January 7th, 2011 
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GM is demoing their new-ish “EN-V” electric vehicle. While it’s currently a concept, it features 2 seats, 2 steering wheels, and a maximum speed of 24MPH. View our video of the EN-V in action, as well as our [tiny] photo gallery. This isn’t too exciting, but it’s sort of neat.
[CES 2011] GM’s EN-V electric vehicle
[CES 2011] AR Drone
AR Drone is back at CES. What’s new this year? New in-air games for their AR Drone’s. Each one is $299, which is a bit pricey, but these WiFi-enabled “quadracopters” are able to be controlled by any iOS device (that has WiFI, of course). Using your iDevice’s accelerometer, you can easily control one of these things. A demo video and small photo gallery are below!
[CES 2011] The AluPen – A stylus worth taking a look at
It seems as though a stylus is becoming a popular accessory for touch-screen devices, such as an iPad. Available in multiple colors, these are some really slick looking aluminum styluses. It’s fairly affordable, at $24.95, but shipping is quite expensive. More info down below.
[CES 2011] Day 1 – Some of my highlights
Today was the first day of CES. While, to me, it was disappointing, there was some decent stuff to check out. I took a number of pictures, and you can check them out below.
Why I won’t buy much from the Mac App Store
Simply put, it’s because of PRICE. Ever since the introduction of the iOS App Store, people don’t want to pay much money for applications. When the iPad was introduced, developers started adding the “HD” tag to apps and started charging more for them. And by more, I mean 2-3x more for them. Now with the Mac App Store (I’ll be referring it as “MAS” for the rest of the post), developers are still charging even more. I’ll post a few examples below.
[CES 2011] Pinlo – iDevice cases for the very minimalist
If you’re someone who’s looking for a “premium” and extremely simple/minimalistic iDevice case, then you may need to checkout the offerings by Pinlo. They have lots of different choices for devices such as the iPhone 4, iPad, and the iPod Touch 4G. View our photo gallery below, and check out Pinlo’s website.
[CES 2011] Motorola Atrix 4G Hands-On
The Motorola Atrix 4G is “the world’s most powerful smartphone”. While it is fast, there are a number of applications that really don’t take advantage of the power. Speaking of power, the Atrix has a dual-core Tegra 2 processor and 1GB RAM. A small photo gallery is below.
[CES 2011] LG Optimus 2X quick hands-on demo
Yet another Android phone. This one’s by LG, and has a dual-core NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor. What does that mean? This phone’s very fast and snappy, although Need for Speed: Shift took ages to load. Once it did, the frame rate was a solid 60 with no stuttering. The phone itself isn’t stylish at all, and is a huge fingerprint magnet. A quick video and small photo gallery are below.
[CES 2011] Reese’s Next Big, Little Thing Unveiling
Talk about a “big-deal” moment. Reese’s really made a big deal about this unveiling, and all it was was a miniature version of their peanut butter cup candy. Unveiling video and photo gallery below.
Microsoft keynote video and photos – Announces Hulu Plus, Netflix, Windows SoC, Surface 2.0, Windows Phone 7 updates, and more!
Today was Microsoft’s annual keynote presentation, which was led by CEO Steve Ballmer. They’ve announced a number of new things, such as:
- Zune/Netflix/Hulu Plus/ESPN integration with Kinect
- avatarkinect
- Copy and paste for Windows Phone 7
- New laptops using Intel’s Sandy Bridge processors
- Windows 8 [?] running on SoC chips (such as ARM)
- Microsoft Surface 2.0
A slimmed-down version of the keynote is shown in video below, as well as over 90 pictures! Don’t forget to check back tomorrow as we’ll be blog posting all day long as CES officially starts. Follow @gumballtech for all things CES and tech!
