Kurt Shintaku's Blog

Here’s a quick summary of the technology I saw as I wandered the show floor on Day 3 – last day,

• Altec Lansing/Plantronics
  • DISCOVERY 925 – New headset
    • Multipairing
    • New fashionable design with as little plastic as possible
    • Comes with carrying case for recharging
    • 4 different colors
• AstoundStereo
  • 3D SOUND SIMULATION
    • Software-based 3D environment generations – provides depth to music
    • Windows Media only… will be virtual driver based later this year
    • 20% off – show special.  astoundstereo.com.  Use code ASE-E3N7-CES until 2/5/09
• ThermalTake
  • TAI-CHI S – Fanless cooling for silence
• Novint
  • FALCON – gun simulator
    • Simulates gun motions
    • Provide force feedback for shots
    • USB connected
    • Works with Left4Dead
    • To work with WoW soon
    • $199
• Nero
  • LIQUID TV – “TiVo” for your PC
    • Actually uses the TiVO brand, TiVO menuing, and the TiVo encoding format – licensed
    • $200 – comes with a TiVo controller
    • USB to coax connectivity, HD antenna, 1 year subscription to TiVo service
    • Allows burning to disk!
    • Can pull content from other TiVos in the house!
  • SHOW special… 30% off Nero 9, Nero MoveIT, Nero LiquidTV. Nero.com. Use coupon code: AT-CES-PMGV. Ends Jan 31.
• Shuttle
  • X50
    • has dual core Atom. Only one on market. $300
  • H7 5800
    • Only shipping Core i7 PC. Up to 16GB ram expandable. Chassis is $540.
• Nvidia
  • GEFORCE 3D VISION
    • Glasses. $199.
    • TV needs to be DLP 3D ready TV.
    • PC only.
    • Released at show. Best of CES 2009 finalist.
• Garmin, Blackberry/RIM, Real, Lexar, Daneelec, IBM
  • NOTHING
• Zoombak
  • 3 MODELS
    • Pets, People, Cars
    • Pet model has 3-5 day charge
    • Car model will also use triangulation with T-Mobile cell towers
    • $199 with $50 rebate off of Zoombak.com until Jan 31st