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Modeo/HTC Smartphone TV Hands-On

Still currently being beta-tested, this HTC smartphone is the de-facto phone for Modeo Mobile TV. Instead of designing a client that’s usable on any smartphone, Modeo’s gone and partnered with HTC to design a phone just for watching video. https://gizmodo.com/modeo-releases-uber-smartphone-165885 From what we saw—the stream was coming locally because of the lousy meeting room location…

Television Jason Chen Jan 11

Driin Mobile Phone Holder

The Driin Mobile Phone Holder makes a little table under an electrical outlet where you can park your cellphone, PDA or PSP while it’s charging. It’s a simple little rubberized plastic item that’s available in a variety of colors for 5 Euros (about $6.48). Product Page [Drinn]

Gadgets Charlie White Jan 11

Schwag Ideas: Ball-point Pen Chandelier

With every damn booth at CES giving out a cheap pen, I think this pen chandelier by artist En Pieza would be the best use for all of them. Check out all of the schwag goods from CES here. Ball point pen chandelier [MAKE]

Gadgets Travis Hudson Jan 11

Aroma: Coffee Pot Alarm Clock

There is nothing like sleeping in a little on the weekend, and waking up to the smell of bubbling hot coffee…fragrance. The tough part is when you stretch, realize that your “girlfriend” didn’t make you breakfast, and discover that she stole your wallet on the way out. We have no idea how it actually smelled…

Gadgets Mark Wilson Jan 11

Nyko Goes Wild, Releases Entirely Too Many Next Gen Console Accessories

Nyko used CES this year to show off (in a swank Hilton suite, no less) a host of accessories for the PS3, Wii and Xbox 360. Lucky me, I got to touch and play around with them until they finally kicked me out. Charging controllers is the name of the game on the PS3 front,…

Gadgets Nicholas Deleon Jan 11

Boynq Alibi Webcam Made Me Scream Kawaiii Like A Little Schoolgirl

This has got to be the cutest USB webcam and speaker at CES. The camera pops up like some Pixar animation. The volume is controlled by twisting the silvery ring around its middle. The speaker is on the bottom (no idea where the directional mic is at, but it’s in there). The camera is 1.3…

Tech News Noah Robischon Jan 11

MobiBLU Boxon Hands-On

The Skinny: The MobiBLU Boxon is an MP3/WMA/OGG/WMA-DRM player with a built-in OLED display. Not only that, it’s got an FM Tuner, Recorder, Voice Recorder, and built-in Skype. Geared Toward: MP3 fans who love MobiBLU’s small size. The screen was bright and video was smooth on the OLED display. The Spin: Not only does this…

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 11

How Will the iPod be Affected by the iPhone?

One thing that seems to have gotten lost in the fray with all this iPhone hullabaloo is what is going to happen to the iPod now. Sure, the iPhone is a phone mixed with an iPod, but not everyone wants to spend $600 and get a phone/tablet with their music player. Apple has spent so…

Tech News Adam Frucci Jan 11

Hands On: Skins Keep That Phone Dry in the Hot Tub, No Matter What

Sure, we’ve seen plenty of skins that make your cellphone or iPod waterproof. But never have we had one demonstrated to us in such dramatic fashion. Here the lovely spokesmodel for Skins kindly waterproofs our Motorola Q. Hmm. There’s something strangely familiar about this waterproofing process. Jump for a hot-tub frolicking video and more-detailed pics…

Gadgets Charlie White Jan 11

Hands-On Otterbox: Protects Treo, Blackberry

Otterbox 1900 & 2600: PDA protection for rugged sports The Skinny A waterproof, crushproof case that can be dropped from 4 feet without damaging your product. Qwerty keypad can accept backlight from the Treo. Hard cover can fold back to reveal thin (also waterproof) screen for touch interfacing. Blackberry wheel works as well. Geared Toward…

Tech News Mark Wilson Jan 11

Cylo Tech Turns Breast Implant into 3Style Functional Mouse

The Skinny Yeah, we know. It looks like a small breast implant, but the 3Style mouse was designed to let you work in 3D. It has left and right click buttons along with a jog dial that you can twist left or right (like a rotary phone). Geared Toward Video and photo editors who need…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez Jan 11

Top Five Reasons Why the iPhone Sucks

With all the adoring praise being heaped on Apple’s iPhone, it’s about time someone starting noticing its flaws. Newlaunches has its list of gripes here; ours is forthcoming. Top five shortcomings of the iPhone according to Newlaunches: 1. 2-megapixel camera when others have 5-megapixel shooters on board 2. 5-hour talk time: not enough battery life…

Tech News Charlie White Jan 11

AVN: A Manual Revolution

Sometimes the simplest explanations are the best.

Gadgets Mark Wilson Jan 11

Rumormill: XM, Sirius Merger Announced Today?

Supposedly yes, according to the sources at theflyonthewall. An announcement of a merger between the two largest satellite radio companies, XM and Sirius, is expected to be announced at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit later today. I still unsure if this would be a good move. Being a Sirius listener and fan…

Tech News Travis Hudson Jan 11

Creative Xdock Wireless: An iPod Dock Worth Your $$$?

But another in a sea of iPod docks, the Creative Xdock Wireless looks to make them obsolete with the “X factor.” What the hell is the X factor? Find out after the jump… It takes stereo audio from the docked iPod or Zen and upconverts it through “Xtreme Fidelity” to quality that they claim is…

Tech News Matt Buchanan, Photo gallery by Teru Kawayama Jan 11

Man Stuff – The Best of Uncrate

This week at Uncrate: We try to stay warm with the Land’s End Down Vest, make a getaway from the Macworld/CES madness on a Buell Ulysses XB12X, and make sure we’re heading in the right direction with the Garmin Nuvi 680. We also start building our own robot army with the iRobot Create, dream of…

Tech News Travis Hudson Jan 11

Four Laptop Add-Ons That’ll Keep Your System Humming

We’ve seen some really cool notebooks here at CES, but if you don’t have the cash to spend on a new system, one of these accessories should keep your system running with the big dogs. https://gizmodo.com/asus-w5fe-sports-sideshow-huge-ass-226653 APC Universal Laptop Battery This slick, thin laptop battery not only doubles as a stand for your notebook, but…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez Jan 11

Virtual Communications POD: Best Invention of CES 2007?

I would be lying if I claimed that I knew exactly what this invention is about, or how it worked. But here is what I do know: A friendly Japanese model greets you on a floating 2D display, the “POD”. You are unhappy with her conservative outfit, so you place a card labeled with a…

Gadgets Mark Wilson, with photos by Jason "she totally wants me" Chen Jan 11

Low End Theory: RC Helicopters Want to Be Free?

By Brendan I. Koerner I’m probably about the only geek on Spaceship Earth who doesn’t think CES is the frickin’ bee’s knees. Yeah, yeah, the iPhone’s great and all—but c’mon, $499? Do you know how long I’d have to subsist on White Rose mac-‘n-chesse in order to save that much? Alas, for a cheapskate like…

Tech News Brendan I. Koerner Jan 11

iRiver Unit 2: Media Player Piggybacking on a Mini Boombox

iRiver has outdone itself with the Unit 2, a minisystem whose 7-inch 800×480 16:9 screen pops off, giving you the choice of a stationary boombox or porto-player. It’s also a polyglot of content, playing all types of digital video and audio files from its 30GB onboard disk or SD slot, plus you can pop in…

Tech News Charlie White Jan 11

Modeo/HTC Smartphone TV Hands-On

Driin Mobile Phone Holder

Schwag Ideas: Ball-point Pen Chandelier

Aroma: Coffee Pot Alarm Clock

Nyko Goes Wild, Releases Entirely Too Many Next Gen Console Accessories

Boynq Alibi Webcam Made Me Scream Kawaiii Like A Little Schoolgirl

MobiBLU Boxon Hands-On

How Will the iPod be Affected by the iPhone?

Hands On: Skins Keep That Phone Dry in the Hot Tub, No Matter What

Hands-On Otterbox: Protects Treo, Blackberry

Cylo Tech Turns Breast Implant into 3Style Functional Mouse

Top Five Reasons Why the iPhone Sucks

AVN: A Manual Revolution

Rumormill: XM, Sirius Merger Announced Today?

Creative Xdock Wireless: An iPod Dock Worth Your $$$?

Man Stuff – The Best of Uncrate

Four Laptop Add-Ons That’ll Keep Your System Humming

Virtual Communications POD: Best Invention of CES 2007?

Low End Theory: RC Helicopters Want to Be Free?

iRiver Unit 2: Media Player Piggybacking on a Mini Boombox

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