Intel Gets an App Store

There is only one app store in the world, which is Apple’s. All the other companies have them, but they aren’t as popular. However, there is a new contender in the app arena. Meet AppUp Center, Intel’s brand new app store.

The “Alex E-Book Reader” – an eReader with dual screens and Android

“Announced today, the Alex E-book Reader is an interesting take on electronic books. The upper third of the device features a standard 6-inch electronic ink screen similar to Amazon’s Kindle and then the bottom part sports a 3.5-inch color touchscreen running Android (1.6). The two screens can be harmonized by taking a web page you’ve loaded up on the Android browser and shooting it to the electronic ink screen up above. So surf the web, find an article you want to read, and – boom – you’ve got a larger-screen version that’s easy on the eyes.

Content is available via Google Books and a partnership with Borders. There’s built in Wi-Fi, 2GB of storage expandable via microSD, and an open development environment. The price tag is $400 for the Wi-Fi version, which will be available in February, and there’s a 3G-enabled version planned in the future. So, yes, perhaps a little on the pricing side for an electronic book reader but, hey, don’t forget about all the Android goodness.”

–CrunchGear

Alex E-Book Reader (Spring Design)

[CrunchGear]

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Sony OLED 3D HDTV At CES

Just because this TV has 3D in it’s name, it doesn’t mean that the 3D isn’t optional. Sony is showing off its 24.5-inch OLED television here at CES, and I have to say that the clarity of the output is brilliant. The jump from the 15-inch panels that are still very sparsely available in retail channels is most welcome. I could literally spend the rest of my life in front of this TV, as long as the polar bears aren’t on 24/7. Sony’s reps kept it’s release date a secret, but I predict it should hit the market in 2010 or 2011.

[Engadget]

Intel: Customers are bursting with designs for a tablet

2010. The year of the tablet. With Apple releasing it’s tablet, everyone is in the tablet spirit. Here at CES, Intel Senior Vice President Sean Maloney said his company’s customers are working diligently on tablet designs. And this is no suprise, since Intel is the biggest CPU distributor in the US.

Intel CES Keynote from 4:30 – 5:30 PM Today

I’ll be watching the Intel CES Keynote @ 4:30 today. If you want to see it, click on the link:

Intel CES Keynote (Thurs. 7 4:30)

Pixi Plus and Pre Plus Hands On

The guys at Mobile Crunch got to meet the Pixi Plus and Pre Plus just a while ago in the Palm Lounge. some notable points of the phones were that the 3D gaming was impressive and the design has received tedious upgrades.

Alienware’s Sub 12-inch, Sub $1k Gaming Laptop

Alienware's New Gaming Laptop, the M11x

Today at CES, Alienware flashed a brand new 11-inch gaming laptop. They call it “the most powerful gaming laptop in the universe.”

Spy On People While on your Laptop as you type

Samsung's transparent OLED Laptop At CES

OLED technology is the future of viewing screens. One of the coolest things about OLED

screens is that they can be semi-transparent. What’s cool about it to me is that you can look straight through it! However, there aren’t very much OLED laptops, but Samsung’s 14-inch netbook prototype looks promising….

Microsoft To announce Xbox Game Room At CES (Rumor)

Today’s Microsoft CES keynote is likely to make mention of the arrival of the Xbox Game Room, a retro-themed game space, at least according to a video interview with Microsoft’s Robbie Bach, president of the company’s Entertainment and Devices Division.

LG’s New TV’s are super thin and have video chat

So , which is better: thin LED TV’s or video chat via Skype? How about both? Well, obviously LG likes the two things, and their new TV’s are tasty eye candy. However, the real TV that stole the spotlight was their “LEF” TV, with a 1/4 inch display screen!

LG's new TV's.

Dell’s Atom N450-Based Inspiron Mini 10 now for Sale for $299!

Dell Inspiron Mini 10

Fitting, no? Dell (briefly) launched its Inspiron Mini 10 at a press event last year at CES, and this year’s show is ushering in the next major iteration.

10-finger Multitouch LCD Screen from 3M Shown at CES

3M‘s just announced it’ll unveil its previously gabbed about multitouch LCD — at CES 2010 which, if you live under a rock and don’t know

Get Ready for CES: MSI has a Dual-screen Nvidia-powered eReader and a 3D Laptop

Rumor has it that the eReader MSI plans to unveil at this year’s CES will not only have Nvidia Tegra graphics,