For a couple of months now there has been some buzz surrounding the upcoming Blackberry tablet known as the Playbook. Is it for real or just a lot of hype over nothing, like some of the recent phones from RIM? This CES provided a hands-on which finally gave people a chance to find out. This relatively small 5x7 device has
As the Boy Scouts would say, "Be prepared" and the latest additions to Etón Corporation's American Red Cross TurboDyne series are a good step forwards for everyone. Showcasing at CES, the Road Torq, Axis and Rover are all aimed at helping during those unexpected emergencies. All the devices are self-powered through a hand crank which charges up the internal battery,
Apple did not attend CES 2011, it never does. However its presences was certainly felt throughout the event, especially the popularity of the iPad. One way this was shown is by the number of third-party vendors selling various iPad related products. Out of the hundreds that were shown, there were a few that caught my eye and I thought were
Most cameras are great if you want to take a picture straight ahead, but what happens when you need to take one at angle or maybe you want to take a self portrait. What do you do then, you can hold the camera out at the angle and hope you get the picture, or you can use the Casio EXilim
The netTALK company, known in the past for low-cost phone service, has unveiled it's netTALK TV at CES. And they are making some big claims for it, which, if delivered, would be a huge deal in the media market. They claim: an ultra-low cost digital TV solution to address an over-priced, underwhelming cable TV market They want to replace your
One of the main purposes of CES is for major business alliances to either be started or finalized, One such alliance was announced between Samsung and DirecTV involving multiple set-top boxes. A major irritation with having a multi TV home is it requires you to have a box either cable or satellite for each TV, well if you are a Samsung owner and DirectTV subscriber this problem maybe coming to an end. At CES 2011 Samsung and DirecTV announce an alliance which will allow a consumer to have one central server for multiple TV in a home. This is done by using the RVU protocol this protocol uses the combination of DLNA and [UPnP]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UPnPAVmedia_server) both industry standards. No longer will you need a separate box for each TV.
If you are in the market for a new external hard drive (and which of us isn't buying one regularly these days?) then Iomega may have one you will want to look at. Just announced at CES is the Iomega Home Media Network Hard Drive Cloud Edition. It is intended for both home and small business users and features the