Loaded: Rest from CES Video

Loaded: Rest from CES Video Transcript

>> Natali Del Conte: It's a travel day for the Loaded crew. We're coming back from Las Vegas from the Consumer Electronics Show, but we still have a show for you today. ^M00:00:07 [ Music ] ^M00:00:12 Today we thought we'd show you our favorite picks from the Consumer Electronics Show. Take a look.

>> Brian Cooley: Hey folks, Brian Cooley here at CES 2009 with Nathan Friedman from LG, but I like to call him Dick Tracy because he has the thing we've always waited for in the tech industry: the wristwatch that does it all. In this case it's the Watchphone from LG: so super secret and so fresh and cool I'm not even allowed to touch it. It has to stay on his wrist. You've got to like that. Now check it out. Really nice hi-res color screen and it's a touch screen also. If you look at it you'll see there's a media player, a whole bunch of other features you'd expect from I think the class that we'd call Rich Media Phones. How does it work? Well you dial with the touch screen. And I was kind of skeptical. What are the buttons like? Are they doable? And Nathan's going to actually pull up the dialing screen here and we'll see you don't need a stylist. I thought you would have, but it appears that with a finger you're able to get those buttons and do so with enough accuracy to actually dial. Now this thing is loaded up with features: I'm not allowed to touch it. It's got Bluetooth and Bluetooth stereo streaming. You've got voice recognition to speak commands to it. Also, text to speak so it can audio play messages that come in: things of that nature. As I mentioned you've got a media player in there. That screen by the way is 1.43 inches in diagonal size and it's used in that portrait mode as you see, but again clarity is everything so to my eye it's pretty useable even though it's rather small. The downside for us here in the U.S. is there are no plans for U.S. distribution just yet, but it will be hitting the European market late this year. They got to bring it here. Again, that's the LG Watchphone seen here for the first time at CES 2009. I'm Brian Cooley.

>> Natali Del Conte: Hi I'm Natali Del Conte with CNET TV. Welcome to CES 2009 where we're taking a First Look at Powermat. This is a wireless charging pad that will charge any portable device as long as it has this little pad receiver on the back. When you put your device on, you'll feel this little magnetic pull and it will hold onto anything: a BlackBerry, an iPhone, a portable gaming device, a laptop. It uses a technology called magnetic induction. This is 99 dollars. The little pads that come with are 30 dollars. It's not available until the fall, but you can find more information about it at Powermatusa.com. I'm Natali Del Conte with CNET TV. This is CES 2009 in Las Vegas.

>> Brian Tong: Brian Tong here with CNET.com at CES 2009. We want to find some crazy things here at CES. This is the multimedia Coca-Cola machine. It's a collaboration between Samsung and Coca-Cola and this is an all touch screen interface. So I'm thirsty. We've been working the floor. I'm going to go here, see what Coke I have. You can actually interact with it and spin the bottle. Spin it and you know what, I'm pretty thirsty. I'm going to see if this thing actually works. Oh here we go. It's a Coke bottle. I'm going to make sure this is the real thing. Oh it's the real thing. Okay, for CNET.com I'm Brian Tong. Cheers.

>> Bonnie Cha: Hi I'm Bonnie Cha, Senior Editor for CNET.com and we're here at CES 2009 along here with Stefan [inaudible] from Palm. And today they introduced the Palm Pre as well as their new operating system the Palm Web OS. So you know, why don't you tell us some of the general features of the Palm Pre?

>> Okay, so the Palm Pre: nice obviously smooth rounded edges.

>> Bonnie Cha: Right.

>> It feels really good in the hand. It's got a full capacitive touch panel for gesturer movements. The gesture area actually extends below the screen here...

>> Bonnie Cha: Right.

>> ...so there's some key gestures that you can actually do by swiping back and forth. One of the key aspects of course is that it is multitasking in that you have multiple application open at the same time.

>> Bonnie Cha: Sure.

>> One of the key aspect also is that sometimes you know you need to open a device because you need to be able to do more because you get heavy messaging.

>> Bonnie Cha: Right.

>> So we have full keyboard here...

>> Bonnie Cha: Okay.

>> So it's slides open with a full keyboard. It's got a nice sort of curve slider to it. It's got a nice ergonomic feel...

>> Bonnie Cha: Right.

>> ...so it feels really good when you hold it up to your head....

>> Bonnie Cha: When you're holding [inaudible].

>> There's the back of the device: a nice sort of mirror there is you want to actually just check your makeup or something at the last minute as well. Multiple capabilities the device. There's the phone application of course. It's a great phone.

>> Bonnie: Sure, okay.

>> You want to make a nice balance between being a great phone and also being a great web experience so it's got a nice sized display but not so big that it feels kind of heavy and clunky...

>> Bonnie Cha: Right, okay.

>> ...when you're holding it up to your head at the same time.

>> Bonnie Cha: So you're kind of aiming this for consumers and business kind of an all in one device for them correct?

>> Yeah, the idea is that it's a product for your whole life. It's for your work life and you can get your corporate email and your corporate contacts and your corporate you know exchange information. And then also that you can get your Google calendar and your Google contacts and Facebook contacts...

>> Bonnie Cha: Right.

>> ...so it's really the one device for your whole life and for bringing it altogether.

>> Bonnie Cha: So the Palm Pre will be available exclusively through Sprint, correct?

>> Correct.

>> Bonnie Cha: And it will be available sometime in the first half of 2009?

>> That is correct. Yes first half of 2009.

>> Bonnie Cha: Okay, and pricing has not been released.

>> That's correct.

>> Bonnie Cha: Okay, so they have it. Now something to look forward to, the Palm Pre as well as the Palm Web OS. I'm sure more devices will be coming eventually?

>> Absolutely. It's just the beginning.

>> Bonnie Cha: Alright, sounds good. I'm Bonnie Cha from CNET.com and this has been a First Look at the Palm Pre.

>> Natali Del Conte: That's it for today but I will see you tomorrow. Thank you for watching. I'm Natali Del Conte with CNET TV and you've just unloaded.