CES 2012 Live Blog

Quick Glance: Harman/Kardon's GLA-55 Crystal Blue Speakers

amussey — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:51:12 -0800

These Harman/Kardon speakers sound almost as amazing as they look. The tough plastic has a fantastic appearance and is gorgeously eliminated by the set of LEDs.

Subtile trolling.

amussey — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:49:23 -0800

Subtile trolling.

Mohzy’s impressive lineup of wearable USB cables.

amussey — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:48:55 -0800

Mohzy’s impressive lineup of wearable USB cables.

Quick Glance: OWC Mac Mini Stack Max

amussey — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:48:08 -0800

When customers began complaining about the Mac Mini’s lack of a disc drive, OWC answered the call. The docking bay, which is twice the thickness of the Mac Mini itself, contains a DVD Burner, 3.5 Hard Drive (up to 4TB), SD Card reader, 2 Firewire ports, 3 USB ports, and E-SATA.

Quick Glance: Sony's Ultrabook Slider Prototype

amussey — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:45:24 -0800

Much similar to Toshiba’s M930, Sony displayed a prototype of a slider tablet laptop. The primary difference between the two was that the Sony included a full sized pen, and was nearly half as thick. Specs aren’t yet available, as the machine won’t be on the market for some time.

Quick Glance: Toshiba Portege M930

amussey — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:39:03 -0800

Unlike the previous generation with a swivel hinge, Toshiba’s new Tablet PC uses a sliding hinge that closes the computer with the screen out. They have removed the touch capabilities from the previous generation.

This design has a number of fatal flaws. The Wacom digitizer pen is smaller than a standard pen. Because it closes with the screen out, it’s going to be prone to serious scratches on the screen. There is also no touchpad. The touchpad has instead been replaced by a TrackPoint-style device with vertical mouse buttons.

Quick Glance: iMPROV Electronics's Boogie Board LCD Writing Tablet

amussey — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:35:41 -0800

iMPROV Electronics’s Boogie Board LCD Writing Tablet is a fantastic alternative to all of the Windows and Android based slates. The tablet, which uses an E-Ink screen, is incredibly slick and easy to write on. There are two variations of the device: A single-use device that acts as a whiteboard, and a version that connects with a computer over USB. The USB version allows for saving of up to 200 pages in PDF vector format, as well as live drawing to a computer monitor.

Corning was excited to show off how strong their Gorilla Glass...

amussey — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 07:04:16 -0800

Corning was excited to show off how strong their Gorilla Glass actually was. Here’s a video demonstration in comparison to other glass composites.

Cubed showed off their new, in-home 3D printing solution. The...

amussey — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:27:05 -0800

Cubed showed off their new, in-home 3D printing solution. The printer, weighing in at only $1300, uses plastic string to design the models.

Corning was proud to show off their second generation of Gorilla...

amussey — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:00:05 -0800

Corning was proud to show off their second generation of Gorilla Glass. This video demonstrates Gorilla Glass 2 being bent at extreme angles.

This is just a quick pan over of the Motorola Booth at CES...

amussey — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:25:06 -0800

This is just a quick pan over of the Motorola Booth at CES 2012.

Quick Glance: Belkin's Thunderbolt Dock

amussey — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:48:05 -0800

Belkin showed off a prototype of an upcoming Thunderbolt port extending dock Sunday at CES Unveiled. The prototype dock split a single thunderbolt connection into Eithernet, audio out, Firewire, HDMI, and 3 USB ports.

The tentative retail price of the hub is $299, a price that might be slightly off-putting to many consumers.

Quick Glance: Panasonic's Booth

amussey — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:01:06 -0800

Panasonic had a massive booth at this year’s CES. Picture are two of their massive multi-TV displays.

Quick Glance: Sculpteo's Cloud 3D Printing

amussey — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:03:05 -0800

Sculpteo is the first company to ever convert conventional 3D printing into a cloud service. Providing the users with the ability to purchase models from their desktops or their mobile devices, Sculpteo prints materials on a variety of different mediums. Check out their website for more information at http://www.sculpteo.com/ .

Quick Glance: Archos 35 Home Connect

amussey — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:00:05 -0800

In the category of “smart alarm clocks”, Archos takes the lead with the Archos 35 Home Connect. The 3.5” device runs Android 2.2 (Froyo) on a 1 GHz Omap 3630 processor. It comes with 4GB of internal memory with as slot to upgrade via MicroSD card. However, the main touted feature of the device is not its onboard storage abilities; the device comes with 50000 web radio stations, spanning all possible genres.

Burton Inc.’s Aerial True 3D display, effectively a laser...

amussey — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:21:50 -0800

Burton Inc.’s Aerial True 3D display, effectively a laser hologram projector, was one-of-a-kind on the show floor.

Toon Boom, the group which makes animation software for...

stevem64 — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 07:20:00 -0800

Toon Boom, the group which makes animation software for companies like Disney, is promoting “Doodle.” “Doodle” is a cool animation program for kids and will allow anyone to make sophisticated animations that can be shared on YouTube, Facebook and others. The folks at Toon Boom were at CES this week and gave us a demo of their product.

Try it out at http://www.toonboom.com/doodle/ !

MakerBot Industries’ Replicator was one of the most...

amussey — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 02:05:00 -0800

MakerBot Industries’ Replicator was one of the most impressive 3D home printing options displayed at CES. Using the chord melting method presented by a number of other printers, the Replicator was the only printer that allowed for two different colors to be used while printing.

Intel's Ultrabook

amussey — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:32:02 -0800

The above picture encapsulates the entire Intel booth.

During their press conference on Monday, Intel discussed how the push of their Ultrabooks was going to be the biggest push they had done since the release of the Centrino. I’m quickly becoming a believer. These machines are fast, slick, and, shockingly, fairly stylish. I’ve never been one to judge a laptop simply by its cover, but the Envy 14 Ultrabook (pictured below), coated entirely in Gorilla Glass, is absolutely gorgeous.

The only place they can go wrong at this point is the price point. Comparisons to Apple are incredibly cliche, but when selling a device that runs the risk of being cost equivalent it is a necessity. In order to make it this market, these machines will have to be at least $200-300 less than the MacBook Air.

I’m really excited about what the next year holds for these computers.

Quick Glance: Aiptek's PocketCinema V100

amussey — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:04:05 -0800

Aiptek’s PocketCinema V100 has managed to do what no other pico projector of its size has done: look good. The pico projector was thrown only about a foot, but was extremely bright with vivid colors thanks to the DLP technology used.

The projector is designed to connect to a laptop and is expected to retail around $129.