New Sony Ericsson Line-up At CES Sony Ericsson in the US has made multiple mobile handsets and accessories announcements over the past week at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, with numerous of the products set for possible release in Australia throughout the year.
Z-Wave Wireless Calls For New Industry Standard A consortium based in the US but open to companies worldwide is ramping up its presence at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this year, moving to establish Z-Wave as the new international standard in wireless controls for the home.
Fastest Mac Ever Revealed Apple has showcased what it’s calling the fastest Mac computer ever – the new Mac Pro with eight processor cores was revealed today at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
Intel To Tackle Consumer Market With Faster Chips Intel is set to move head on into the consumer technology market according to their Chief Executive Paul Otellini, who earlier today presented a keynote speech at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
Laser TV Revealed At CES Mitsubishi has finally shown a laser TV at the 2008 CES Expo. The private event held at a local hotel was attended by selected media and industry executives. SmartHouse was the only Australian media company at the event. Arasor, the company that claimed that they were set to be the first with laser TV, was nowhere in sight.
Hitachi Joins LCD Thin Battle As tipped by SmartHouse, Hitachi has introduced an ultra-thin line of high-definition LCD in an effort to capture share in the LCD TV market as opposed to the plasma market where the company has reported record losses.
Samsung Premieres First 100Hz LCD TVs The first Samsung LCD TV range to offer 100Hz capability has been revealed at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in the US – joining the growing 100Hz TV market which was kicked off with the launch of Sony’s 100Hz Bravia late last year.
Don't Underestimate The Home Gateway An industry body representing home gateways or ‘media centres’ in the US is appearing at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week to promote the importance of the home gateway in connecting consumer electronic devices in the home.
Big Capacity Music Players Launched By SanDisk At its annual CES press conference SanDisk has taken advantage of its memory manufacturing capability by rolling out new high capacity MP3 players.
Whole New TV Look From Samsung Along With 1080p Camcorders Design of TVs and consumer electronic products for the home have become a big issue for manufacturers at this year's CES Expo in Las Vegas. Among the vendors to roll out a bold new look for TVs is Samsung, which debuted a new 52-inch ultra-slim LCD TV and two smaller sets with an emerging display technology that boasts better picture quality than current LCD and plasma TVs. The company has also entered the HD cCamcorder market in an effort to take on Sony, Canon and Panasonic in the Australian market.
Panasonic Finally Rolls Out 150" PLasma The President of Panasonic has painted an upbeat picture of his company during a keynote speech at the CES Expo in Las Vegas. Toshihiro Sakamoto, President of Panasonic AVC Networks company, literally announced some big news: a 150" plasma TV.
9mm 50" Plasma From Pioneer Revealed Pioneer Electronics executives have said nothing in public about a move to LCD TV but behind the scenes they have admitted that discussions have taken place with recent investor, the Sharp Corporation, about the possibility of a Pioneer branded LCD TV being launched this year. At their 2008 press conference, the focus was totally plasma with the company looking to jump on the "thin-is-in" TV trend by announcing a 50-inch super-thin (9mm) plasma panel.
Microsoft Xbox Set-top Box Revealed Microsoft today announced numerous notable partnerships, including one with NBC in the US to deliver the world’s largest broadband video coverage of an event ever, along with consolidation with a UK telecommunications company which will allow the Xbox 360 to be used as a set-top box.
OLED Not Up To Scratch Claims Sharp Sharp has come out swinging claiming that the new TV technology OLED is not ready for production in large screens and that it has a limited operating life. with the new 11" model released by Sony the Company claims that OLED has a life of only 30,000 hours which is approximetly the same shelf life as plasma TV's when they were first released
New HD DVD Toshiba Read Write Notebook Despite a HD DVD setback Toshiba has introduced a laptop computer that can read and record HD DVD discs. It is the first of its kind and ideal for both a home and office enviroment.
Philips Turns To New Design In An Effort To Grab CE Marketshare Desperate to turn around past fortunes Philips has unveiled yet another new design identity at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2008, with the introduction of the Design Collection, which the company claims creates a holistic and iconic design across its complete home entertainment range.
HD DVD Takes A Battering At CES 2008 HD DVD hit the wall at the 2008 CES Expo in Las Vegas following a decision by movie house Warner to go with Blu-ray. Toshiba executives had a tough moment at their CES press conference, when they had to face reporters just two days after the Warner Bros announcement. However Toshiba says that all is not lost.
Thin Is In At LG Along With TV On The Go & Hi Fi Sound Thin is in at the 2008 CES Expo in Las Vegas with several vendors offering wafer thin LCD TV panels. Among them are Sharp with a 20mm, 100,000:1 contrast LCD. Also introducing new thin wireless TVs is LG which also announced its newest offering, digital TV for those on the move. That means you can watch TV from almost anywhere including down in a basement.
Logitech Rolls Out New Squeezebox & Harmony Remote Logitech is determined to capture a major share of the emerging $2 billion dollar home accessory market by rolling out a swag of new control products as well as new home cinema speakers at the 2008 CES Expo in Las Vegas.
New Chip Nobbles iPod Attach Devices Demands by Apple that OEM manufacturers include new authentication chips in iPod attach products could lead to problems for consumers as well as retailers and distributors selling the products, Apple has admitted.
Wireless TV Screens Set To Be Hot In 2008 A new generation of flat screen TVs with built in wireless is set to be rolled out at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next week. The move if successful could see the removal of device cords in and out of a TV.
Fast New Notebooks Set To Be Rolled Out At CES 2008 News is leaking everywhere that Intel and several key notebook vendors including Sony, Acer and Asus are set to role out powerful new notebooks based on new Intel Penryn based processors. The new models will be revealed at this years CES Show in Las Vegas.
150" Of Plasma TV To Be Rolled Out At CES 2008 If you are looking for the ultimate large TV hang around for 12 months because Panasonic will have a TV that will more than impress your friends.
Skunkworks' Big Plans For US Market Australian-made mounting solutions company, Skunkworks, will be showcasing its wares at the up-coming Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, taking advantage of the larger booth real estate secured by the company’s US distributor, Arrowmounts.
ZigBee To Boost Wireless Standard Support: CES The ZigBee alliance will be showcasing a range of home energy management solutions based on the ZigBee wireless standard at the 2008 CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas, aiming to grow worldwide awareness of the company's proposed standard.
Projectors In Mobile Phones On Show At CES 2008 Displaytech, a leading supplier of liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) microdisplays, has announced that it is supplying product to 13 companies that are developing ultra small image projectors that can be either embedded in or attached as an accessory to personal consumer electronics. The devices will go on show at the CES Expo in Las Vegas.
Content To Shine At CES Says Sony It won’t just be CE and IT products at next year’s CES in Las Vegas, according to president and CEO Gary Shapiro, who said Sony Pictures Television will have a major presence at the show.
CES 2008 Goes 'Green', Not Just Products It’s not just product that are going ‘green’ to support the planet this year, but CES 2008 will be attempting to reduce its carbon footprint by using sustainable and energy-efficient practices.
Kmart GPS Unit Searches For US Distribution Melbourne-based company Logic Gear, which sells in Australian Kmart outlets, will be showcasing a range of in-car GPS systems at CES 2008, in January.
40" OLED TV From Samsung To Be Shown At CES Days after Toshiba announced that they were pulling out of the OLED market, Samsung Electronics has announced it has produced a television with a 40-inch active matrix organic light-emitting diode display. The new technology will go on show at the CES Expo in Las Vegas in January 08.
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