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Iomega makes home media networking the easiest I have ever seen

by Adam Berger on Jan 11, 2009 at 05:01 PM

As you can image, we are prone to hearing about ever single new home media networking hard drive and back-up solution that is released onto the market. But what I saw at Iomega really impressed me (and Doug). The new Home Media Network Hard Drive provides a super easy-to-use network… Continue Reading »

Samsung executive HDTV/Blu-ray roundtable discussion

by Adam Berger on Jan 11, 2009 at 12:10 PM

At CES 2009 I had the opportunity to sit down in a roundtable discussion with three of the leading Samsung execs from the Digital Media Business. Mr. Sang-heung Shin, Dr. Dongho Shin, Mr. Kyung-shik Lee fielded questions from the press around Samsung’s HDTV strategy, their entry into LED TV, ambitions… Continue Reading »

Powermat will change everything with wireless charging

by Iyaz Akhtar on Jan 10, 2009 at 09:00 PM

If the Powermat wireless charging system lives up to its claims, Powermat is going to be huge.  The idea is simple, just place a device like a phone on a Powermat and your phone is charged.  There is no need for lots of wires or numerous power adapters; you just… Continue Reading »

Video: Casio’s Dynamic Photo green-screen-like technology

by Doug Berger on Jan 10, 2009 at 04:02 AM

At Casio’s press conference, founder Kazuo Kashio wowed us with the company’s latest development in portable video—Dynamic Photo.  Dynamic Photo is similar to a feature in Apple’s Photo Booth you may be familiar with.  First, you capture a video of someone using one of their new point and shoot cameras,… Continue Reading »

Up close and personal with the LG Watch Phone

by Doug Berger on Jan 8, 2009 at 10:20 PM

At yesterday’s LG press conference, the company announced plans to launch their touch-screen Watch Phone later this year.  Today, we got to take a closer look, and are liking what we saw.  We do however have a few concerns about the performance of the device. Do you need to hold… Continue Reading »

Meet the Palm Pre, your new best friend?

by JG Mason on Jan 8, 2009 at 08:03 PM

If you’ve been rooting for Palm, they’ve finally delivered with the Palm Pre.  Designed not only to compete in today’s crowded smartphone market, but Palm has done what so many of us hoped: go beyond what is out there today.  The Palm Pre, for me, brings back the wonderlust of… Continue Reading »

Samsung heads in the right direction with Unified UI

by Doug Berger on Jan 8, 2009 at 03:32 PM

Far too often, large consumer electronics manufacturers have so many different divisions, and engineers working on so many products, that there is a different user interface on each product line.  Samsung has finally snapped out of it and realized people want easy to use, familiar menus and firmware on their… Continue Reading »

Toshiba introduces the most powerful HDTVs ever; powered by Cell

by Adam Berger on Jan 7, 2009 at 04:00 PM

Click for a larger image. Toshiba has finally made good use of the cell processor—one of the most powerful chipsets (you may know it from the Sony PlayStation 3 processor). This will bring some amazing features into your home such as simultaneous HD viewing (up to 4 channels at once),… Continue Reading »

CES 2009 Keynote: Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO

by Adam Berger on Jan 7, 2009 at 02:20 PM

We have begun to prep for the Steve Ballmer press conference. This is going to be interesting since Bill Gates has given the CES opening keynote for over 10 years - check out last year’s live blog here. We have seen Steve going absolutely crazy in the past: screaming, yelling,… Continue Reading »

LG Watch Phone due out later this year

by Doug Berger on Jan 7, 2009 at 12:21 PM

Click for a larger image. As they announced and showed at last year’s Consumer Electronics Show, the new LG Watch Phone will be released later in 2009. FROM OUR LG PRESS CONFERENCE LIVE-BLOG: Prototype Watch Phone: touch screen tempered glass face, 2 hours talk time, 61x39x13.9mm, 84g, bluetooth, 3 keys. … Continue Reading »

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