December 14th, 2006
Alice Hill on CNBC.com
By: Chief Gizmateer, Gizmos for Geeks
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
Alice Hill was just featured on CNBC.com talking about upcoming gadgets and trends for the new year.
The first gadget Alice covered was the Palm Treo 680 ($199) stressing that accessibility and smartphones will begin to become more mainstream with cell phone users. She then brought up the opposite trend of some people not wanting to be connected all the time and not “showing off” their gadgets like in years past.
Next, Alice talked about the format wars for HD video - Blu-ray or HD-DVD, and how no one wants to really deal with this war especially after having repurchased their entire video library in DVD format. The product I believe she featured was the DVD upscaling Helios H4000 ($169) which provides the bridge from DVD to HD. She may have featured the Helios X5000 ($579).
The wireless Mvix, MX0760HD ($329), was the next gadget featured which allows you to store your entire digital library in a hard back book size. You simply add a hard drive in the unit for the size you need. You can even expand the storage space through the USB ports. She’s bringing this to Tahoe for Christmas!
Belkin’s wireless USB hub ($79) was featured next. This gadget allows you to roam around the house and use USB devices attached to the hub wirelessly. For example, you can access an external hard drive or USB printer from up to 40 feet away.
Unfortunately I did not get the name of the final gadget Alice talked about that helps lower stress. Basically the gadget helps you focus on lowering stress in your life as you put your finger on the sensor and try to change the color from red to blue to peaceful green. Perhaps Alice can fill us in on this gadget.
CNBC.com has part 1 and part 2 online now. Great job Alice, you picked the same gadgets “the Geeks” would have!
zhoomlalu says:
Here’s the link to the show… way to go Alice
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=153863357
December 14th, 2006 at 2:55 pm
Alice says:
OK - I just want to go on record saying that I know that TV makes you look enormous, but that was a nightmare. The guy who was SO nice was only about 5 ft 2 inches and I am six feet and I was wearing this huge sweater. The angle with me crammed in is SO unflattering. Man…
But it was a great experience and the CNBC folks were happy.
December 14th, 2006 at 3:19 pm
Doug Felteau says:
So Alice… what was that stress-o-meter? My wife needs one!
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Doug
December 14th, 2006 at 4:07 pm
Alice says:
It’s called the emwave.
http://www.emwave.com/
December 14th, 2006 at 5:12 pm
Mike says:
You looked a bit nervous
Nice show though.
Mike
Just curious - how many unique hits per month do you get here?
December 15th, 2006 at 4:05 am
Dave Barnes says:
Alice,
I clicked on the “part1″ link and arrived at CNBC, but no video.
Then, I read this “Seperate addresses with semi-colons”.
I thought, if I knew what a semi-colon was I am sure that I can spell separate correctly.
Have all the proof readers in the world been executed?
,dave
December 15th, 2006 at 9:05 pm
amit says:
Hi Alice,
Sorry I missed it live on CNBC.
But is it possible to see the videos on the cnbc site using the links provided, without having to pay for cnbc membership?
December 17th, 2006 at 7:18 pm
Doug Felteau says:
You can watch it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASnugr6BGDw
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