New HD Cam, Music Phone, and Massage Chair

I've been trying to figure out the best way to cover all the gadgets I'm seeing. I think for now I'll just write up stuff as I see it and figure out what this all means after all the noise of CES calms down. With that, let me tell you about the variety of new devices I saw at the Sanyo booth.

High up on the gadget-lust and bleeding-edge tip is the Sanyo HD2 HD camera, which was just announced today. The camera is a follow-up to last year's HD Xacti and features the same pocket-sized body. But unlike many of these camcorder/still cam combo doodads, the HD2 is impressive on all fronts: It has a 7.1-megapixel still camera with 10x optical zoom, as well as an HD camcorder capable of recording and showing in 720p. This year's model also has an HDMI dock so that you can plug it right into an HD-capable TV or A/V receiver.

In terms of mobile offerings, Sanyo's M1 music phone just launched with Sprint PCS and has up to 1GB of internal memory for music and pictures (thanks to a 2-megapixel camera), plus all the 3G capabilities for Sprint TV and over-the-air music downloads. It's also got a boxy, compact appearance that distinguishes it from the usually bland style of most Sanyo phones that get a U.S. release.

But my favorite item at the booth—and possibly of the show so far, only 'cause my tired feet and back are aching—is the Sanyo 7700 Zero Gravity Massage Chair, which can adjust its rollers to any body size. The new control pad offers a great degree of customizability, letting you adjust the level of kneading or tapping you want on different parts of your body.

Put your hand on the galvanic skin-response sensor and let it figure out where you're stiff (it adjusts the massage accordingly). Rollers are shaped like thumbs, to give it a more human, less robotic feel. I've tried out the Sanyo chairs in the past and could not get out of them, which is exactly what the folks pictured here were doing. Don't Bogart the massage chairs! I'll report back after I've had a thorough lie-down with these chairs.

For more pictures of the massage chair, camera, and phone, check out the Yahoo! Tech slide show on Flickr. Ok, back to the show floor.