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CES Round-up: We go hands-on with the Samsung 9 Series, Samsung’s attempt at the MacBook Air

CES Round-up: We go hands-on with the Samsung 9 Series, Samsung’s attempt at the MacBook Air

It looks as if the MacBook Air finally has some serious competition in Samsung’s latest notebook line: the 9 Series. As a few tech blogs have already pointed out, it’s thinner (.64 inches versus .68 inches), lighter (2.89 pounds versus 2.9 pounds), and arguably sexier (a black metal finish versus an aluminum finish). Although we’re [...]

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Larry Page to replace Eric Schmidt as Google CEO April 4th

Larry Page to replace Eric Schmidt as Google CEO April 4th

Google announced earlier today that co-founder Larry Page will take over the CEO role from Eric Schmidt beginning April 4th. According to announcement, which took place during the company’s Q4 earnings disclosure, Mr. Schmidt will remain with the company and assume the role of Executive Chairman.
Schmidt’s responsibilities will supposedly consist of  “focusing externally on deals, partnerships, customers [...]

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CES Coverage: Otterbox Booth Tour, Including a Sneak Peak of the Reflex Case

CES Coverage: Otterbox Booth Tour, Including a Sneak Peak of the Reflex Case

If you’re serious about protecting your gadgets, chances are you’ve heard of OtterBox, a company dedicated to producing cases that’ll withstand just about anything.

At this year’s CES, the company launched its new Reflex case for iPhone. Positioned between the company’s existing Impact line, which boasts heavy protection, and the Commuter series, which offers protection in a slimmer [...]

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CES Coverage: An Exclusive Look at the Sleek-Audio Line including the ‘Sleek by 50 Cent’ Headphones

CES Coverage: An Exclusive Look at the Sleek-Audio Line including the ‘Sleek by 50 Cent’ Headphones

The Sleek-Audio Booth at CES was nothing short of sleek. After an impressive ears-on, I was compelled to write a slightly longer recap of the company’s latest and greatest. Sleek’s main attractions included:

SLEEK Wireless- Using KLEER wireless technology,  Sleek has developed a wireless platform that’ll let you jam out to your favorite songs up to 60 feet away [...]

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CES Coverage: Samsung’s Sliding PC 7 Series First Look

CES Coverage: Samsung’s Sliding PC 7 Series First Look

Samsung revealed its Sliding PC 7 Series at CES last week. From the looks of things, it sounds like we’ve got a truly impressive Windows laptop/tablet hybrid on our hands.

At the moment, we’re pretty well-informed with regards to this guy’s internals.

It’ll:

Be powered by Intel’s 1.66 GHz Z670 Oak Trail processor
Weigh 2.2 pounds
Employ a 1366 x [...]

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CES Coverage: A First Look at the HTC Thunderbolt, Verizon’s premier 4G Android phone

CES Coverage: A First Look at the HTC Thunderbolt, Verizon’s premier 4G Android phone

Trust us when we say that Verizon turned some heads at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show. And, at TechTrackr, we think that Big Red’s massive booth, which lauded its 4G LTE network, and the bad boy we’re about to tell you about– the HTC Thunderbolt–  had a lot to do with the extra attention.

Pictured above, the [...]

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CES Coverage: Iomega’s SuperHero (Backup and Charger for iPhone) promises to be great

CES Coverage: Iomega’s SuperHero (Backup and Charger for iPhone) promises to be great

One of the coolest accessories at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) has gotta’ be the Iomega SuperHero Backup and Charger for the iPhone– we’ll call it the SuperHero for short.

Essentially, the SuperHero is designed to let you charge and simultaneously backup your iPhone’s contacts and photos. But, unlike Apple’s proprietary dock which stores the [...]

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CES Coverage: Man Voluntarily Gets Tasered for a Free Hat & Clip

CES Coverage: Man Voluntarily Gets Tasered for a Free Hat & Clip

Perhaps you guys caught one of Gizmodo’s posts last week entitled “A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Getting Tasered Silly at CES.” In case you didn’t here’s an excerpt:

Live Taser demos! Easily one of my favorite parts of CES. But is getting Tasered worth it? You do walk away with this Taser hat and commemorative coin!

On [...]

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CES Coverage: Eyes-on with the Tesla Motors Model S, powered in part by NVIDIA

CES Coverage: Eyes-on with the Tesla Motors Model S, powered in part by NVIDIA

If you haven’t head of the Tesla Motors Model S, the “first sedan built from the ground up as an electric vehicle,” shame on you!

In our minds, it’s the most impressive electric-only vehicle (soon to be) on the market. Heck, it’ll last you a supposed 300 miles on a single charge and will hit speeds [...]

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