Ok, ok - I know the title is cliche. However, I couldn't resist. Forgive me.
Moving on. For brevity's sake, let's say that I saw a metric ton's worth of sweet gear at CES 2010. Everything from media streamers to iPhone skins to Android phones and back again were on display for showgoers' ogling pleasure. After a while, all of the iPod clones and netbooks start to swim together in a blurry soup of semiconductors and colored plastic, leaving you with nothing but callouses on your feet and a mean headache.
Like others, I was highly interested in checking out the latest developments in 3D-TV at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, a topic I'll have much to say about over the coming months, but I also spent a good portion of time on the show floor seeking out new and interesting gadgets coming in 2010. One of the more unique devices I saw was called Zaggbox, a new product from Zagg that can only be described as a Swiss Army knife of digital goodness.
Yep, you heard that right - Zagg, the one and same that makes little plastic screen protectors for cell phones. As unlikely as it may seem, Zagg's first foray into consumer electronics is a big one, in both scope, and as it turns out, price.
From the glossy front glass, silky smooth to the touch, to the gently curved back, all the way to the crystal clear colorful screen, the iPhone inspires gadget lust in typical Apple fashion. Perhaps you're going to be one of the lucky ones receiving this wonder of technology as a gift for the holidays this year.
The Mighty Mouse. The mere mention of the "pointing-device-who-shall-not-be-named" evokes deep regret and even rage in the fan-iest of Apple's devoted fanboi crowd. The loathing for this overpriced hunk of plastic pervades the Internet, and I echo that hatred. I liked it at first, but eventually the little scrolly ball failed, prompting me to attempt surgery and repair it. I, of course, failed miserably and it ended up a cracked hunk of junk in the circular file. So much for that.