Category: CES 2008
CES 2008: Energizer launches Energi To Go portable iPod charger
Batteries aren’t sexy. Well, unless you’re some kind of filthy AAA electrode fetishist. But Energizer doesn’t just make batteries. It also makes products that use batteries to do other stuff. That’s a bit sexier. Witness the Energi To Go Portable Power for iPod, which was announced yesterday at CES.
CES 2008: Is CES leaving Vegas? Is the next stop Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania?
It is bit like the ravens leaving the tower or Ant going solo without Dec, but there are whispers at CES that the show may soon be leaving Las Vegas.
Local paper the Las Vegas Sun reckons that the top bods at CEA, the organisation which hosts CES, now reckons that Vegas has got way too pricey and that delegates are being fleeced when paying for hotels, food and drink and, ahem the city’s other entertainments.
CES 2008: Sony takes the lid off a new set of sat-navs
We haven’t seen a lot in the way of Sat Navs here at CES yet, but rest assured they’re lurking out there in their thousands. Yesterday, Sony did spill the beans on a couple of new models heading to North America early this year. The NV-U73T and NV-U83T measure in at 4.3” and 4.8” respectively; however each is now just 0.75 inches thick, which is a pretty sensible acknowledgement of the fact that if you actually want to keep your sat nav in your possession for longer than twenty minutes, you’re going to have to carry it with you when you park your car.
CES 2008 Roundup: Sunday
Phew. It’s been a long day here in Las Vegas (as evidenced by me still working at 12.45am. We attended all the major press conferences, caught Bill Gates’ last ever CES keynote, and got a bunch of stories from the Digital Experience press event. See below for links to all the good stuff. Tomorrow, meanwhile, we hit the show itself…
CES 2008: Fujifilm launches super-thin FinePix Z100fd digital camera
If you are going to buy a compact, make sure it is just that – and at just 19.8mm thick, that’s certainly the case with the Fujifilm FinePix Z100fd.
CES 2008: Sony promotes the α200 as the affordable DSLR
Sony hopes to tempt more of us away from the compacts and into the world of the DSLR with the Sony α200.
CES 2008: Sony Ericsson launches W350 flip Walkman phone
Another new media phone from Sony Ericsson – the Walkman W350.
CES 2008: Sony Ericsson's latest fashion phone – the Z555
A new clamshell with one eye on the fashion market from Sony Ericsson – the Z555.
CES 2008: Motorola launches Z10 with HSDPA connectivity and video editing
Motorola has retired the Z8, replacing it with the Z10, but keeping that ‘kick-flip’ sliding motion.
CES 2008: Watch Bill Gates play Xbox 360 Guitar Hero III with Slash
Hurrah for Bill Gates, who capped an entertaining CES keynote by jamming on Guitar Hero with Slash. Shiny Kat and Gemma were there to capture the historic moment as it happened…
