The 15 Best Devices From CES You Can Buy Now (2021)
ces 2021GearGear / Gear News and Events January 15, 2021 0
In many ways, CES 2021 was different than any we on the Gear team have attended before. Instead of running around Las Vegas poking all the things and becoming seriously dehydrated, we sat at home and watched briefing after briefing on Zoom. But CES is still the festival of... Read more
Samsung Galaxy S21, S21+, S21 Ultra: Price, Specs, Release Date
GearGear / Gear News and EventsGear / Products / PhonesUnpacked January 14, 2021 0
At the beginning of 2020, weeks before the first US cities went into lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Samsung showed off a batch of new phones. Pricing for the least expensive of the lot, the Galaxy S20, started at an astonishing $1,000. Almost a year later, we’re still... Read more
CareClever Cutii. For years, we’ve seen companion robots of all shapes and sizes at CES—cuddlebots, dog robots, and robots that, er, do other things. But over the last year, robots for senior care took on a new and poignant urgency as the Covid-19 pandemic isolated vulnerable populations away from... Read more
CES 2021 Liveblog: Top Highlights From the Show
ces 2021GearGear / Gear News and Events January 12, 2021 0
Who needs buttons when you have screens? Debuting on the Mercedes-Benz EQS electric luxury sedan this year, the MBUX Hyperscreen is a 55.5-inch-wide display that spans the entire dashboard. It’s made up of three haptic OLED touchscreens under one continuous piece of Corning Gorilla glass. The driver and front... Read more
The first-ever virtual CES technology trade show kicks off next week. There are no massive halls to traverse or booths to visit in 2021, but that’s not stopping an onslaught of new product announcements for the calendar year. But before we start looking at the latest shiny new gadgets... Read more
CES 2021 Liveblog: Live Highlights From the Consumer Tech Showcase
ces 2021GearGear / Gear News and Events January 11, 2021 0
The Chinese home entertainment brand Konka is introducing a new line of smart home devices to its North American offerings. With a basic lineup of security cameras, video doorbells, smart plugs, and lights (with some variation in each group), all controlled by a singular app, the company is hoping... Read more
A Digital Picture Frame Is My Favorite Way to Keep in Touch
GearGear / ProductsGear / Products / Smart HomeRants and Raves January 10, 2021 0
I first encountered Aura frames back in August, when we wrote about gear for keeping in touch over long distances. All the products were fun to use, and offered something unique for people who are far away from those they love. But they can also be expensive, especially since... Read more
Amazon Halo Fitness Tracker Review: It Teaches You How to Be Nicer (Kinda)
GearGear / Products / Health and FitnessGear / TrendsVibe Check January 9, 2021 0
I was expecting Real to be extremely skeptical about newfangled devices that use cloud-based AI to interpret biodata. After all, human relationships are much too complicated to benefit from these, amirite? But he surprised me right off by disclosing that he uses similar devices in his practice. “HeartMath has... Read more
Razor EcoSmart Sup Review: A Suburbanite’s E-Scooter
GearGear / Products / OutdoorGear / ReviewsProduct Review January 6, 2021 0
Nevertheless, I used it to get to the post office, get around Brooklyn for several photo outings when I needed to test phone cameras, and … well, that’s about it. That takes me to my biggest problem with it. Annoying Quirks Razor says you can get 12 miles, or... Read more
Nokia 5.3 Review: Cheap and Dependable
GearGear / Products / PhonesGear / ReviewsProduct Review January 5, 2021 0
I sometimes need all the horsepower afforded by a flagship smartphone, like when I’m doing on-the-scene coverage of live events (remember those?). Tweeting, snapping photos, uploading images from my mirrorless camera to my phone, taking notes, jotting down questions, and responding to team members on Slack simultaneously can be... Read more