We spent the last evening having dinner at Nobu with the heads of DTS Digital Entertainment learning about their new, groundbreaking sound technology Neo X. Neo X brings a degree of depth, immersion and realism to the sound experience of music and movies. Here’s a peek into what we learned tonight from a panel moderated [...]
Tag Archives: CES
Lenovo Reveals the New IdeaPad U1 with LePad Slate
We’ve been hearing about the Lenovo IdeaPad U1 since CES 2010. Well Lenovo is finally ready to reveal and demo the IdeaPad U1 with LePad slate at CES 2011 at the Venetian. The U1 is a ultramobile laptop uses a slate running Android 2.2, called LePad as it’s screen. Specs for the tablet include a [...]
Asus Unveils the 12.1″ Eee Slate with Accessories; Notebooks Run for Cover
Image courtesy of Amazon Asus is wasting no time unveiling their top contenders for the tablet battle about to commence at CES 2011. The Eee Slate EP121 is proudly posted on their website and gracing the pages of Amazon with some heavy specs on the line. The 12″ slate is nothing short of a mobile [...]
A CES Moment with Dexim
We had a chance this evening to see some of the new items that are going to be available from Dexim, a company that creates some terrific iPhone and iPad accessories. One of the more interesting items that they were showing off was an iPad case with a built-in Bluetooth keyboard. The case and the [...]
CES Garage, Day One
Don’t say we didn’t warn you, but press releases have been flying off the keyboards out of Las Vegas all day. They are related to all things electronic and all electronic roads currently diverge at the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas. I scanned through few pages worth and found several related to the automotive environment. [...]
Turtle Beach Announces a Fresh Trio of Gaming Headsets For Your Fraggin Enjoyment
Image courtesy of Turtle Beach Turtle Beach is one of the oldest names in computer audio that I can remember. Back when i needed premium audio for Oregon Trail I knew who I could turn to. Now in 2011 if you want to get serious with console gaming audio, then look no further. Turtle Beach [...]
Nuance Dragon Dictation at the Heart of New LG Voice-to-Text App for Windows Phone 7
I am a big fan of Nuance’s series of mobile voice-to-text apps. It is one of the most used apps on my iPhone and iPad and I can’t wait to see how it develops in the coming months. Nuance isn’t just interested in iOS however and they are proving it as this year’s CES begins. [...]
Another Way to Help Haiti In Addition to Supporting Our No Baggage Challenge for Charity
As you, hopefully, know by now, Larry and I have embarked upon a week-long No Baggage Challenge for Charity. We left the East Coast yesterday morning with just the clothes on our backs and arrived in Las Vegas for CES a few hours later. We are already getting into a routine of determining what we’re [...]
CES Meeting with Seagate; Plus Some Exciting Product News
Dan and I met with Gabe Foo and Charmaine Garcia from Seagate, where we got a look at some of their new 2011 hard drives. Streaming content, networked backups, and smaller hard drives with faster speeds were some of the highlights. A new partnership with Gear Diary favorite ioSafe was a pleasant surprise. And we [...]
2 Shows, 7 Days, 8 Letters: CES, NAIAS
Clean out your inboxes and keep your smartphones charged – two of the biggest events of the year are about to bombard the (tech-savvy/info-hungry) world with headlines, sound bites and image overload. CES kicks off the new year with the annual “everything electronics” show this week in Las Vegas and right on the heels of [...]
Foursquare Teams Up with CES in 2011
Foursquare, that cute little services that lets you check in at a venue to let others know you are there, share and read tips about the place and, if you check in often enough, become the Fourquare mayor of the location, has teamed up with CES this year to make things a bit more fun. [...]
JOBY Announces Two New Ways To Make Your iPad Even More Awesome
On Sunday I needed a way to shoot the video of me packing for CES for our No Baggage Challenge for Charity. Problem was, no one was home but me. No problem… I put a screw between slats in the ceiling (it is a post and beam house so there isn’t even a hole now) [...]
AMD Makes Processors Sound Exciting!
I love corporate thrillers. One of my favorite books of all time is “Paranoia” by Joseph Finder, an awesome espionage/thriller with cool twists. However, despite being a big geek words like “silicon” and “graphics chip” don’t really pique my interest. However, AMD has put together an AWESOME trailer for their newest chips, and if this [...]
Gear Diary’s NoBC to CES for Haiti Plunge- the Packing Episode
Don’t forget: This challenge is benefiting The Haiti Plunge – They are building a road and a new medical clinic among other things in a rural part of Haiti. Please take a second and support them HERE. Today is the day when the SCOTTEVEST No Baggage Challenge for Charity becomes a reality and moves into [...]
CES 2010 Redux- A Look Back Before We Head Out to CES 2011
Before we head out to CES 2011 tomorrow we thought we might take a look back at some of the things we saw… And did… At CES 2010. Amazing to think that this was BI (Before iPad) and how much has changed since. It is also amazing to realize how many of the products we saw that [...]
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