The Consumer Electronics Show, Las Vegas, saw a host of must-have gadgets being unveiled and according to CES President Gary Shapiro - today an area the size of 30 football fields showcases the latest products, from high definition TV’s, leopard skin laptops, to interactive video game furniture.
It is estimated that the average American consumer will have 26 gadgets and is likely to spend $1,500 on them a year, says Shapiro. The CES saw the LG DVD player the first player in the world that plays both Blue Ray and HD-DVD. Thereby beginning the end of the DVD format war.
Nokia E62 smart phone is now packed with the new version of its PDA that includes 3D maps and along the route searching for businesses and places of interest.
Cingular Wireless made this available on Monday and the device is the latest to sport Cingular’s enhanced TeleNav GPS Navigator, which is also available on the HP iPAQ hw6920 Series Mobile Communicator, the Cingular 8525 and 8125 Pocket PCs, and the Palm Treo 650.
Bargain PDA has a review of the new HP rx1950 Pocket PC and after reading through it I think it is almost time for me to make my move towards a PDA or smartphone. I already have to phones and don’t feel like going through the hassle of renewing contracts and all of that, but also don’t think I am up to carrying around three different devices.
Yesterday Palm launched its new business-oriented PDA, the Palm TX. It replaces the Tungsten T5, which from what I understand wasn’t doing too hot, with WLAN capabilities, but with only half the memory (128MB). Doesn’t make much sense, even if they are trying to lower the price. RAM can’t be that expensive in that size.
Overall nothing spectacular, another mediocre product launch by a company to keel over very, very soon.