Hasta La Gadget!

What we love about CES is that we get to see so many familiar faces in one week, and Just Mobile was one of them this year. Since our visit to its Taiwan office a few months ago, the award-winning accessory maker had been preparing several new products for CES: (from left to right in the above picture) AluCup, black HeadStand, AluFrame, AluPocket and Gum Max Duo. Starting in chronological order we have the black edition of the minimalistic aluminum HeadStand headphone stand, which will join its silver-colored sibling for the same $49.95 price tag at the end of this month. As before, the HeadStand’s base comes in two layers for cable management, as well as a spun-metal finish. Check out the rest of the product range after the break.

Continue reading Just Mobile’s early-2013 range: AluCup, black HeadStand, AluFrame, AluPocket and Gum Max Duo

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We heard from our friends over at TechCrunch (thanks, John Biggs!) that a company called Zivix has been showing off a cool little MIDI guitar at CES, so here it is! Dubbed the JamStik, this digital instrument serves the same purpose as the already-available You Rock, except this one comes with real guitar strings, works wirelessly over WiFi, features a lower latency (under 10ms instead of about 20ms, according to Zivix’s lab test), and it also has a shorter neck plus a much smaller body for the sake of portability — even for some casual plucking on the plane. The JamStik also supports string bending thanks to the way it detects finger movement on the neck — the rows of infrared lights and sensors under the strings make the magic happen.

Of course, you’d need a PC or an iOS device (with CoreMIDI-compatible apps like GarageBand and Animoog) to get the audio, and for the latter, Zivix will be offering three apps: JamTutor guitar teaching suite, JamHero game (very much like Guitar Hero and Rock Band) and Jam Live music remixer. We had a go using a wired prototype JamStik, and apart from the slight delay between our strumming and the audio output (which will be further fine-tuned before going retail), we had a lot of fun with it. Check out the demo videos after the break, and expect to see the JamStik hit the market this summer for somewhere around $249 to $299.

Continue reading JamStik portable MIDI guitar lets you play and learn on the iPad wirelessly

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The mobile crew are back for their second podcast of CES. We can be pretty sure there’s a stack of phone-related news to cover, and only an hour in which to tackle it. This is your gentle reminder not to miss it! Catch it live from the stage in half an hour.

Check out our full CES 2013 stage schedule here!

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Continue reading Live from the Engadget CES Stage: the Engadget Mobile Podcast (update: video embedded)

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Samsung’s Ryan Bidan will be joining us on stage again to hand out scholarships for the company’s Mobile Application Boot Camp program. We’ll be chatting with Ryan about the program and discussion application development with the winners.

Check out our full CES 2013 stage schedule here!

Continue reading Live from the Engadget CES Stage: Samsung’s Mobile Application Bootcamp

Filed under: Cellphones, Transportation, Software, Mobile, Samsung

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It may not be the biggest mobile show around, what with MWC just around the corner, but ZTE’s using this year’s CES to make its presence known with the launch of handsets like the Grand S. We’ll be joined on stage by ZTE USA CEO Lixin Cheng to talk about the company’s place in the US market and around the world.

Check out our full CES 2013 stage schedule here!

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Continue reading Live from the Engadget CES Stage: an interview with ZTE’s Lixin Chen (update: video embedded)

Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile

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