Eye-Fi Card Wins Yahoo! "Last Gadget Standing" Award at CES 2008
Yahoo! has announced that the innovative Eye-Fi Card is the winner of ''Last Gadget Standing'' at CES 2008, saying that the Eye-Fi represents the hottest product with the most staying power. We couldn't agree more, the Eye-Fi card is ready to take off once the word gets out to mainstream consumers. The 2GB SD memory card includes a specially designed low-power Wi-Fi chip that enables you to automatically transfers photos from a camera to a Mac or PC, or upload to photo-sharing sites and social networks. The Eye-Fi Card works with most digital cameras that accept SD memory cards
The annual "Last Gadget Standing" competition is a live event where ten gadgets duke it out for consumers' affection. Yahoo! Tech's experts reviewed hundreds of products, and with the help of millions of Yahoo! readers, narrowed the list to ten gadgets that represent the most relevant products to consumers' lives, as well as the directions the consumer electronics industry is headed. At the standing-room-only competition, each of the finalists gave a four minute demonstration of their products to the live audience, who then voted for the gadget they felt would make a difference in their lives.
The remaining "Last Gadget Standing" finalists included some of the cool digital tech gear you've read about here at DigitaltechNews.com:
- Asus Eee PC 4G is a computer that costs only $399, has a tiny 7-inch
screen, runs Linux, and comes with a suite of great software
applications.
- The Verizon LG Voyager phone has a touch screen and beneath the flip
is a QWERTY keyboard for easy typing.
- Dash Express is an Internet-connected GPS device that gives real-time
traffic conditions based on data transmitted from other Dash users.
Users can also receive up-to-the minute notifications via Yahoo! Local
about everything from movies to gas prices.
- Sansa TakeTV offers a simple and less expensive way to move
downloaded TV programs around the house. Using a cradle with standard
RCA and S-Video plugs, your TV media is stored on the USB memory stick.
- iRobot's iLooj is a robotic gutter cleaner that will clean a stretch
of gutter (60 feet) in ten minutes.
- Toshiba's TDP-EW25U wireless DLP projector can produce an image that
casts 41 feet or 1.6 feet, create a 60-inch picture even when it's
positioned 2.4 feet away, and accommodates high-definition video.
- The Logitech DiNovo is a wireless keyboard that fits in the palm of a
hand and makes it simple to navigate media when a user connects a PC to
a TV screen.
- Electric-Spin's Golf Launchpad Tour is a unique golf simulation input
device that allows users to play golf in the convenience of their home,
with their own clubs.
- Fujitsu's U810 WWAN is an ultra-mobile PC with state-of-the-art
connectivity.
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