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Eton Sound 101 Sports Sirius, iPod Dock

Dropping Monday is Eton’s new iPod/Sirius lovechild, the Sound 101. It comes equipped with built-in Sirius satellite radio, AM and FM tuners alongside a traditional iPod dock. The sleek, sexy box (available in black, white or silver—sorry, no camo option here) sports a 24-hour alarm clock and comes with a remote control for $250.

Tech News Karson Thompson, Matt Buchanan Jan 6 '07

Roboquad Crawls Into CES

We’ve all been waiting to see how the fabled WoWee Roboquad crawls. Now we know. The four-legged bot moves in all directions, has 3 different speeds, and a deep IR scanner to spot movements up to 13 feet away. Its sound sensors are reactive, and it can tell the difference between dark and light. Kind…

Tech News Noah Robischon with video by Richard Blakeley Jan 6 '07

A Fistfull of New Headphones from Shure

Shure — maker of yummy-sounding, somewhat-affordable headphones — introduced its new SE line, which promises to deliver beefier bass and more comfort when you stick ’em in your ears. The top of the line SE530 is a rebranding of last year’s E500, but with new in-ear sleeves that should last longer. Shure has been making…

Tech News Sean Captain Jan 6 '07

Interactive Toy Concepts Blade Runner IV Adds a Rotor, Better Control

Interactive Toy Concepts enhanced its latest radio-controlled helicopter, adding a second tail rotor powered by a tiny micromotor. That makes the BladeRunner IV four-channel flyer easier to control in all directions. The 12-inch mini-chopper wasn’t flying yet when we saw it at the big to-do at the Venetian tonight, but the company’s enthusiastic reps assure…

Gadgets Charlie White Jan 6 '07

WoWee Releases Robotic Animal Kingdom

A robotic panda? Does it mate? No, but it will read you a bedtime story for $229. The snake (aka Roboboa) is a desk light, wake-up alarm and cannon all in one “advanced A.I.” $119. We already know about the radio controlled Flytech Dragonfly ($39.99). Here’s a bit more detail: With its unique flying action,…

Tech News Noah Robischon Jan 6 '07

Avega Wi-Fi Speakers Spread the Music-Related Love All Over Your House

Avega is showing off their Aios Wi-Fi speaker technology here, intended to spread your digital music throughout your house without needing to have an entire stereo or computer in every room. Just stick a speaker or three in a room, plug it in, and it’ll find its way to your wireless network to connect to…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Jan 6 '07

Korean UBOT Eats, Poops Roombas

If your interior designer’s got a serious hardwood fetish, you may want to check out Korean Microrobot’s UBOT, a floor vaccuuming and mopping robot. Combining the Scooba and the Roomba, the UBOT has a three stage cleaning system. First it uses a side brush to sweep, then it vacuums, and lastly it squirts out some…

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 6 '07

Eclipse AVN2210 Car Stereo With Ejectable TomTom GPS

Eclipse makes clean, powerful car stereos. This one, the AVN2210, is a double DIN sized unit, with an LCD faceplate that is actually a removable GPS system. And get this: The GPS is powered by Tom Tom’s OS. Other perks: Bluetooth, USB port for iPod and thumbdrive docking. Then there’s the optional satellite radio, four…

Gadgets Brian Lam Jan 6 '07

WoWee’s Elvis-Bot: Viva Las Vegas!

Elvis lives. WoWee, makers of the Robosapien and Roboquad, showed this singing and talking bust tonight at CES Unveiled. Based on the 1968 Comeback TV special, the King can be set to play his greatest hits or be operated with a microphone. Available this year for $349. –Noah Robischon with video by Richard Blakeley

Tech News Noah Robischon with video by Richard Blakeley Jan 6 '07

HDTV is Good, but Fire Truck HDTV is Way Better

Hannspree knows that they aren’t gonna grab anyone’s attention here at CES with boring, run-of-the-mill HDTVs. There are about 500 other companies showing off HDTVs, and let’s be honest — once you’ve seen a dozen big HDTVs, you’ve seen them all. Well they figured out one way to get our attention, and it’s to stick…

Tech News Adam Frucci Jan 6 '07

Fastap On Major US Carrier Fall ’07

Even though Fastap‘s been around for a while, no major carrier—don’t kid yourself Alltel—has it. Digit Wireless tells us besides launching on a major Mexican carrier next week, a major US carrier has plans to deploy a Fastap phone this Fall. Of course, they wouldn’t tell us which carrier, but the phone shown above is…

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 6 '07

CES 2007: Starting…Now

We’re live at CES Unveiled, the convention’s first event. The line is long, but in a few minutes, we’ll have the first of the many, many gadgets to drop this week.

Tech News Brian Lam Jan 6 '07

Gennum nx6000 Bluetooth Headset is Refreshingly Small

Tired of looking like a cyborg while using a Bluetooth headset? Gennum is showing off the nx6000 (on the right, chief), a Bluetooth headset that incorporates the same noise reduction technology as its previous entries, but shrinks down the size considerably. The result is a headset that won’t make people think you’ve got some serious…

Tech News Nicholas Deleon Jan 6 '07

Eton’s Camouflage Hand Crank Radio

Eton’s FR300 emergency radio is an update to one released last August. It still retains weather radio, flash light, TV audio and hand crank-ability. It’ll also charge your cellphone for good measure. Now it’s got a coat of camouflage paint, kinda like Rambo. https://gizmodo.com/hand-crank-radio-also-charges-cellphone-194148 Eton

Tech News Nicholas Deleon Jan 6 '07

CESpool: The Hot Gadget Action Starts Tonight

Everyone has a busy week or two in the year that they think about for months beforehand. College kids have final exams. Accountants have April 15th. Retailers have Black Friday. Santa has the 12 days before Xmas. For Gizmodo, this week is the salmon run of tech journalism. It’s the week when the Apple Keynote…

Tech News Noah Robischon Jan 6 '07

CES 2007 Big TV Watch: 120-inches?

Like you, I’m obsessed with big HDTVs. I’m gonna put on a safari hat and hunt em down like big cats. Before the new sets are uncaged, lets take a poll: How big will the HDTVs be this year? Last year, the 103-inch plasma HDTV from Panasonic was named heavyweight champ, inch-for-inch of CES 2006.…

Television Brian Lam Jan 6 '07

The WSJ Draws Lifehacker’s Gina Trapani

The WSJ profiles Gina Trapani, grand master of sibling site Lifehacker. And author Andrew Lavallee gets her. He’s quick to how useful her tips are, and how kind her delivery is, free the snark and sarcasm that other unnamed blogs, “particularly those on technology” use as calling cards. Sarcasm on the internet? Where? Anyhow its…

Tech News Brian Lam Jan 6 '07

CES 2007: Vicarious Edition

Our captains have already been inside. And the rest of the Gizmodo drunken army staff is en route. We will not spare a drop of sweat to bring you all the news you can handle…and probably a little more. https://gizmodo.com/ces-first-blood-were-inside-226554 So now is your chance to personalize our coverage a bit. What do you want…

Tech News Mark Wilson Jan 6 '07

SpeedDial: VoIP Slot Car Racing

Here’s a phrase I never thought I’d say, Voice Over IP slot car racing. There, now that that’s out of the way, this actually looks pretty fun. Basically it’s a bunch of people yelling into their phones. Then the voice patterns are analyzed and translated into power waves that control each of their slot cars.…

Gadgets Mark Wilson Jan 6 '07

Windows Crossbow Video

Here’s a sneak peak at Windows Mobile 5 successor, Crossbow. What would you do when posting an exclusive of a highly anticipated OS…go through every IM sound effect known to man you say? Then today is your lucky day. It doesn’t look like much has changed. Windows Mobile Crossbow [via Davey C. at mobilitytoday]

Tech News Mark Wilson Jan 6 '07

Eton Sound 101 Sports Sirius, iPod Dock

Roboquad Crawls Into CES

A Fistfull of New Headphones from Shure

Interactive Toy Concepts Blade Runner IV Adds a Rotor, Better Control

WoWee Releases Robotic Animal Kingdom

Avega Wi-Fi Speakers Spread the Music-Related Love All Over Your House

Korean UBOT Eats, Poops Roombas

Eclipse AVN2210 Car Stereo With Ejectable TomTom GPS

WoWee’s Elvis-Bot: Viva Las Vegas!

HDTV is Good, but Fire Truck HDTV is Way Better

Fastap On Major US Carrier Fall ’07

CES 2007: Starting…Now

Gennum nx6000 Bluetooth Headset is Refreshingly Small

Eton’s Camouflage Hand Crank Radio

CESpool: The Hot Gadget Action Starts Tonight

CES 2007 Big TV Watch: 120-inches?

The WSJ Draws Lifehacker’s Gina Trapani

CES 2007: Vicarious Edition

SpeedDial: VoIP Slot Car Racing

Windows Crossbow Video

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