Flash drive has becomes one of the must have personal companions in your daily life. Besides scaling up to much higher capacity, some of the flash drive manufacturers do try to have more innovative idea in order to excel in this competitive market space. Similarly, Sandisk Corporation has just unveiled a next generation single button simple backup flash drive in CES 2009 event held in Las Vegas currently. Named as Ultra Backup USB portable flash drive, it is claimed to be the world’s first USB flash drive that features with simple one touch auto backup and AES hardware encryption capability.

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Nowadays technology convergence is a new trend with some of the great feature sets being designed and integrated into its next generation product lines. While it may incur additional manufacturing and BOM (Bill of Material) cost, but if the end product could stand out from the crowd and attract consumer attention, un-doubtfully it is a successful marketing strategy besides offering extra functionality to end users. One of the good examples is the next generation D-Link Xtreme 802.11n compliant wireless router, DIR-685 that is featured with additional 3.2-inch LCD display besides functioning as an NAS (Network Attached Storage), print server and digital photo frame in digital home.

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The leading company in digital imaging technology, Canon has announced an exciting new line of 5 VIXIA HD camcorders - Canon VIXIA HF S10, Canon VIXIA HF S100, Canon VIXIA HF20, Canon VIXIA HF200 and Canon VIXIA HV40, and 6 SD camcorders - Canon FS22, Canon FS21, Canon FS200, Canon DC420, Canon DC410 and Canon ZR960, which add a wide selection of new impressive features, aiming for enhancing image quality and easy operation across a variety of recording formats.

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The market leader in advanced Mac OS X and iPhone software products, Ecamm Network has introduced its new BT-1 Wireless Webcam, which the company claims as the world’s first Bluetooth webcam, designed for Mac, streaming (640×480 pixels) H.264 video and (48 kHz) AAC stereo audio.

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LG Electronics and Netflix have introduced the first broadband-enabled HDTVs with Netflix streaming software embedded directly in the television, without the need of an external device, aiming to give consumers more and better options for home entertainment.

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The innovative leader in the production of digital SLR and compact camera, Pentax has announced two new compact digital cameras - Optio P70 and Optio E70. The slim Pentax Optio P70 digital compact camera offers 12 megapixel resolution, a 4X optical zoom (equivalent to 27.5mm – 110mm), and a wide angle 28mm lens. The Optio P70 is available in multiple colors and with metal body. Other features include a 2.7 inch high resolutions, wide angle view LCD panel, and new Pixel Track Shake Reduction technology to decrease shake in low lighting. Additionally, it also offers Advanced Face Recognition that tracks up to 32 faces in 0.03 seconds, and both Smile Capture that automatically releases the shutter when subjects smile and Blink Detection to alert you if your subject’s eyes are closed.

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The portable speaker and radio maker, iLuv unveiled iMM183 iPhone and iPod speaker docks at CES. This new model supersedes the earlier model iMM173 which adds support for weather text alerts from NOAA and SAME that automatically come through on preset radio channels. It allow user to archive up to 10 notices for ongoing situation and display LED warning when a new alert is available.

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Moving grass has never been easier with the latest gadgets which allow you to relax while the machines do all the hard work. SmartMow by RoboLabs is the latest in a line of wonder gadgets that can keep your lawns tidy and neat with minimum effort.

The mower has a security key which is needed to activate the machine and prevent accidents or theft. A perimeter wire (100 m) is installed and the mover works by moving in a circular motion to detect the wire and follow it back to the docking station. The mower will then continue to cut the grass in a random manner within the perimeter. If there are some hard to reach patches, there is a remote control for users to maneuver the machine into these areas.

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