Month: January 2012
CES 2012: Demo of Lenovo's IdeaTab S2110 transforming tablet
We'd already been pretty 'wow'ed by Lenovo's two new key offerings at CES last week (go check out the super bendy IdeaPad Yoga and our new favourite desktop, the IdeaCentre A720), but the brand's slightly more understated slim and flexible IdeaTab S2110 is still worth getting excited about. Its part tablet, part notebook, docks with…
CES 2012: Demo of the Polaroid SC1630 Smart Camera AND Android Phone in one
Polaroid is known for its innovative and sometimes rather strange product launches (and we'd expect nothing less from a company that gave Lady Gaga the role of creative director), but it unveiled quite a mysterious hybrid at CES last week in the shape of the Polaroid SC1630 Smart Camera, a Polaroid camera, yep, but with…
CES 2012 – More fitness and health gadgets – Basis, Qualcomm and Striiv
CES 2012 is in the home straight now and soon the exhibitors, bloggers and industry hangers-on will be leaving Las Vegas and jetting home. One of the hottest trends at this year's show has been health and fitness gadgets and we have already compiled a list of some of the best here. However they keep…
CES 2012: Demo of Sony's Bloggie Live with live Wi-Fi video streaming
Sony has added two new pocket HD camcorders to its Bloggie rance, the Bloggie Live and Bloggie Sport. Both look to add interesting and instantaneous new functionality to the original Bloggie idea, the Live offers HD video capture, 12.8 MP still shooting and, most interestingly, the ability to live stream whatever you're recording over Wi-Fi.…
CES 2012: Day 2 highlights including Dell tablets and Panasonic VT50 plasma 3DTV
Day two of CES 2012 is in full swing in Las Vegas now, with more gadgetry goodness pouring in. The UK Tech Digest team is rolling in for the night, but before we do that, here's a round up of all today's big CES stories. Shiny Shiny will be continuing to post Stateside through the…
CES 2012: Polaroid SC1630 – Camera or Android phone or both?
To answer the headline question...well...we're not totally sure to be honest. Polaroid are never ones to shy away from a crazy product launch (remember last year's Lady Gaga Polarez G10 camera shades?), but they've got quite a mysterious hybrid here in the shape of the Polaroid SC1630 Smart Camera. Is it an Android powered Wi-Fi…
CES 2012: Demo of Lenovo's IdeaCentre A720 All-in-One PC
As well as announcing the ThinkPad Yoga device, at CES this week Lenovo also shared its IdeaCentre A720 All-in-One PC with us, an all-singing-all-dancing desktop computer that's slim, light AND can lay flat like a huge tablet. Hmm you weren't expecting that last bit were you?! Measuring 27 inches diagonally, it packs in a Core-i7…
CES 2012: Demo of Lenovo's IdeaPad Yoga, the tablet/ultrabook hybrid
During the Lenovo press conference yesterday at CES, the brand unveiled one of its most innovative products yet, the IdeaPad Yoga, a tablet/ultrabook hybrid which aims to bend, twist and flex its way into our business and personal lives. The IdeaPad Yoga has a a 360 degree flip-and-fold design, which gives you a portable and…
CES 2012: Day 1 highlights including Lenovo Yoga tablet/ultrabook, Samsung/LG OLED TVs
Viva Las Vegas! Tech Digest and Shiny Shiny are back bringing you all the latest technology news from the annual CES (Consumer Electronics Show), direct from Sin City itself.So far we've seen a ton of TVs, cameras and phones, but the most exciting (and rapidly expanding product category looks to be ultrabooks, with all the…
CES 2012: Sony's Xperia S Android phone features high definition TV technology
Sony have revealed the Xperia S smartphone, set to be their debut own-branded handset since the £869 million acquisition of former partners Ericsson. Powered by a 1.5Ghz dual-core processor, the phone opts for the Android 2.3 Gingerbread version of Google's OS, rather than the newer Ice Cream Sandwich offering, though an over-the-air upgrade is expected…
