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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CES Coverage: Hands-on with the B&W Zeppelin Air, An AirPlay compatible iPod speaker

CES Coverage: Hands-on with the B&W Zeppelin Air, An AirPlay compatible iPod speaker

Bowers & Wilkins, a company dear to audiophiles’ hearts, announced their newest iPod-compatabile model last week at CES: the Zeppelin Air. According to the company’s representatives, the Air was redesigned from the ground up. Now, instead of three drivers, there are five; each driver has its own amplifier, too. Additionally, two of the five drivers [...]

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CES Coverage: Hands-On with RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet

CES Coverage: Hands-On with RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet

Earlier this week, we posted some footage of the Bridging Feature for the BlackBerry Playbook. In case you forgot, it essentially allows you to create a secure Bluetooth connection between your Berry and your PlayBook.

As I mentioned a few days ago, I was pretty impressed with the device. It’s sleek profile and intuitive user interface [...]

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CES Coverage: Panasonic Viera Tablet Hands-On Demo

CES Coverage: Panasonic Viera Tablet Hands-On Demo

At last week’s CES events, Panasonic unveiled its line of tablets. And, like 99.9% of the tablet manufacturers these days, they’re using Android to power the entire line. However, unlike the rest of the Android tablets out there, this device, which should launch in 4, 7, and 10 inch flavors, is meant to play nice [...]

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Apple Releases iOS 4.3 Beta for developers; features include personal hotspot, orientation lock, and enhanced AirPlay support

Apple Releases iOS 4.3 Beta for developers; features include personal hotspot, orientation lock, and enhanced AirPlay support

Apple’s just posted the latest beta of its popular iOS software for developers: version 4.3. The update is packing some pretty substantial features, so we thought we might run through ‘em for you.

For starters, you’ll be able to stream video from your favorite mobile applications (read: Netflix, Hulu, etc.—developer pending, of course) directly from your [...]

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CES Coverage: Anybots QB Telepresence Robot Hands-on

CES Coverage: Anybots QB Telepresence Robot Hands-on

Last week, in line for the good ‘ol Venetian Express at CES, we came across a pretty interesting looking product… what appeared to be a robot.

After a quick chat with the robot’s apparent escorts (read: pimps), we learned that the mysterious device was actually Anybot’s new telepresence device dubbed the QB.
The cyborg, which is geared [...]

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iPhone 4 Finally Lands on Verizon; will sport CDMA-specific antenna & 3G mobile hotspot feature

iPhone 4 Finally Lands on Verizon; will sport CDMA-specific antenna & 3G mobile hotspot feature

We, and the rest of the blogosphere, said it would happen. And by golly, it has! After what’s been an extremely long wait, the fabled iPhone 4 is officially coming to Verizon Wireless.

Earlier today, Lowell McAdam, Verizon’s CEO, took the stage at Big Red’s press event in the Big Apple (wink, wink). After a brief introduction [...]

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CES Coverage: (Comedy) As Seen At NBC Universal Karaoke Booth

CES Coverage: (Comedy) As Seen At NBC Universal Karaoke Booth

So, yeah: CES just happens to be the biggest tech conference in the world. But, it’s not just tech people! I sware– heck, Reese’s even launched a new candy.

Anyways, in between the trips to check out the ARDrone (sigh) and the mile long “shleps” (a.k.a. traveling from one hall to another), sometimes we nerds need [...]

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CES Coverage: BlackBerry Playbook Tablet Bridging Demo

CES Coverage: BlackBerry Playbook Tablet Bridging Demo

While we haven’t uploaded our hands-on footage with Research in Motion’s new BlackBerry PlayBook just yet, know this: it’s impressive. Packing a 7-inch 1024 x 600 display, a 5 megapixel camera on the back, 3 megapixel video camera on the front (both HD-capable), a dual-core Cortex A9 1 GHz processor, 1 GB of RAM, and [...]

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CES Coverage: ZAGGmate Keyboard for iPad Hands-on Video

CES Coverage: ZAGGmate Keyboard for iPad Hands-on Video

Ah, yet another exciting video from our CES 2011 collection!
Below, you’ll find our chat with a ZAGG employee who was kind enough to walk us through the company’s latest iPad accessory, the ZAGGmate for iPad.

Essentially, this iPad case, which comes in two varieties (one with and without integrated Bluetooth keyboard, can offer heavy iPad users [...]

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CES Coverage: Motorola XOOM Prototype- Hands-On video

CES Coverage: Motorola XOOM Prototype- Hands-On video

Another CES video coming your way!  Just beyond the break, you’ll see us fondle the prototype of Motorola’s XOOM, which was just awarded “Best of Show” by the folks over at CNET.
The XOOM, which features a 10.1 inch capacitive screen with a robust 1280×800 resolution, is the company’s first ever tablet computer. Its large widescreen [...]

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