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Everyone was expecting Motorola to show off an iPad competitor at CES and the company may have met the sky-high expectations with the introduction of the Xoom Android Honeycomb tablet. With a 10.1-inch display, the Motorola Xoom Android Honeycomb tablet is quite a site to behold. With a 1280 x 800 16:10 widescreen HD display,…
Verizon announced one of its newest 4G LTE smartphones at CES 2011 yesterday – the HTC Thunderbolt. The latest Android 2.2 handset for Big Red sports a 4.3-inch touchscreen display, a 1GHz Qualcomm processor and a kickstand behind it – sort of like the EVO – that opens up to reveal another speaker. We came…
The Chevrolet Volt, which we’ve seen with a reasonably impressive smartphone app for managing the car’s charging schedule, will have one more phone-friendly addition: a wireless charging mat built right into the vehicle. As a part of the agreement, GM is squeezing $5 million of investment capital into Powermat, which will not only enable phones…
Good morning, everyone. We’re live at Ford’s keynote here at CES 2011 in Las Vegas, NV, and today we’re looking forward to see the company’s mobile implementations in its new vehicles. Everything from voice-command software, mobile applications and accessories for mobile connectivity may be shown here this morning. We’ll keep you updated live as the…
AT&T made a big splash with the introduction of the Samsung Infuse 4G and we got to check it out with our HD video camera. Unfortunately, we weren’t even allowed to hold the Samsung Infuse with our own rugged hands, as the device is still quite early but we did get a nice little overview…
Scanbuy used the CES to release its latest ScanLife Mobile Barcode Trend Report. We were everything but surprised to learn that mobile barcode scanning is growing among the customers. As a matter of fact, the company is talking about “rapid growth” in mobile barcode scanning in the fourth quarter of 2010, reflecting accelerated adoption of…
Bluetooth accessory maker BlueAnt announced three new products at the CES in Las Vegas. Without further ado, here’s what they got: BlueAnt Stereo Headset – which is said to represent a new class of stereo headsets with “true sound” that is rich, incredibly detailed and replicates sound in its truest form. This ergonomically designed product…
The electronics accessories maker foneGEAR used the CES to launch “the new face of foneGEAR” – the fuse brand, which will effectively replace multiple foneGEAR brands. Aside from the name change, the company also announced the PowerSlice Charging Station that allows up to four phones or electronic devices to be charged simultaneously from a single…
A company called iMovee prepared an interesting product for this year’s CES. Called Mobeo, it is a wireless accessory that is said to combine Live Broadcast TV, live streaming TV/Video-On-Demand and Social Media networks. This combination iMovee calls “Telefusion” and it allows smartphone and tablet device owners to not only watch TV on their beloved…
Just a few short hours before Ford will keynote at CES 2011, the auto maker has revealed the MyFord smartphone app for BlackBerry, Android and iPhone which will let Focus Electric drivers keep tabs on their vehicle from afar. The key points according to Ford are: Ford has developed the all-new MyFord Mobile app for…