At CES, Adriana and I got a chance to shoot with the new Lytro camera. While our hands-on post can be found here, the Lytro team has just started to put up select images that we and the other journalists captured in the Wynn Lobby in Las Vegas. Check out that Buffalo style! Note: Click
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Scosche cellCONTROL System Blocks Smartphone Use in Cars
Are your teens just hitting the open road? Do you manage a fleet of young, phone-obsessed drivers? Do you need your own personal texting and driving intervention? The Scosche cellCONTROL module might be the answer to those questions. Driving accessory manufacturer Scosche announced the Scosche cellCONTROL accessory at CES 2012 and it’s just starting to gain popularity. The
CES, Booth Babes, and How To Piss Off Female Tech Reporters
Has it really only been a week since the Consumer Electronics Show started winding down? I took away a lot of thoughts from it, but there was one memory that really stands out. There I was at the Skunk Juice booth, shooting Noah as he checked out the company’s unique magnetic earbud system (which can
Mike’s CES 2012 Camera Wrap-Up and Predictions
When it came to digital imaging, the biggest stars of CES 2012 were Canon, Nikon, Fujifilm and Lytro. Panasonic, Sony, Olympus, Pentax and Samsung stuck to their current lineups on the show floor, but I know most of the lot will be unleashing new cameras within the next few months. Then there was Casio. Oh,
CES Post-Show Journal: Behind the Scenes
If you’ve never been to the Consumer Electronics Show, it can feel like a massive tech carnival — a wonderland of gear covering practically every area of life imaginable. There are rows upon rows of cars, home appliances, mobile devices, accessories, smart TVs, and myriad other machines and gadgets, all clamoring for attention. For some
12 Things I Learned at CES ’12
1. It’s never too late to play the game if you’ve got enough dough Intel finally joined the 21st Century by unveiling the first smartphone running on their silicon, the Lenovo K800. Powered by a Intel Atom Z2460 running at 1.6GHz, the phone features a full 720p display and dazzled most everyone who saw it
Samsung Announces It Will Merge Its Bada Operating System With Tizen
Samsung has announced its plans to merge its own bada smartphone operating system with the open-source Tizen platform that the Korean company has recently been working on with Intel. The Linux core of the two platforms will be matched so that the Tizen OS is capable of running bada applications, and vice versa. Samsung’s Senior
Asus Insists Its Transformer Prime Tablet Will Not Get 3G Data Connectivity
Asus has issued a statement today in which it insists its quad-core Transformer Prime tablet will not get 3G data connectivity. The announcement follows a leaked Asus roadmap that was published last week, suggesting a 3G-equipped device would launch in March. Unfortunately for those of you who got your hopes up, Asus is denying all
CES 2012: New-Release Phones (By Carrier)
During the time span of four days at the Consumer Electronics Show 2012 in Las Vegas, many smartphone and tablets were released. Here at TechnoBuffalo, we know that it may be hard to disseminate and make sense of all the phones announced. To help you out, here’s a summary of the many phones released at
Best in Show: CES 2012 Readers’ Choice Awards
The votes are in, and if polls can be trusted you all really like yourselves hot new mobile tech! We’ve tallied the results, and here are the winners of TechnoBuffalo’s CES 2012 Readers’ Choice Awards as selected by you, The Herd: Nokia Lumia 900 (18.6% of the vote) Nokia’s new flagship phone was built specifically
Best in Show: TechnoBuffalo CES 2012 Editors’ Choice Awards
You made your voices heard loud and clear! Now check out the results of the CES 2012 Readers’ Choice Awards. In the meantime we’ve been voting too! The results are in, and here are the seven best products from CES 2012 as selected by the humble editors of TechnoBuffalo (presented in alphabetical order by manufacturer). Check
CES: It Ain’t About the Specs, Dummy
3D printers and their simultaneously awesome-and-nightmare inducing capabilities aside, basically everything I’ve seen at CES this week has been iterative and evolutionary in nature. Bigger, thinner, faster smartphones. Cameraphones with garish megapixel counts. A garishly specced digital camera with an Android phone shoved inside. Thinner, lighter HDTVs. Brighter, higher pixel-count HDTVs. DSLRs that shoot even better
Sony Not Worried About PS Vita’s Japanese Sales Performance
The PlayStation Vita launched in Japan on December 17th, 2011. During that opening weekend, the brand new handheld from Sony sold more than 300,000 units. Since then, however, the device has seen a large dip in sales. The week after its launch saw the PS Vita move only 70,000 units and fall below hardware more
Mike and Noah’s Excellent Car Adventure! @ CES 2012
Join Noah and Mike as they journey frantically throughout the CES 2012 show floor in search of the most unique automobiles in Las Vegas! You’ll see concept cars, electric vehicles, bass blasting audio systems and more! Witness madcap tomfoolery and zany hijinkery as Noah and Mike squeal their tires at full throttle on the highway of automobile tech!
Fujifilm Finepix F770 EXR Hands-On Preview (Video)
Want a 20x optical zoom in your pocket? The Fujifilm Finepix F770 EXR will do the trick. It’s got a 20x optical zoom lens with 25mm wide-angle equivalent and the camera is super compact. For image quality, Fujifilm stuffed a fairly large (for a point-and-shoot) 16-megapixel 1/2-inch CMOS sensor inside that specializes in Fujifilm’s EXR
Microsoft Embarrasses Competition in $100 Windows Phone Speed Tests at CES
Those attending this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas had the opportunity to walk away with $100 from Microsoft if they could prove their smartphone was faster than a Windows Phone device. The tests generated a lot of interest at Microsoft’s booth today, according to The Verge, but not many visitors walked away with
The Powerbag Rucksack Will Charge All Your Mobile Devices While You Travel
Those who frequently travel with their mobile devices will be all too familiar with dead batteries and frantic searches for power outlets in a bid to charge them up again. But a Powerbag will finally eradicate your low battery warnings for good. This magnificent lineup of rucksacks, messenger bags, and briefcases all feature a built-in charging system that
Street Fighter IV HD Coming to Android in May for $13
Street Fighter IV was originally announced as a limited exclusive for the upcoming LG Spectrum. LG landed the rights from Capcom to bundle the game on their newest phone exclusively for its launch period. Now, announced at CES, Capcom will be making Street Fighter IV HD available to all compatible Android devices this May. That puts the Android edition
Twitter is Ablaze With Mentions of Microsoft, OLED TVs
Four days into CES 2012, and we’re still not finished with our coverage. The experience thus far has been exhausting: we’ve seen cameras, ultrabooks, insane gaming tablets, smartphones and everything in between. If it’s electronic, chances are it’s shown up at the cathedrals of Sin City. Our senses are being stimulated from every imaginable angle.
LG Spectrum Hands-on from CES 2012 (video)
Jon Rettinger got to go hands-on with the LG Spectrum this week at CES 2012. Of particular interest with this new phone is the IPS display the company is using in this new handset and demonstrates in the video with the benefit of a magnifying glass. As you can see, compared to a Super AMOLED
Nintendo Wii U Gameplay Demo from CES 2012 (video)
Jon Rettinger got a demo of how some Nintentdo Wii U games may function from the company itself at a closed door meeting today at CES 2012. Having your game only on the TV is so yesterday when you can have two people playing on the screen and a third having a completely different experience
Nintendo Wii U Controller Demo from CES 2012 (video)
Jon Rettinger was able to get a lengthy walk-through demonstation of just how the Wii U controller will work during a closed door meeting with Nintendo at CES 2012. While the main gameplay will still reside on your TV, you’ll also be able to bring the game to your controller so someone else can watch
Hands-On with the Nintendo Wii U at CES 2012 (video)
In a closed door meeting with Nintendo at CES 2012, Jon Rettinger was able to get some hands-on time with the Nintendo Wii U and its controller. While the actual console hasn’t been finalized yet, it looks like the controller has been. It may be odd looking, it’s a surprisingly nice fit in the hand,
PS Vita’s Unit 13 to Release on March 6th, 2012
It was announced during CES that Sony’s Zipper Interactive will be bringing future PlayStation Vita owners Unit 13 on March 6th of this year. The exact Tweet from Sony’s official PlayStation Twitter account: Just announced at CES: Unit 13 for PS Vita will be available on March 6, 2012. Unit 13 is set to be one of the
Check Out PS Vita’s Augmented Reality Table Soccer (Video)
When the PS Vita launches in North America (and around the world, for that matter), it will come with six different “AR Play Cards…” much like the Nintendo 3DS, if you’ve been paying attention. These cards will work with, initially, three free games at launch. Demoed for the PlayStation Blog during CES 2012 was one





























