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Toddygear: A Fashionable Cleaning Cloth

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Todd Cochrane and Tom Newman talked to Todd Gable founder & CEO of Toddy Gear. Toddy Gear is a fashionable microfiber cloth. It can be used to clean a tablet or smart phone screen. It is a double sided cloth. On one side is a silk microfiber with various artistic patterns and on the other is a plush microfiber material. It is machine washable and the anti-micro-bile coating doesn’t come off.

There are several lines, the one for men is called Hottie Tottie, the women’s line is called Chic E. Boutiquee. There is even a girl’s line called Misbehave. They also will make cloths with a company brand on it. It is $14.95 per cloth and is available through the Toddy Website, and at the Verizon store,

Interview by Todd Cochrane of Geek News Central. andTom Newman of The Fogview Podcast.

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Able Planet and Linx Audio Headphones

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Todd listens to Mary Semcken, VP of Marketing for Able Planet, which has an innovative technology for reducing the decibel level of headphones without reducing the richness of the sound. Amazingly, Able Planet has won a CES Innovation Award every year from 2006 through 2010.

Mary shows off three new headsets, the first in military-style colours so that you can wear the colours of your team while playing Call of Duty. Camo, desert, navy.

Secondly, Able Planet has developed a Signature series of headphones in conjunction with a number of sportstars. Motocross women’s champion Ashley Fiolek has a pink set with 10% of proceeds going to breast cancer charities and Chris Anderson’s (“the bird man”) Signature set has copies of his tattoos on the phones.

All available shortly from major retailers and direct from Able Planet.

Interview by Todd Cochrane of Geek News Central.

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Polk Audio Delivers Wireless Surround Sound

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Todd talks to Al Baron from Polk Audio which has introduced an incredible 82 new products in 2010. Polk Audio provides high quality audio components for a range of different of environments. Not just the home, but auto, marine and outdoors.

A couple of highlights from the year includes Wireless Surround effects speaker which replaces the rear speakers with single unit. As it’s wireless no cables are required except for power. Available now for $399.

Continuing the surround sound theme, the PolkAudio SurroundBar delivers surround sound from a single unit and pairs well with flat screen TVs to give a big audio experience with minimum of fuss. There’s just one cable from the TV to the speaker. Starts from £349.

PolkAudio also have a range of subwoofers that are wireless ready so they can start off wired and then be converted to wireless with the addition of $99 module. Very easy to use and keeps your investment going for that little bit longer.

Finally, Al talks about the Blackstone TL series of compact home theatre speakers. These are small powerful speakers for home audio that pack a punch and give big sound from a small box. A 5.1 home theatre system runs $499 upwards.

All products are available now.

Interview by Todd Cochrane of Geek News Central

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Taser Consumer Devices

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Taser was back at CES 2011 to show people how to use the product and protect their families. They are also showing some other great products.

During the interview, Carissa is going to taser the “Bad guy” in the protective booth. Basically, you load up the cartridge, slide back the lever and a laser becomes active. Point, shoot and set down to make you and your family safe.

Taser guns are available starting at $379. They also have training for use, so you don’t get hurt in trying to make your family safe.

Interview by Carissa O’Brien

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Portable Power with Horizon’s Fuel Cells

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Horizon Power CellHorizon showed their green energy solution for powering all your electronic gadgets using hydrogen.

HydroFILL is a “world-first” small-scale home hydrogen station that allows consumers or retailers/distributors to refill solid state canisters in a simple way, using water and electricity as only input. By adding water, and plugging the HydroFILL into a electrical wall-socket (or a solar panel), consumers can generate hydrogen and store it in a solid form automatically in HydroSTIK cartrridges.

Horizon calls this fuel cartridge technologies, miniPAK, and it’s able to charge a variety of portable electronics for longer durations and at a lower cost than existing disposable, rechargeable battery alternatives. Each miniPak is equivalent to 100 AA batteries and can be recharged about 100 times.

Interview by Tom Newman: Fogview Podcast

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Pure Contour Internet WiFi Connected Radio Includes FM, iPhone Dock

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Internet Radio has grown up with this internet connected radio with iPhone and iPad dock from Pure. When you are using the internet radio features to listen to one of the  just over 17,000 internet radio stations available, you can slide in the docking drawer for a smooth appearance. To play from your iPhone or iPod, touch to slide the drawer out.  Pure is just moving into the US market, out of a very successful base in the UK and other regions of the world. In fact, Pure is the biggest digital radio manufacturer (WiFi and LAN) in the world. They also include FM broadcast for local stations.

At CES2011, Pure also launched Flow Songs, which allows you to purchase music direct from your radio- using Shazaam technology.

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Targus Introduces A New Line Of Bags

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Targus, the premier computer bag maker, was at CES 2011 showing off their new line of products. To nobody’s surprise they are going heavy on the tablet cases this year – as PC makers scramble to go heavy on the tablets. They have been producing iPad cases for several months, but they give us a look here at the Samsung Galaxy Tab cases as well. But, beyond cases they also have a stylus, which can be used with any touch device, including those running iOS (we know Steve Jobs LOVES the stylus). They are also now producing a bluetooth keyboard as well.

Availability on these products is immediate and price points are mentioned during the interview.

Interview by Todd Cochran of Geek News Central and Esby Larsen of MrNetCast.com

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Ipad Cover with Keyboard by Zagg

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The iPad virtual keyboard works great if you are just typing some short notes or an email. However if you are typing a long document, you may prefer a regular keyboard. Unfortunately once you start carrying a regular keyboard you might as well be carrying a computer.

Zagg has a solution, a cover with the keyboard in it. On the back edge of the cover there is a support which you pull up and lean your iPad against it. The support can go into 10 different angles. Allowing you to place the iPad as you like it. The keyboard is right there in front of you in the case.

When you done with your work, remove the iPad, put down the support, lay the ipad on top of the cover face down and close. You are ready to go in less than a minute. The case is made of high-grade tough aluminium, which matches the color of the iPad. The Zaggmate only adds 1/8 of an inch of thickness to the iPad. The ZaggMate with keyboard is $99.00, without the keyboard it is $69.00. So if you are looking for a well made cover with keyboard included you might want to take a look at the Zaggmate

Interview by Todd Cochrane of Geek News Central.

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Qmadix iPad Case / Keyboard and Accessory Line

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Just before Christmas, Qmadix launched this very neat portfolio case for the Apple iPad that includes a slim bluetooth keyboard. The case doubles as a stand and the keyboard can be removed from the portfolio if it’s not going to be used. Comes in a range of colours, too. Available now from Fry’s for a penny under $130.

Also on the video are Qmadix’s Qi-Wear by iHarmonix, stereo bluetooth sunglasses. Not cheap at $279, but look cool.

Interview by Todd Cochrane of Geek News Central

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Lenspen Sidekick for Apple iPhone and iPod

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If you hate fingerprints and smudges on your iPhone or other mobile device, then Sidekick from Lenspen is the product you’ve been waiting for. Using a carbon-based technology, it wipes away oil-based marks like fingerprints from flat screens, leaving them clean and shiny.

New at CES and available soon for $9.95

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