Eton teamed up with the American Red Cross for this product, creating a radio that can be powered several different ways, including by hand cranking. There's also emergency mobile charging, walkie talkie-esque functions (which will be replaced with SW when this eventually makes it to the UK) and more in a very light package. Well worth taking a gander at.

Eton

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Mustek is convinced that since digital photo frames have only acheived around 6% penetration into the market thus far, they're set to boom in the next few years. And who knows, it might even be right. All I know is the enthusiasm on the stand was such that we made two videos. The first is the big launch, a 15" wireless number, and the second covers two other contenders including one with a built in iPod dock.

Ashley gets quietly excited by Mustek's video imaging collection which includes what might just be one of the smallest and cheapest HD camcorders around.

Mustek

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Susi got her hands on Motorola's E8 phone at CES. The new model is created for music lovers, with a high-gloss black touch screen that changes from phone to music to camera controls at the touch of a button. See it in action at CES below...

It's all about the size of your... Plasma screen... at CES, and the competition has been soundly trounced by HD obsessives Panasonic this year. Susi got her now annual chance to gawk at the shiny, shiny goodness. You know this is what you were waiting for.

Panasonic

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THIS is how much I love you guys. I love you so much I sat in a chair, chilled out and looked really weird on video. Ah, sod that, I always look weird on video. Anyway, there's a rumbly subwoofer, built in iPod dock (the only iPod-certified furniture, I'll have you know) and it's just plain ridiculously comfortable. And expensive. And exclusive to the US. Boo.

i-Fi

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There were quite a few Shinies at CES today, and we attacked the halls with a divide and conquer mentality that ensured that we saw lots and reported lots to you guys. Ashley and I took the South Halls of the Las Vegas Convention Centre, which, despite the presence of a few big names, are mostly populated by smaller or mid-sized companies, many of whom hope to be the big names of the future.

As such, some of the really fun, barking mad and exciting products are here. Sure, it's wonderful to hear of new releases from the big leagues, but in the end all the announcements seemed to blur into one for me. HD, you say? Yeah, I think I heard all about that. And on a day-to-day level, I suppose these are the products I'll be buying / saving to buy / aspiring to buy. But by stepping back and taking in the big picture I found myself hugely enjoying the chance to see what's weird, wonderful or even slightly offbeat.

I think Ashley's finally found his dream product. The excitement radiates from him as he gets a chance to try out this big-screen GPS which has the best extra feature you could ever possible desire in a road trip. Karaoke, baby!

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We rather liked the idea of a car's rear view mirror that flashes up caller information by Bluetooth, so we took a closer look at this rear view mirror. Not only that but there was a Bluetooth watch that might not go head-to-head with Sony Ericsson in the style stakes, but has more functionality.

I was quite keen to have a reason to film some video at Tessco's stand just because of the name, which inspired just a little homesickness. Well, kinda. Anyway, this competition to win a heavily bling-encrusted iPhone case caught my eye. And yes, they're real diamonds.

Tessco

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Some of the best stuff I've seen at CES so far has been far from the madness of the main halls and the major players with their new phones, digital bloody photo frames and iPod docks. And yet, as you might reasonably point out, this is also an iPod dock. Yeah, but it's a clever one, so there.

DOSS didn't have the world's biggest stand but they had a lot of quirky and attractive iPod accessories, not least of which were these clever wireless speakers. Cue the jokes about melons if you like, or even other spherical body parts, but it's just a simple and nice idea. Stick iPod in dock, listen, walk away holding one of the speakers, wireless kicks in, take music with you around the house. An actually useful innovation and they're keen to create floating versions in the future. Can't say fairer than that. Check out a video, from which the admittedly dodgy image is taken, after the jump.

Along the back of the heaving, white Eton stand was a little oasis of sleek, black calm that was Porsche design. The hulking block of anodised metal that was the two-years-in-production sound system / radio / iPod dock extraordinaire was up first, but after the jump I got my hands on a Porsche wind-up radio too. Enjoy.

Ashley covers the highlights from the SanDisk stand, including a definite 4GB Shuffle alternative, a sizeable 32GB Sansa View and a microSD card that's definitely swelled in capacity.

SanDisk

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Razer has been busy making us all feel guilty for using cheap speakers and mousemats... I didn't know anyone actually paid for mousemats anymore, but apparently we've been missing out on proper quality, like.

The Mako 2.1 desktop speaker system goes on sale this month. Costing 399.99 Euros in Europe (and $399.99 in the US), it's a THX Certified system with bi-amplified 2x50-watt satellite speakers, with DSP control. There's a powered subwoofer too, and for the stat-heads among you, the frequency range is 25-20,000Hz (+/i 2.5dB 40-18,000 Hz).

SanDisk's USB pendants are still a concept, but as USB bling goes this is definitely some of the most convincing as jewellery. It's also much higher in capacity than you might expect. But mostly it just blinds you with sparkliness and amid all the heavy duty geek announcements a tiny bit of geek chic is surely acceptable.

SanDisk

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We're still calming down after seeing Slash rock out with Bill Gates on stage yesterday at CES, but if you're wanting to play a game that tests your proper guitar skills, you should check out Guitar Wizard.

It uses some of the same techniques - a rhythm game with blocks rising up the screen telling you when to pick a note - but the difference is it's aimed at teaching you to play real guitar. It's the work of Music Wizard Group, which released a piano version last year. It monitors your progression, so the better you get, the more strings it gets you to pluck.

How do you tell which string to play? That'll be the colourful symbols (right) on the supplied guitar's neck, which correspond to those on screen. Guitar Wizard goes on sale in August later this year in the US, for $149.95, with the customised guitar costing an extra $299. They tell me they're hoping to release it in Europe too, in various language versions.

Music Wizard website

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Kodak has been quick off the mark at CES this year, announcing three big new digital cameras, and a bunch of others. Pick of the bunch is the EasyShare V1273, which is a 12-megapixel cam (pictured above) with 3x optical zoom and a three-inch touchscreen. The V-Series range also gets another new model, the EasyShare V1073, but it's not worth more than a mention on the Kodak CES press release.

Meanwhile, the EasyShare M1033 is a 10-megapixel camera with 3x optical zoom and a three-inch LCD screen, while the EasyShare Z1085 is a 10-megapixel cam with 5x optical zoom and optical image stabilisation. Other new M-Series cams include the EasyShare M763, M863 and M893, while the Z-Series is bolstered by the EasyShare Z1285 and Z8612.

Kodak is touting all three lead models as HD-capable, shooting photos and videos in high-definition, which you can then playback on a TV using Kodak's EasyShare HDTV dock. The V-Series cameras will cost $199.95-$279.95, the Z-Series cams will cost $199.95-$299.95, and the M-Series range will cost $129.95-$199.95.

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IE just makes me think of Internet Explorer, but thankfully Sennheiser haven't been mad enough to make a set of headphones with a built-in browser. Not yet, anyway. Instead, the IE 6, IE 7 and IE 8 make up the company's new 'Professional' series, copping aural technology from the professional 'phones that bands wear on stage.

They're ear-canal headphones, and here's the science bit *flicks hair Anistonly*: they use dynamic transducers to cover the entire frequency range with one system, separating out different parts of your music perfectly, and eliminating distortion. All three have Kevlar-strenghened cables, and a choice of earbuds to ensure a snug fit.

More specs: the IE 6 is all about the bass, and has passive attenuation of up to 20 dB, and a frequency response of 10-18,000 Hz. They're silver'n'black. Meanwhile, the black IE 7 offers a frequency response of 10-19,000 Hz, and attenuation of up to 20 dB, with more of a focus on top-end sound reproduction.

Internet fridges, they're THE FUTURE! Maybe. Or not. However cynical you are about connected kitchens, you can't deny that Whirlpool is putting a lot of effort into the idea, with its centralpark technology. It's basically about attaching gadgets to your fridge door, with a series of new ones announced here at CES.

Such as? Well, the Clio Vu web tablet for starters. It's designed to replace sticky notes, notepads, calendars and shopping lists in one sleek device on your fridge door. It's got Wi-Fi, and can be removed from its dock and carried around - in and out of the house.

In other words, you can take it shopping with you, to consult that list. You can also watch films and look up recipes on it when docked (good if you need to look up a recipe because you were so distracted by watching a film that you burnt your dinner).

Waiting in line for a Bill Gates keynotes speech is tough. Last year, they served us food and wine. This year, err, the budget was obviously cut back a few notches. When faced with a few hours' wait without any booze, Kat got resourceful, and nabbed France's most famous blogger, Loic Le Meur, for an impromptu video interview.

It's lengthy, but take a look to see them speculating at to what Gates would announce, plus Le Meur's hilarious story about the time he was once stood next to Gates at the urinals. Did he look down? Was *it* impressive? You'll have to watch the above video to find out..

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