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Tech NewsFrom Audiovox, the first 1xEV-DO Pocket PC Phone
New from Audiovox, the first Pocket PC Phone compatible with Verizon’s high-speed 1xEV-DO data network (which is able to get speeds of up to 500Kbps but is only available in San Diego and Washington, D.C. at the moment). The new PPC 5050 runs on the 2003 version of the Windows Mobile operating system and has … Continued
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What’s next from Sony
Well, the dirty work of covering CES has begun, and it does literally look like I’ll be getting no sleep for the next 72 hours (it’s 2am and I’m supposed to leave the hotel at 7am for an early morning meeting). We caught Sony’s press conference yesterday afternoon, and while there weren’t too many surprises … Continued
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Live from CES: Bill Gates’ keynote address
And, as promised, the first of our reader correspondent reports from this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. From Morgan of Knitwitology: Bill Gates’ Keynote was more impressive than I would have expected, certainly kicked the pants off of Steve Jobs’ fiasco in San Fran. Highlights of Microsoft in the upcoming year focus on … Continued
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The Media Center PC: not dead yet
After hearing Bill Gates makes his keynote address at CES yesterday evening, we’re pretty convinced that The Register was dead wrong when they asserted that Microsoft had decided to kill Windows XP Media Center Edition. Practically all of the new products seemed to have something to do with the Media Center PC, and it’s pretty … Continued
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CES: Day one
Ah, Las Vegas. We arrived this afternoon and caught Bill Gates’ keynote, Sony’s press conference, and the Digital Experience press event (details to come). But right now we’re hanging out at Caesar’s Palace with the CNET crew. A proper update and the first of our reader correspondent reports will be up soon.
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Thomson’s new ultrathin rear projection HDTVs
A pair of skinny new RCA Scenium rear-projection high-definition televisions from Thomson that use DLP technology (rather than plasma or LCD). The HDTVs should out later this year and will come in both 50-inch and 61-inch models. Read
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Western Digital’s Media Center external hard drive
New external 250GB hard drive from Western Digital that comes with a built-in Flash memory. The confusingly named Media Center has slots CompactFlash, Memory Stick, and SecureDigital memory cards, and is mainly aimed at people who want to quickly transfer photos from their digital camera to their PC. Read [Thanks, Mike]
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PlayStation Portable by November
In an interview with PlayStation.com, Sony Europe president Chris Deering reveals that Sony is aiming at a November launch for the widely anticipated PlayStation Portable. He also says that the PSP might have built-in GPRS for wireless gaming and some sort of location based GPS-type software (though it’s not clear what he means by that). … Continued
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New high definition DVD player from V Inc.
They’re claiming it’s the first of its kind (it’s not), but V Inc. has just announced a new high-definition DVD player that supports playback of Windows Media Video 9. Using Windows Media 9 means that over six hours of DVD quality video can be squeezed onto one disc, or that you can squeeze a high-definition … Continued
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First HD radio goes on sale
The first HD radio receiver went on sale a couple of days ago. The Kenwood KTC-HR100 uses iBiquity’s digital radio technology. The only problem is that there aren’t a whole lot of radio stations broadcasting in HD (yet), but to make matters worse, the decision to adopt HD radio as the standard here in the … Continued
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iRiver’s new 40GB MP3 player
Just about every MP3 player seems to be getting a boost in storage capacity this week, and iRiver’s flagship is no exception. Their 20GB iHP-120 player is being followed by the 40GB iHP-140, and like its predecessor, the iHP-140 has an almost overwhelming array of features (many of which are missing from the iPod), like … Continued
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Real life nanotechnology
Forbes.com list of the top ten nanotech products of last year, like Nano-Tex’s Nano-Care fabric (which is used in khakis from Eddie Bauer, Lee Jeans, and Old Navy); Nanofilm, which is used in Smith’s Techlite sunglasses (pictured at right); and Babolat’s Nanotube Power tennis racket (anyone else noticing a naming trend here?). Read [Via Roland … Continued
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Netgear’s Wireless Digital Music Player
It’s looking doubtful that I’m going to get any sleep over the next five days; every time I turn around there’s another gadget worth blogging. I was about to start packing (I leave for Las Vegas tomorrow), when someone tips me off to this: Netgear’s new MP101 wireless digital music player which (just like every … Continued
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Sony’s new 1GB Mini Disc
Probably not enough to save what is clearly a dying format (though it might have made a difference if they had done this a year or two ago), but Sony is coming out with new high-density Mini Disc format called Hi-MD that can hold up to 1GB, enough for eight hours of music. The first … Continued
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More iPod mini pics
We were less than blown away by the design of the new iPod mini unveiled yesterday (to say nothing of the colors Apple chose to make them available in), but we’re reserving our final judgement until we get to actually see one in the flesh. While we wait for them to appear at our local … Continued
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