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Lenovo Creates Digital home and Mobile Internet Business Unit

  • Posted on: 21 January 2011
  • By: Patrick Oliphant

Lenovo has announced the creation of a separate business unit that will cater for the Digital home and Mobile internet solutions. The new unit is called the Mobile Internet and Digital Dome division, and will also responsible for newly formed categories such as smart TV,  cloud computing  and the digital home, as well as the applications and services that will run on the devices.

LG THINQ Sets The Lead For Smart Home Appliances

  • Posted on: 17 January 2011
  • By: Patrick Oliphant

A CES this month LG demonstrated its THINQ Line of smart home appliances; they are smart grid aware, offer smart diagnosis, food management, smart access and smart adapt.  The LG THINQ range which includes refrigerators, ovens, washing machines and robotic vacuum cleaners allow homeowners to manage them through a smart Network.  They also help users to make smart decisions about energy use when they to use these THINQ appliances.

Pace and ES3 Developed Mediaroom Set-top Box Solutions

  • Posted on: 11 January 2011
  • By: chw staff

ES3 and Pace have collaborated to develop a series of applications for the Microsoft Mediaroom platform.  The solution leverages the power of the Pace residential gateway  and set-top box , providing simplified access to manage devices in the home network, manage settings on the RG and provide methods for self-help in troubleshooting issues in the home network, all through a user-friendly interactive experience on the TV.
 

Spotify Coming On Logitech Squeezebox

  • Posted on: 10 January 2011
  • By: Patrick Oliphant

Logitech has joined forces with Spotify so that owners of the Logitech Squeezebox media player can access Spotify music service. According to Logitech owners of the Logitech Squeezebox Touch or Squeezebox Radio player; using their existing wireless home network can now access Spotify’s comprehensive catalogue of more than ten million songs, including your Spotify playlists, anywhere in the home. Spotify is currently available in Finland, Norway, Spain, France, the Netherlands, Sweden and the U.K.

Sneak Peek of Enspert Android-Based Home Network Hub - IDENTITY S200

  • Posted on: 7 January 2011
  • By: chw staff

s200Enspert debuts a new Android based digital home network hub at CES, called the IDENTITY S200.  The IDENTITY S200 is a SoIP (Service over Internet Protocol) tablet device optimized for the home network and designed for next-generation media convergence. With integrated support for data sharing and smart grid enabled device management, the IDENTITY S200 can connect to DLNA certified, Bluetooth and Wireless devices.

Marvell Begins "Life is Mobile" Campaign at CES 2011

  • Posted on: 3 January 2011
  • By: chw staff

Marvell is inviting attendees to this year’s CES to visit its stand to see the next generation of mobile digital lifestyle solutions. They are promising to demonstrate the latest products developed using their range of chip technologies. These solutions, said Marvell will enable consumers to access live digital content -- video, photos, music, voice, data and news -- seamlessly, in any format from wherever they are, whenever they want.

LG to Unveil New "Total Smart Solution" Home Appliances at CES 2011

  • Posted on: 2 January 2011
  • By: chw staff

LG Electronics has big things in store for the connected home category at this year’s consumer electronics show. The company is planning to change to way we interact with our home appliances; these include clothes dryers, washing machines, microwaves, entertainment systems and refrigerators.  These systems according to the Korean times will be web-enabled to interact with us through our home network and has the ability to self-diagnose malfunctions and flaws.

GenosTV Cyclops Universal Remote Is Coming To CES 2011

  • Posted on: 30 December 2010
  • By: chw staff

GenosTV the creator of the Cyclops universial remote controller has announced that they will be coming to CES 2011, to demonstrate the Cyclops remote. The demonstration is planned around a series of activities by the GenosTV team.  The GenosTV CEO and co-founder Rob Shambro will be delivering one to the keynote at the show, which will include the first public exhibition of the GenosTV’s soon to be release services.

Connected Home Predictions for CES 2011

  • Posted on: 19 December 2010
  • By: Patrick Oliphant

CES 2011 is building up to be a very exciting show and one not to miss. From what I have seen this year, I think there are some very exciting technologies in the pipeline, especially for the connected home. The connected home has been added as a new area within the show for the first time next year. This is where I think there will be a lot of new solutions.

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