Amazon Announces Kindle Touch, Fire
BYTE editorial director Larry Seltzer was on hand for Amazon's Kindle tablet announcements. Highlights include impressively cheap pricing, a few feature drawbacks, and many bundled Amazon services.Personal Technology
CES 2013: It's A Wrap!While some claim CES has lost its luster and big name headliners over the years, the show refuses to be deemed irrelevant. With trends spanning healthcare, mobile and automotive, there was plenty to see.
CES; the car showOver the last few years CES has gone from being a predominantly consumer technology show, to an automotive show. In 2013, we caught up with a number of vendors to talk about the future of driving.
QNX hacks a BentleyWhile BlackBerry may no longer be an executive brand, Bentleys are still the very icons of style. So when RIM owned software company QNX decided to hack a Bentley, the results were incredibly cool. Take a look.
Intel shows off eye tracking and gesture techMice and keyboards are the past. Eye tracking, voice commands and gestures are the future. At least according to Intel and demonstrated to our team at CES 2013.
Intel touts tablets, smartphones at CES 2013Intel put on an impressive show at CES 2013, showing off a whole host of ultrabook convertibles, smartphones and gesture control demos. We walked around the booth and found the best Intel had to offer.
Atmel talks touch enabled curves and Internet of ThingsTwo popular trends rocking the world of consumer electronics are touch enabled surfaces and the Internet of Things. American semiconductor firm Atmel has made both a priority, and to prove it, the firm hit the ground running at CES 2013.
CES; Synaptics senses mobile touch potentialSynaptics is moving on from simple touchpad sensors to a more touch integrated future, from better designed ThinTouch capacitive keyboards to mobile touchscreens that work even with gloved hands.
CES: Maxim shows heart, turns up volume on audioMaxim Integrated showed off its Cardio Leaf t-shirt to demonstrate the integration of sensors with the analog technology that controls them and processes their data. Also showing off its audio products, notably the FlexSound configuration application
Whirlwind tour of CES showfloorSylvie Barak takes you on a speedy tour of the CES show floor, to see what accessories, gadgets, toys and tech was on offer.
Among the highlights; cute bluetooth speakers, nail printers, bejeweled iphone cases, LED lights, waterproof tablets and more
Rambus; from dark to light(bulb)IP company Rambus may have struggled with a bad reputation as a patent troll in the past, but the firm says it is now moving in another direction to make good on its inventions. At CES they were showing off an LED lightbulb and a visual search TV.
Gadgets, Gizmos and geekery at CES PepcomPepcom's technology showcase at CES 2013 has 100’s of companies showing off their consumer wares to fans. Everything from voice-control watches to Ubuntu smartphones and life-vests that pulsate wirelessly to the beat of your ipod.
CES 2013: Intel core for tablets, ultrabooksIntel announced pull ins for core products, noting the new processors would come out earlier than expected and enable thinner, lighter ultrabooks and tablets with all-day battery life.
CES 2013: Intel's new smartphone reference designIntel unveiled a new smartphone reference design aimed at the value market, while showing off higher performance smartphones from its partner Motorola, based on the Atom Z280.
Intel mandates touch, voice control for UltrabooksShowing a range of touch, eye tracking and voice demos at CES, Intel made good on its claims to change the way consumers interact with machines, now it just remains to be seen whether everyone will take to that with as much enthusiasm as Intel.
Intel pulls in low powered core productsAt CES, Intel announced a pull-in of its low powered processors from 4th gen. to 3rd gen. Ivy bridge products, exceeding even its own stated power targets, for what the company hopes will produce thinner, lighter, longer battery life devices.
CES Unveiled (Call of the Weird)What do hemp headphones, singing toothbrushes, quadcopter cameras and 3-D printed iPhone cases all have in common? Why, CES Unveiled of course!
SugarSync 2.0: More Convenient, More Enterprise FocusSugarSync CEO Laura Yecies gives us her elevator pitch, focusing specifically on ease of use improvements to the product in version 2.0.
Dwolla Builds Mobile Payment Network Of The FutureLittle Dwolla, barely two years old, with all of about 40 employees in the technology hotbed of Iowa, has big intentions. It has created a modern payment network, and it aims to change how money moves. Dwolla CEO Ben Milne explains how.
Jelly Bean Demo On The Samsung Galaxy NexusBYTE reviewed Jelly Bean on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. We found that it operated faster and smoother than the previous operating system, Ice Cream Sandwich.
First Look At Windows 8, Microsoft's Office 2013 BYTE takes a first look at a Windows 8 Preview on Samsung's Series 7 Slate. Microsoft is eager to get their Office suite tablet and touch ready, but a lot of the functionality may be lost without bluetooth accessories.
Highlights: Microsoft Introduces New Office and Windows 8During Monday's exclusive press event, Microsoft previewed Office's new social features as well as the new Windows App Store.
Windows 8, Microsoft Parties Like It's 1995Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer took the stage to announce the new release of Office, one that considers the cloud first and is in line with Microsoft's concept of the modern office. In terms of innovation, Ballmer says that it feels like it's 1995.
Zenprise MDM Attempts to Balance Compliance, User ExperienceMDM is a hot topic, and there are tons of players in the space. Zenprise has emerged as one of the early leaders. We get a demonstration of how the software works, both on the back end (the IT side) and the front end (the end user side).
Facebook, Oracle, Microsoft, Apple.: The Joke's On YouInformationWeek's Fritz Nelson pokes fun at the news, and a few big-name companies like Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Oracle, RIM, Nokia and more.
How Phones Are Helping Us Drive Safer And Even Measuring How Drunk We AreAt the CTIA conference in New Orleans, I saw all the different ways mobile phones are keeping us connected. From the car to our health, it is clear smartphones are becoming a lifestyle choice.
Powerbag Lets You Charge Your Phone When You TravelCheck out BYTE's review of Powerbag, a laptop bag that lets your charge your gadgets.
MasterCard's PayPass Turns Your Phone Into A Smarter WalletAt the CTIA conference in New Orleans, we got a demo of MasterCard's PayPass Wallet. It can be used to book airplane tickets online, pay for cabs when you're roaming around, or even buy a coke with your phone. All using NFC technology.
Zynga Masters The Hybrid Cloud, Turns It Into A ServiceZynga, one of the most popular developers of games in the universe went from relying on the public cloud, to developing a private cloud (Z-Cloud), which it now offers as a service. CTO Allan Leinwand discusses how it came about, and talks big data.
NVIDIA Tegra 3: Maxing Out Quad-CoreAt Mobile World Congress, quad-core phones were all the rage, and most of them powered by NVIDIA's Tegra 3, which the company announced more than a year ago. In this video, we get to see what those multiple cores can do when pushed to the max.
NQ Mobile Automates Mobile Malware Detection on AndroidSecurity and privacy have become big issues for mobile device users, and NQ Mobile promises to help with both, thanks to its anti virus, anti malware and privacy protection software for Android. NQ Mobile demonstrates some of the key features for us.
Inpris Not-So-Impressive Gesture-Based Tablet InputUsers have struggled to adapt to various ways to input data (type e-mail, edit documents) on phones and tablets -- virtual keyboards, haptics, sounds and so on. Inpris thinks the answer is in gestures. Interesting concept, but we're not sold.
Scalado Re-Imagines What Smartphone Cameras Can DoAt Mobile World Congress, Nokia introduced a 41 megapixel camera in a new phone, and HTC came out with some pretty amazing technology as well. But Scalado, a company many haven't heard of, is busy re-inventing what phone cameras can do.
ARM Demos Next Gen Mobile PerformanceARM is the power behind almost every mobile device on the market. It licenses its architecture and chip cores to the big mobile chip players (Qualcomm, TI, NVidia, and more). We got demos of some of the performance coming in the next year or so.
Mobile Device Management Debate: Mobile Iron Vs. Good TechnologyMobile device management is a hot topic, as IT tries to get a handle on the influx of mobile phones and tablets end users are bringing into enterprise environments. Two of the industry leaders go head-to-head in a debate about the right approach.
MWC 2012: Samsung's New Galaxy Note Tablet & Galaxy BeamSamsung launches its slimmest projector phone ever, The Galaxy Beam, along with a stylish, updated version of its 10-inch Galaxy Note tablet. Both devices launch in Europe for Q2 2012.
MWC 2012: NFC-powered Parking Meters and Retail, courtesy of NXPNXP's chips are in 48 different mobile devices worldwide, helping make your life easier through NFC chips. From enabling Google Wallet transactions to Foursquare checkins, NFC will be part of your future.
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