Consumer Electronics Cool Gadgets for 2009
By Reginald Baillly – Since 2006, CNET has presented the Best of CES Awards, given to the top product in 10 categories as well as one coveted Best in Show award. This year, The Palm Pre smartphone took home high honors and became the first cell phone/smartphone to win the Best in Show.
In Car Tech category, Gracenote puts a star in your car. Imagine having your favorite recording artist talking to you from your dashboard, recommending new music that you might like. Now imagine the music available to you in your car extending to just about every track ever recorded. Let’s take it a step further and say you can use your car stereo like an instant messenger, where you can recommend songs and playlists to people on your buddy list. Very Cool…!
For Computer & Hardware, The Sony P-series Lifestyle PC aimed at mid-to-high-end buyers we’ve reviewed fairly favorably. Where as in the Digital Photo & Video category, the Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-G3 got high mark for the 10-megapixel, 4X zoom G3 includes 4GB of storage and a 210ppi 3.5-inch touch-screen display with Wi-Fi connectivity that allows you to wirelessly upload photos and video and deliver e-mail notifications.
For Gaming the winner is The Wand – a high-tech Wii remote alternative by Nyko In an effort to trump the existing Nintendo Wii remote controller.
GPS TomTom reveals its first connected portable navigation device -
the TomTom GO 740 Live. Like the Dash Express and TeleNav Shotgun, the GO 740 Live is a connected GPS using a built-in SIM card and GPRS modem, so you’ll get more up-to-date information delivered to your PND right over the air.
In Home Audio the HT-BD7200: 2.1 Blu-ray home theater from Samsung is the choice for 2009 which gets a Blu-ray upgrade (replete with BD-Live capability and Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio decoding) and support for streaming Netflix online video and the Pandora music service. It’s also Wi-Fi-ready, but you’ll need to invest in a separate USB 802.11n dongle, or stick with wired Ethernet connectivity instead.
In Home Video – EchoStar SlingLoaded HD DVR 922 combines Slingbox and DVR into one super set-top box which lets you access your home TV from any broadband-connected PC and many models of 3G smartphones.
in MP3 & Video Players Samsung unveils the P3 touch-screen MP3 player. As an update to Samsung’s popular P2, the P3 shares many of its predecessor’s features, including a 3-inch WQVGA touch screen, DNSe sound enhancement, audio and video playback, photo viewer, FM radio, voice recording, and Bluetooth capabilities such as phone pairing and stereo audio streaming. Unlike the P2, the Samsung P3 uses a colorful new user interface dubbed “EmoTure” that emphasizes personalization.
In Televisions, for 2009 Panasonic has included THX in two series of plasma TVs, of which the most-affordable will be the G10s. The company’s G10 series of plasmas comes in four screen sizes. The 42-inch TC-P42G10, the 46-inch TC-P46G10, and the 50-inch TC-P50G10 will ship in March, while the 54-inch TC-54G10, a new screen size for the company, will ship in May.
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Nokia stops production of Nokia N810 WiMax Devices
On Januaray 6th, Nokia confirmed that they are stopping production and distribution of the N810 Internet Tablet WiMax Edition. That’s one fewer device for Sprint /Clearwire subscribers to use on the Clear WiMax network which were just getting off the ground in the United States and Nokia goes and cancels its WiMax device.
When questioned the company, their response is a flat: “The Nokia N810 WiMAX Edition has reached the expected end of its life cycle. We will continue to follow the WiMax network development and new product decisions will be considered based on the evolution of the business.”
Those watching the evolution of the N810 WiMax Edition find it interesting that Edition reached end-of-life status on a day after Clearwire expands its WiMax network in the U.S.
This leaves behind WiMax subscribers in the U.S. with fewer options of usage on the network. Not that the network is vast and widespread. It is still in just two markets.
Nokia didn’t pronounce a word about other plans for its Internet Tablet devices and what their next intentions are.
