SmartDrive From Didigo Has BCD Screen But No Battery January 7, 2006
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Didigo has come up with a bunch of pretty-looking, colorful flash drives. The drives feature a unique BCD (Bi-stable Cholesteric Display) that has no battery or power. The screen displays information such as the drive name, remaining disk space, and a nifty little pie chart showing how much space is being used—all without any power, so the screen still works when you unplug it from the port. It’s USB 2.0 and comes in sizes ranging from 128MB all the way up to 4GB. Extremely handy if you want to throw something on it but aren’t sure how much space is left. It’s available now.
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Motorola ROKR E2 Much Better Than Its Brother January 7, 2006
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Motorola unveiled the ROKR E2 cellphone at CES and it’s got the much-needed improvements that could make it a great phone. First and foremost, hell froze over and Motorola didn’t use that horrible old interface. The company instead went with its new Linux-based system which is a lot nicer, easier to use, and runs great software like Opera and an e-mail client. (Moto will be bringing Linux into most of its handsets over the next year.) A dedicated music button on the E2 brings up a nice music player that can display album art on its 262k color, 320x240 screen. Your music isn’t limited to 100 songs anymore because you’ll be using your own SD cards along with the ROKR E2 to expand your listening library. Motorola also realised that some of us own decent headphones so the headphone jack is standard-sized. E2 also features controls on the side for your music so it’s easier to skip tracks and pause tunes. The camera is now 1.3MP with flash and does video with suprisingly decent quality. If the original ROKR pissed you off and made you sad, give the E2 a shot. It’s a huge improvement that should not be overlooked.
Live From CES: Motorola H5 Miniblue January 7, 2006
READ MORE Digital Audio , Gadgets , Mobile phones , Peripherals , Smartphones
Moto showed a futuristic Bluetooth earpiece called the H5 Miniblue today. It’s an in-ear speaker, about the diameter of a quarter, and it picks up your voice through your ear canal. It comes with a charging base that has a rechargeable battery inside. So you can plug in the base, charge it up, then unplug it and put the earpiece in there to charge while you are on the run. The earpiece itself gets only 1.5 hours of talk time, but it will fully recharge after 20 minutes in the base.
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Live from CES: Hands-On with the Sony Reader January 7, 2006
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Sony’s new Reader is fantastic and we want one immediately. The price point is going to be painfully high, with guesstimates in between £175 and £250, but it’s everything the Librié—Sony’s first-generation, Japan-only ePaper-based eBook reader (whew)—should have been.
Not only is the display amazing (and amazingly readable), but Sony promised us that there would be no restriction on moving over your own documents to the Reader—the DRM schmutz has been greatly decreased. Not only will the Reader support PDF files natively, but Sony’s PC syncing software will automatically convert .doc files with most formatting intact. eBooks will be an optional purchase through Sony’s Connect service.
But here’s the hottest part: RSS support with images. The digital morning paper is finally about to happen.
(Please note, we think the Sony Reader is exciting as all get out, but we’re mostly just excited about a decent consumer ePaper/eInk product in general. Other units are on the way soon from other manufacturers and we’re hyped about those, as well.)
Enjoy another, larger picture of the unit displaying text after the jump.
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Live From CES: Motorola Oakley ROKR January 7, 2006
READ MORE Digital Audio , Mobile phones , Smartphones
These sunglasses look an awful lot like the THUMP/RAZRWIRE but are in fact much more viable. These are Bluetooth headphones, there is no built-in MP3 player to mess with. It just streams the music from your phone, but all the controls are on the glasses (which have a Plutonite lens and semi-rimless design). This makes it lighter than even the THUMP, but still pretty much just as ugly. These are made to go with the ROKR E2, of course. Available in the first half of 2006, price TBA.
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