Category: CES 2011
Best of CES 2011 Awards for Notebooks.com
The Consumer Electronics Show 2011 is in the record books and we were on hand to get a look at the various mobile and technology products being showed off to attendees. Here are our Best of CES 2011 awards in numerous categories. Best Notebook: Alienware M17x The notebook garnering the Best Notebook award for CES [...]
Best of Show CES 2011: Powermat
Mobile batteries always seem to die at the worst times. Wouldn’t it be nice if your phone would just charge automatically every time you weren’t using it? Powermat is doing its best to make the dream of wireless charging a reality. While the Powermat products at CES 2011 were certainly impressive, its the proliferation of [...]
Best Mobile Lifestyle Accessory of CES 2011: ContourGPS Cam & Contour Mobile App
We found one device at CES 2011 that that combines the excitement of extreme sports and mobile technology. The ContourGPS, an HD camera that can be mounted just about anywhere, is gaining the ability to work with mobile phones thanks to Bluetooth and some new apps. With apps, GPS module, microsSD, Bluetooth and a Lithium-ion [...]
Best Gadget for the Family at CES 2011: Sony Bloggie 3D
There was no shortage of gadgets at CES 2011, but the Sony Bloggie 3D stood out as something the entire family will enjoy in the new year. Starting at $249, the Bloggie 3D will make it easy and affordable for families to capture all those precious moments in 3D. Until now, producing 3D video has [...]
Best Mainstream Experience Improvement of CES 2011: Intel 2nd Generation Core i Processor Family
During CES 2011 we saw plenty of technology aimed at entertaining consumers and making them more productive, but Intel’s new processors, the Intel 2nd Generation Core i Family of processors is the technology we saw at CES 2011 that will have the biggest impact on how consumers use their computers in 2011 — even if [...]
Best Mobile Productivity Accessory: Fujitsu ScanSnap S1100
If you’re on the go as much as we are you’ve probably already developed an aversion to paper, but not everyone else has joined the digital age which means you still get bills, receipts, pamphlets, contracts and more in paper form. Enter the new Fujitsu ScanSnap S1100 a new portable scanner announced at CES 2011 [...]
Samsung 9 Series Thin and Light Hands-On at CES 2011 (Video)
The Samsung 9 Series notebook is an ultraportable laptop that will compete with the MacBook Air. In fact, Samsung is saying it is stronger, lighter, and offers longer battery life than the Air challenger. Supporting an Intel second-generation Core processor in the Sandy Bridge family, the 9 Series will have the latest processor and will [...]
Microsoft Touch Mouse Mimics the Apple Magic Mouse
At CES 2011 Microsoft is showing off the Touch Mouse very much like the Apple Magic Mouse that we reviewed recently. The surface of the mouse has a touch sensor underneath and senses multi-finger gestures and touch in order to perform functions on-screen. The mouse looks sleek with no buttons and it will work for both [...]
Best 4G Network Speeds & Rollout of CES 2011: Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless is crowned the year’s best 4G wireless network speeds and rollout of CES 2011 by the Notebooks.com team. How great is the network? Well, despite Verizon Wireless’s modesty, claiming speeds of 5-10 Mbps on the download side and 2-5 Mbps on the upload side, the network is performing equally as well or faster [...]
Best Notebook Accessory of CES 2011: Novatel 4G MiFi from Sprint and Verizon
CES is full of notebook accessories, but after looking through the crowd we found that the new, and improved, Novatel MiFi 4G versions not only brings faster speeds on Verizon and Sprint, but also many improvements to the user experience. All of these improvements come together to deliver a great device to consumers which is why we [...]
