The iHome iD50
iHome has announced three more alarm clock speaker systems to its lineup at CES 2012 – revealing the iW4, iP18 and iD50. All three have iPhone, iPad and/or iPod docking support, in addition to the traditional alarm clock.
CES isn’t just about the product announcements, but also a showcase of new and innovative forms of technology that could come soon. Like this one – a company called Tobii has today announced the Tobii Gaze interface, which lets you your eyes to maneuver your computer.
Pioneer N-30
Pioneer has announced two new network audio players, the N-30 and the N-50; with both supporting DLNA 1.5 and Apple’s AirPlay – meaning that you can now play music from any audio source wirelessly, including your iPhone.
Two new ultrabooks have been announced by LG at the run-up to this year’s CES. Dubbed “Super Ultrabook” – forgive them for such a lame title for a series – the two in this lineup offer powerful performance despite the sleek and thin body.
Another webcam has been announced by Logitech before this year’s CES. Called the C920 HD Pro Webcam, it lets users to communicate with each other in 1080p full HD – and is compatible with the Skype 5.7 Beta, which includes that feature.
CES 2012 announcements are slowly trickling in, and Logitech has announced a brand new mouse. But what is so interesting about this particular one? Well, as the name Logitech Cube suggests, it has a very untraditional design and you can easily switch it from being a mouse to a presenter.
Samsung has announced two new monitor lines – the Series 7 and Series 9. The Series 7 will come with two models, the Series 7 Smart Station and the Series 7 HDTV – the latter being an actual TV; while the Series 9 promises crisp picture quality.
European maker Haier has announced a very slim soundbar – the 40-inch SBEV40-SLIM soundbar. With a depth of 1.07 inches, that promises to have crystal clear surround sound despite the small profile.
PocketNow has been sent a picture of a LTE Windows Phone for AT&T and, according to the source, Telstra, supposibly called the HTC Radiant. While it looks like the already available (in the US) HTC Titan, PocketNow’s “reliable source” has said otherwise.
Announced at the same time as the Galaxy Ace Plus was Samsung’s Galaxy M Style smartphone – another phone that features a brushed metal design, a 4-inch Super AMOLED display and runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread.
We are really approaching CES when we see an increase number of gadgets being released. Samsung has announced a brand new smartphone, the Galaxy Ace Plus. And obviously, it suggests that it is a big improvement to the predecessor Galaxy Ace.
G-RAID External Hard Drive (Image: Hitachi)
Hitachi has announced two new hard drives before CES 2012 starts – the 1TB Travelstar 5K1000 and the 4TB Deskstar 7K4000. While they will sold to OEMs, Hitachi will also use them for its G-Technology branded external hard drives, meaning consumers will be able to use them.
Google appears to have resolved the issues of its fragmentation with the announcement that it will push its really sexy Ice Cream Sandwich theme – “Holo” – on all phones that have been approved to carry the Android Market. In other words, any major label phone will have to have Holo.
HP’s new unannounced Ultrabook looks like it has been leaked, with Engadget recieving an official-looking teaser for a HP Ultrabook, called the HP Spectre, from a trusted source at HP.Their source didn’t leave many details around, apart from saying that an official portal will be online tomorrow. Strangely, the device in the video doesn’t have keyboard, so hopefully tomorrow brings clearer news and possibly an explanation.
Windows 8 could come as soon as the third quarter of this year, with a report claiming (citing anonymous sources) that both Acer and Lenovo are set to launch their own tablet running the OS and a new Intel platform.