Last time we talked about CSR, they managed to develop keyboard as thin as a sheet of paper. This time round they’re going for the fashion industry, unveiling the technology that will enable Bluetooth smart jewelry. So the pendant-style connected necklaces was born, featuring integrated electronics that allows users to customize the color and brightness…
Toshiba joins the Chromebook craze with a 13.3-inch laptop
After Samsung, Acer and HP – it’s time for Toshiba to join Google’s Chromebook craze. The Japanese company is out with an everything-but-significant laptop simply called (drums please) Toshiba Chromebook. It’s insignificant because it doesn’t go beyond other Chromebooks we’ve seen before. It’s not even that much lighter than competing models and its specs are…
Epson unveils second generation Moverio smart glasses
Epson unveiled its second generation Moverio smart glasses with a combination of new features “geared to transform how consumers experience games, video entertainment and the world around them.” What makes the Epson Moverio BT-200 better than some, ahem, other solutions is that it rocks a true binocular display that uses a miniaturized LCD-based projection lens…
Samsung Galaxy Gear gets unofficial on-screen keyboard with Fleksy
For those of you who haven’t heard of it before, Fleksy is one of the virtual keyboard apps you can download from the Google Play Store. It’s also available for the iPhone, and — check this out — the Galaxy Gear. You got that right, this app can be installed on Sammy’s smart watch, allowing…
Sony’s new in-dash Smartphone Cradle Receiver adds brains to your car
As part of the effort to add brains to our cars, Sony unveiled the Smartphone Cradle Receiver (XSP-N1BT), touting it as the industry’s first such product. The best part is that it can “handle” different kinds of smartphones, not just those made by Sony. In fact, the XSP-N1BT can sing along the iPhone if its…
BLU Products unveils new smartphones and a tablet at CES
BLU Products announced a slew of new products, including its very first tablet, the Life View TAB. As it’s usually the case with the company’s products, this is a mid-end device with specs that include an 8-inch IPS 1024×768 screen, MediaTek’s 1.2GHz quad-core chip, dual 5-megapixel cameras, 1GB of RAM, Wi-Fi and HSPA+ connectivity. All…
Toshiba bringing Lytro-style camera to a mobile device near you
Toshiba America Electronic Components made available sample quantities of its TCM9518MD, the industry’s first dual camera module that can simultaneously output recorded images and depth data for mobile devices. Similarly to the Lytro digital camera, the TCM9518MD’s twin camera modules and a dedicated companion LSI chip simultaneously deliver deep focus images in which foreground and…
Mophie Space Pack for iPhone comes with an extra battery AND storage space
Mophie unveiled what is arguably its best iPhone case ever. Not only does the new Space Pack comes with an external battery that can double the battery life of your iDevice, but also has its own storage to allow you to store additional data on your phone. For accessing those extra bits you will need…
ConnecteDevice unveils classic-lookin’ Cogito and Cogito Pop smart watches
ConnecteDevice used CES to unveil two new smart watches, Cogito and Cogito Pop, both delivering essential notifications from the smartphone directly to the wrist. The first of the two is touted to “bring together the power of a connected watch with the sophistication of a precision-crafted timepiece.” On the watch face, Cogito provides users with…
ASUS VivoTab Note 8 with Windows 8.1 and Wacom digitizer stylus unveiled
ASUS announced a new Windows 8.1 tablet at CES. What makes the VivoTab Note 8 unique is the fact that it comes with an integrated Wacom digitizer stylus, making the tablet great for an artist inside of everyone of us. Other than that, we’re talking about a device that is very similar to other Windows-based…









