Imagine no more: one of Samsung Display’s two new folding flip phone concepts at CES 2024 does that: the Samsung Display Flex In&Out.
The other is the Flex Liple, which I hear stands for “light” and “simple.” Since they both ditch the cover screen, perhaps it’s a way to manufacture less expensive flip phones, too.
I’m not even a little embarrassed a robot helped me walk around CES 2024. I kind of want to do it more!
The WiRobotics WIM is a $2,500-ish belt pack with fold-out roboarms that gently lift your legs up and down as you walk. It made me feel lighter, and only weighs a few pounds itself. The company says it reduces walking energy by 20 percent. Maybe when I’m older.
Want to have private convos in public, perhaps without disturbing fellow airplane passengers? That’s the idea behind Skyted’s muzzle here, and it kinda works.
Right now it still looks like a respirator with a belt pack for the electronics, but I could hear the founder’s slightly muffled voice over the din of the CES show floor when I wore wired headphones connected to the mask. That price, tho: $400 wired, $600 Bluetooth in Q4 of this year.
It’s good to see Intel’s gaming NUCs are alive and well under new management! This one’s definitely a NUC: loads of ports despite a small 2.5-liter chassis, Intel Core Ultra processors, and up to 140W of GPU power from what’s presumably mobile RTX 4070 graphics?
Here are the spec sheets and an early product page. We don’t have pricing or dates yet.
There are still many unknowns about this new handheld Windows gaming PC, but Sean Hollister reports from CES 2024 that MSI’s Claw device feels comfier than competitors like the Asus ROG Ally and Lenovo Legion Go.
MSI says the Claw will ship this year, priced at $699 to start, or more if you’re willing to pay for an Intel Core Ultra 7 CPU.
Literally! And gently.
Like many Razer concepts, there’s no guarantee this haptic cushion will ever come to market. But I definitely found it more compelling than haptic headphones here at CES, and it seems way more comfortable and convenient than an “FPS vest.”
BTW, there is already a device called the Buttkicker.
The Epomaker DynaTab 75X looks super flashy here at CES, and it’s not all that expensive: under $150 for hot-swappable keys, USB-C, Bluetooth and 2.4GHz wireless (with hidden dongle), and a 10,000mAh battery. It’s a Kickstarter.
Now that we’ve corrected the Razer flub, a few more Thunderbolt 5 gadgets we spotted at CES: an SSD from Sabrent, an OWC dock, and a TBT5 cable, none of them hooked up.
Don’t necessarily expect big adoption this year. Jason Ziller, aka Intel’s Mr. Thunderbolt, wouldn’t tell me if we’d get even a handful more TBT5 PCs this year (though peripherals should keep coming).
How about Apple? “You know they support every other version. That’s all I can tell you.”
Razer put a Thunderbolt 5 port in its new Blade 18 laptop, which also now has a 4K 165Hz display. Here it is in the flesh at CES 2024 — admittedly in a dimly lit suite with nothing plugged in.
Don’t expect to charge-and-play with this port. The GPU alone can draw more than the current USB-C maximum of 240W. (See Razer’s beefy power socket on the left?) But do expect loads of bandwidth for monitors and peripherals.
Correction: Replaced image with an accurate one from Intel’s booth. Razer originally told us the left USB-C port was TBT5 as well.
