It’s hard to tell whether CES 2012 beat out last years show for tablet numbers, but there were plenty of slabs less likely to throttle your wallet in 2012. Coby has leapt onto that very bandwagon, with a whole slew of tablets. Several, but not all, ma…
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Coby unveils its family of Ice Cream Sandwich slates, we go hands-on (video)
January 16th, 2012
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CES 2012: interview roundup (video)
January 16th, 2012
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The Engadget stage was home to many an interview at this year’s CES. Many, many interviews. Given the deluge of guests we hosted in Las Vegas this year, you could be forgiven for not keeping up — for throwing up your hands in exasperation and making …
Sprint remains tepid on Windows Phone at CES, confirms no new WiMAX phones are planned
January 16th, 2012
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This may have been a fairly big CES for Windows Phone, but it looks like Microsoft still has a fair bit of convincing to do in order to bring all the carriers fully on board. That includes Sprint, which does currently have a Windows Phone in its lineu…
GoBandit WiFi helmet cam hands-on
January 16th, 2012
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Extreme sports junkies are no strangers to the vast selection of helmet cams just waiting for them to record their wicked shenanigans, so we were expecting to see nothing drastically new when we stopped by the GoBandit booth at CES 2012. There was one…
GoBandit WiFi helmet cam hands-on
January 16th, 2012
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Extreme sports junkies are no strangers to the vast selection of helmet cams just waiting for them to record their wicked shenanigans, so we were expecting to see nothing drastically new when we stopped by the GoBandit booth at CES 2012. There was one…
Turtle Beach XP400 wireless gaming headset hands-on
January 16th, 2012
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Turtle Beach announced a duo of new XBOX 360 and PS3 gaming headsets on day one of CES, and we were able to spend a bit of time with one of them, the XP400, on the show floor. It’s Turtle Beach’s flagship gaming headset, featuring adjustable Dolby 5….
Turtle Beach XP400 wireless gaming headset hands-on
January 16th, 2012
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Turtle Beach announced a duo of new XBOX 360 and PS3 gaming headsets on day one of CES, and we were able to spend a bit of time with one of them, the XP400, on the show floor. It’s Turtle Beach’s flagship gaming headset, featuring adjustable Dolby 5….
Hands-on with Gracenote’s automotive-grade MoodGrid
January 16th, 2012
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Garmin has a new head unit (internally dubbed Everest) that’s due to arrive in a few OEM vehicles later this year, and aside from an attractive interface, a revamped navigation system and one-shot voice commands, a new audio app from Gracenote could b…
Inhabitat’s Week in Green: Detroit Auto Show, solar plants and hydrophobic nanocoating
January 16th, 2012
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Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week’s most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us — it’s the Week in Green. This week Inhabitat hit the streets of Detroit to bring you the hottest hybrid vehicles and electric cars from…
Android integration for car stereos and rear-view mirrors, hands-on (video)
January 15th, 2012
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CES may be over, but we’ve still a few interesting gems to share from our weeklong trip in Las Vegas. Far off the beaten path of glitzy booths and familiar brand names, we discovered a few companies that are looking to bring Android gadgetry into auto…
JVC’s GY-HMQ10 4K Camcorder hands-on (video)
January 15th, 2012
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We felt compelled to get our hands onto JVC’s 4K-resolution-shooting camcorder. Unfortunately (but not surprisingly) the company wasn’t letting us take footage with the kit, but we were allowed plenty of unsupervised time with the device. You’ll noti…
Audi combines HUD with gesture controls, leaves us wanting
January 15th, 2012
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Audi is back at CES for the second year in a row, complete with a retina-searing, biggie-sized booth, its next-gen Audi Command interface and a prototype heads-up display that combines three displays with gesture controls.The setup uses one HUD in fro…
Sun Innovations show off Transplay Animated Laser Display, projects blueish vision of the future (video)
January 15th, 2012
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As we continued to explore deeper and deeper into the underbelly of CES, something sparkled in the corner of our jaded eyes as we flitted between rows and rows of anonymous stalls. Already festooned with engineering awards, this animated laser displa…
Mercedes-Benz gesture control concept is DICEy
January 15th, 2012
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Ze Germans seem to be obsessed with Minority Report-style interior controls, and Mercedes-Benz has taken it to the next level with a full-scale interior with nary a button or switch to be found.Mercedes’ Dynamic & Intuitive Control Experience (DIC…
NuForce CEO teases Air DAC for high quality wireless audio streaming at CES (video)
January 15th, 2012
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Nestled deep within the iLounge hall of CES, surrounded by numerous vendors of cheap phone cases and yesterday’s news, we stumbled upon a company that didn’t quite belong. Known as NuForce, the firm is recognizable amongst audiophiles both for its hig…
Samsung gets tired of neighbors watching its Transparent Smart Window, installs blinds
January 15th, 2012
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Sammy’s transparent OLED displays may not be the freshest piece of tech at CES, but its still pretty dang awesome. We first saw Samsung’s 46-inch 1920 x 1080 digitally augmented window back in March, but dropped by its CES booth for a second look. Alt…
Retrobit RetroDuo portable and RetroPort hands-on
January 15th, 2012
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Inspired, perhaps, by the fruits of Ben Heck’s dual-console handheld dreams, Retrobit has retrofit their Retroduo NES / SNES hybrid game console to fit in your hand. The Retroduo Portable, a handheld SNES console shown for the first time at CES 2012, …
Samsung Galaxy Note Notepad hands-on at CES: it’s like a Note, but analog
January 15th, 2012
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What if Samsung made a Galaxy Note, but instead of throwing a dual-core processor, a few megabytes (or gigabytes, whatever) of RAM, and random pieces of silicon between the front and rear covers, it included an undetermined amount of paper? What it we…
Kia UVO2 is your Korean big brother, we go hands-on
January 15th, 2012
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Kia’s first entry into the infotainment realm had a slightly rocky start, but the Korean automaker is back at CES this year with UVO2, its second-generation in-dash telematics and connectivity platform. The big features in UVO2 include automatic cra…
ROCCAT Isku keyboard and Kone mouse hands-on (video)
January 15th, 2012
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Sure, European gamers have been able to get their hands on ROCCAT’s flavor or gaming tools for awhile now, but CES 2012 is finally delivering some of the outfit’s German engineered love to the US. Just last week, the firm announced it would be bringin…
