I’ve heard many people say that CES 2009 was evolutionary rather than revolutionary. The follow-on is that with no break-out products, the latest gadget extravaganza was rather dull. While I agree with the first premise, I heartily disagree with the second. When I think back to CES 2008, netbooks were barely on the radar, only [...]
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With a backlog of CES content to post, I thought I’d start with some new details and exclusive pics of the Motorola-created au Box launched by Japan’s KDDI last November. The idea behind the KDDI au service is to make content transferable between au set-tops and au mobile phones. The last information I had suggested [...]
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While I was in the air on my way to CES this afternoon, Motorola put out another release, this one announcing work with the new MLB Network. Baseball fans know the MLB Network launched only a few short days ago on January 1st. The programmer is using Motorola’s modular uplink system and integrated receiver/decoders to [...]
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As if the CES frenzy wasn’t enough, Clearwire officially launched its WiMAX service in Portland today, kicking off the new Clear network. Motorola is heavily involved, providing both infrastructure equipment, the WAP450 access point, and consumer devices, the CPEi 150 and the award-winning USBw 100 laptop adaptor. I tried a prototype of the USB adaptor [...]
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I don’t get to write very often about a Motorola product that falls squarely into the gadget category, so today’s news is both cool and rare. Motorola has announced a new remote control and charging station for the VIP series of IPTV set-tops. The MotoCharger 1000 includes a “find” feature where a switch on the [...]
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