This thing just popped up on the radar yesterday, and I really liked the look of it. I saw it at the HP booth at Unveiled, and thought I’d take a quick video. They do a really good job of keeping the lighting nice and dim in the ballroom, so it should be blurry and orangey. Couple extra pictures, too. → Read More
OMG. This is without a doubt my favorite gadget I’ve seen or heard about all day. This beauty is a fully functional PC that features wireless HDMI, a full QWERTY keyboard, and a mini secondary touchscreen. No specs, pricing or availability info yet, but click on for more pics. → Read More
Vacation rentals are big business. HomeAway, which owns a dozen or so vacation home listing sites, just raised $250 million in a venture round that values the company at more than $1 billion.
But listings are spread across lots of sites – what the industry needed was a good central search engine for all those vacation home rentals. It’s also a pain to do lots of searches on different sites because you have to enter where and when you want to go, making it a lot more complicated that a standard search engine query. → Read More
Buffalo Technology has announced a new redesigned version of their LinkStation Pro NAS device. This new version adds iPhone compatibility to one that already featured easy backup software, security and USB ports for expansion. → Read More
As a CPU-less, OS-less, storage-less extension of Windows Mobile handsets, the REDFLY is a topic of a fair share of debate; is it a useful godsend, or useless bunk? No one really seems to be on the fence about it – you either love the idea immediately, or just don’t see the ppoint. As Devin of CG put it in his (positive) review, “if you need convincing, it’s probably not for you.” That said, this newest bit of news did manage to convince me, a long time skeptic. According to a concept-only video released today, the folks behind the Redfly have managed to coax the G1 to play friendly with the mobile-to-psuedo-netbook. They’ve tweaked it to run at 800×480 and have pushed in basic mouse cursor support and, well, I want it. We’ve spent a whole lot of time with WinMo, and the idea of bumping WinMo into a bigger package just doesn’t make sense. Android, however – we’d be into that. Word is this thing will be on the floor at CES, so we’ll keep an eye out. [Via jkOnTheRun] → Read More
Targus has released a line of eco-friendly bags for the 15″ MacBook Pro that they are calling Spruce EcoSmart. Read for all the details and a full press release. → Read More
AOL’s EVP of Products and Marketing Kevin Conroy is leaving to take a new position at Univision.
This isn’t much of a surprise – we speculated on his future back in July when he announced (internally) the shuttering of four of his products (Xdrive, AOL Pictures, Bluestring and MyMobile). That still left him with AOL Mail, MYAOL, the AOL client, Userplane and Truveo, among others. But each of those products seemed to be a better fit in a different organization.
CEO Randy Falco’s memo to AOLers: → Read More
Logitech announced today that it has won seven 2009 CES Innovation awards for excellence in design and engineering, making this the second year in a row that Logitech has won seven CES Innovation awards. Click on if you care to read the press release. → Read More
CES can be a lot of fun, but it’s a whole friggin’ lot of work, too. Meetings, press announcements, booth tours, darting back and forth from hall to hall, show floor to hotel, and a whole lot of trekking around the show floor in search of diamonds in the rough. Media attendees probably walk more in the four days of CES than most people walk in a month – all while wearing a backpack stuffed to the brim with every single tool we might need.
If you were to take a peek into one of these mystical blogging tool chests, what might you find? Find out after the jump. → Read More
Engadget believes this to be the VAIO P. No one can verify or deny this claim because AOL didn’t pay for us to be the ‘official blog of CES’ or whatever it is they are. So, we’re not privy to the hallowed grounds of the LVCC until the 8th. That double wide trailer would be nice, though. → Read More
D-Link announced two new products today, something they are calling a “networked video recorder,” or NVR, system. This is intended mainly for small business surveillance, however I’m sure there would be some crossover to the home market. → Read More
Throw this to the heavens and trigger its eye. Send the robotic ball into the deepest caves and have it take photographs of his swart majesty. Expand your mind and let the ball roll in. The WowWee Spyball will let you watch anything anywhere over a Wi-Fi connection – basically has a web server built in. You can even control it remotely. → Read More
I’m totes down with the Traveler 137, the latest GPS phone from Pharos. I’ve used their GPS devices for years now and this one looks like a worthy addition to the pack. Sadly, it’s a bit pricey: $599.95. It’s completely unlocked, though and runs on any GSM network. → Read More
This strange video comes from Berlin’s ad agency Scholz & Friends. I always wondered what those Saturn stores were. Has anyone seen Cherry 2000 recently? → Read More
The $299 Internet-Connected GPS from Best Buy’s “Insignia” house brand features a cool built-in cellular connection, allowing you to harness the power of Google to find stores, restaurants, cheap gas, and more while on the go. However, the lackluster UI and relatively high price tag hold back an otherwise awesome combination of GPS and data services. → Read More
The first post from CES 2009 is about Logitech, since they were the first booth on my right as soon as I walked in the door of CES unveiled, the cocktail hour/preview event that’s going on upstairs right now in the Venetian. I’m here in the Blounge reporting to you because I don’t like to have fun and mingle. I like to type things and edit video. Lucky you!
Yes, they already “announced” these things a little while ago, but I’ve got shady video and better pictures. Isn’t that what you like? → Read More
Logitech unveiled three new G-series gaming accessories today: the Logitech G19 keyboard for gaming, the Logitech G35 surround sound headset the Logitech G9x laser mouse. Click on for pricing and availability info along with the press release. → Read More
Wannabe DJs everywhere will have the opportunity to play with an updated Pacemaker this spring. It’s just like being Hernán Cattaneo, only without the fame, fortune and living like a night owl. → Read More
From the makers of those superfluous robotic toys comes a handful of useful and rather interesting offerings for this year’s CES. A DLP pico projector that bends 90-degrees? Hell yes. That’s the Cinemin Swivel. The Cinemin Stick is a little smaller and takes SD cards, but doesn’t bend over backward. There’s also an iPod dock dubbed the Cinemin Station. Did I mention the 3-hour battery life on the Swivel? → Read More
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