Registration for the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) opened today and is free to industry professionals through September 30. A registration fee of $100 will go into effect starting October 1, and the fee will increase to $200 effective 5:01 p.m. EST December 31.
The 2011 International CES is scheduled for January 6-9, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Hotel room rates are available through a special block set aside for CES registrants. Attendees, exhibitors and media can register today at www.CESweb.org.
ZOMM, recognized today by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group and unveiled at CES 2010, capturing a 2010 Best of Innovations Award, is available for pre-order at zomm.com and will be available this summer for $79.95.
If you are unfamiliar with the little key chain size device, I’ll give you a rundown. ZOMM is the world’s first wireless leash for mobile phones. Armed with Bluetooth technology ZOMM will:
notify you if the ZOMM device and your cell phone are too far apart
alarm you to an incoming call
serve as as speaker phone allowing users to answer calls directly from the ZOMM device
During CES 2010 Tom Merrit and Rafe Needleman of CNET sat down with Karlheinz Brandenburg, co-inventor of MP3. Brandenburg is a professor at the Institute for Media Technology at Technical University of Ilmenau and also serves as director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMT in Ilmenau.
MP3 is short for MPEG- 1 Layer 3 and is enjoyed by millions of people daily. Audiophiles often discredit MP3 for compressing and removing audio data found in the original recording.
Interview Discussion: (video is roughly 17 min.)
Origins of MP3 (what was it trying to solve, how was it named, file extension?)
Reasons for success of MP3
Problems with MP3 (pre echo issue with percussive material)
MP3 vs. AAC (“AAC is what MP3 should have been from the beginning”)
How MP3 works (Psychoacoustics, masking, quantization noise)
Audiophiles and MP3s
Best encoding bitrate
Blind testing
Future of MP3… MP3 Surround, MP3 metadata databases
Consumer level 3D televisions and Blu-ray 3D made big waves at CES 2010 back in January and now less than a month later Panasonic has announced that Panasonic Hollywood Laboratory has recently equipped the Advanced Authoring Center with the latest 3D technologies.
The newly upgraded facilities is capable of making 3D Blu-ray movies available this Spring. Read more in the press release after the break. [click to continue…]
This was one of the toys that I really wanted to see at CES 2010. Fortunately, I made it back to the You Rock Guitar booth and got to see the guitar close up. I’ll get right to the point – the You Rock Guitar is definitely more guitar than it is video game controller.
Sure, you can hook it up to your Xbox and play some Rock Band with it; however, you’ll still find it lacking as an in-game guitar. Basically, you just need to finger the right fret for the game and pick the string and you’ll get your note score in Rock Band. Is it an improvement over the button mashing fest? Yes. Have we arrived for music video games? Not quite. [click to continue…]
Lenovo has knocked out the worlds first hybrid notebook the IdeaPad U1 at CES 2010. IdeaPad U1 embodies two totally separate stand alone devices rolled into one.
The IdeaPad U1 is really more of a netbook size with a screen size at 11.6 inches, but weighs in at a hefty 3.8lbs. The system boasts an HD LED screen and runs Windows 7. The two separate devices are said to function seamlessly when connected together and when disjointed processes are uninterrupted.
Release the1.6 pound multitouch screen from the top cover panel and the IdeaPad U1 becomes a handheld slate tablet device with a powerful ARM processor, running Lenovo’s customized Skylight operating system and 3G wireless capabilites.
This new gem will set you back about $1,000 on June 1, 2010 when it becomes available. More in the press release after the break. [click to continue…]
Vivitar unveiled several new consumer-grade video cameras at CES 2010 yesterday. Two of the headline cameras are the waterproof DVR 850 (shown above) and the DVR 980, which features 1080p video capture and a 10x optical zoom. The DVR 850 will set you back $179, while the DVR 980 runs $399.
Vivitar announced several other video cameras with a range of specifications and color options available. More details about the new Vivitar video cameras can be found in the press release below. [click to continue…]
HD Radio is making a big splash at CES 2010 in the automotive arena. The Ford 2011 Taurus SHO, Volkswagen 2010 MY Golf TDI, and 2010 Scion xB all are showcasing HD Radio. Purportedly, in Calendar Year 2010, OEM commitments to HD Radio Technology will total 15 automotive brands across more than 80 vehicle types, 36 of which will include HD Radio Technology standard:
Audi
BMW
Ford
Hyundai
Jaguar
Kia
Land Rover
Lincoln
Mercedes Benz
Mercury
MINI US
Rolls Royce
Scion
Volkswagen
Volvo
Automotive Aftermarket
Pioneer DEH 5200HD
Pioneer DEH 7200HD
JVC KD-HDR40
JVC KD-HDR60
JVC KD-NT3HDT – First integrated in-dash NAV w/ Real Time Traffic
Unvieling at CES 2010 in Las Vegas are 2 new GPS units the T70 (7 inch screen) and the T50 (5 inch screen) which are basic GPS units, but can be purchased with a range of options, including HD Radio, Live HD Traffic update, Bluetooth, WiFi, mobile TV, and black box.
BX1 – a Black Box for the car is Cydle’s solution to a eye-witness. The new Cydle BX1 continually updates every 30 seconds to keep a running video of events while driving. When the the BX1 takes a jolt it retains data from 15 seconds before an impact to 15 seconds after. The footage is saved to an SD Card, so you or law enforcement can take a look on a PC. The Cydle BX1 will be available in the United States in the first quarter of 2010 around $150.
Also, slated for release the first quarter of next year is Cydle’s new M7 Mobile Internet Device (MID.) The M7 functions as an Internet search appliance, a digital photo frame and multimedia player and incorporates HDMI support. Eight GB of memory comes standard, expandable to 16GB. The M7 is expected to come in around $200.Cydle released a new GPS with built-in HD Radio and free live HD live trafic updates earlier this year. The T43H is the worlds first portable GPS with HD Radio built in. At the current price of $250 US dollars, that is not a bad deal considering you not only get the above mentioned, but also a rich media video player, audio player and picture viewer all displayed on a 4.3 inch screen. Of course the are no subscription fees of any kind.
Myine Electronics will recieve an Inovations 2010 Design and Engineering Award at the 2010 Inernational CES in January. In case you aren’t familiar with Abbee take about a-minute-thirty and watch the video above.
I love my DVR for recording shows and movies at home, so the Abbee scores high with me. More info in the press release after the break. [click to continue…]
Registration for the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) opened today and is free to industry professionals through September 30. A registration fee of $100 will go into effect starting October 1, and the fee will increase to $200 effective 5:01 p.m. EST December 31.
The IdeaPad U1 is really more of a netbook size with a screen size at 11.6 inches, but weighs in at a hefty 3.8lbs. The system boasts an HD LED screen and runs Windows 7. The two separate devices are said to function seamlessly when connected together and when disjointed processes are uninterrupted.
Cydle released a new GPS with built-in 
