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CES 2001 - Product
Review Every year Electronic Manufacturers and Retailers flock to Las Vegas to wow the tens of thousands of people who travel there for a look into the future at the Consumer Electronics Show. Huge International companies spend 100’s of thousands of dollars while start up companies break the bank in order to participate in this festival of gadgets. With so much going on at the show and so many products being introduced it is an impossible task to see everything there, so here is a taste of some of the interesting new products as seen at CES 2001. |
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Most Popular of Show
Seen for the first time during Bill
Gate's Key Note speech to kickoff CES the Microsoft Xbox left people gawking at the
crystal clear graphics and pace of the game play.
Microsoft Xbox, set for release in Fall 2001, is guaranteed to be the
hottest item for Christmas 2001. The Xbox console and
controller are designed to capture the power and performance that Xbox will
deliver and are based on the input of more than 5,000 gamers and game creators
from around the world, making this game console the one of choice for serious
gamers.
Internet Appliance
Audrey is the first in the Ergo line of innovative products for the home from 3Com. Audrey is much more than a Web-surfing device. Ideal for active households, Audrey helps you and your family stay connected and organized using timesaving software applications.
Developed as an appliance rather than as a personal or handheld computer, Audrey allows you to perform the same functions you would on these devices, but in a matter that’s more suitable to a family environment. Send e-mail, surf the Web, enter calendar events and information- easily, instantly, and from a central place in the home.
Internet Radio for the Home
Radio is being completely reinvented by the Internet. Just as the emergence of FM dramatically transformed radio in the 1960s, it is once again being transformed as traditional radio stations and Internet-only stations go online to reach new audiences around the world. 3Com has built the world’s first, standalone Internet radio making it easy for anyone to enjoy the variety and diversity of these broadcasts. With an Internet radio, you can tune into local broadcasts, radio from your hometown, a ball game that’s not on air locally, international news, radio in other languages- not to mention the very latest music. From police scanners to children’s stories, its all there. And many stations are available only over the Internet, not on any AM/FM radio.
Satellite Radio
The future of radio is here. 50 channels of commercial-free music. Up to 50 channels of news, sports and entertainment. All broadcast directly to your vehicle, anywhere in the continental United States. Millions of Americans are dissatisfied with conventional radio. Even assuming you find a station you like, you must endure up to 18 minutes of commercials each hour. Most radio signals begin to fade 30 miles away from their source. Satellite radios delivery system will ensure that you receive a crystal clear signal from coast to coast.
Home MP3 Music Players
The Internet is quickly becoming the world’s
largest music library. Through
Panja’s partnership with MP3.com, you have instant access to over a
half-million music selections from the genre of your choice.
Also listen to MP3 music files saved on your PC’s hard drive with the
free PanjaCast software. Create
multiple play lists to organize different genres of music or songs for a
particular event.
AudioTron transmits and receives digital audio via a standard in-wall phone wiring to your PC, providing a new way to store, play, organize and personalize all of your audio media. Imagine instantly calling up any song in your CD collection, playing a list of your favorite tracks from multiple CD's in any order with virtually no delay between tracks, all from any room in your house. With AudioTron it's as simple as using a VCR, CD or DVD player!
Portable MP3 Player
Creatives
Nomad Jukebox MP3 Player
Experience non-stop music with the Nomad Jukebox. Now you can merge your entire music collection and enjoy over 100 hours of music listening. The combination of the size of a portable CD player and the ability to hold over 100 CDs worth of music as well as a rechargeable battery pack that provides over 4 hours of listening time all put the Nomad Jukebox well ahead of any other portable MP3 player.
Home Automation Device
Xanboo is
an innovative Internet smart home solution that combines home automation
products, services and technologies. With Xanboo you can monitor web cams,
appliances and services from your home or business through the Internet.
Xanboo's technology allows you to have control over your home even when you are not there. If something should trigger one of the various sensors that you have installed throughout your home, you are notified immediately. This allows you the peace of mind that your home is always safe, secure and running properly at all times, and that if something should happen you can solve the problem promptly.
Best Home Entertainment Device
The next generation of DVD players has arrived! Vialta’s ViDVD is one of the most advanced Internet-enabled DVD players on the market. The ViDVD in not only a DVD player, it also plays MP3’s and CD’s, provides Internet access, and is a karaoke player. All in one product. In addition, the ViDVD is a media delivery system of rich content, enabled by Vialta’s ViMedia (Internet Magazine) technology.
Most Innovative
Open Entertainment Media Transactions Company
Media democracy has begun. Open Entertainment has started a revolution with the iMTX Platform – the world’s first End-to-End Secure Content Distribution and Transaction Solution that gives content providers, broadband providers and hardware manufacturers the power to deliver any title, any time, anywhere on the planet directly to consumers’ TVs and stereos. Streaming video is fast becoming a reality, in the near future we can expect places like Blockbuster Video and Hollywood video to become obsolete, making way for Open Entertainment secure transaction solution that allows for Customers to rent movies online quickly and securely.
Some other products of note include:
Request Multimedia's line of MP3 Players for the home
Phillips Tivo Instant Replay TV
