Alcatel is a phonemaker that often slides under the radar, but the company has made some pretty great value handsets in the past, so we like to keep an eye on what it’s planning. Ushered into a sun-lit luxury suite at CES 2018, Alcatel didn’t share many details about its upcoming crop of new phones …
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Sony and LG aren’t breaking any new ground with their 2018 OLED TVs, but that doesn’t mean they won’t end the year as our favorites once again. Organic Light Emitting Diode display technology delivers the best image quality we’ve ever tested, and 2017’s A1E matched its competitors from LG in our testing. The new version’s biggest change is a design …
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Hip injuries can be deadly, and it takes nothing more than a simple fall to get one. But at a tiny booth at CES in a Mandalay Bay Hotel ballroom, a woman wearing fluorescent airbags around her waist had the answer: the Hip’Air. The Hip’Air deployed. Helite She was from a French company called Helite that specializes in wearable airbags …
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Smartwatches have become the new iPod replacements, especially for runners. Most smartwatches like Apple Watch, Android Wear models and Samsung Gear can already store music, but in the fitness watch landscape, it’s new territory. Fitbit made its first music-storing watch last year with the Fitbit Ionic, and now Garmin’s first music watch is the Forerunner 645 Music. It’s a GPS running …
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Hours after Nvidia made waves by dropping its Big Format Gaming Display into the tranquil waters preceding CES 2018’s big day of announcements, HP followed with its own 65-inch bombshell, the Omen X 65 BFGD. Unsurprisingly, it sounds almost identical to Nvidia’s, with the same 4K resolution, HDR10 support, a 120Hz refresh rate, G-Sync support and integrated Nvidia Shield technology. …
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Over 10 years ago, Roku was a major competitor to Sonos when it came to the whole-home music business, but it quickly pivoted to become the no. 1 video-streaming brand instead. Now, Roku wants back in to multiroom, and TCL is the first company that wants to help do it. The TCL Roku Smart Soundbar may be a mouthful of …
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Ever wondered why high-performance, low-latency gaming monitors can’t be huge? Or why big TVs can’t be designed specifically for gaming? The Nvidia BFGD is both, and it could be a big freaking deal for gamers who want the ultimate plus-size display. That abbreviation actually stands for Big Format Gaming Display, a “monitor” built by Nvidia along with partners HP, Asus …
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This is a $200 laptop. The HP Stream, to be exact. And take our word for it — this computer’s lowly Intel Celeron processor couldn’t possibly play most modern video games. There’s no discrete graphics chip, and barely enough storage (generally 32GB) to install a single title. But watch this: Gaming on a $200 laptop? That’s the power of game …
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Wearable tech is growing like crazy, and French company E-vone is joining the rat race with a smart shoe that features fall detection designed for older adults, workers and travelers. Available in several sneaker, hiking boot and work boot variations, E-vone uses a device in the sole of the shoe to detect falling or abnormal movement. Alert messages are then …
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After essentially reinventing the luxury headphone market with the HD 800, where was Sennheiser to go next? I’ll tell you: It came up with an even more indulgent set of cans the company is calling the HD 820. As the name suggests, the headphones are an updated, closed-back version of its statement piece. It’s showing them off at CES here …
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