One of the worst aspects of closely following the tech industry is the waiting. Waiting for technological developments and integration. Waiting for product announcements. Waiting for product releases. It could seriously drive a person mad. Since CES, we’ve been eagerly awaiting the release of several digital media players, such as D-Link’s Boxee Box, [...]
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The ASUS EeeMedia EM0501 Media Player
March 2nd, 2010
Texas Instruments Lands Quadruple Play with WiLink 7.0 Single Chip Solution
February 9th, 2010
Texas Instruments today announced its WiLink 7.0 chip, thus continuing the miniturization and convergence of mobile devices. The WiLink 7.0 chip, the “industry’s first offering to integrate WLAN 802.11n, GPS, FM transmit/receive, and Bluetooth technologies” is up to half the size of earlier integrated wireless radio solutions. And because it’s a single chip [...]
Posted in Consumer Electronics, GPS, Networking, PCs and Laptops, Phones, Wireless 
Tags: Bluetooth, FM, GPS, single chip, Texas Instruments, WiFi, WiLink 7.0, wireless 
No Comments »Review: Cydle T43H GPS Receiver
February 5th, 2010
There’s certainly no shortage of GPS enabled devices these days. Cameras use GPS to geotag pictures, worried parents use GPS to track their kids, and increasingly, smartphones use GPS to aid in personal navigation. While the latter of these examples may ultimately foil the presently thriving personal navigation device industry, reducing it to yet another [...]
Posted in Consumer Electronics, GPS, Reviews, Satellite and HD Radio Tags: Cydle T43H, GPS, HD Radio, review, traffic 4 Comments »Mvix’s Ultio Pro MX-880HD Media Center with PVR
February 2nd, 2010
The Mvix MX-880HD Ultio Pro digital video player/recorder is perfect for the individual who wants to play, record, and manage their collection of digital A/V files without the use of a computer. While the device can be hooked up to a computer for file transfer, the Ultio Pro is a stand-alone device and needs nothing [...]
Posted in Consumer Electronics, Digital Media Players and DVRs, TV and Video Tags: digital media player, DVR, HD, hdmi, HDTV, home theater, IPTV, Media Center, Mvix, NAS, Ultio Pro No Comments »Introducing the Neato Robot Vacuum XV-11…
February 1st, 2010
For decades there have been a myriad of technological promises from automated kitchens to flying cars. Those of us who have been avid readers of the tech magazines have fantasized about having amazing devices propelling their life into the space age. While the Neato Robotics XV-11 robot vacuum won’t teleport you to another location, it [...]
Google vs. Microsoft vs. Apple
January 27th, 2010
There’s nothing like a good corporate battle. While potentially costly to the participants, the benefits to consumers include lower prices, better, and more diverse products. This competition is the foundation upon which the capitalist world is built, and spurs the innovation that drives society forward.
As worldwide adoption and usage of computers and the Internet [...]
Posted in Consumer Electronics, Internet, PCs and Laptops, Technology Tags: Apple, Bing, Chrome, Chrome OS, DROID, Google, Google Docs, Google Maps, iPhone, iPod, Microsoft, Nexus One, OS X, Windows, ZuneHD 3 Comments »The Ion Twin Video Pocket Camcorder – Two cameras for the price of one
January 22nd, 2010
Well here’s an interesting device. Remember the “self portrait” camera, in which Samsung put a small LCD screen on the front of a digital camera, thus eliminating the guess work in properly framing a picture at arm’s length? Well, building on the concept of including the camera operator as part of a picture’s [...]
Posted in Cameras, Consumer Electronics, Video Tags: digital camera, Ion Audio, pocket camcorder, Twin Video 1 Comment »The Kodak PlaySport Pocket Camcorder – Who Wants One?
January 15th, 2010
Going to CES can simultaneously be a gadget lover’s greatest dream and worst nightmare. While the opportunity to demo the latest gear and technology is extremely thrilling, it quickly makes one realize the obsolescence of their “stuff” and the potential costs associated with frequent and incremental gadget upgrades. Even those with steep tech gear budgets find it difficult to [...]
Posted in Cameras, Consumer Electronics, Photo, Video Tags: CES2010, digital camera, digital video camera, Kodak, PlaySport, pocket camcorder No Comments »Nuu Player is a real alternative to the Boxee Box
January 11th, 2010
At this year’s CES, D-Link’s Boxee Box got a lot of hype. It’s demo at D-Link’s booth was perpetually crowded as attendees showed a genuine interest in what it offers. The sub-$200 device, which is powered by NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 CPU and boasts a convenient RF remote with full QWERTY keyboard, aggregates most digital content, [...]
Could the PopBox “Pop” those inflated cable bills?
January 4th, 2010
Well it’s finally here. 2010 – the year by which so many films predicted humanity zipping around in flying cars, travelling regularly throughout our solar system, and working alongside artificially intellengent computers. While technology hasn’t quite kept up with fiction, it’s still progressing nicely.
Consumers in 2009 gained more choice and available features in the [...]
Posted in Consumer Electronics, Content Delivery, Digital Media Players and DVRs, Home Theater, IPTV, TV and Video, Technology Tags: Boxee, digital media player, DVR, HTPC, IPTV, PopBox, TV 1 Comment »
