CES 2010: Top Picks
Synaptics Fuse
Not long since Synaptics came up with a new and innovative idea for next gen phones, they have now actually put their designs into a physical handset.
Truly exciting, this handset could revolutionise the way in which we interact with our mobile phones – haptic feedback merged with proximity sensors are just some of the features this has.
Unfortunately however, Synaptics is hoping to sell their patented technology on a lease to other manufacturers, which makes sense from a businessy profit kind of way. But I can’t help but feel what a shame it is that this handset may not reach the consumer market, and it is a further shame that the model at CES didn’t have an OS on it – infact, it just had basic functions out for play.
If Palm introduced this kind of technology on a new phone, built around WebOS then i’d buy it in a shot. Even better, I would also buy this phone if Synaptics refused to lease to Apple, to force them into coming up with new innovation – naturally I just want things to move on very fast, the true techie I am.
I was so excited to see this phone is real, physical and was actually at CES. I’ve been following its news updates for over 5 months, and so I have no problem recommending people to watch out for its technology in next gen phones.
I look forward to the more feature rich version at next months Mobile World Congress.
Samsung CL80 / Samsung ‘You don’t want anything else’
Looks like any digital camera, right? I mean, it has a lense, metallic body and takes photos.
But dwell further and this camera has a 3.7 inch AMOLED display, which produces the most vibrant and colourful display I have ever seen on a camera. On top of the truly massive screen, this camera taken stills in 14.2 Megapixels whilst packing a not so incredible 7x optical zoom.
It will also shoot video in 720P, which pits it against the Flip Mino HD, in which this would win, and an angled base for better group shots / not as if you would want to risk losing this beautiful camera on a night out.
Non of this is mind boggling; but wait. Heres the good part, if you are into sharing then there is no better camera than this. You can share via DLNA, Bluetooth or WIFI – perfect for Facebook.
With all these features packed into such a beautiful design, Samsung could have come up with the talk of 2010.
Touch Revolution Microwave – It runs Android 1.5
Fancy that, a post about a microwave. No really, a post about a microwave. But not just any microwave.
The Touch Revoltuion touch screen microwave runs Android 1.5, via a 7 inch touch screen.
The company that makes capacitive touch screens, Touch Revolution, says there are no boundaries between where these screens can go. Of course, you won’t find one on your underpants, but perhaps you’ll find them on E-Book readers sometime soon.
Like this gadget? I’ll bet it’ll cost over £600 at least – and thats for a microwave. Although inspiring, this is not innovating – and certainly not a Tech Revolution.
The Tech Revolution NIM1000 module packs an 806MHz ARM processor and video acceleration co-processor. It can also support MMC/SD, Wi-Fi, USB, Ethernet and accelerometer components.
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Already been engaged in cellular communications as an RF engineer since 1982 when I worked for Motorola. Had Blackberrys for the previous 8 years or so, but just pre purchased a Samsung Vibrant through Tmobile. Need some new features as well as a new Os to play with. I’m dissatisfied that Tmobile has switched away from the wi-fi compatability hotspot feature in the Samsung Vibrant, but I am certain someone will certainly figure out exactly how to root it as well as add the feature back in. I’m now transporting a wi-fi compatability only iPad and want to wirelessly tether it to the cellular phone. Looking forward to obtaining my new phone!
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