Manufacturers from around the world are in Las Vegas this weekend
showing their latest high-tech gadgets at this year's Consumer
Electronics Show. Our tech editor Corey Greenberg is there and shows us some of
the hottest new products of 2003.
The trend for this year seems to be smaller, faster and better products in every way. Computer processing is getting faster while digital media storage is getting smaller, and they're both getting cheaper -- the result is a new generation of gadgets that are
smaller than ever before while still significantly outperforming last year's models.
Casio EXILIM 3-Megapixel Digital Camera
Thin is in for 2003. It's no longer enough that your digital camera
is a 3-megapixel model -- now it has to be the size of your driver's
license. Casio stunned the camera world last year with its incredibly
thin and lightweight EXILIM digital camera, a high-quality 2-megapixel
camera the size of a credit card and less than half an inch thick. At
this CES, Casio has announced a 3-megapixel version of the EXILIM, which
will shoot high-resolution images suitable for making 8x10 and even
13x19 prints.
http://exilim.casio.com
Garmin NavTalk GSM Phone
Garmin's new NavTalk GSM phone is the first cell phone with built-in
GPS navigation as well as a fully-featured PDA organizer. Its GPS
mapping is based on the world-class GPS technology of Garmin's
critically-acclaimed Street Pilot GPS system for cars, and it's the
first cell phone that offers GPS mapping with automatic routing and
turn-by-turn guidance. www.garmin.com
Sony DCR-TRV80 Mini-DV Camcorder
Sony's new DCR-TRV80 Mini-DV camcorder is the first such device with
Bluetooth wireless networking and wireless Internet browsing. Other
features include a 2-megapixel CCD for high-resolution home movies.
$1,500, available in March.
www.sel.sony.com
Burton Amp Jacket
Burton teamed up with Apple to create the Amp jacket for skiing,
snowboarding, or just standing around looking cool (or kewl if you're
under the age of 20). It looks like a regular jacket but sewn into the
fabric is an Apple iPod MP3 player, and the controls are sewn onto the
outer surface of the left sleeve for easy song selection while you're
hershing a meshuginna sandreuter (I have no idea if that's a real
snowboarding term, I just made that up -- how unkewl am I? Very). $500,
plus $299-499 depending on which model Apple iPod you want sewn inside.
www.burton.com
Samsung 63-inch HDTV
Samsung is showing the biggest plasma HDTV yet -- 63-inches! The new
PL6315 comes in at a surprisingly reasonable $17K considering last
year's 60-inch plasmas sold for $30K. www.samsungusa.com
ReplayTV 5000
SonicBlue launched its next generation ReplayTV Personal Video Recorder,
the Model 5000. This is the latest version of the high-speed
network-capable PVR that lets users not only pause live TV and record
hundreds of hours' worth of shows, but also send and receive shows over
the Internet. This year ReplayTV ups the ante with WiFi wireless
networking and a 320GB model that can store over 300 hours of
programming. $299 and up
www.sonicblue.com
Atari 10-in-1 TV Games
The Atari 10-in-1 TV Games is an exact
replica of the classic Atari video game joystick, but this time around,
all the classic Atari games like Asteroids, Missile Command, Centipede,
and Pong are built right into the joystick itself. It connects to the
A/V inputs of a TV set and is powered by four AA batteries. No console,
no cartridges. Just plug in and play. It sure wasn't that easy in 1982.
The joystick is even stiff like the original Atari I used to spend whole
after-schools with in a state of video bliss. If you're an old fool from
the old school like me and you miss your Atari, this new reissue from
Jakks is a must-have. $20. www.jakkspacific.com
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