At the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show , it’s a trend that seems ready to blow up this year: “Appcessories” are toys you connect up in some way with your mobile device , marrying virtual and real-world play.
At the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show , it’s a trend that seems ready to blow up this year: “Appcessories” are toys you connect up in some way with your mobile device , marrying virtual and real-world play.
At the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, it’s not just about home entertainment gear. So-called appcessories —peripherals you can attach to mobile devices for fun and play on the run—are also making news at the show. The Orbotix Sphero is the robotic ball you control with your smart phone or tablet computer .
Here at CES, Vizio says it will be shipping the first 21:9 CinemaWide 3DTV it initially showed at last year’s show.
Intel’s press conference at the Consumer Electronics Show was all about ultrabooks– fast, skinny, lightweight laptops that are meant to compete with the likes of the Macbook Air. Mooly Eden, who leads Intel’s PC client group, spoke about the evolution of computing, and where we can expect these ultrabooks to go
This morning in Las Vegas, Joseph Clayton, CEO of Dish Network became the first tech exec to carry out a baby kangaroo at a Consumer Electronics Show press conference. And it was all in service of touting the satellite provider’s latest attempt to catch up to DirecTV. And yes, he let me hold it too.
At the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, WowWee, which makes both robotics and digital toys, announced that it is launching a line of six toys called AppGear that combines virtual and real-world play. The new line of toys combines a physical toy and a mobile device, that work together with a free downloadable app. Costing from $9.99 to $19.99, the toys will be compatible with Apple and Android devices
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In the future, everything will be a computer, and those computers will have fewer buttons. That’s the takeaway from a speech by Shawn DuBravac of the Consumer Electronics Association. As the consumer electronics industry’s focus has shifted from computers to computing functions delivered by devices such as smart TVs, manufacturers are making those products easier to use — though they’re not quite there yet, said DuBravac, chief economist and director of research for the CEA
Magellan is launching niche-oriented GPS devices at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), with the 7-inch RoadMate RV9145 for RV drivers and this new 5-inch RoadMate 5190T for commercial truck drivers.
Monday marks the official start to the new-car show season with the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) opening the doors at Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan, to thousands of media and industry insiders. Consumer Reports Cars team is gathering in Motor City to share the experience with you here in the news blog, in our special OnLocation section , and via Twitter ( @CRCars ). Further, this experience will also inform our car purchase and testing plans for the year ahead, and likely beyond.
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