Archive for January, 2009
Synaptics Touchpad Gesture Demo (CES 2009)
Warner Crocker from GottaBeMobile.com caught up with Robin Palmer from Synaptics. She shows off how gesture-enabled touchpads are much more functional than standard touchpads.
HP iPrint Photo: Print Wirelessly to Photosmart Printers w/ iPhone & iPod Touch (video demo @ CES 2009)
HP iPrint Photo is a cool little application that enables iPhone and iPod Touch owners to print via WiFi to their HP Photosmart printers. You can print any photo that’s on your iPhone onto 4″x6″ photo paper in about 20 seconds. Check out this demo at the HP booth at The Digital Experience.
New Generation of Netbooks: $199 and $299, Eight Hour Battery & Sexy Design
Freescale and Pegatron are ushering a new generation of netbooks that will combine excellent battery life, good looks and low cost. The two partners are hoping to bring the ARM-based netbook to market within the next few months under the flagship of a major OEM at a retail price of $199 to $299.
Seagate FreeAgent Home Theater
Seagate officially announced the FreeAgent Home Theater today at CES 2009. The device makes easy to get digital content from your computer onto your HDTV. I recorded a full demo of the FreeAgent Home Theater a few weeks ago at Seagate’s offices.
MSI X-Slim 320 Ultraportable (CES 2009)
The new MSI X-Slim S320 caught my eye at CES Unveiled last night. It’s ultra-thin and drew a small crowd to the MSI booth. The fashionable look certainly contributes to X320′s attraction and will be available in champagne gold, pearl white and black.
Blogging from CES 2009 w/All the Cool Kids
I’m at CES 2009 press day with a lot of the top mobile tech bloggers and industry insiders. It’s been great catching up with people I’ve known for a while and others who I follow online, but have never met before. Check out the pics of the show so far.
SDXC Cards: Up to 2TB of Storage in Your Camera or Notebook
The SD association announced a new specification called SDXC, which has the same form factor as an SD card, but will provide upto 2TB of storage. That’s enough capacity to handle 100 high-def movies or 17,000 high-res images.
Novatell Wireless Intros MiFi Mobile Hotspot (video @ CES 2009)
Mike Kelly showed me the Novatell Wireless MiFi Mobile Hotspot, a 3G router that plays double duty as a WiFi router. It supports up to five WiFi devices at once and will be available via major wireless carriers in a few months. It will cost $200 before carrier subsidies.
Apple Intros Unibody 17-inch MacBook Pro, No Removeable Battery
Apple announced a redesigned 17-inch MacBook Pro at MacWorld, featuring its relatively new unibody design that’s used in the rest of the Apple notebook lineup. The base configuration comes with 4GB of RAM, a 320GB hard drive, NVIDIA 9400M and 9600M graphics.
Macworld 2009: Day 1 First Impressions
I am currently at Macworld and have been since the keynote. One of the questions asked frequently by those who are not attending is “So, how is it compared to previous Macworld Expos?”. Of course many of these inquiries are fueled by the fact that Steve Jobs did not deliver the kick off keynote and [...]
