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Consumer Tech For JuneQuietly for the last year or so, while waiting to kiss Steve Jobs butt for a Verizon version of the iPhone, the worlds largest phone company was planning a surprise Apple biting with HTC, an underrated telecom product maker with a so-so track record. The incredible story of the Droid Incredible played out over the last few weeks, when even some who drank the Apple koolade realized that this device was faster, easier and better looking with better battery life than the latest IPhone.
A Sampling of This Weeks New ProductsA winner the last three years over such stalwart competition as Sonos and Tivoli and other much more expensive products, the new touch-screen Squeezebox radio offers support for Internet radio and networked music library access via Wi-Fi and Ethernet connectivity This network radio makes it easy to stream songs from your computer and access Web music services, so you can enjoy your favorite tunes throughout your home.
Consumer Tech for MarchThere is No App for That!
Every time I am with my business colleagues Bart and Mitch, I get slightly envious and remorseful that I gave a way my iPhone. While their AT&PS don't seem to be better than my Blackberry or MY LG phone, these award winning industrial designers from Fuseproject seem to have the nimble fingers that bring out the best in the Apple product.
Opinion and advice from a star technician:TV's + Computers = Loads of Fun?
Connecting a PC to a TV may seem easy for some and daunting for others. This is for those in the daunting category. We'll show you, step by step, how to correctly connect a PC to a TV and shed light to some of the cooler things you can add for personal or business use.
Haier Steals Show with Thoroughly Wireless TV(Really, truly wireless!)
Most of the world's largest consumer electronics (CE), PC and accessory companies unveiled hundreds of new products at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Association Show. 3D HDTVs gained the widest attention, but there were numerous other technology advances in electronic books, mobile phones, computers and peripherals and even strategic partnerships between several industry leading manufacturers and leading service providers.
Everyone had a tablet, almost everyone showed off 3D television, yet with all the big guns going to another dimension at the Consumer Electronics Show, it was actually one of the Chinese-based American upstart CE and Appliance makers that stole the show.
CES UNVEILEDEven though the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas doesn't officially open for another day, the meeting rooms are already jam packed with both reporters vying for exclusives and manufacturers trying to be the first to introduce their latest products. Here's a sampling of interesting gadgets debuting at the press-only event dubbed CES Unveiled:
How fast is your son's baseball pitch? Did your favorite racecar driver break the sound barrier? Slated to be released for Spring 2010, “Pocket Radar” is sure to help. This palm-sized speed detector makes it easy to compute fast, yet accurate real time measurements of any moving target with a simple push of a button. Simply aim the device at your target, push the button, and an instant digital readout is displayed on the device's screen. Price: $249.00
2010 CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW PREVIEWDespite the recession, and the closing of thousands of national electronics stores and many regional and mom and pop stores, there is no shortage of new products coming out of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
Tough as times are, there are certain products that seem recession proof or that have dropped so far in price that that they become affordable for many more consumers. Add to that the fact that those watching their budgets purchase CE and PC products instead of going away on expensive vacations, or those who need a new computer or printer to aid in a job search , and some manufacturers actually had a decent December.
Consumer tech: DecemberQ: I recently saw celebrities at a Red Carpet movie opening taking videos with a palm size camera...during the World Series I saw the hated New York Yankees using the same device to take videos of their fans. I also saw some of the “in crowd” using an MP3 player that was NOT an IPod or IPhone. Is the world changing its technology on me? What are those devices? Are they any good or just a PR plant?
A: The Red Carpet and World Series video camera you saw was one or more of The Flip video camera series. Now the top selling palm-sized video camera in America, the tiny devices even come in HD models.
