Author: Stuart Dredge
CES 2008: Samsung launches Series 6 and Series 7 LCD HDTVs
It wasn’t just plasmas on show at Samsung’s CES press conference this morning. The company also unveiled new LCD tellies, the Series 6 and Series 7. They’re keen to shout about the new TVs’ design, which apparently takes inspiration from cars and fashion, in a “hint of amber naturally blended into the piano-black bezel frame” stylee.
CES 2008: Samsung unveils Q1 Ultra Premium UMPC
2008 could be a big year for teeny-tiny laptops (sorry, Ultra Mobile PCs), with the Asus Eee PC lighting a rocket under the market. Samsung showed off its new UMPC this afternoon during its press conference, and it's looking pretty nifty.
CES 2008: Panasonic press conference liveblog
It’s 11am on press conference day at CES, and next up is Panasonic. I’m liveblogging it, although due to sketchy Wi-Fi access, I won’t be publishing the post until afterwards. Just so you know. Judging by the stage backdrop, Viera flat-screen TVs will be one of the core elements today. On with the show…
CES 2008 Roundup: Saturday
This year’s CES is underway, with Team Shiny having descended on the CES Unveiled press event this evening. In truth, it was a bit underwhelming, but there was some good stuff, including WowWee’s latest crop of robots. Read on for all our stories from today.
CES 2008: Will the Bel Canto Ultra-Dock persuade audiophiles to get iPods?
Talk to an audiophile – the kind of person who spends more on their speaker cables than you do on all your gadgets put together – and they’ll often be a bit sniffy about iPods. Who wants to listen to compressed digital music when you could be playing vinyl on a £10k hi-fi?
CES 2008: EGO Icebar2 waterproof iPod Nano case bubbles up
Accessories manufacturer Atlantic was showing off its new EGO Icebar2 at CES Unveiled today. It’s a waterproof case for iPod Nanos that includes stereo speakers, and is apparently made from “bullet proof polycarbonate materal”. Which is good news if people regularly shoot at your iPod Nano during pool parties.
CES 2008: Shiny Susi tries the HT-7450 Zero-Gravity massage chair
Hey, y’know that massage chair that I wrote about earlier, that reduces the strain of gravity by tipping you back then gives you a good going-over? Well, Susi from Shiny Shiny tried it too, and managed to talk while being squidged. Check the video above.
CES 2008: Aquallusion iTube wants to be Lava Lamp 2.0
Aren’t we well shot of lava lamps? They were useless. Students liked them, I suppose. Anyway, Aquallusion is a company happy to cite lava lamps as inspiration for its iTube light, which combines sound, colours and a cool visual effect resembling bubbling water.
CES 2008: Hurrah for network-enabled automatic urine collectors
It might look like a teasmaid, but you wouldn’t fancy a brew made from the contents of this gadget. It’s taking the piss! No, literally. It’s an automatic urine collector, which was on display at the CES Unveiled press event tonight, on the stall of an organisation called PUCC (P2P Universal Computing Consortium).
CES 2008: Relax in the Human Touch HT-7450 Zero-Gravity massage chair
CES-goers with aching bodies come Thursday could do worse than visit the Human Touch stand. The company is showing off its HT-7450 Zero-Gravity massage chair, which lives up to its high-tech name.
