Linksys’ new Wireless Home Audio system is very similar in function to Sonos’ streaming home audio system, and on specs alone, manages to out spec the latter in some areas.
The Gadget: Linksys’ Media Hub seems like a server, since it backs up data, gathers your media files automatically, and streams media over IP, but it’s more like a super functional NAS drive.
As our warriors move from the beachheads of SF to the trenches of LV, here’s today’s recap, and reminder that the war week is far from over:
If you were going to go to the trouble of modding your Nintendo DS, what would you do to it? Emboss your favourite frame from Watchmen on it? Engrave a Nintendo-themed Last Supper illustration? Or maybe, just maybe, stick a Sony Vaio logo on the lid? Because that’s what some guy did in Japan.
Who wants to hunt some ducks? I said, WHO WANTS TO HUNT SOME DUCKS??
In person, Lenovo’s IdeaCentre 600 all-in-one PC is not as beautiful as we’d hoped, with a bulbous arse. But its do-it-all remote, with Wii-like gaming, is exactly like we expected: crap.
The Sign Language Translator’s name may be a tad misleading (it doesn’t actually translate anything), but as a pocket ASL video dictionary, it’s a neat enough idea.
The Sharper Image is rebranding itself as a gadget maker here at CES, and now we have our first hands-on with their cheap iPod docks. Welcome to the future!
Pandora’s personalised internet radio player is one of our favourite iPhone apps–and tonight it got better, adding custom stations from a single track, a snazzy Coverflow-like song history and a playback progress bar (finally).
AU: Still not available in Australia though. Damn.
