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HAPIfork Kickstarter campaign goes live

by Mike Schramm (Apr 17th, 2013)

Stick with us on this one: Yes, the HAPIfork is still just a Kickstarter project, as its US$100,000 campaign has just gone live on the fundraising site. And yes, most Kickstarter projects make better ideas than actual products. But the HAPIfork, unlikely as it may seem, was one of the ...

Reality Absorption Field: What happens in Vegas

by Ross Rubin (Jan 16th, 2013)

A few years ago, a senior Apple executive was once told that, even though Apple did not exhibit at the annual Las Vegas spectacle that is the International Consumer Electronics Show, its presence seemed to linger in the arid air and in the clouded minds of many attendees. "We love that," he ...

iLid is an iPhone case and a wallet that works

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jan 16th, 2013)

After having about all the cases I could take at CES, I stumbled upon the iLid booth with a weary eye. I vaguely remembered a Kickstarter campaign a while back, and the case -- which is also a wallet -- was for the 4- and 4S-sized iPhone. It seemed like a cute idea, but these things are often ...

The many cases of CES 2013

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jan 16th, 2013)

Every year I walk the halls of CES snapping pics of the myriad iDevice cases offered from numerous vendors. I chuckle when I see the "no pictures" sign, as clearly someone was worried the charm would wear off were potential customers to see a picture of a product outside the auspices of a ...

TUAW TV Live: Sande and Schramm talk CES, Macworld/iWorld

by Steven Sande (Jan 16th, 2013)

CES 2013 is a memory now, but for those in the Apple world we have a big event coming up in just two weeks -- Macworld/iWorld 2013 in San Francisco. The event is part conference, part expo, part three-ring circus, and it's also the place where TUAW readers can join up with the staff to talk ...

iHome offers a few Bluetooth solutions and a boombox at CES 2013

by Mike Schramm (Jan 15th, 2013)

iHome is one of the biggest iOS accessory sellers out there, and they always have a huge presence at CES, with a big booth showing off all of the company's latest and greatest wares. Unfortunately, the product lines can often be hard to navigate -- lately, the company has insisted on using a ...

Cygnett's ICON case contains the story behind the artists and art

by Mike Schramm (Jan 14th, 2013)

Perusing the many, many iPhone cases on display at CES is always a daunting proposition: Not only does every case manufacturer appear at the show with hundreds if not thousands of cases to show off, but even when all of the cases on display are finally out on store shelves, customers tend to ...

CES: Roccat's Power-Grid is almost ready to be switched on

by Mike Schramm (Jan 11th, 2013)

Roccat first showed us the Power-Grid system (that uses an iPhone app to control various functions on a PC and the company's PC accessories) at CES in 2012 before officially announcing it last March. And now, a year later, the service is almost ready for launch. It's not quite good to go, but ...

CES 2013: Wilson Electronics introduces the Sleek 4G booster to get your iPhone more signal

by Mike Schramm (Jan 11th, 2013)

Wilson Electronics has been making cell phone signal boosters for a while now, both for home use and for larger scale settings like offices and commercial use. But the company is turning to something more personal with its new Sleek 4G cell phone booster, which is a phone stand that will make ...

CES 2013: iLuv booth tour

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jan 11th, 2013)

I tote around a handy iLuv USB hub with built-in Ethernet, but the company makes a ton of accessories. Docks, cases, speakers and more can be had from iLuv, and there are a few new items of note from CES 2013 to show you. First, the Aud 5 Speaker Dock is now equipped with a Lightning ...

CES: HeartMath's Inner Balance helps you find your center

by Mike Schramm (Jan 11th, 2013)

HeartMath is a company that's been dealing with emotional health and stress relief for several years. While I don't go in for measuring one's emotional state with a gadget, I have to say that visiting HeartMath's booth here at CES 2013 was very disarming. They sat me down, and plugged a clip on ...

Apple wins Emmy for technology, engineering

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 11th, 2013)

Apple was a prominent part of CES even though it didn't have a physical presence at the trade show. Not only were there a large number of iOS and OS X vendors on the show floor, Apple was also awarded a Technology & Engineering Emmy for its iCloud service. As reported by The Loop, the Emmy ...

Apple had a huge CES 2013 presence, without even being there

by Randy Nelson (Jan 10th, 2013)

Wired has an interesting -- although certainly not unexpected -- look at how Apple has managed to have a massive impact on this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas without having any official presence at the show. As the piece points out, a large percentage of products being shown at ...

CES: Phone Joy gets a Kickstartered controller ready for production

by Mike Schramm (Jan 10th, 2013)

PhoneJoy is one of many companies putting together controllers for iOS devices, but unlike, say, the Gameloft-only Duo Gamer controller, PhoneJoy is aiming to make their button pad as accessible and open as possible. The company successfully raised funds through Kickstarter last year, and here ...

CES: BodyMedia introduces a new Core 2 fitness tracker, with some other interesting ideas

by Mike Schramm (Jan 10th, 2013)

BodyMedia has become a regular stop on our annual CES tour -- the company introduced its first Bluetooth-enabled, smartphone-connected fitness tracker a few years ago -- and since then, they told us this year here in Las Vegas, the smartphone versions of the tracker are outselling more ...