Category Archives: CES 2011

Bling Tag enables Payments with your Cell at CES 2011

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The concept is simple, your sign up for an account over at BlingNation.com and get your bling tag you put on your cell phone. Then anytime you are at a merchant that takes Bling Payments you simply tap your Bling Tag on the payment interface and your account is automatically billed cool for consumers. What is even better is that merchants can set up reward programs to offer discounts to frequent customers.

Bling also integrates with Twitter and Facebook so your friends know what merchants you have visited and paid for products with your bling tag. Several companies have tried this in the past and what makes Bling different is that they tie in discounts and the social aspect. According to the company representative the number of vendors adopting the optional bling payment system is going well.

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JoyFactory Launches iPad Accessory Line at CES 2011

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JoyFactory launched a full line of iPad accessories at CES 2011 under the iPad anywhere mantra. One of the products that drew my attention was a iPad stand that was made out of composite materials. This is a brand new US based company.

Another product that I thought was pretty cool was a Tag and Go charging station that is unique in that multiple devices could easily be charged from the charging pad. Check out their new line of products.

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Wilson 4G / LTE Signal Boosters CES 2011

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Wilson Cell Boosters are introducing a line of 4G / LTE signal boosting amplifiers. These products available soon, will help consumers that are in areas with weak signals. Wilson has a full line of cell phone boosters covering every band. Available for pre-order now.

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Celestron Introduces Self Aligning Telescope CES 2011

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Celestron has introduced a self aligning telescope that will find and align itself within 3 minutes of being turned on. One of the biggest challenges people have when using a telescope is the alignment procedure. With this new telescope amateurs will be able to take this unit out to the back yard turn it on and start observing celestial bodies within a few short minutes.

The SkyProdigy with a built in digital camera can connect to a PC as well, allowing you to point the telescope automatically. Scheduled to be released in a few months priced at $800.00

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Nike Plus Sports Watch GPS Enabled CES 2011

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Nike has created a GPS enabled watch for runners that is not only simple to use but tracks your runs, and allows you to connect online and share your runs, it tracks where you go and the run times.. Great way to share great running routes with all your friends.

One of the cool features is that once you take it off, you can actually plug it into your computer with the built in USB connector.

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Spot Connects to your Smartphone CES 2011

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Spot has been a leader in satellite rescue and communication devices. With a Spot device you can send a rescue signal via satellite, for several years now you have also been able to send short text messages as well through Spot devices. Now your smartphone can interact with a new Spot device essentially turning your smartphone into a Satellite Communicator.

This will allow people to send text messages to twitter of facebook in non emergency situations to send short updates on your adventures wherever you may be. I have said for a long time that if I was a world traveler that got of the beaten path that I would never leave home without a spot device. While the new integration to your smartphone is cool. The device will still work standalone when your in trouble or if your smartphone battery has died.

You can find more info at FindMeSpot.com

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DriveNTalk Truly Hands Free Driving CES 2011

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DriveNTalk won a Design and Innovation award for their new TALK SMART BHF-2000 this is a hands free device that is truly hands free. Simply by waving your hand you can answer your mobile phone while driving. Tap on the device and talk to it and it will execute a number of preset commands. DriveNTalk have been known for a long time in producing innovative hands free products. I am excited to see this come to market as I have a vehicle that does not have any hands free devices.

Check out the award winning DriveNTalk BHF-200

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Mophie Chargers for iPhone4 at CES 2011

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Mophie was displaying their latest chargers for the iPhone4 at CES 2011. Many of you may recall the trouble I had with the 3G version of Mophie charger where the charging connection was not as robust as it should be. In the iPhone4 design they have reworked the design and location of the charging connection. Talking with the representative that was at CES, I was pleased to find out that they also re-enforced the area in and around the charging plug that gave so many of us issues in the past.

Overall the new design is sleeker and fits the new iPhone4 in a way that really makes you see that they spent a lot of time on designing the latest charger.

Mophie has also expanded into a line of accessories for the iPad which are sleek and stylish. You can find more details about Mophie at Mophie.com

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Toyota In Car Innovation at CES 2011

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Toyota demonstrated at CES 2011 their upcoming in car technology for higher end Toyota models. We were surprised to find Toyota at CES as they have not had a presence in years past and this is the first we had heard about them bringing Apps and Interactivity to their dashboards.

As far as we can tell they are still in prototype stage and it will likely be some time before we see this in any of their vehicles.

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Now Comes 255 Interviews!

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We have just wrapped up the Live Coverage of CES 2011. We immediately begin the work of posting all the individual interviews whether they be from the floor or live. We have over 40 hours of content to post produce and with luck we will start feeding that content to this site Monday morning.

Tech Podcast Network Team.