day 3

today I took the monorail to the Hilton which is next to the LVCC (Las Vegas Convention Centre). this is where most of the big stands are - in one of 6 exhibition halls on a massive site. here are a few items of interest.

i2i mate

Aerielle are planning to launch this in q4 2007. Just connect 2 standard ipods together and transfer files between them – no other equipment required.

Gyration Go 2.4 Cordless Air Optical mouse

Comfortable to use on top of a desk or in the air; easy-to-use software; more than 20 programmable commands. The GyroTools software installs a control panel on your desktop, which lets you program the mouse's command functions.

http://reviews.cnet.com/Gyration_Go_2_4_Cordless_Air_Optical_mouse/4505-3148_7-31428447.html

BumbleBee Wi-MAX Spectrum Analyzer

A rugged, calibrated spectrum analyzer all-in-one system. The handheld receiver measures the popular wireless Wi-MAX frequencies between 2.0-4.0 GHz and 4.9-5.9 GHz.

http://www.bvsystems.com/Products/WLAN/BumbleBee-EX/bumblebee-ex.htm

Compustar Pro P2WSSR

This system operates on 900MHz Spread Spectrum 50-Channel frequency changing technology. Firstech. LLC has spent thousands of hours perfecting the art of radio signal modulation and applying it to vehicle security and remote starts. The Pro 2WSSR has up to 1-mile range to your vehicle. This remote is available in three different systems, Alarm, Starter and Alarm/Starter Comb

HP launches touchscreen Vista PCs

The HP TouchSmart PC features a touchscreen that enables one-touch wireless access to information, communications and entertainment though a customisable front-end, the HP Smart Centre. A new user interface that includes HP's SmartCalendar for family calendaring and HP PhotoSmart Touch to manage digital photos. It has a 19-inch widescreen with adjustable touchscreen display, Vista remote control and personal video recorder with HD and SD TV programming.

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/0,1000000091,39285393,00.htm

iLane

provides you with a hands-free and eyes-free, voice-interactive solution for managing email messages and attachments, phone calls, SMS messages and calendar appointments while in a vehicle. iLane integrates seamlessly with your car's audio system. So as new messages arrive on your handheld device, iLane notifies you immediately, then reads a summary aloud. Using voice commands you can then listen to the entire message; compose a reply; forward an attachment, and more. It interacts directly with existing Bluetooth-enabled handheld devices and vehicle audio systems or headsets.

www.ilane.com

Sony BT5000 Bluetooth wireless CD / MP3, handsfree phone kit.

Drive & wireless: the MEX-BT5000 Bluetooth in-car tuner is meant for people on the move. Hands free phone calls are more convenient. In addition, you can access your music. When it comes to making calls, accessing phone numbers or playing music, the MEX-BT5000 in-car tuner can become the centre of operations.

Parrot CK3100
make and receive calls without touching your mobile phone. The wireless connection between the CK3100 and the Bluetooth phone and its voice recognition system is enabled as long as the phone is turned on. The display of the CK3100 provides information such as caller ID, carrier signal strength, or last calls received, in large well-contrasted digits easy to read at a glance.
Pepper Pad 3
based on the AMD Geode(TM) LX 800@0.9W(a) processor and runs on the Linux Kernel 2.6 OS. It includes features like Wi-Fi and USB connectivity, a built-in Web camera and the ability to browse the Web, e-mail and IM, download and stream music, videos, movies, and photos via the Pepper 3.0 software. It also featuries a seven-inch touch screen, a full QWERTY keypad, a 20-gigabyte hard drive, and built-in speakers.
Via the on board infrared and UPnP capabilities users can control and access any number of PCs, TVs, set-top boxes, CD players, and other A/V devices. The Pad also sports a microphone, jacks for headphones, external microphone and external video display, a direction pad and scroll wheel for navigation.
weighs just around 2 pounds and will be available by August for $699. http://www.pepper.com/

Polar Rose

Polar Rose makes photos searchable by analyzing their content and recognizing the people in them.

The Polar Rose plug-in for Firefox and Internet Explorer lets you discover who's in a picture on any public photo. The plug-in detects people in online photos and places a signature rose approximately where the pinhole of their shirt would be. A click on the rose will bring up a tooltip with relevant information, including name and other photos found of the same person. As a user, you help train our engine by tagging names or verifying the data generated by Polar Rose or by your fellow users.

The plug-in will be released in beta during the first quarter of 2007.

http://www.polarrose.com/

Qool Labs have announced two "new" devices, the QDA Lite and the QDA Icon.

QDA Lite
- Intel PXA270 520MHz processor
- 64MB RAM, 128MB ROM
- Tri-band GSM/GPRS
- 802.11b Wi-Fi
- Bluetooth 2.0
- USB
- 2.0-megapixel camera
- SDIO/SD/MMC slot
- 2.8" QVGA (240 x 320) TFT-LCD
- 1240mAh battery
- Windows Mobile 5.0
- Size: 114mm x 58mm x 18.7mm
- Weight: 149g

QDA Icon
- TI OMAP 200MHz processor
- GSM/GPRS
- Bluetooth
- Wi-Fi
- 4.0-megapixel CCD camera with flash (!)
- 2.4" QVGA (240 x 320) TFT-LCD
- Windows Mobile 5.0

Ritek

Advanced Media, the US subsidiary of optical media giant Ritek, is launching a 2.5-inch notebook-ready non-volatile Flash solid state disk (SSD) drive. Ritek RIDATA Flash SSD drive lineup will initially be available in 16GB and 32GB capacities. For $169

www.sysopt.com/news/article.php/3650121

LocationFree Base Station and Software

offers a completely new way of watching TV. Instead of going to the television set, the TV comes to you by redirecting your local TV shows to wherever you are, even if you don't have a TV with you. With LocationFree, you can watch live TV, play back recorded programmes and even set up future recordings, all from a PC, laptop or PSP (PlayStation Portable) system. Built-in wireless technology gives you the freedom of your own home (and garden), and the Internet does the rest.

Connect the Location Free Base Station to your DVD/HDD recorder, Set-Top Box or DVD player and it will transmit your TV programmes or video content through your wireless connection so you can watch via your notebook, PC or Playstation Portable from around your house.

£ 229.00 VAT incl.
www.sony.co.uk/view/ShowProductCategory.action?site=odw_en_GB&category=LocationFree
Sony NV-U71T handheld GPS unit
NV-U71T offers GPS in a 3.5-inch touch screened unit. The U71T weighs 10 ounces, and has a nifty "Gesture Command" functionality that allows you to operate the device with specially directed finger swipes. It is supplied (in US and Canada) with real time traffic info thanks to a 90-day free trial of RDS-TMC and a built-in receiver in the supplied cradle.

A 6 hour battery and the 2GB memory should provide plenty of space for the included US and Canadian maps. Cost $500

Shure SE420 Sound Isolating Earphones

Shure have demonstrated a prototype SE-series earphones. In a hotel-room test, they did a better job of blocking noise than a pair of Sennheiser noise-canceling headphones.
Likely cost is from $200-350.

iVDR
Information Versatile Disk for Removable usage. Two specifications have been set for iVDR, one for the cartridge type designed with consideration for portability and the other for the built-in type which is mounted inside equipment.
1.The cartridge type realizes ubiquitous applications with transferring of content made possible between equipment in homes, on vehicles, or in portable equipment.
2.The built-in type enables increasing the capacity of built-in hard disks of digital TVs or hard disk recorders easily.
3.Both types while being removable, enable large capacity recording and high speed random access which are possible only with hard disk drives.
4.Interface is based on Serial ATA and copes with a high speed transfer rate of 1.5 Gbps.
5.By using a multiple number of units, the user may easily build up even servers that possess Tera-Byte capacity.
6.For protection of contents of videos, audios, etc., SAFIA (Security Architecture for Intelligent Attachment) is used. iVDRs mounting this SAFIA are called iVDR-Secure.
iVDR-Secure aims to become a standard media for the realization of an ubiquitous society which processes copyright content of image, music and programs etc. in common over a wide field of AV equipment and PCs including home appliances, mobile equipment, and vehicle mounted equipment.

ZigBee Low Power Module

The new compact (only 3cm x 1.5cm / 1.2" x 0.6") design is based on the Texas Instruments MSP430 ultra-low-power microcontroller, Chipcon CC2420 ZigBee-ready RF-Transceiver and 2.4 GHz GigaAnt Comata chip antenna, all integrated on a single board.

MeshNetics ZigBee Drop-In Module is first in a series of Quick-Start hardware components that Luxoft Labs is developing. The drop-in module is designed to help OEM's and system integrators simplify the wireless network development and testing, cut costs and accelerate time-to-market.