CES Posts
CES Superlatives
With CES 2010 over, we thought we’d round up some of the show’s highlights.
Most awe-inspiring booth: Samsung
I’m not sure that this video can quite capture how enormous this thing looks, but it stopped me dead in my tracks as I approached. Bonus points for the clever use of a mirrored ceiling for even more bombast. [...]
The Worst Idea At CES
When I received an email from Taser with the subject line “TASER’s solution to kids “sexting” and driving while texting debuts at CES” you can imagine what I was thinking. Unfortunately, as entertaining as the concept was, the company was not advocating electroshock treatment for the nation’s teens. However, what they are offering seems just [...]
Natal Changes The Way We Game
When the Nintendo Wii was launched in 2006, it revolutionized gaming. At least, we thought it would. Truth is, most of us didn’t do much more than play Wii Sports. Beyond that, the motion control was just a gimmick.
Meanwhile the Xbox 360 took off. With an unrivaled online community, popular games and an all-in-one approach [...]
The Next Great Console
My generation loves console gaming. We have fond memories of our Super Nintendos, stories of our epic multiplayer battles in Goldeneye, and woeful sagas starring our Playstation’s disc read errors. We love our consoles now more than ever as they do more and more. We play with people all across the world, download games from [...]
Through The Cracks Pt. 1
Too big for twitter, too small for an article and too cool to miss, these are the top 5 gadgets to have fallen through the cracks.
5. fit PC2i – While the name conjures images of another fitness device, the fit PC2i is actually the smallest computer I have ever laid eyes on. The fully functional [...]
Move Over 3G, Here Comes 4G
It wasn’t too long ago that 3G was the bees knees in mobile internet, but times have changed and the wireless world is about to experience another shakeup. 4G is the next big thing and I’ve had the chance to see it in action at CES 2010.
I visited the Sprint tent just outside the convention [...]
Bringing a New Dimension to Television
Dimensions have always been a big topic at CES. Questions like “How wide is this flat screen?” or “How thin is that phone?” are common, but at CES 2010 another dimension has become more important. TV manufacturers, no longer satisfied with the standard upgrades to their lines of flat screens, have added the third dimension [...]
Android Lands A Backflip
When the first phone with Google’s Android operating system debuted, it was a bit hard to take seriously. The hardware was bulky and cumbersome, there was very little memory and the software was still a bit rough around the edges. Android had been hyped up as the iPhone’s best competition, but lost the battle for [...]
Intel Leads The Way
Intel’s innovations drive the computer industry. Their microprocessors, graphics cards and chipsets form the core of the large majority of personal computers. So when they come out with new chips, people listen.
Multi-Tasking
For a long time the big game for processors was speed. The more speed, the better the chip, in theory. But for most applications [...]
Can the Zune Stand Alone?
While most personal media players are shifting focus to features like internet browsing and applications, Microsoft’s Zune HD remains singularly focused.
In this age of the super super super smartphones (is that enough supers Google?) it’s refreshing to see people who don’t think having multiple devices is a problem.
Microsoft stands by the Zune as a no [...]
