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Best of CES: Top 5 gadgets

Best of CES: Top 5 gadgetsCES is about gadgets galore in every category. But what about the must have gizmos that don’t fit into any pigeonholes? From weird and wonderful to useful and indefinable, we’ve got the pick of the show floor offerings, ready for your perusal.

We spied a stack of essential bits of kit that just won’t conform, and we’ve rounded them up right here in our top 5 gadgets feature. What’ll be stuffing your stocking when Christmas next rolls around? Read on to see…

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The first day of CES 2010 threw forth an absolute flurry of fantastic tech but if you’ve missed any of it while you were sleeping, worry not. Read on for today’s CES Catch-up…
Electricpig first predicted it back in October 2009, now Amazon boss Jeff Bezos has confirmed it – the big screen Amazon Kindle DX is hitting the UK. The Kindle DX will ship to the UK from January 19 but you’ll need to use an adaptor for UK plug sockets.
Straight from the weird gadgets wing of CES, Parrot unveiled the Parrot A.R Drone. It’s an iPhone controlled quadricopter that’ll allow you to detect real life targets using an iPhone app interface. It’s not arriving until later in the year but check out the full story for pics of it in action.
CES 2010 has plenty of tantalising TV tech on show and the Boxee Box is one of the coolest bits of kit going. Electricpig got hands-on with the affordable HD media streamer and revealed a QWERTY keyboard concealed in its remote. Again, hit the full story for oodles of pics of the Boxee Box.
We’re bit fans of wireless charging and Powermat has unveiled a simplified version of its cable cutting charger. It’s ditched its gadgets in favour of new rubbery cases for HTC, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Blackberry, LG and Samsung phones. There’s also new Powermats and portable versions to peer at too.
And finally, Asus gave us a sneak peek at its vision of the computing future – the Asus Waveface system. It includes cloud computing via the ultra-sexy Asus Waveface watch and an Asus Waveface Light Laptop with a flexible display that can be flattened out into a tablet.
If that’s not enough CES 2010 news for you, hop over here for all the latest news from the show and keep your eyes locked on Electricpig today for more.

CES catch upThe first day of CES 2010 threw forth an absolute flurry of fantastic tech but if you’ve missed any of it while you were sleeping, worry not. Read on for today’s CES Catch-up…

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This Motorola Milestone sits on the Powermat, thanks to its new Powerpak battery

Powermat bulldozed wireless electricity into our lives last year, proving our gadgets didn’t need pesky cables to juice themselves up, just a clever power jacket, and a charging pad. This year, Powermat’s taking a leap forward, ditching the jacket with Powerpak batteries, letting phones from HTC, BlackBerry, Nokia, LG, Samsung, Motorola and Sony Ericsson juice up without shoving the phone inside a rubbery case.

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Lunchtime LowdownTick tock, it’s 12.30 o’clock! Time to settle down with a plate piled high with all the latest tech news, rounded up for you right here in the lunchtime lowdown. Get it while it’s hot!

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The new Powermat charges gadgets wirelessly

We’ve longed for a way to juice all our gadgets wirelessly for longer than Bruce Forsyth’s been jiving away on the telly, so when a Powermat board dropped through the doorflap, we thought our sans cable calls had been answered. We’ve put it through its paces to see if it’s the lifechanging bit of kit we’ve been hoping for, so read on and find out with our full Powermat review.

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Lunchtime LowdownIt’s almost time to pack up and get out, but before you do, be sure to stock up on all the latest tech news, boiled down and condensed here for you in the lunchtime lowdown. Ready? Steady? Eat!

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PowermatThe Powermat wireless charger will only work with low-power portable gear like phones and iPods right now, but the boffins behind it are beavering away on something much more ambitious: a wireless charger for your laptop. Who needs a MagSafe connector when your desk can charge your machine for you?

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Powermat: hands-on photos! Powermat: hands-on photos!

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Powermat: hands-on photos!

The Powermat wireless charger for juicing all your gadget gear over the air is just beginning to trickle into shops now, and we’ve had a go with one ourselves for your delectation. Is it the universal Touchstone we were hoping for? Read on for first photos and impressions.

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