While Comcast and Verizon have been the most vocal about connecting the TV experience with tablet devices, AT&T announced a new technology today that shows the U-verse operator isn’t letting the TV/Tablet trend pass it by. According to reporting from Engadget, the new tech uses Wi-Fi to connect mobile devices to AT&T set-tops. It supports … Read more
The CES Unveiled event last night was a mob scene with only a few truly worthwhile displays. That said, a round-up of photos never hurt anyone. Check out some of the buzzed-about (and not-so-buzzed-about) products below. Captions free of charge. Dexim wasn’t only showing off its Visible Charger, it also had a really cool iPad … Read more
How’s this for cool? The company nPower is showing off a Personal Energy Generator (PEG) at CES that stores your own kinetic energy to use as back-up power for your mobile gadgets. At nine inches tall, and looking like a tiny telescope, the PEG has a 1000mAh lithium Polymer battery that powers up as you move … Read more
Anyone who reads this blog knows that Dave and I are huge Slacker fans. However, I’m starting to yearn for direct Internet connectivity on my Slacker G2 device. And as for the Slacker app on my Droid Eris, it just doesn’t compare to the experience on the G2. Enter Muve Music from Cricket. I got … Read more
While Dave has hemmed and hawed about making the trip out to Vegas, I took him up on an opportunity to replace him in a “friendly fitness competition” hosted at the show by BodyMedia. Along with a dozen other bloggers and tech reporters, I agreed to wear the company’s new BodyMedia FIT Armband throughout CES. … Read more
I can’t say I’m the biggest Iomega fan. In fact, I’m still bitter years after the Zip disc click of death. Yet, we’ve gots to give them a little attention today as the next Boxee Box. The guts are quite similar to the original D-Link Boxee Box but, as you can clearly see, the design … Read more
While I imagine Kodak was hopeful of refreshing their semi-ruggedized Playsport Flip-style video camera prior to the holidays, I suppose it’s better late than never? Incidentally, I did exchange emails with Kodak this past fall wondering when/if there might be a new model… as I frequently recommend v1 (Zx3, ~$125) over the various Flip cams. … Read more
We’re still about 36 hours from Microsoft’s CES keynote. Yet the Seattle Times looks to have stolen a bit of CEO Steve Ballmer’s connected home thunder: Microsoft’s going to make a splash in this market with a stripped-down version of Windows tailored for set-top boxes and connected TVs. The software is a version of its … Read more