These and other “wow” gadgets are some of the countless new products shown at the big Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. While the biggest companies are drawing most of the press for the newest developments in tablets, 3-D TV, and laptops with next-generation processors, many other jaw-dropping gadgets are scoring mindshare with their out-of-the-box innovation.
There may be few stranger pairings of a celebrity with a technology company than Lady Gaga’s alliance with Polaroid. The old-line company, best known for pioneering instant photography europe cell phone number list back when photography otherwise meant waiting for the film to be developed, has named the self-consciously outrageous singer/performer as its creative director and is unveiling a line of products “co-designed” with her, called Polaroid Grey Label.
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January 9th, 2011 in News | tags: ces, gadget | No Comments
A Sandy Bridge may not seem like the most sure-footed passage to the next level in processors, but Intel has high hopes for the second generation of core processors known by that code name. In time for the opening of the big Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the giant chipmaker has released 15 laptop and 14 desktops CPUs, now formally known as Core 2011 processors. They offer better performance, an integrated graphics processor, greater efficiency — and a new capability to guard movies.
Intel’s Core 2011 Processors Offer a New Level of Power
The chips all utilize the company’s 32nm manufacturing process. For mobile devices, there’s a new Core i7 Extreme Edition, nine i7s, four i5s, and a new i3. Desktops get three i7s, eight i5s, and three i3s. The high-end processor, the Extreme Edition i7 for laptops, features a 2.5-GHz base clock speed for each of four cores, and a price per thousand of $1,000 each.
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January 4th, 2011 in News | tags: core 2011, intel, processors | No Comments
New Skype App Brings 3G Video Calling To iPhone
Skype is hoping its latest innovation will help customers forget about the worst outage in company history. The VoIP provider just rolled out a new version of its iPhone app — and it brings video calling to millions of mobile users around the world on both 3G and Wi-Fi networks.
With the new Skype for iPhone app, iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users can actually see families, friends and colleagues while talking to them. Skype expects video calling to make its app — which is already one of the top five free iPhone apps of 2010 — even more popular.
“With video calling representing approximately 40 percent of all Skype-to-Skype minutes for the first six months of 2010, our users have been eager to get Skype video calling on their mobile phones,” said Neil Stevens, general manager of Skype’s consumer business.