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1. Remote control reaches new level with iPhone

CEA SmartBrief | Jan 02, 2009

Remember the day when you used a mobile phone to talk to people? Now, that doesn't come close to reaching the potential the phone has. Companies such as Crestron are engineering software to use iPhone and iPod devices to control lighting, audio and anything else that can be automated or activated through a keyboard. ElectronicHouse.com (12/31)


2. Everything old is new again: Yahoo! and Intel discover TV

CEA SmartBrief | Dec 30, 2008

Yahoo! and Intel next month will premiere their joint Internet-enabled TV prototypes at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. For both companies, which have built fortunes on their new-media instincts, it's a chance to provide their takes on old media's most enduring delivery mode: the television set. CNET (12/29)


3. Word of Samsung innovations comes to market earlier than expected

CEA SmartBrief | Dec 30, 2008

In the Worst-Kept-Secrets of 2008 Department, let's file Samsung's 2009 plans to refurbish its HDTV offerings. According to this report, the company will refresh and/or introduce new entries into its Series 3 through 7 HDTVs, update its support menu and add an Internet feature ... all initiatives that were to be announced at the CES event. Electronista (12/29)


4. LG readies "Trumotion 480Hz" LCD

CEA SmartBrief | Dec 30, 2008

ElectronicHouse.com (12/29)


5. 2008 was a good year for tech trends

CEA SmartBrief | Jan 02, 2009

The proliferation of applications for mobile phones, the rise of netbook computers, the popularity of pocket-size camcorders and the spread of capacitive touch screens to larger devices signaled some of the most important trends in the consumer-electronics field in 2008. And, according to this analysis, further developments in these areas will continue to make news in 2009. Bloomberg (01/01)


6. Study: People want more networking options

CEA SmartBrief | Dec 31, 2008

The ability to network home and mobile electronic devices such as digital cameras, digital picture frames and mobile phones will be the next big wave in consumer electronics, according to a new study from Parks Associates. The study, the full findings of which will be released at the CES in January, shows that half of U.S. homes with broadband capabilities would like a digital camera that can network with other devices and 40% want digital photo frames with networking options. InformationWeek (12/30)


7. Black & Decker plans remote door-locking device

CEA SmartBrief | Dec 31, 2008

Pocket-lint.co.uk (12/30)


8. Will tablet-format cell phone netbooks be all the rage this year?

CEA SmartBrief | Jan 02, 2009

Netbooks leave a bit to be desired, according to this forecast piece that looks to the potential of the iPhone as a possible path to the introduction of tablet-format cell phone netbooks in 2009. New York Times, The (01/02)


9. In the home, Cisco eyes consumer market

CEA SmartBrief | Dec 30, 2008

Cisco Systems, known for its networking technology, will bring out a line of products for the home next month in its first bid to play in the same sandbox as Apple, Sony and other consumer-electronics giants, the company said. Among the first devices on Cisco's menu is a digital stereo system that can deliver sound wirelessly around a home network, while other gadgets said to be in the works include a system to make it easier for people to watch Internet video on their TV sets and a home version of its corporate Telepresence videoconferencing system. New York Times, The (12/28)


10. Remember the old days, when one display was enough?

CEA SmartBrief | Dec 30, 2008

Kyle Cherry debuted the prototype of its Prime Gaming Laptop, a sleek computer that sports three organic LED displays -- one 10-inch display flanked by two eight-inch screens -- that work in unison to give the user an ultrawide 32:10 aspect ratio. The notebook was designed with serious gamers in mind. Electronista (12/29)




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