One of the four phones that Alcatel was showing off at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas was the One Touch S’Pop. This mid-tier smartphone is powered by Android v4.1 and sports a decent 3.5-inch touchscreen display. The Alcatel One Touch S’Pop is not planned to be released in the U.S. at this [...] Read more
Posts by Ricky Cadden
Qi Power in the Toyota Avalon at 2013 CES
In addition to the overview of Qi charging that we got at the 2013 CES, I was able to visit with Toyota, as they’re launching the new Avalon with a ‘Technology Package’ for consumers that includes Qi charging built right into the center console of the car. We’ll be uploading more videos throughout the show, [...] Read more
MakerBot Replicator 2X at 2013 CES
In addition to chatting it up with MakerBot’s Bre Pettis at their boot at the 2013 CES, I was able to spend a few minutes with Annaleise, who gave me the skinny on the updates they’ve brought to the Replicator line with the Replicator 2X. The biggest difference is that this 3D printer has dual [...] Read more
Huawei Ascend D2 at 2013 CES
Huawei was on a roll at the 2013 CES with several smartphone launches. One of the most exciting is the Huawei Ascend D2 – this powerful smartphone packs a 1.5GHz quad-core processor with 2GB of RAM and a whopping 13 megapixel autofocus camera! This phone also packs in a whopping 3000mAh battery, which should offer [...] Read more
ZTE Grand S LTE at 2013 CES
Judging by the few smartphones that were announced and shown off at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, bigger is better. One example of this is the freshly announced ZTE Grand S LTE. This smartphone packs a 5-inch high-resolution 1080p display, and is claimed to be the thinnest smartphone on the planet! It [...] Read more
Otterbox Armor and Defender with iON Intelligence at 2013 CES
Like most of you, we love putting cases on our phones – sometimes they’re for protection, other times, they’re for fashion, and sometimes, they actually add features. It’s great when they can do more than one of those, such as the new Otterbox Defender with iON Intelligence series with its accompanying app, created by Fueled. [...] Read more
Huawei Ascend W1 at 2013 CES
While smartphones certainly weren’t the highlight of the 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, NV last week, that didn’t stop a few companies, such as Huawei, from announcing some. One of the new phones that Huawei announced was the Ascend W1, which is a Windows Phone 8-powered device. It sports a 4-inch touchscreen [...] Read more
Bre Pettis with MakerBot At 2013 CES
3D printing is one of the biggest things to hit the DIY community, and MakerBot is leading the charge. They’ve just announced their new Replicator 2X at the International CES in Las Vegas, NV, and I was able to catch up with Bre Pettis, the founder of MakerBot, on the show floor. Bre and I [...] Read more