Portable Digital Devices
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Huawei Readies Two
Flagship U.S. Phones
By Joseph Palenchar, January 23, 2012LAS VEGAS — Huawei stepped up its campaign to burnish its image in the U.S. market with the launch of two flagship Android smartphones, one of which is said to be the slimmest smartphone in the U.S. More
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CEA Joins Protest Over Pending Web Piracy BillsBy Steve Smith, January 18, 2012Arlington, Va. - The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) is joining several other major websites and closing for the day to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House, the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate. More
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CES '12 Sets New Attendance RecordsBy Steve Smith, January 17, 2012Las Vegas - The 2012 International CES was the largest in the event's 44-year history, with a record numbers of attendees, exhibitors and show floor space, according to its owner and producer, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). More
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CES 2012: CNET Names Best Of CES Award WinnersTWICE Staff, January 12, 2012#CES Las Vegas - CNET announced the winners of this year's Best Of CES awards, the official awards program of CES. More
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CES 2012: UGE Opens Renewable Energy MonitoringTWICE Staff, January 12, 2012#CES Las Vegas - Urban Green Energy (UGE) revealed ViewUGE, a web-based remote monitoring system for green energy. More
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CES 2012: Samsung Looks To Deliver Convergence UmbrellaBy Peter Suciu, January 12, 2012
#CES Las Vegas - Sharing and connectivity between platforms and devices is what Samsung promises for 2012 and beyond at International CES this week.
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CES 2012: Innovation Power Panel See ProgressDavid Elrich, January 12, 2012#CES Las Vegas - The Innovation Power Panel here featured high-powered American executives discussing the current state of innovation in the U.S. and the world. More
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CES 2012: Genachowski: We Need Incentive Auction Law, NowBy Greg Tarr, January 11, 2012#CES Las Vegas - In his third annual International CES summit, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said the country needs to come together to support universal broadband adoption by the end of the decade. More
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CES 2012: Wyden, Issa Against Pending Web BillsBy Doug Olenick, January 11, 2012
#CES Las Vegas - Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) joined with Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) president/CEO Gary Shapiro calling for the defeat of the current anti-piracy legislation now before both houses of Congress.
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NPD Panelists Outline Tablet Impact On CE, Content IndustriesBy Joseph Palenchar, January 11, 2012Las Vegas - The rise of the tablet is creating winners and losers and influencing the design of CE products that are trying to defend their value propositions, NPD Group analysts said last night during an NPD-hosted panel discussion at the Bellagio. More
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Shapiro, Jacobs Stress Wireless Innovation At CESBy David Elrich, January 10, 2012#CES Las Vegas - As he welcomed the audience to the "glorious apex of innovation" at his opening day keynote, Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) president/CEO Gary Shapiro stated what's pretty obvious to anyone walking the aisles at the show - this is a really big show. More
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Retailers Hang Hopes On Mobile Apps, Smart TVsBy Doug Olenick, January 10, 2012#CES Las Vegas - Retail executives participating in the annual TWICE Retail Roundtable pointed out the unbalanced course sales took during the holiday selling season along with giving insight into a wide variety of topics. More
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CE Sales Should Pass $200B In '12By Steve Smith, January 10, 2012#CES Las Vegas - 2012 will mark the first year that factory sales of consumer electronics will exceed $200 billion annually. More
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Cellular Vendors Shorten The Handset Lifecycle By Joseph Palenchar, January 10, 2012LAS VEGAS – Shorter product lifecycles driven by faster technology changes are helping drive up sales of cellphones, and here at International CES, handset suppliers will do their best to keep the life cycle short. More
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Garmin Expands Prestige PND Line, Adds Live App By Joseph Palenchar, January 10, 2012Garmin is expanding its Prestige series of flagship portable navigation devices (PNDs), which feature its top-end navigation engine, and it is launching an Android app that will bring connected services to multiple Bluetooth-equipped Garmin PNDs. More
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Magellan Tapping New Niches By Joseph Palenchar, January 10, 2012LAS VEGAS — Magellan plans to expand its customer base with its first GPS-based fitness products, a lower opening price in its outdoors-oriented eXplorist handheld GPS line, its second portable navigation device (PND) for RV users, and its first PND for trucks. More
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TomTom Simplifies
2012 PND Lineup By Joseph Palenchar, January 10, 2012LAS VEGAS — TomTom is simplifying the number of series in its lineup of portable navigation devices to three series from four with the launch of the entry-level Start series, whose models ship in the spring. More
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Suppliers Target Portable MP3/Video Niches By Joseph Palenchar, January 10, 2012LAS VEGAS — MP3 and MP3/video players had a great growth run until A/V-playing cellphones became ubiquitous, but because dedicated portable media players still account for billions of dollars in sales, suppliers here at International CES continue to launch new models. More
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Sony Adopts Android For MP3/Video Player By Joseph Palenchar, January 10, 2012LAS VEGAS — Sony company is joining Archos, Samsung and Philips in adopting Android as the OS for portable media players that are able to download apps and games, much like an iPod Touch. More
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Cellular-Connected
Router Debuts By TWICE Staff, January 10, 2012LAS VEGAS — CDP-USA of Los Angeles is launching its first MyMO mobile router, a battery-powered device that can be tethered to a smartphone’s MicroUSB port or to a cellular USB modem to split Internet access among 150 devices in a 300-foot area as well as enable corporate VPN access and file sharing among users. More
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