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Last week before the doors of CES were officially cracked open, Razer teased their Project Fiona news in order to get some hype for whatever in the world it was going to end up being. As we predicted, Project Fiona is the company’s first foray into the tablet market, and boy, is it a doozey. Unlike…
Accessory maker Benzitech announced new line of waterproof cases for smartphones and tablets, as well as new battery charging cases for the iPhone and iPad at the CES. The iDry waterproof cases create an airtight seal to protect your gadgets from everything from rainfall to being submerged 30 feet underwater. The great thing is that…
When we look back at CES 2012, we will be able to see if this was the critical moment where Nokia and Microsoft started to gain some traction in the U.S. smartphone market with the introduction of the Lumia 900. We sat down with Nokia Senior VP Kevin Shields and Microsoft’s Windows Phone head honcho…
Qualcomm, the maker of the wildly popular Snapdragon processor chip, today announced a new chip for smart TVs and set-top boxes. The new chip is called the Snapdragon S4 (MPQ8064), and it features a 1.5GHz quad-core CPU. It will be featured in Lenovo’s K91 Smart TV, which is billed as “the world’s first smart TV running on the…
Alongside all new phones, Sony Ericsson used CES to unveil three new accessories for Android smartphones. The so called Smart Extras include: Xperia SmartTags – Working with any NFC enabled smartphone (like Xperia S), it allows users to simply touch a NFC enabled smartphone to a SmartTag (which is the shape and size of a…
As expect, Parrot used the CES to unveil the AR Drone 2.0 that comes with a brand new design and reinforced body, as well as several new features. The main new thing is improved 720p HD camera, which creates much better clips. Moreover, there are a number of new sensors, including a 3-axis accelerometer, 3-axis…
Aside from the Xperia ion and Xperia S, Sony Ericsson also announced two additional devices, though for the Japanese market – Xperia NX and Xperia acro HD. The former is basically a local version of the Xperia S, while the latter is a follow-up to the Xperia acro that comes with that awesome 720p Reality…
Like existing 50,000 apps in the Windows Phone Marketplace isn’t enough, Nokia announced few exclusive apps from major content providers like CNN, Univision, ESPN and Sesame Workshop. Under the deal, the apps will be available exclusively to Nokia consumers before they are made more widely available to all Windows Phone users. Here’s what they got:…
BlueStacks‘ “App Player” will be compatible with Windows 8. Yep, that means you’ll be able to run all of those Android apps on your shiny new Windows tablet, ultrabook or laptop computer even though it runs the soon-to-be-released version of Microsoft’s OS. Needless to say, the company is using CES to demonstrate this tech mumbo-jumbo…
Viper SmartStart — the mobile app that lets users start and control their car from the iPhone, Android or BlackBerry — is announcing version 3.0 this week at CES. The new version is said to bring the experience “to the next level,” featuring new cloud-connected car software for both Android and iPhone. At the same…