Category: CES 2016

Panasonic Toughpad FZ-Q1 rugged tablet with 12.5-inch 1080p display announced, starts at $999

Panasonic Toughpad FZ-Q1

Panasonic today announced Toughpad FZ-Q1, the company’s latest rugged tablet in the Toughpad lineup. It packs a 12.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Anti-reflective screen, is powered by an Intel® Celeron N2807 Processor, packs 4GB of RAM and runs on Windows 8.1 Pro, which can be updated to Windows 10. It also comes in performance model option with Intel Core i5-4302Y vPro processor and 8GB of RAM. It has easy grip bottom cover, integrated stylus and fast charging support. Continue reading “Panasonic Toughpad FZ-Q1 rugged tablet with 12.5-inch 1080p display announced, starts at $999”

Altec Lansing Freedom earphones offer a truly wireless listening experience

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Up until now, most wireless pair of earphones always came with a wire that connected the two. Sometimes that wire its flexible and sometimes its rigid. But no matter what, they are always distracting and now, Altec Lansing has come up with new earphones that are truly wireless as they make do without the wire connection between the earbuds.

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Altec Lansing debuts all-weather speakers – Dubbed Super LifeJacket

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Altec Lansing just took off the wraps on its latest speaker in the rugged collection called Super LifeJacket. The speaker features an IP68 rating for protection against dust and water.

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Huawei Jewel and Elegant Android Wear smartwatches for women announced, price starts at $499

Huawei has unveiled two new Android Wear powered smartwatches that are specifically designed for women. Dubbed as Jewel and Elegant, both the watches sport a 1.4″ circular AMOLED display.

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Huawei Mate 8 with 6-inch 1080p display, Android 6.0 announced globally, starts at 599 Euros

Huawei Mate 8

Huawei announced the flagship Mate 8 smartphone at an event in China back in November last year, today the company has announced the smartphone for international markets at the CES 2016. To remind you, the 6-inch 1080p display with 2.7mm ultra narrow frame, 83% screen-to-body ratio and 2.5D glass, is powered by a Octa-Core HiSilicon Kirin 950 SoC with IntelliSense i5 sensor hub and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with Emotion UI 4.0 on top. Continue reading “Huawei Mate 8 with 6-inch 1080p display, Android 6.0 announced globally, starts at 599 Euros”

Huawei GX8 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, fingerprint sensor coming to the US in Q1 2016 for $350

Huawei GX8

Huawei had announced the G8 smartphone in the G Series at the IFA last year. Now the company has introduced same phone as the GX8 for the US at the CES 2016. To remind you, the smartphone packs a 5.5-inch 1080p screen, is powered by a 1.5GHz octa-core Snapdragon 616 SoC, runs Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with Huawei Emotion UI 3.1, has a 13-megapixel rear camera with dual-tone LED flash and 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Huawei GX8 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, fingerprint sensor coming to the US in Q1 2016 for $350”

Huawei MediaPad M2 10.0 with Full HD display, Octa-Core Kirin 930 SoC, metal body announced

Huawei MediaPad M2 10.0

Huawei has officially announced MediaPad M2 10.0 tablet at its CES 2016 event, after it was leaked today. It has a 10.1-inch Full HD IPS display, is powered by a 2GHz Kirin 930 64-bit Octa-Core processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with Emotion UI 3.1 on top. It has a 13-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED flash, 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Huawei MediaPad M2 10.0 with Full HD display, Octa-Core Kirin 930 SoC, metal body announced”

Polaroid Snap+ 13MP instant print camera with Bluetooth announced

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Polaroid today introduced its new Snap+ instant print camera at the CES 2016. It has a 3.5-inch touchscreen LCD for framing shots and navigating the camera’s menu, a new and improved 13 megapixel CMOS sensor for high-quality images as well as 1080p full HD video recording. It also supports micro SD card (up to 128GB) for storing all the images. Continue reading “Polaroid Snap+ 13MP instant print camera with Bluetooth announced”

HTC and Under Armour announce UA Healthbox for $400

HTC has teamed up with Under Armour and announced UA Healthbox at CES 2016. The UA Healthbox is a fitness kit that comprises of UA Band (fitness band), UA Heart Rate(heart rate monitor) and UA Scale (smart scale).

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Fitbit Blaze Smart Fitness Watch announced, coming to India in March for Rs. 19999

Fitbit Blaze

Fitbit today introduced Blaze, its latest smart fitness watch at the CES 2016. It has a color touchscreen with a variety of clock faces, automatic exercise recognition, tracks steps, distance, calories and floors climbed, keeps tabs on your sleep, and can wirelessly sync with your phone or computer. It also offers smartphone notifications and music controls once connected to a smartphone, similar to the Fitbit Surge. You can also accept and reject calls directly from Fitbit Blaze when connected to a compatible smartphone. Continue reading “Fitbit Blaze Smart Fitness Watch announced, coming to India in March for Rs. 19999”

Jaybird Freedom and X3 wireless in-ear Bluetooth headphones announced

Jaybird Freedom

Jaybird, popular for its wireless headphones today introduced its latest sport earbuds Freedom and the X3, which is the successor of its X2 sport earbuds that comes in a smaller hardware profile than its predecessor. Both these include new customizable sound profile that lets you customize the EQ settings using MySound app and sync on the earbuds. Continue reading “Jaybird Freedom and X3 wireless in-ear Bluetooth headphones announced”

Misfit Ray fitness tracker and sleep monitor launched, price starts at $99.99

Misfit has launched Misfit Ray fitness tracker and sleep monitor that is cylindrical in shape and comes with an aluminum body. In comparison the Shine activity trackers sport a circular design.

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HP refreshes Spectre X360 and Pavilion X2 notebooks

HP has refreshed its Spectre X360 and Pavilion X2 notebooks line. The company has announced two notebooks in the Spectre X360 series and one in the Pavilion X2 series, ahead of CES 2016.

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Broadcom introduces Wi-Fi/Bluetooth combo chip for mobile platforms, NFC controller for mobile payments

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Broadcom Corporation today announced BCM43012, its latest and lowest power Wi-Fi/Bluetooth combo chip for mobile platforms and accessories at the CES 2016. It also announced BCM20797,  its highest performing Near Field Communications (NFC) controller. The company’s latest Wi-Fi/Bluetooth combo chip promises 3X longer battery life compared to Broadcom’s previous combo chips. “In some applications, the BCM43012 Wi-Fi consumes 80 percent less power than the most common Bluetooth solutions today,” said the company. Continue reading “Broadcom introduces Wi-Fi/Bluetooth combo chip for mobile platforms, NFC controller for mobile payments”

Galaxy TabPRO S surfaces – Samsung’s Microsoft Surface competitor

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Samsung seem to be keen to get into the “Pro” tablet market especially since Apple have made their entry with the iPad Pro as well. New photos surfaced online reveal a large tablet from Samsung that is powered by Windows.

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