Sure, it looks goofy as a person uses it, but it is a great idea and we hope it catches on. The YoGen people seemed to be everywhere at CES. As the above video demonstrates, the user pulls the string repeatedly to charge the battery in their mobile device.
CES 2010 has come to an end. We had a lot of fun and discovered a few diamonds in the rough.
3DTV was as good as can be expected, but still requires glasses. Some versions of 3D irritated our eyes while others required heavy active polarization glasses. Only the Sensio 3DTV technology impressed us by using simple glasses and had no visible flicker or offset images. Of course, we spent the least amount of time with it and it was the first 3DTV we tried so it is possible that it wasn’t really that much better. We left CES hoping that any video released in 3D format will also come with a 2D version. 3D is odd. It can improve an action film, but nobody needs to see Devil Wears Prada in 3D.
There were two digital cameras that highly impressed us. The Casio EX-FH100 high-speed camera with 10x zoom and the Kodak Play Sport HD waterproof pocket camcorder.
We were also impressed with the new Blue Microphone Mikey and Yeti products. The Mikey is the latest generation of Blue’s popular iPhone/iPod Touch microphone. It recorded beautiful sound and worked simply by plugging it in. The Yeti was Blue’s new USB microphone. The Yeti was very large and heavy, but it offered the ability to switch between condensers and adjust gain via two simple knobs. It also sounded great and was very heavy. It would make an excellent beginner or spare mid for podcasting.
Yeti by Blue Microphones
Blue Mikey iPod Touch/iPHone microphone
We will be going through our bags of press releases for quite a while. Keep an eye on talkingDigital for a lot more CES information over the coming weeks.
When it comes to covering CES we prefer quantity over quality. While we are at the show, we will not be making many posts to talkingDigital during the show. We prefer to do our in-depth articles after we get home and have time to ponder our opinions and test the products.
We are providing plenty of product updates and photos via our Twitter stream. We strongly encourage you to keep an eye on us there.
We will also be posting YouTube videos on our YouTube account.
Of course, after the show, we will be posting some excellent material that will not be found anywhere else. So, keep coming back to talkingDigital as well.
