⌚️ Smartwatch superpowers 🕹️ Nintendo Switch 2 reveal? 📱 Finest phones from CES 2024 ⌨️ Keyboard craziness | |
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How one company is giving your Wear OS smartwatch superpowers | A company is showing off a complex gesture control system for Wear OS smartwatches at CES 2024, and we found out how it's improving on Apple's Double Tap | Doublepoint’s impressive Wow Mouse app adds gesture control to your Wear OS smartwatch, effectively turning it into a mouse on your wrist that uses finger and wrist movements to operate. But Wow Mouse is a relatively basic demonstration of what Doublepoint is working on. Digital Trends spoke to Ohto Pentikäinen, CEO of Doublepoint, about the company’s next-generation gesture control system, which is best described as “Apple’s Double Tap feature on steroids.” The system features “micro gestures” that let you tap to select, tap to scroll, and double tap, and works by using the accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer sensors that are found in most of today’s smartwatches and other wearables ... | |
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An AI company may have just leaked the Nintendo Switch 2’s name and release month | Nintendo has yet to reveal the date, so has Altec Lansing slipped up? | Audio company Altec Lansing used its presence at CES 2024 to reveal an artificial intelligence-powered successor to GameShark called AI Shark. More interestingly, the press release regarding this software claims that the Nintendo Switch 2 will launch this September. “Formerly known as GameShark, AI Shark is set to redefine the gaming landscape with its revolutionary AI-enhanced technology,” Altec Lansing said in the release. “The innovative gaming software is set to mark a significant leap forward in the gaming experience, bringing enhanced gameplay for beginner-level users. The official launch is planned to coincide with the Nintendo Switch 2 in September 2024.” Nintendo has yet to confirm the name of its next console or the release date. Altec Lansing may have inadvertently spilled the beans, though when questioned on the matter it claimed it was just guessing ... | |
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Here are the best smartphones we saw at CES 2024 | CES is a big show for TVs, cars, and more. But what about smartphones? It's got those, too! Here are the best ones we found at this year's CES | First up is the Asus ROG Phone 8 Pro. A real beast in terms of specs, the handset packs a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip with a display offering a 165Hz refresh rate for select games, while for everything else it varies between 1Hz and 120Hz. The 6.78-inch handset comes with up to 24 GB of RAM and up to 1TB of storage, a massive 5,500mAh battery, and support for 65W fast charging. Along with a bunch of other great specs, the ROG Phone 8 Pro also offers a mini-LED display on the back of the phone that can show 20 different animations for various scenarios. And there's more ... | |
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This is the strangest, most exciting keyboard I saw at CES 2024 | 'Keyboards usually aren't exciting, but Hyte is brewing up something truly special with the Keeb' | The new Keeb keyboard from Hyte is, without a doubt, one of the strangest, most exciting keyboards I’ve ever seen. And I can’t wait for it to start shipping. Hyte isn’t the name you think of when it comes to peripherals — in fact, this is its first peripheral ever. The company known for PC cases is expanding its horizons with the Keeb keyboard, and it seems focused on bringing the same unique design that we’ve seen with its PC cases over the past few years to other components. The Keeb’s polycarbonate “Crystal Bubble” shell houses an array of customizable RGB LEDs that wrap your keyboard in light, creating a remarkable floating effect with the keys. It’s one of the most unique looks you can find on a keyboard ... | |
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