Archive for January, 2010
Win a SCOTTEVEST Soft Shell Jacket!
The Notebooks.com and GottaBeMobile team are using SCOTTEVEST clothing to carry all of our gear in Las Vegas during the Consumer Electronics Show. We’ve teamed up with SCOTTEVEST to give away Scott’s latest creation- the SeV Soft Shell Jacket. This SeV is great for colder climates, but is thin enough to allow you to move [...]
Apple Airport Express Goes Long
Today I received a message on Twitter from Harry McCracken of Technologizer on Twitter asking if I was staying at Harrah’s Hotel during CES 2010. He assumed I was staying the hotel because he could see my wireless network, which is very creatively named “Xavier Lanier’s Network.” I replied that I was staying at the [...]
CES: What’s in My ScotteVest Pants
Covering the floor today I am going decidedly light. I have left the vest at the hotel and opted for the ScotteVest Ultimate Cargo pants which have a pretty incredible number of pockets in them and also a long sleeve ScotteVest Polo as well. Check out everything I have in my ScotteVest pants in the [...]
CES- Qualcomm Keynote- Why you need to know who they are
You may not have ever heard of them. But, you use their products, you just didn’t know you did. Qualcomm chips are in so many devices we use today– like HTC smartphones, Lenovo smartbooks, HP laptops, etc..etc. They are the guys behind all the great technology like Snapdragon processors and Mirasol display technology. They were [...]
CES- Nokia’s Keynote- changing the world
Yesterday was Nokia’s turn to be in the keynote spotlight. You have to love a company that right before the keynote started, the announcer said ” At the request of Nokia, we ask you to keep you cell phones on.” The crowd loved that. Nokia knows their audience I must say. So what did Nokia’s [...]
CES: Up Close and Personal with the Pixel Qi Dual Display
The Pixel Qi Dual Display isn’t a dual display, as in two displays, but actually a dual purpose display which works in two modes to provide users with more flexibility to work no matter what conditions they are in. Brad Linder, this guy is all over the show floor, had a close look at the [...]
CES- More on the Intel App Up Store
I was fortunate enough to attend the Intel Netbook meetup event yesterday afternoon, where Intel gave us a hands-on with their new Intel App Up store. While we have already reported most of the major details, here is some more information we were able to squeeze out of Intel: The look and feel of the [...]
CES: Lenovo IdeaPad Y560 Notebook – 3D For People With Glasses
Last night at the Lenovo Bloggers night event here at CES 2010 I had a quick hands on with the Lenovo IdeaPad Y560 Multimedia Notebook which will be available in February. The demo featured a 3D demonstration of Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 which looked beautiful; but that’s not what got me really excited. [...]
CES: dnB Dual Screen Netbook Doubles Your Screens, Doubles Your Productivity
This year at CES there have been a few trends such as going green and of course 3D displays; but another trend has emerged; dual screens. Liliputing took some time to explore the dnb Dual Screen netbook and found out some interesting information that has me more excited about it than the MSI dual screen [...]
CES- Day 4 (for us)..I need new feet!
Day 4 at CES for me was just as busy as it was for the last few days. But this time, it was ALL about the exhibitor halls. Folks, the LVCC (Las Vegas Convention Center) is HUGE! You will get lost in it. I did, a few times. I wished I had a GPS for [...]
