding acoustic conditions and calibrates output for best results. A bold claim, to be sure, but you’d expect no less for something that will cost $600 when it becomes Orbitsound’s first global launch later this year. Wireless technology is also put to good use, with the T14 communicating through the air with its accompanying subwoofer and wireless iPod / iPhone dock. We’ll be tracking one down while here in Vegas and trying to figure out just how spaced out its sound really is.

Gallery: Orbitsound T14 soundbar debuts at CES (hands-on)

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Jan 04

Micron debuts RealSSD C400 drives using 25nm NAND technology

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What’s “bringing excitement back into personal computing” more than anything else? According to Micron, it’s SSDs, and it says it’s now “accelerating this enthusiasm” with its new RealSSD C400 drives. Those are apparently the industry’s first drives to use 25 nanometer NAND technology, which naturally brings with it a number of benefits — namely, storage capacities from 64GB to 512GB (in 1.8-inch and 2.5-inch sizes), peak read speeds of 415 MB/second, and write speeds varying by drive (the 512GB hits 260MB/s). No word on prices just yet, but Micron expects mass production to begin in February, and the drives will also sold by Micron’s Crucial division as the m4 SSD in the first quarter of the year.

Update: Hot Hardware managed a hands-on with this bad boy, and there’s a video proving it just after the break.

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