Bluetooth SIG (Special Interest Group) announced the winners of its fourth annual “Best of CES” contest to highlight the “hottest, most innovative and consumer friendly Bluetooth enabled products.” In total, 54 new Bluetooth products were submitted for the contest in 6 categories focusing on what consumers can do with the technology – talk on a…
The Signal: Talking Mobile Memory with SanDisk
Our last interview at CES was with Chris Loh and Mike Yurochko from the mammoth of mobile memory, SanDisk. They remained somewhat tightlipped about the 2 terabyte cards announced on the SD Association’s roadmap, but we talked broadly about what bigger memory cards mean for end consumers and developers. Mike and I talked in the…
The Signal: Talking Wi-Fi with Kelly Davis-Felner
The Wi-Fi Alliance could easily be overlooked in a show ostensibly about the shiny finished products that they’re only tangentially involved with, but one of the big things we wanted to do with our interviews was get in touch with some of the big movers behind the scenes. Wi-Fi is becoming a ubiquitous feature throughout…
The Signal: Talking Touch with Synaptics
Synaptics has been in the touch tech game for a good long time now – you might recall seeing their logo in your laptop’s system tray to keep tabs on the touchpad functions. Well, they do lots in the mobile end of things as well. Andrew Hsu talks with us about working with fragmented platforms…
The Signal: Talking Palm Pre with Pam Deziel
At CES we sat down with Pam Deziel, Palm’s VP of Software Product Management, in the swanky Palm Pre lounge to chat about their big announcement. I tried not to gush too much, but we hit topics such as points of inspiration, working with partners like Google and Sprint, as well as what the announcement…
CES: CoPilot Live demoed on Apple iPhone, T-Mobile G1
During the CES, Alk has demoed its popular navigation software, CoPilot Live, on the Apple iPhone and T-Mobile G1. The latter won’t be a problem – Android Market is as open as humanly possible. Apple AppStore is a different beast, though. Cupertino boys still don’t allow for any GPS navigation application with directions. So why…
Griffin announces new iPhone accessories at MacWorld
We’re not only still coping with CES but also with MacWorld news. One of the items we missed deals with popular iPod/iPhone accessory maker, Griffin Technology, which unveiled quite a few products at Apple’s event in San Francisco. Here’s what they’ve announced: PowerBlock Reserve and PowerJolt Reserve, two accessories designed to add extra juice to…
Nokia Locate Sensor makes sure you never lose anything, again
Aside from introducing new phones at this year’s CES, Nokia has also unveiled a project of their R&D arm – Nokia Locate Sensor. The tiny device is designed to help people keep track of their things, ensuring we never lose anything again. It’s quite easy to use the Nokia Locate Sensor. Simply attach a physical…
ASUS CEO Confirms EE Phone, to run Android?
In a rather high-brow CES interview talking about a future where the TV becomes the focal point of all family activity and every single wall is a display, ASUSTek’s CEO Jonney Shih let slip of what he called an EE Phone, which would potential control all of these interfaces. When it comes to low-cost technology,…
iCEphone shows itself at CES 2009 – Triple-flip in the flesh
The tri-flip iCEphone that made waves in the mobile world with its three-tiered fold-out design was hanging out on the Las Vegas Convention Center showfloor for all to see. Unfortunately, we didn’t have time to hit up the iCEphone in our brief time at CES 2009 Las Vegas, but the good folks over at Ubergizmo…