ces 2009

Hardware

Hands-on with the OQO 2+ MID

1:02 pm PST • January 9, 2009

We were lounging around the Intel area and saw this big collection of Mobile Internet Devices. These things are so weird we could barely tell what’s new and what’s years…

What’s the quickest way to kill any momentum you might have built up in the past 24 hours, Palm? How about pricing the Pre at $399, as this rumor currently…

No, you’re not seeing things! That’s Peter Ha (and Pop 17’s Sarah Austin) on G4’s Attack of the Show trying very hard to look excited about the Palm Pre. He…

Anybots new robot, the QA can be controlled remotely over Wi-Fi and 3G. So you can use the robot as an interface to communicate with people. This way you don’t…

Watch as Doug destroys every other blog and magazine participating in the Comp USA/Tiger Charity PC Race. He’s in slot #3 and will be competing against 29 other losers. The…

The gear these Austrian ladies are selling is pretty cool. It’s a bunch of straps and bags for all your gadgets that wrap around your body like a bandolier. But…

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CG will be on Attack of the Show today!

7:09 pm PST • January 8, 2009

Who’s putting us on live TV?

We heard about Psyko a week or so ago, and they won accolades for innovation, producing a pair of surround-sound headphones that’s using a totally different kind of technology. Essentially…

Ahoy, space ninjas! We present to you the iTouchless Trashcan SX, a space saving version of my favorite robotic trash can in the world. This model has a lid that…

I totally wanted to hug this little hug machine! Also, it has a hole in its mouth to allow for the insertion of a charger but, and this is only…

Man, I saw these back at PAX but for some reason never brought them up. Which is too bad, because they’re pretty cool. I love the little in-line remote that…

Did I call it or what? This is, at the moment, the first and only mobile phone with TI’s DLP pico projector technology. It will ship later this month in…

Hey! Memorize Every Wonderful Moment With AEE Cool Recording Gadget! It is Very Small. It Support USB 2.0. It only 55mm tall! It has LED Indicator. You Can Mount It…

IOGEAR announced a wireless USB audio/video adapter today. Seems like it could be interesting.

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iHearSafe: A good idea

5:57 pm PST • January 8, 2009

So these things are basically headphones designed to output up to and only up to 85 decibels. You plug them in and no matter how high the device is set,…

CES is filled with gadgets and gizmos that are known about months ahead of time and so the real jewels are the booths from previously unknown companies. Case in point…

Well, maybe not the biggest ever (Tekken on IMAX!) or the most original, but with all its chromoly-steel construction and tubey good looks, I just had to put it up.…

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A truly great CES post

5:43 pm PST • January 8, 2009

I’ll admit that I’m a cranky bastard at these shows. You guys have essentially entrusted us with the difficult and thankless job of allowing you to subjugate your neophilia through…

Now here’s something that will end up at the bottom of the toybox next Christmas. The Mindflex lets you control a floating ball around a little obstacle course. Air bumps…

HP finally came clean on its Firebird midsize gaming rig and we just spent a few minutes with the liquid-cooled machine. It seems that HP had the traveling gamer in…

We’ll be meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight at 9pm at the Casino Royale hotel. If you’re in Las Vegas and want to come by for a little bit of…

CES 2009 omnibus post for Thursday

4:57 pm PST • January 8, 2009

The CES posts have been coming out like machine gun bullets at CrunchGear, so much so that even we can’t keep track of them. But that doesn’t mean you should…

Last night Greg Kumparak and I had the pleasure of interviewing the Dr. Dre of NWA fame. Jimmy Iovine from Interscope, Noel and Kevin Lee from Monster were also present.…

Here’s a little demo of the SanDisk Sansa slotRadio player that we reported earlier. The basic gist is a $99 player loaded up with 1000 songs spanning various genres. You…

The Asus Core i7-powered ROG was all by itself at the CES Asus booth but for good reason. This thing is a F’n beast! It’s massive and must weigh a…

That great watch/phone we saw a few weeks back is here at CES. I got my hands on it last night but they made me turn off the video for…

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CES 2009 Thursday Box Lunch Unboxing

3:05 pm PST • January 8, 2009

Hmmm. CES Box lunch. Hopefully the Big Daddy Roast Beef tastes as good as it sounds…

Netbook, notebook, call it whatever you want — the MSI X320 is slick city, my main man. Here’s a hands-on video and some photos of the device, plus info about…

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LIVE CES 2009 Palm keynote

1:33 pm PST • January 8, 2009

CrunchGear is live at CES 2009 attending the Palm keynote. What can we expect? New hardware, a new OS, and potentially a branding strategy that will move them far from…

We’re about to go into the Palm press conference here at CES. What can we expect? New hardware, a new OS, and potentially a branding strategy that will move them…