January, 2018

• 8 January

  Sony brings the party to CES with new Extra Bass speakers

  

  Sony’s Extra Bass portable Bluetooth speaker line up is getting three new additions this spring: The SRS-XB41 ($250), SRS- XB31 ($150) and SRS-XB21 ($100). There’s no word yet on international pricing, but $250 converts to about £185 or AU$320. The company is billing these as mini party speakers, as all of them also incorporate LED …

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• 8 January

  HP Spectre x360 15 aims to flip MacBook Pro lovers

  

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• 8 January

  HP adds some Intel to its Envy X2 2

  

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• 7 January

  Samsung’s best TV uses QLED, local dimming to challenge OLED

  

  Samsung still doesn’t make TVs that use OLED display technology, but at CES 2018 its best LCD TVs are trying harder than ever to topple OLED’s image quality dominance. Samsung’s 2018 flagship LCD, which at this point remains unnamed, follows in the footsteps of its 2017 predecessors by augmenting the liquid crystals with quantum dots — hence the “Q” in …

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• 7 January

  Omron unveils smartwatch with blood

  

  Packing and wearing blood pressure cuffs, if you have hypertension, isn’t easy. I measure my high blood pressure, and wish I had a smartwatch to do it. Omron, makers of medical-grade blood pressure monitors, have a fitness watch coming this year, called the HeartGuide. I love the idea of it. I hope it works as well as promised. More: The …

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• 7 January

  Innomdle Lab’s Sgnl smart strap lets you answer calls with your fingertips

  

  What started as a spin-off project from Samsung’s experimental C-Lab arm is now a fully fledged, fully funded product that makes you look like a secret agent when you answer your phone. The smart strap Korea-based Innomdle Lab connects to your phone via Bluetooth and allows you to listen to phone calls conducted through the tip of your finger into …

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• 7 January

  Merge Blaster is the best AR toy I’ve ever tried

  

  Maybe the next wave of AR toys will avoid your face entirely. Merge’s 6DoF Blaster looks like a Laser Tag gun and uses a phone. And that’s basically what it is: Laser Tag, for AR. And it might be one of my favorite things at CES. Seriously. Now playing: Watch this: Merge’s toy AR gun turns the iPhone X into …

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• 7 January

  Jabra’s third

  

  While they had some small drawbacks, Jabra’s first and second generation Elite Sport earphones were among the better early totally wireless headphones on the market. Now Jabra’s stepped things up with its third-generation models: The Elite 65t ($170, which roughly converts to £125 or AU$215) and water-resistant Elite Active 65t ($190, roughly £140 or AU$240). Not only do they deliver …

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• 7 January

  DJI Osmo Mobile 2 will be the phone camera stabilizer you buy

  

  DJI already owns the camera drone market by offering better tech than its competitors at aggressive prices. It’s now taking the same path with its camera stabilizers.  The Osmo Mobile 2 handheld stabilizer brings the same smooth and steady videos DJI’s drones are known for to your phone’s camera. You get autotracking capabilities, programmed shots, direct camera controls and more …

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• 7 January

  HP’s cheap

  

  Monitors so generic they’re simply “HP Displays,” HP nevertheless beefs up their value for 2018. Ranging in price for $99 to $229 for 21.5- through 27-inch models, these 1,920×1,080-pixel resolution monitors sport the usual must-have IPS panels and thin bezels of the previous generation with some other improved specs. (We don’t have UK or Australian pricing, but those ranges directly …

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