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• Goalzero -- Solar power
• Ford Fusion 2012 plug in hybrid -- 100MPG
• HeroHD -- Hd Cameras
• Liquid Image -- HD Cameras
• Contour -- HD Cameras
• Nest -- Thermostat $249
• WinWatch -- Apps on your watch, works with your droid $299
• Power2u -- Plug with USB ports
• SpareOne -- Emergency phone -- 10 hours talk time, last 15 years
• bluetooth sound -- freedomMic -- Scoche
• Mophie -- Battery case for your iPhone -- $80
• One laptop per child -- $100 -- Gave 2.5 million laptops to kids in 3rd world countries
• Crankable -- Rechargeable. OLPC
• laptop.org
• Mophie -- Battery pack for the iPhone, and iPad via the Juice pack
• SkunkJuice -- Earbuds -- Magnetically share the same audio source
• Ozaki -- PTZ wifi camera for iPad, iPhone $399 MSRP

• Apple: “Lets talk iPhone” event begins today at 10:00am PST.
  

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• Tim Cook appears on stage wearing jeans. The event takes place in Apples town hall.  Apples store images has the Sprint logo on it.
• 250 million IOS devices sold
• 500 thousands apps in the App Store
• 140 thousand iPad specific apps
• Scott Forestall talking now:
• Actual postcards mailed for $2.99 in the U.S. from your iPhone
• Notifications, pull downs, text messages, calendar, mail like Android phones now
• Twitter messaging, iMessage, location based reminders
• Auto focus, without tapping on screen.
• Photo editing
• Find my friends
• IOS 5 and iCloud will be available October 12th 
• Watch / pedometer, track you runs without sensor
• 16 new watch faces -- Nano 8gb version
• ipod touch can use imessage, icloud, comes in white now 8gb $199
• And now, the next iphone -- 55 minutes in…
• iPhone 4s, looks like the 4
• a5 chip, ARM, 7x faster graphics, unreal engine, dual core cpu
• infinity blade2 release 12/1/11
• two antennas, can auto switch if held wrong
• No 4g data, HSDPA, world phone, CDMA, GSM.  We think this is faster.
• 8 Mega pixel sensor for the camera 3264 x 2448
• Backside illumination (BSI)
• 43% faster capture
• f.24 aperture
• Siri -- voice assistant with speech, tells you where to eat, set alarm clock
• Reminders / calendar events
• Phone comes in white
• Available Oct 14th, $19916gb , $299 32gb , $399 64gb

You can pre-order the new Kindle Fire

7″ Multi-touch Display

Pre-order now to be released November 15th

Movies, apps, games, music, reading, cloud-accelerated web browswer

Wifi Only 

May suggest waiting for the 10″ screen if you want to watch movies, however

this is great for on the go.

8 hours battery

Web Browser supports flash natively.

Web Browser -- SILK -- Rendering in the cloud, based on webkit

• HP will no longer making Personal Computers.
• HP TouchPad Tablet, is it going to be number one? Amazon Sales proves it.
• HP Fire Sale on the TouchPad for $99.  Good luck finding one.
• Ford and Toyota become partners to create new Hybrid systems.

Have a tough time reading the terms of use agreements?  Why not listen to them instead.  You may find Richard Dryfus’s reading a bit amuzing.

Listen here on Cnet

What is Steve Jobs planning now?  His legacy office?  Check it out here at WSJ

Apple holds conference on IOS 5.0 and OS x Lion

• Your devices no longer require a computer
• Data is synced in the iCloud
• Over the air updates -- Delta
• Keyboard with your thumbs
• Air Play
• iMessage -- Instant messenger
• Calendar -- Shared appointments
• email -- Rich text, improved search, drag contacts
• Music, photos, documents all are automatically synced to the  iCloud
• Photos -- Easy access to camera app, edit your photo from the app.  Use of the volume buttons to take photos.
• Mobile me is now free
• Enterprise support for data encryption
• You can see all your purchases from your devices
• Incremental backup of documents (application controlled)
• Notification Center
• iMessage
• Newsstand
• Reminders
• Twitter
• Camera
• Photos
• Safari -- Tabs
• PC Free
• Mail
• Calendar
• Game Center
• Wi-Fi SyncMultitasking Gestures for iPad
• AirPlay Mirroring for iPad 2
• Accessibility
• Compatible with iPhone 3GS / 4
• iPod touch 3rd and 4th Generation
• iPad and iPad2

Are you tired of paying for your land line and want to know what the alternatives are?

You have several technologies to choose from.  Cellular, Satellite, Voip, Ham Radio, CB Radio, Walkie Talkies.

I will be covering VOIP -- Voice over Internet protocol. With this technology, you can get better than Land Line quality phone calls.  The main requirements for this technology is access to the internet, decent bandwidth, and Voip software and or hardware.  Things to consider before getting rid of your land line.  Does it support 911 location calls?  Do your lenders or other financial institutions require a land line to identify who you are?

• Skype -- Computer and smartphone -- Free video calls
• Magic Jack -- Computer only -- Flat fee of $20 a year, unlimited calls
• Net Talk Duo -- Computer video calls, no computer needed, just access to the Internet via an Ethernet port
• Vonage -- No computer, voice only, $15 month
• Ooma -- $200 for hardware, free phone calls for life
• Cisco Voip -- Business class high end
• Fonality -- Business class high end

Did you purchase the camera connection kit to use the iPad’s USB feature?
Did you purchase the Yeti USB Microphone with the understanding that it would work with the iPad? Well, it did work fine until Apple released the new iOS 4.2 software for the iPad. The software now reduces the power output on the USB port. Because of this, the microphone will no longer work plugged in directly to the iPad. But don’t fret, you can still get it to work with a USB Powered hub attached in-between the iPad and the Yeti. You can still do professional recordings in stereo with the blue fire app from the App store.

What did CES bring to us this year?  Here are just a few reviews of what I was able to see at CES:

View my CES Videos on Youtube

• Motorola
• Nvidia -- Tegra CPU for tablets and cell phones
• Intel
• Verizon 4g Phones and tablets
• Windows Phone
• 3D TV
• Hollagram