As you’ll undoubtedly know, the SlashGear team – and thousands of our colleagues from the tech community – are in Las Vegas this week to cover CES 2009. When you attend an event like this, you come expecting certain frustrations; what you might not expect is your phone network to fail and leave many users unable to access voice, messaging or data services. Yet that’s what happened today, with AT&T’s network undergoing a spectacular fail.
Official statement from AT&T after the cut
At a CES with fewer than usual slam-dunk gadgets, iRiver’s WAVE HOME still stands out as one of the more interesting developments. Our demo video with the touchscreen communications and media device is now processed, so make sure to check it out after the cut. In it, all of the WAVE HOME’s primary features are demonstrated: VoIP calls, messages, internet access, media playback and more.
The VidaBox Room Client HD is rally a remarkable Blue-ray and DVD drive, but what sets it apart from other like devices are the features and backing of the RackServer. This setup allows you to stream your collection of Blu-ray movies, music and other media straight to your TV.
Pre Community is certainly getting a lot of time near the Pre, it seems – the site has now posted the write-up from a Q&A with Sprint and Palm executives. Pre Community also states at the end of the post that a video of the Q&A is “coming soon”.
Our sister site, Pre Community, has a taken an in-depth, hands-on look at the Palm Pre and has posted an early review. What are the first impressions after having a chance to play with Palm’s new toy? We’ll tell you a little bit about it after the jump.
CES is playing host to a number of devices that utilize Wireless USB. It’s likely you’re already familiar with USB and know what wireless means, so you’ve probably already guessed what Wireless USB holds in store for you.
The Pogoplug by Could Engines provides users remote access anywhere in the world to their external hard drive through the Internet. This small plug also allows you to access your external drive even from your home computer as a local drive.
Samsung is showing off its new touchscreen media player, the P3. From the looks of it, the P3 seems to be positioning itself as a challenger to the iPod Touch. Of course, offering the same features won’t be enough to knock Apple down from the top – they need something unique, and they just might have it. We’ll have more for you after the jump.
Plastic Logic has set out to lead a revolution establishing the plastic electronics industry using our proprietary technology in plastic electronics to create a range of products. The first product they offer is the Plastic Logic eReader and is focused on reading digital business content and better organizing the information.
SlashGear has eagerly been waiting to get our hands on the new ASUS Eee PC T91 tablet netbook. This tablet is the first of the Eee netbook line to have an integrated touchscreen designed to give users even more control of their browsing experience.
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