Tasty bits – CES 2009

While I was frolicking all over Macworld in San Francisco, some interesting stuff was revealed at CES in Las Vegas.

Here’s my list of tasty bits from CES, devices that I’m interested in playing with:

– Palm Pre:
There are no ifs or buts about it – the Palm Pre is an amazing device! It features a 3.1″ HVGA capacitive touch screen (with mutitouch), a 3 megapixel camera (with LED flash), 8 GB of built-in flash storage (with USB mass storage), a QWERTY keyboard, 3G, WiFi, GPS, and full Bluetooth (with A2DP & DUN).

But the hardware is only half the battle – as I recently mentioned in my podcast with Matt Bennett, the software Palm created, WebOS, is just as promising, with an intuitive UI and clever integration with popular online services… Robert Scoble is right: watch out Nokia, this may just be Palm’s comeback, and may just be Sprint’s salvation.

Of course I’m looking forward to the unlocked GSM version with 3G :)

– OQO model 2+:
What’s not to be excited about? Take the already awesome OQO Model 02, replace the crappy VIA C7-M with a perky Intel Atom CPU, replace the EVDO modem with a global EVDO/HSDPA modem (optional), replace the active digitizer with a passive touch screen, replace the TFT display with an OLED display (optional), double the RAM, and lower the price… Want!

– Sony VAIO P The anti-netbook:
Sure it’s not for everyone, but it’s shiny and tiny and yummy! Just don’t call it a netbook… Have I mentioned it’s super sexy?

– Novatel MiFi:
A credit card-sized mobile wireless router with integrated 3G… Oh yes, I’m in love!

– MSI XSlim 320:
The MacBook Air of the netbook world – I’m intrigued.

– Asus Eee Keyboard:
Now I can relive my Sinclair QL days – perfect :)