Hasta La Gadget!

If there’s one thing for sure here at CES it’s that we’ve seen a bunch of multitouch devices, both good and bad. Add this 50-inch multitouch display from Samsung to the list titled “cool as hell.” Once we were done snapping shots of the P3, we saw people surrounding this bad boy so we decided to see what was up. We don’t have much info but one thing’s for sure: these devices are much more fun when you’re just playing around rather than using it for some more meaningful purpose. Peep the video after the jump.

Continue reading Video: 50-inch multitouch TV on display from Samsung

Filed under: CES, HDTV, Household

Video: 50-inch multitouch TV on display from Samsung originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments

We’ll be honest — we’re totally in love with Gibson’s Dark Fire guitar. The $3,499 update to the Robot guitar we played with at CES last year is lighter, faster, easier to use and features new Chameleon Tone technology that actually reconfigures the individual pickups to deliver different sounds. The FireWire / MIDI breakout box enables you to record directly to a computer, but you can also tweak presets and control the guitar from the included Ableton Live / Guitar Rig bundle. It’s seriously hot — and it’s even hotter when it’s being demoed by German inventor Chris Adams, who might be the single coolest dude at CES. Check it out after the break!

Gallery: Gibson Dark Fire hands-on

Continue reading Video: Gibson Dark Fire guitar hands-on

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets

Video: Gibson Dark Fire guitar hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments

Microsoft’s Sync hasn’t exactly taken the automotive world by storm, but the updates coming to 2010 Fords seem like they could earn the service a little respect. Microsoft has added a suite of new services including voice-driven news, traffic info, and directions. We got a quick demonstration inside a shiny new Ford Escape, which kindly provided us with directions to the world’s 35th-largest hydroelectric dam (you can find your way to the video below). We also got some further details on how the service uses Bluetooth to tether to any handset, downloading content using a voice call so that you can use this completely fee-free — even if you don’t have a data plan. Yes the display is simplistic to say the least, but having access to this kind of functionality without recurring monthly charges (for three years, at least) sounds fantastic to us.

Continue reading Video: Microsoft’s new Sync hands, eyes, and ears on

Filed under: CES, Transportation

Video: Microsoft’s new Sync hands, eyes, and ears on originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 10 Jan 2009 06:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

We hit up Dell for a few more minutes with the sleek new Studio XPS 13 and 16, and our positive early impressions just got better with time. We’re really digging the leather panel on the lid, and while the machines are total fingerprint magnets, when they’re cleaned up they’re pretty eye-catching — particularly the light-up circles on the hinges and the backlit keyboard and mouse buttons. Even the bottom is slick — it’s nicely detailed and the whole things lifts off (Dell calls it a “garage door”) for easy access to the RAM and hard drive. We nabbed a ton of shots, check it out in the gallery!

Filed under: Laptops

Dell Studio XPS 13 and 16 hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments

Panasonic had its slim SC-HC3 iPod / CD dock on display in its booth at CES so we made the long trek to LVCC’s central hall from our sweet double-wide HQ. For some reason, they didn’t have a single iPod available for us to test it with (go figure), but the thing wasn’t lacking in the looks department. If you’re interested, Panasonic’s estimating availability for March at around $200. Still images of the system in action are available below, or peep some video of the sliding mechanism after the break.

Continue reading Video: Panasonic SC-HC3 iPod stereo system hands-on

Filed under: CES, Home Entertainment

Video: Panasonic SC-HC3 iPod stereo system hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments