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Watch movies from your iPod/iPhone on your inflight screen

20 May

It’s cool to be able to watch videos on your iPod or iPhone when you’re on the go.  This is great for air travel, especially when the inflight movies suck or when you rather not use your laptop (or decide not to travel with one).  Over longer duration, obviously battery life is a concern.  Well [...]

Is the Nokia N97 NAM here, already?

19 May

It seemed so long ago that Nokia previewed the N97 at CES.  In reality just four months have passed – but it seems like eternity when you’re awaiting a major product release.  We were told the N97 was being rolled to to Europe first in Q1 but they were nebulous about North America (they had [...]

Amazon Unveils Kindle 2

9 Feb

Today Amazon.com unveiled its new slimmer Kindle. At 1/3″ thick, the Kindle 2 is about half as thin as the original version which means better portability for the space conscious traveler. Here’s an idea: download digital copies of travel guidebooks (like those from Offbeat). There’s a significant upgrade in internal storage from 256MB to 2 [...]

Palm Pre: Enough to make me a fan again?

29 Jan

I’m a longtime fan and user of Palm devices having bought the original graffiti-writing Pilot when it came out – well before US Robotic’s purchase of the company and the subsequent acquisition by 3Com (where I worked a long time ago). Last year, I abandoned my Treo and its aging OS to take advantage of [...]

Kinesis K2 Charger: Personal Power from Sun and Wind

13 Jan

Among the many “green” gadgets I found at CES was this product by Kinesis Industries  that allows you to draw power from both solar panels and a personal windmill.   The duel charging capabilities not only means a potentially faster charge but power generation in absence of sun – we’re not just talking cloudy days, but [...]

Creative Labs Vado HD or Flip Mino HD?

13 Jan

Wasn’t it only a year ago that Pure Digital introduced the Flip, a simple and quick pocket video cam allowing users to easily transfer and share video with its signature USB plug? My bro just got one to make sure he had a ready camera to record his baby’s first steps and more. The idea [...]

Lenmar’s PowerPort Clip

13 Jan

On my last day at CES, I set a reminder to check out Lenmar’s booth and their new products. While I was pressed for time to make it the airport I navigated my way through North Hall to their booth where I was shown their newly announced products. While they had a number of exciting [...]

Today’s CES Daily News

9 Jan

Here’s one for Leno… The official show guide was wrapped with this ad – the “Taser C2.” I feel it might be my responsibility to check out on behalf of my fellow travelers. But what exactly do they mean by “experience”. And I wonder what you have to do to win one… Anyone wanna wagger [...]

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