CES Watch: The good, the bad, the ugly

CES wrapped up in Las Vegas on Saturday, so here's our third and final wrapup of iPhone and Mac-related accessories from the show. Enjoy!

Posimotion introduced a Helix gaming grip for the iPhone -- like the Wii wheel, only for Apple's device. $20, which seems pricey to me.
Don't even bother looking at these high-heeled speakers.
This actually has nothing to do with iPods or Mac, but I just thought it was awesome: A mechanical autotuning system for your guitar. I want one!
Here's a twirling battery concept that could charge your iPhone in a pinch and let you work on that finger strength.
Cydle is a South Korean company that's planning to release this digital broadcast TV tuner for the iPhone for $150 in March. Kind of an old-school solution (in 2010, we stream video, not receive it), but it could be cool.
The Fingerist is... well, it's a guitar adapter for the iPhone. Go see for yourself.
Engadget tried out the Mophie TV adapter, VIZIO's iPhone remote app, and the ION iType keyboard and iDiscover piano adapter.
Altec Lansing has some good-looking speaker systems and headphones.
And finally, Macworld has an overview of the iLounge pavilion itself and how it reflects the market in general.

Whew! We weren't even at CES this year, and I'm still feeling the conference hangover. There were definitely a lot of interesting bits of technology introduced, but we have a feeling that the most interesting gadget of the year will actually be revealed later this month.

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/altec-lansing-debuts-new-…

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brian

Mike & the rest at TUAW: Keep up the good work. I don't read a gazillion blogs. I'm interested in a few things, and Apple news is one of them. I don't *want* to filter through the non-Apple news at Engadget. News is news, there's a steady stream of it, and unless it's some great new product that I need to get TODAY I don't care if the news appears here first or an hour or a day after it appears elsewhere.

January 13 2010 at 2:23 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Athtart

@Mike - thanks for the reply Mike! I gripe because TUAW has been my favorite blog for a few years and I get disappointed when I don't get to read "new" stuff on it regualarly ;-). I do look forward to your Macworld coverage though!

January 12 2010 at 6:35 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Mr Yuk

What about the Parrot A.R. Drone? What could be cooler than that?

http://ardrone2.parrot.com/parrot-ar-drone/en/index.html

January 12 2010 at 2:32 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

macboyinsf

I wish these iPod/iPhone speaker docks manufacturers would someone incorporate a dock solution that would allow you to lay the iPod/iPhone flush instead of always upright just waiting to be accidentally knocked back or forward and cause damage.

January 12 2010 at 1:32 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Athtart

I used to expect new content here at TUAW and now all we seem to get is stuff already posted at other tech blogs like Engadget and then just reposted here days later. Come on guys & gals aren't you on top of ANYTHING anymore? There are apps that conglomerate news, and it gets boring rereading what others have posted before you... sure you may have some readers how don't read anywhere else ;-), but as a long time fan I am finding less and less new and interesting here and more and more "heard that yesterday".

I would have hoped you had seen or reported on at least ONE gadget that the others missed. Surely the selections at CES were not so paltry that there were the only ones worth mentioning?

January 12 2010 at 11:05 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Mike Schramm

I hear what you're saying, but unfortunately, we weren't able to go to CES this year. We will have lots of original Macworld coverage though, so you can look forward to that.

January 12 2010 at 12:01 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

brian

No way--a TV tuner would be AWESOME! (Though $150 is a bit steep.) In 2010, we DON'T stream video--not on AT&T's %@#$& network, at least.

January 12 2010 at 10:51 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply