Last Gadget Standing: Top 10 Gadgets at CES '08
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Never mind the gadgets, we're having a hard time standing now that we've been at CES for a few days, but we need your opinions. Yahoo! Tech is holding the Last Gadget Standing competition at this year's CES. Last Gadget is in its seventh year, and we're convinced that the attendees always pick the winners.
We've selected 10 great products from the thousands on the show floor. The companies behind the products each have just four minutes to appeal to the live audience, making the case as to why their technology will survive and become part of the digital landscape. My colleagues Ben Patterson, Dory Devlin, Chris Null, and Gina Hughes have all conferred and narrowed the list of entries to 10 select gadgets.
But it wouldn't be legit if you (the most in-touch readers we know) didn't have your say online. So here are the finalists, all winners in their own right. You tell us which one you think will stand the test of time.
Eye-Fi is a specially designed low-power wireless chip with a 2GB memory card. When installed in just about any of today's digital cameras, it automatically transfers photos from the camera to a Mac or PC or any of the popular photo-sharing sites and social networks.
Asus Eee PC 4G is a computer that costs only $399, has a tiny 7-inch screen, runs Linux, and comes with a suite of great software applications.
The LG Voyager is proving to be the iPhone for non-iPhone buyers. It has a touch screen and beneath the flip is a QWERTY keyboard for easy typing.
Dash Express is an Internet-connected GPS device that gives real-time traffic conditions based on data transmitted from other Dash users. Users can also get up-to-the minute notifications via Yahoo! Local about everything from movies to gas prices.
Sansa TakeTV offers a simple and less expensive way to move downloaded TV programs around the house. Using a cradle with standard RCA and S-Video plugs, your TV media is stored on the USB memory stick.
iRobot's iLooj is a robotic gutter cleaner that will clean a stretch of gutter (60 feet) in 10 minutes.
Toshiba's TDP-EW25U is a wireless DLP projector that can produce an image that casts 41 feet or 1.6 feet, create a 60-inch picture even when it's positioned 2.4 feet away, and accommodates high-definition video.
Electric~Spin's Golf LaunchPad Tour lets you play the course as your favorite star. Use our own clubs and take a swing at a very realistic simulation.
The Fujitsu u810, as our Endgadget friends say, is something to drool about. Lightweight and full featured.
The Logitech diNovo Mini Keyboard is a keyboard that fits in the palm of your hands, letting you connect PC to TV with minimal fuss.
Stay tuned. There'll be a winner by noon PST tomorrow. You've all had lots to say about each of the individual products, now look at the gestalt. May the best gadget win!
Update:
This year's votes are in! Click here to see the winner of the Last Gadget Standing competition.
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2 Posted by jaraddoyon on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:28PM EDT Report Abuse
No, the Lg Voyager is definitely the best gadget. Maybe the Eye-Fi is good for people who are bad with computers, but we are talking about a gadget here. The Vayager is peobably the coolest phone I have every seen and with a little fixing it is better than the IPhone. They just need to add more memory and a real internet browser, but its interface is better than the IPhones and it also has 3G so you can actually use the internet without having to wait forever. The Voyager is my pick
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3 Posted by dnett on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:45PM EDT Report Abuse
My vote is for the alarm clock for iPhones. No more buzzers or crappy DJs for me. I wished they'd name it something other than iP47 sounds like a fighter jet
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4 Posted by jbhaber on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:30PM EDT Report Abuse
I had the Eye-Fi and returned it. It worked as advertised, but there's a lot unsaid. For example, the camera has to be "on" for it to transfer the files. If your camera shuts itself off after a minute or so, that's a problem. Because your transfers will stop once the camera shuts off. You can always set the option on your camera to stay turned on. But I couldn't see leaving my camera turned on to transfer pictures, and the return to it in an hour or so, only to find the battery dead! Also, the range to your router ... only about 15 feet. So forget taking pictures around the house, putting the camera down in the kitchen and hoping to have the pictures transferred. No, you need to put the camera basically in the same room as your wireless router. Last problem I'll mention, this will only work with pre-set wireless routers. You won't be able to use this at a wireless point like Starbucks or at a friend's house without a lot of trouble. Wait for version 2.
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5 Posted by shutrbug@sbcglobal.net on Thu Sep 3, 2009 9:21PM EDT Report Abuse
I have serious techno-lust for the diNovo mini for my HD HTPC. It's one of the few gadgets that I'd pay full price for.
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1 Posted by jameslongstrider on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:28PM EDT Report Abuse
I personally feel the the Eye-Fi seems to have the best chance, More people out there with digital Cameras that simply dislike packing all the cables with them whenever they're on a trip or even at home, 2 gb's also holds a good number of photos as well. Most of the other 'new stuff' has been done in some way or another or have enough similar competitors, I don't see many of them going all that far. The Dash Express and the Sansa Take TV, seem the best chances for second place, however, the Dash would only truly succeed if a large number of people living in the same community obtain them, the Sansa seems to have a more general use, due to the widespread use of DVR's out there today. The other 7 items seem too much Niche Market items, or have too many similar items for competition already. However, that's just my opinion, so please, feel free to disagree with me.