Samsung has been showing off a new flexible display tech since December, but at that time, it just looked like a concept that’s years away from making it to a consumer device. While we don’t expect to be shopping for a smartphone with a bendy screen anytime soon, at least we know what it’s going to be called when we see it. Samsung just gave their flexible AMOLED tech a name, which could be a sign that we’re getting close to a bendy screen-filled reality.
Nike+ has just introduced the FuelBand, a new iOS-connected product that’s described to help people who want to be “more active.” To do that, the wristband measures and displays four different metrics: time, calories, steps and NikeFuel. NikeFuel is basically technology that measures movement through the wrist that gets boiled down to a measurable number.
iLuv has put out two new accessories for travelers at CES, with the SmashBox Pro portable speaker case and the DreamTraveler, a travel-friendly charging station for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod. Designed for outdoor use, the SmashBox Pro keeps a mobile device such as a smartphone or music player protected while rocking built-in stereo speakers.
Casio Japan will be releasing their new G-SHOCK GB-6900 watch in March, a wristwatch that’s built with the typical G-SHOCK ruggedness but updated to support Bluetooth 4.0 LE (low-energy) tech – basically a Bluetooth connection that consumes less power than your garden-variety Bluetooth (despite the live connection, Casio says the watch’s battery is still good to last two years). Like a number of Bluetooth-enabled wristwatches that we’ve seen before, the GB-6900 will be able to display info for incoming calls, as well as alerts for e-mail and text messages. The Bluetooth tech will also let it sync the time with paired smartphones.
While it’s not really that big a surprise anymore (Asus already mentioned that their upcoming Transformer Prime tablet will be running on it), at least it’s now official: NVIDIA has finally (and officially!) announced the Tegra 3, the quad-core ARM Cortex A9 processor that was previously known as the Kal-El. Among its highlights, the new mobile chip promises to deliver “PC-class” performance to tablets and smartphones with three times the graphics performance of the dual-core Tegra 2, but uses up to %61 less power.
