GPS Enhancing SmartCradle for iPhone Showcased by Pioneer at CES 2011

If you wanted your iPhone to have enhanced GPS capabilities, you would need to take a look at the cool SmartCradle, which has been announced by Pioneer just for the iPhone. It was announced at the CES 2011, and it gives a tremendous boost to the GPS signals. It comes with a built in amplified speaker and microphone which would also make it easy for you to call your friends and family while you are driving. The device costs $129, and it takes power from the car’s cigarette lighter.

It also can easily rotate in order to make sure that you are getting the best signals to help you reach your destination. Moreover, it also charges your iPhone when it is being used, which makes it super-cool, as most devices don’t charge your iPhone, but consume extra power themselves.

This is one such device which is not only cool and user-friendly, but is also green and environment conscious. If you were looking for the best iPhone accessory, perhaps you need to get yourself the SmartCradle by Pioneer. It costs a whopping $129, but it is well worth the money spent on it.

Lux Mobile Booth and Lounge Attracting Consumers for Live DJ and Live painting Performance by David Garibaldi

The Lux Mobile Group is creating a buzz at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas happening from January 6th – 9th. They are the designers and licensing pioneer in the mobile accessories business.  Their Lux Mobile booth and Lounge is attracting all the consumers interested in the hottest and most fashionable mobile accessories. The iLounge and Booth 3632 is where the action is this year. There is live DJ in the booth and live painting performance by David Garibaldi.

The company has also launched its original brands. Protekto is their signature brand that will work as a platform for designers and engineers to create and launch unique, premium high fashion mobile accessories. Under the brand you already have Reflekt which is flashy yet classy. And Organik which is high end fashion yet eco friendly.

Lux Mobile Group holds the worldwide exclusive license to design, manufacture, and distribute for the Ed Hardy by Christian Audigier brand, Baby Phat, David Garibaldi, Bruce Lee, M.C. Escher, L’adoria, Betty Boop, Romero Britto and Marilyn Monroe brands. Their products are distributed and retailed in over 30 countries around the world. They have all along been forming alliances with key brand partners. Check them out at the Las Vegas Convention Center in North Hall’s iLounge Pavilion, Booth 3632.

Asus Eee Slate EP121: Selected for a CES 2011 Innovations Award - - Portable Powerful Device Packed With Unlimited Possibilities for Multi-tasking, Productivity, And Entertainment

Another thrilling pad device showcased by Asus at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2011 is the Asus Eee Slate EP121. The Asus Eee Slate EP121 is a powerful portable device. It is handy enough to be brought around. At the same time, it can run standard office software while multitasking with other software and applications.

The Asus Eee Slate EP121 has a 12.1 inch LED backlit display with a capacitive touch screen. It comes with a stylus and an on-screen keyboard.

It has a 1280 x 800 resolution and features a 178 degree viewing angle which makes it perfect for productivity and multimedia entertainment.

The device is powered with an Intel® Core™ i5 dual-core processor and comes with a Windows® 7 Home Premium operating system. 

What makes this touch screen slate even more practical and useful is the external Bluetooth keyboard that allows it to be used like any other desktop or laptop.

The Asus Eee Slate EP121 also has the following significant features:

• available with 32GB or 64GB of SSD storage (expandable via SDXC)
• up to 4GB of DDR3 RAM
• 802.11n Wi-Fi
• Bluetooth 3.0
• 2-megapixel camera
• plus two USB 2.0 ports
• mini-HDMI port for connecting to external displays

This is probably one of the most powerful and most practical pads in the market with almost unlimited possibilities for multi-tasking, productivity, and entertainment.

The Asus Eee Slate EP121 is one of eight Asus products that were selected for a CES 2011 Innovations Award.

Teti Speaker System: From Italian Audio Brand Book of Music - - Displayed at CES 2011 With a Price Tag of Whopping $9920

The Consumer Electronics Show 2011 (CES 2011) in Las Vegas has become a platform for a plethora of audio products and cutting-edge audio technologies, that are sure to revolutionize the sound industry for a long time to come. Few of them are inMotion Air from Altec Lansing and the HomeShare speaker system from Sony Corporation. However, both these systems, among other speaker system are wireless speaker systems and are bent more towards the technology side of the market.

Now, one of the most prominent Italian audio brands, Book of Music at CES 2011 has announced the launch on an all new luxury sound system that not only provides excellent sound but has been designed with looks to die for. The all new Teti speaker system is as elegant as technologically advanced and will increase the looks of your living exponentially. Just moments ago, we talked about an all new Fall 2011 line of headphones from WeSC and with the Teti speaker system from Book of Music, the luxury music market has now officially made its mark at the event. Teti has been designed to be carry a ‘no conventional enclosure system’, meaning that, these speakers are not encased as other usually are and these gorgeous red five feet tall tower speakers were designed with utmost care towards aesthetics without any compromise of quality.

Book of Music has incorporated Teti speaker system with ScanSpeak drivers, in an effort to achieve the most optimum phase relationship. Furthermore, this incredible speaker system comes with an 1-inch ring radiator tweeter, a 6.5-inch paper cone woofer and a frequency response from 38Hz to 40kHz. The Teti speaker system is currently on display at CES 2011 and it comes with a mind blowing price of a whopping $9920.

General Motors' OnStar System Launched for Vehicles of Other Brands in CES 2011

Contrary to expectations, General Motors announced at CES 2011 that one of its greatest assets, the OnStar system will be launched for vehicles of other brands.

OnStar is an integrated system for GM vehicles, which includes services for the prevention of accidents, emergencies, safety, satellite navigation, internet connection and social networks and phone calls via the Bluetooth connection.

With it, you can learn about accidents on routes with great agility, tracking the position of the car, navigating connection with ENAV and Google Maps, send messages to Twitter and Facebook and connect with other users who subscribe to the service.

Thanks to the monitoring center, OnStar also allows you to find stolen vehicles or even call the police, firefighters and medical rescue in case of accidents.

Until then an uniqueness about 30 vehicles from General Motors, now you can buy the device (which is integrated into a mirror, which replaces the original car), sign the package of services and use all the features without restrictions.

The device costs $ 299 in the U.S., and subscription is $ 18.95 (monthly) or $ 199 (annual).

iSonic: An Electronic Cane For Visually Impaired - - Lets Its User Know When it is Two Meters Away From An Obstruction of Any Kind

There are so may times where you see a gadget and think, “Wow, why was this even created?” because a lot of things are kind of pointless. This year at CES, there is finally something that not only has a purpose, but can really help those that need it.

The iSonic is an electronic cane that lets its user know when it is two meters away from an obstruction of any kind. It works 55 degrees vertically and 25 degrees horizontally, and will increase in vibration strength based on how far away an object is. There are obviously two sides to this, as it will help those who are blind with no or little other ability sense-wise, but it may actually slightly impair those who are used to their condition. Also, if for any reason the battery should run out at an inopportune moment, things could go very bad very quickly. But! Generally, this is an awesome idea, and it also has the ability to detect colors when waved over a hue it recognizes. It has the ability to see red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, white, and black, and can even tell you when it’s dark outside. No word on pricing or availability.

Motorola Atrix: "World's Most Powerful Smartphone" - - A Smartphone That Plugs into the Shell of a Laptop

It's a smartphone. It's a computer. It's the Atrix!

Motorola's getting a lot of press this morning after announcing the Xoom, its much-hyped competitor to the iPad. But the Atrix, also unveiled at Motorola's press conference yesterday, is generating quite a lot of buzz as well.

The novel idea behind the Atrix is that it's a smartphone that plugs into the shell of a laptop. Unlike the doomed Palm Foleo, which synced a computer with a Palm Treo, all the computing power in the Atrix is in the smartphone. 

The phone, which Motorola is calling the "world's most powerful smartphone," has some great guts: an NVIDIA Tegra 2, four-inch display, a front-facing camera and a rear-facing 5MP camera, 11GB RAM, 16GB on-board memory, and a microSD card slot. It runs Android 2.2 FroYo.

The laptop, which is being dubbed a "webtop," has an 11.6-inch display, two USB ports and a full keyboard. 

Electronista had a brief hands-on with the Atrix, and had high praise for the hardware and design, with slight misgivings about the software. Obviously, it's still early to make a call on the Atrix's performance, but Electronista noted that performance slowed down considerably when the phone was docked into the laptop shell.

Motorola 'Droid XOOM': Powered by Google's Latest Android Operating System Honeycomb 2.3 - - Will Be Launched at CES 2011

Few days back Motorola released a video of their upcoming tablet PC. 'XOOM' Now Motorola, is all set to launch its latest tablet computer 'Droid XOOM' at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2011. Motorola Droid Xoom will run on Google's latest Android operating system Honeycomb 2.3.

The latest sensation Droid XOOM is powered with NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor and an onboard 32GB of flash storage memory. It has dual cameras, 5 megapixel at rear and a 2 megapixel at front.

Motorola Droid XOOM will also support micro SD memory cards for storage expansion. It also offers gyroscope and other popular applications.

Motorola Droid XOOM specifications:

* Android Honeycomb 2.3 OS
* Dual cameras
* Nvidia Tegra 2 processor
* 32GB of flash storage memory
* Micro SD support

Motorola Droid XOOM is expected to hit markets on Feb 14. Anyhow, Motorola has not announced the price of Droid XOOM.

MSI Butterfly and MSI Angelow: Part of All-in-one Wind Top Desktops - - To Be Unveiled at CES 2011

MSI set to unveil, at CES 2011, a new line of the company’s all-in-one Wind Top desktops, promise to bring about a new scenario in computing. Two of them have been nicknamed Butterfly and Angelow.

However not many details have been revealed ahead of the CES that gets underway in a few days from now, we get to understand that the Butterfly concept would come with 10-point multi-touch sliding LCD. If you are one of those PC freaks who always thought a static monitor can be so boring, this is for you.

You will be able to slide the LCD as per your convenience and then bring it back to its normal position for mouse and keyboard use. Sounds exciting, doesn’t it?

For the moment, the MSI Angelow concept comes across as a more straightforward design. However, you would get to play with some upscale components. We are just waiting to know what MSI has hid under the Angelow and Butterfly hood.

Mitsubishi Diamond 3D Projector: Soon At CES 2011 - - Offers A Picture up to 100 Inches With reflective LCD Light Engine

Mitsubishi will exhibit a new projector at the 2011 International CES show. The Mitsubishi Diamond 3D Projector includes a reflective LCD light engine that offers a picture of up to 100’’. 

  The 3D HD projector offers a contrast ratio of 120,000:1 with a resolution of 1080p and provides a noise-free operation. The bulb included in the projector has an operating life of about 4,000 h.

 Mitsubishi’s Diamond 3D projector weighs about 33 lbs and has two HDMI 1.4 inputs that support 3D and 2D. The light engine can hide the screen to provide a less-cinema-like home experience.

Mobile Digital TV With 3D Capability Will Be Launched by LG in Upcoming CES in Las Vegas

Everyone knows that CES episode for 2011 will be coming in next week and it seems that LG continues to tease with announcements for the 2011 edition of the CES in Las Vegas.

This time they presented a new Mobile Digital TV with 3D capability. Not much is known about it yet, except it runs on LG2161R MDTV chip with NRT (Non-Real Time) technology.

Capable apparently of broadcasting 3DTV while moving at up to 200 km/h (125 mph) it will be unveiled during CES in January.

Skype Bringing Video Chatting on iPhone in Upcoming Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2011) in Las Vegas

Skype on the iPhone is hardly news, but a support document leaked some information that hints at the new ability of video chat. Let’s give a round of applause to the upcoming CES and Skype for trickling out this nifty news. Now that front facing camera will actually have a purpose in life, because honestly, who uses Face Time?

Even though you’ll likely need to have WiFi for it to work, it will still be rather convenient to not have to be tied to a laptop with webcam capabilities if you only have a specific slot of time to talk to someone. It’ll be extremely convenient for conversations with friends and family who are in a completely different time zone, or on the other side of the globe.

Samsung Galaxy Player: Potential Killer of iPod - - Set to be Launched in CES 2011 (Must See Video)

Samsung is trying to capture the Android market with their ever-penetrating gadgets and devices. It seems that Samsung has planned to give a stiff competition to Apple in 2011 on all fields.    

Ostensibly, Samsung is not satisfied to challenge the iPad with the Samsung Galaxy Tab or the iPhone with its Galaxy S line of smartphones, will use January’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas to disclose yet another Apple competitor, the Galaxy Player.

 Galaxy Player a touchscreen multimedia device meant to take the iPod Touch head-on in the consumer market.

Galaxy Player will run Android 2.2 (Froyo) and include a 1GHz processor, 4-inch touch-screen, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0, front- and rear-facing cameras, HD video playback, and access to apps via the Android Market. The 1200mAh battery will be removable.

If a Samsung Galaxy Player would manage strong sales upon release, it would shake up a portable-media-device market long dominated by Apple’s iPod line. Other competitors, including Microsoft’s Zune HD, have earned strong reviews from critics but generally middling sales.

Watch the device in action in this video:

Motorola Created Buzz Around With The Released Teaser Video - - Moto-tab Set to Be Launched in CES 2011 (Must See Video)

Motorola managed to create an excitement around with the released video of upcoming tablet which is set to be launched at CES 2011. The recently released ad by the company confirms that it will be running Honeycomb. The release teaser ad is quite humourous when the famous tablets are compared with their own device.

The 3D video begins with scenes showing the ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphics tablet to the tablets of stone, down to the Rosetta stone, GriDPad, and to the iPhone which was labelled as a giant iPhone, then the Galaxy Tab saying it has Android OS for a phone. And finally the camera focuses on a stand draped with a black cloth having the Motorola logo in front of it.  

And just when you guys thought the video was over, a honey bee came buzzing in front of the Motorola logo. Then came the words CES 2011.  

LifeTouch: A Dual Screen Android Tablet From NEC - - All Set To Be Launched in CES 2011

NEC will be unveiling a dual screen Android tablet at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas starting in January 2011. The tablet will have the LifeTouch brand name and will have two 7 inch displays, along with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and 3G connectivity.

NEC isn't offering the LifeTouch directly to consumers in Japan. Instead, it's hoping service providers will offer it to consumers bundled with an online service. NEC is ostensibly also planning to launch a keyboard-equipped Android net-book to CES 2011, along with the original LifeTouch.

Source: SlashGear

LG Star: Gets First Emergence on The Web - - With Super Fast Speed Runs on the NVIDIA Tegra 2

The LG Star made a surprising emergence on US technology website Engadget, courtesy of what it calls a very generous and anonymous tipster.

The phone, which is still a beta device, runs on the NVIDIA Tegra 2 and is ostensibly so fast that it will give current phones; including the Nexus S, an inferiority complex.

The LG Star comes with a 4-inch WVGA display likely to be a super LCD rather than an AMOLED one. It has four touch sensitive buttons in the front with a front camera as well plus a microUSB port.

Although LG played it safe with the design of the handset, the performance, even for a phone still in development, is anything but.

On Engadget's own benchmarks, the LG Star was almost three times faster than the Samsung Galaxy S which provides with the hardware foundation of the Nexus S.

Expect the phone to be launched at CES 2011 or MWC 2011 in Barcelona next year with a global roll out by the end of first half of 2011.