We’re seated for the Gates keynote; not sure if we’ll be able to blog during this. As big as CES is (140,000 folks expected), we’re already running into folks we know.… Read More »
CES 2007
I woke at 5 am (Eastern time) and hit the road 30 minutes after that. After 6.5 hours on a plane, a hairy taxi ride, quick hotel check-in and badge pickup, I finally hoofed it down the strip to the Venetian for the Bill… Read More »
Someone at NetGear must get a raise for planning the first press conference of Day One of CES, there by ensuring maximum impact for somewhat marginal product releases, a few upgrades and one meaningful product – Digital Entertainer HD – that would become… Read More »
CES 2007: A casino conference room full of pale gadget fan-boy bloggers, doe-eyed PR reps, and pre-market electronics, means one thing — I’m in Vegas for the next few days for, what else, CES. The desert is cold, and Barry Manilow’s face is everywhere. I… Read More »
Friday afternoon at Sling Media’s HQ in San Mateo, we got a look at a prototype for one of the first entrants in the bring-Internet-video-to-the-TV race: The SlingCatcher, a sort of Slingbox-in-reverse that should hit the retail shelves sometime this summer, priced at $200 or… Read More »
CES 2007, Las Vegas: First Modeo gave us details of its mobile TV launch at CES, then Samsung said it is working on its own mobile TV technology, now reports are saying Verizon Wireless and Qualcomm will announce the launch… Read More »
Well, I am now in Las Vegas for the CES 2007 and will be blogging about fun stuff as I run across it. The show doesn’t start until Monday morning but I will be attending Bill Gates’ keynote address on Sunday night. I came out early… Read More »
As if there weren’t enough mobile TV standards waiting in the wings, Samsung is planning to announce another mobile TV broadcast technology at CES called Advanced-Vestigial Side-Band, that will use digital signals from local TV broadcasters. The Wall Street Journal has some details, and… Read More »
Modeo, the mobile TV company owned by Crown Castle, plans to announce on Monday that its service is live in New York city, in what the company is calling a ‘beta commercial launch.’ There’s a bit of hand waving involved, as the beta service is… Read More »
Yesterday it was an auto-WiFi startup using pre-CES week to get some ink. Today it’s auto navigation startup Dash Navigation‘s turn to try to get some pre CES-juice by announcing a partnership with Yahoo for local search for its Internet-connected service.… Read More »
Belkin’s cable-free UWB hub has been ‘almost to the market’ for the better part of a year now. Belkin even put out a release in December that said it would be available mid-December. Now Belkin says in an email that the product will be… Read More »
Last year, I was fortunate enough to attend CES as a member of the Engadget team. That trip was covered by AOL and if you want to know how Engadget provides… Read More »