(Credit: JVC)Gesture recognition and proximity sensors are promising to become major technologies for in-car interfaces, and JVC has stolen a march on the competition with the unveiling of its El-Kameleon KD-AVX44. The button-less single-DIN sized stereo marks the return of the Kameleon nameplate, which first appeared in 1999 as …
The Blaupunkt THA 555 delivers easy amplification for car audio.
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One solid way to improve in-car audio quality is to install an amplifier, but many people don’t want their cars heavily modified. Blaupunkt’s THA 555 is a plug and play amplifier that can be installed
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(Credit: Alpine)If you want access to your iPod tunes while on the road but don’t necessarily want to rip your dashboard apart to install an aftermarket stereo, then the Alpine eX-10 is probably a good bet. Like the Harman Kardon Drive + Play 2 that we saw last year, …
(Credit: iRiver)As if to prove that it’s not even close to backing out of the MP3 player market, iRiver debuted a whopping twelve new MP3 players at this year’s CES. The company also introduced a sweet-looking, multi-functional home entertainment system as well as three E-Dictionary products and …
The AVN6620 in our test car at CES 2008
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Eclipse had the honor of being the first manufacturer to install its product in our CNET Car Tech test lab here at CES 2008. The product they chose to showcase was the AVN6620, its next-generation in-dash all-in-one navigation …
Garmin Nuvi 5000
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If you’re not keen on squinting at a little display to view maps and driving directions, then feast your eyes on the Garmin Nuvi 5000. Unlike most of today’s portable navigation systems, which have 3.5-inch or 4.3-inch displays, the Nuvi boasts …
The Lumix FX55 is a newer camera, but Panasonic hasn't yet detailed its upcoming WiFi-equipped model.
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Panasonic announced a partnership Monday by which customers will be able to use forthcoming 802.11-equipped Lumix digital cameras to wirelessly upload photos to Google’s Picasa photo-sharing site.
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New LG phones?
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We spotted these new LG phones at the LG booth at CES, and so did the folks over at PhoneScoop. The LG AX565 clearly had Alltel branding and looks like a reworking of the LG Muziq. It has touch-sensitive music controls, a 1.3-megapixel camera, …
Hitachi's 1.5 LCDs are just that thick.
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Having already debuted its line of ultraslim, flat-panel LCD-based HDTVs in Singapore and Japan, Hitachi finally announced its availability stateside at CES. The models, which comprise three separate series of three screen sizes each, all have a depth of 1.5 inches, which is the thinnest we’ve seen from any flat-panel LCD. The closest competitor among announced (non-concept) models is LG’s 42LGX Super Slim (1.75 inches), which joins the Hitachis in trumping JVC’s “world’s thinnest” (2.9 inches) models and the current champ, Sharp’s LC-D64U series (3.25 inches). Personally, we don’t see much use in making current inches-thin flat-panel displays a couple inches thinner, but there’s no denying that trend, embodied in extreme by models like Sony’s OLED (3mm) and Pioneer’s concept plasma (9mm).
Hitachi packed a passel of features into its slim LCDs. The 37- and 42-inch models from each series include 1080p resolution as well as the company’s version of 120Hz technology with de-judder, which Hitachi calls “Reel20.” We’ve reviewed similar technology in models from Sony, Toshiba and Samsung, for example, and we’re curious to see how the Hitachi version stacks up….
Samsung SGH-G600
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Though it was announced earlier this year, the Samsung SGH-G600 made a guest appearance at CES. Like the SGH-G800, the G600 is a 5-megapixel camera phone with lots of photo editing features. The thin slider design may look like a lot of Moto phones before it, …
