The Top 10 of CES 2009

Topic: CES 2010 News

CES 2009 is well over and now that the dust has settled it is time to unveil the Top 10 products that have been announced at the CES 2009.
The big trends at CES 2009 have been Thin TVs, 3D for Hometheater, touchscreen netbooks and other touchscreen products, Connected TVs and LED backlight TVs. One phone though managed to set its own trend and be on everybody's CES 2009 top list: the new Palm Pre. The new Palm webOS powered phone has it what it takes to compete with the iPhone and the Google Android phones. Android did not yet reveal their next generation at the CES 2009. The big show-off is in one month at the GSMA Mobile World Congress 2009 in Barcelona.

See all our Top 10 CES 2009 products below. Read more

Posted on Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Samsung Luxia 8000, 7000 and 6000 LED HDTVs to lead in 2009

Topic: CES 2010 News

Samsung generated great buzz for their new ultra-thin LED HDTVs at the CES 2009. Even before the show the anticipation in December for the new Samsung LED TVs with Internet services, LED backlight and 240Hz technology was high. Then Samsung unveiled their ultra-thin 6.5mm LCD panel and stole the show in terms of thinness, except to OLED TV concepts.
Now that the dust has settled, how thin and how great are the new Samsung HDTVs that you can by in 2009?
The new top of the line Samsung HDTV line-up consists of the Samsung Luxia 8000, 7000, and 6000 HDTVs.
The new Samsung 3rd generation LED HDTVs use LEDS as their primary light source, rather than traditional Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamps (CCFL). Benefits of using LEDs include ultra-high contrast ratios, slim depths that allowance for more artful designs, plus increased energy savings.
The Samsung Ultra Clear Panel further allows the preservation of every detail even in brightly-lit, imperfect viewing conditions. Read more

Posted on Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:20:41 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

CES 2009 Sharp Booth Tour in Photos

Topic: CES 2010 News

Sharp showed of course new HDTVs at the CES 2009. We already featured the new 82 inch LCD HDTV and the new Sharp Aquos with integrated Blu-ray players.
To see what else Sharp has exhibited at the CES 2009 take a look at our Sharp Booth Tour.
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Posted on Mon, 12 Jan 2009 11:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

The iCEphone outdoes the iPhone and the Palm Pre

Topic: CES 2010 News

..., but nobody cared at the CES 2009. The iCEphone features a unique design I have not seen on any smartphone. It folds out in three panels: touchscreen, QWERTY keyboard and function key pad.
Originally designed to meet the exacting requirements of the British military the iCEphone runs Windows Mobile and has a ruggedized design. The 3G smartphone has yet another unique function. iCE Aid is designed to assist anyone, anywhere in the world affected by a medical emergency. A phone that can save lives, how can the Apple iPhone or the Palm Pre beat that? Read more

Posted on Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:26:21 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

The perfect CES would look like this

Topic: CES 2010 News

The CES 2009 closed its doors and it was not as exciting as I'd hoped it would be. Yes, sure there is this economy crisis, but still the CES is just once a year and it should be a celebration of technology with all the bells and whistles.
I stumbled today over the Japanese Panasonic VIERA homepage and there it was, an image depicting the perfect CES. Just imagine a show floor full of big screen TVs where Booth Babes dressed like they are in Virtua Fighter stand next to them. Read more

Posted on Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:45:40 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Palm Pre wins CNET's Best of CES 2009 Award

Topic: CES 2010 News

The new Palm Pre with the new webOS wins CNET's Best of CES 2009 Award.
We are still letting the dust settle and will unveil our top CES 2009 choices later this week, but the Palm Pre really stood out at the CES 2009. It actually stood out so much that it felt out of place with no new Windows Mobile and new Android handsets unveiled at the CES 2009.

Scott Ard, Editor-in-chief of CNET Reviews says about the their award choice: "The Palm Pre truly stood out for its beautiful and smooth design, and simple, easy-to-use interface with a multi-touch screen. Our CNET editors particularly liked the Palm Pre's ability to run multiple applications simultaneously and its open operating system that could prove to be an attractive platform for software developers. Winning both the 'Best of Show' and 'People's Voice' awards -- a first for the show -- Palm Pre is poised to be one of the most anticipated tech gadgets in the coming year." Read more

Posted on Mon, 12 Jan 2009 06:41:34 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

CES 2009 saw less Visitors and Booth Babes

Topic: CES 2010 News

As anticipated the CES 2009 saw a decline in visitor numbers compared to the CES 2008. The current numbers published by CEA show a decline by about 20,000 visitors compared the CES 2008.
The CES 2009 was still a big show and the organizers of CES still draw a positive picture. More than 2,700 global companies, including 300 new exhibitors, unveiled an estimated 20,000 new technology products across 1.7 million net square feet of exhibit space. Read more

Posted on Mon, 12 Jan 2009 06:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

iRiver P35, P7, UNIT-2S, D50N, and Wave unveiled at CES 2009

Topic: CES 2010 News

There have been so many CES 2009 News that we totally missed the new iRiver product announcements. Last year iRiver made it a bit more exciting revealing their new CES 2008 announcements one by one on their Korean site. This year they just issued two press-releases and briefed press before hand on the new products. I had them stored on my HDD weeks before the CES. Well look what happened, I forgot about them.
Anyway here are now the new iRiver CES 2009 announcements. Read more

Posted on Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:06:36 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

The Eye-Fi Video Card is Last Gadget Standing 2009

Topic: CES 2010 News

The upcoming Eye-Fi card that can directly upload video to Youtube (see this report) won the Last Gadget Standing 2009 award at the CES 2009. Eye-Fi won LGS 2008 as well.
Despite not being ready the upcoming Eye-Fi card won the heart of the LGS 2009 audience and the crowd has been cheering the loudest. Read more

Posted on Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

LG Booth Tour at the CES 2009

Topic: CES 2010 News

LG has a big booth at the CES 2009 featuring a ton of new flatscreen TVs with all kinds of different performance capabilities and designs.
We published over 50 photos highlighting the new TVs and other gear LG displayed at the CES 2009. The LG Booth Tour also shows the new 3G wristphone LG-GD910 and the new Prada phone with the fitting Bluetooth Watch. Read more

Posted on Sun, 11 Jan 2009 13:39:20 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Best of CES 2009 Day 3

Topic: CES 2010 News

Yesterday was a very long day for me with the Last Gadget Standing competition where I was a judge. The LGS came off without a hitch and hopefully I didn’t look as nervous as I felt while introducing MSI and its new wind U115 notebook to the packed LGS conference room. Alas the wind U115 didn’t win the contest either online or at the show, but it is still a fantastic product that promises up to 15 hours of battery life thanks to its hybrid storage system featuring a SSD and a traditional HDD that can be turned off for ultimate runtime.

Speaking of MSI I poked around their booth and found some very interesting stuff, in fact MSI had some gear on display that I found to be the most exciting items of the show. The first thing that I found really interesting was the thin and small MSI Wind NetBox DU100. These thin little boxes are about half an inch thick and inside are complete netbooks including Ram, Intel Atom CPU, and a 160GB HDD. Read more

Posted on Sun, 11 Jan 2009 10:08:52 CST | by Shane McGlaun