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If there’s one web video platform that’s nearly impossible to escape from, it has to be Adobe’s Flash.  YouTube, Vimeo, Hulu, and nearly every other video hosting website uses Flash as a means of showing video.  According to Adobe, Flash is currently installed on 98 percent of all computers.  Apparently… Continue Reading »

For the past couple of days, I’ve rounded up what looked trendsetting, likely to actually make it into stores or just something I’ve fancied.  This year’s CTIA seemed a bit odd to me; maybe it is the economy keeping a lid on things or maybe it is just that we… Continue Reading »

Day two of CTIA in Las Vegas, Nevada and as is fitting the Palm Pre is leading the buzz with its announcement yesterday that it will support Palm OS and a new round of showing off of 3rd party apps.  If you cut through that buzz, there are some unsung… Continue Reading »

Welcome to Gadgetell’s round up of the hottest action coming from Las Vegas, Nevada’s CTIA show.  Opening day has been sprinkled some interesting developments, both at the show and those looking to preempt it a bit.  Here is what is happening today:  Blackberry (finally) launched its App store.  App World,… Continue Reading »

Today at CTIA in Las Vegas, Jabra is announcing two new products: the Halo Bluetooth stereo headset and the SP200 speaker phone.  The headset is due out in May ‘09 and the speaker phone this month. The Halo headset features Jabra’s Noise Blackout technology and claims to work with any… Continue Reading »

The official announcement comes less than a full day since we saw the first official image of the Instinct S30 leak yesterday morning.  Sprint has released an official press release confirming the release, and Samsung has already begun to show it off on the floor at CTIA. The Instinct S30,… Continue Reading »

I’m starting to think maybe Gadgetell should get into the netbook business.  Why not?  It seems everyone else is doing it.  Granted, all those companies have experience in manufacturing computers or components prior to getting into the netbook arena, but it can’t be that hard.  Just get some Intel Atom… Continue Reading »

The home theater in a box market continues to grow.  Their low entry price makes them even more attractive in the current economic climate.  So it comes at as no surprise that Samsung introduced new Blu-ray HTIB offerings at CES.  Each offers 1080p playback with the Blu-ray player, and virtual… Continue Reading »

Monster is closing in on the Holy Grail of HDTV, wireless distribution.  And while their new distribution product isn’t wireless, it does allow you to stream HD throughout the house without running new wires, assuming your home is already wired for cable TV.  The Wireless Digital Express HD from Monster,… Continue Reading »

Jumping on the wireless bandwagon at CES, Acoustic Research announced their new Modular Wireless Speaker Conversion line.  These modules allow you to turn any 5.1 or smaller speaker system into a wireless application.  To solve the common problem with wireless speakers where the signal bounces off of objects in the… Continue Reading »