Posted Jan 17th 2008 2:41PM by Ryan Block
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
The votes are in for the best of Crapgadget at CES 2008, and it was something of a landslide. We’re sorry, mini phone, but the e-paper display that’s actually paper took the gold with a margin of nearly ten points over the runner up, Tole Pure. See you next year — if you haven’t already gouged out your eyeballs.
- Round 13: e-paper display actually paper
- Round 18 finale: Tole Pure really is a crapgadget
- Round 17: the non-existent digital photo frame
- Round 1: the Mini Phone
- Round 2: the MP5 player
- Round 7: 64MB Beer MP3 player
- Round 8: Firetruck with 1.5-inch digital photo frame
- Round 4: Fugliest display evar
- Round 12: iPod docking pink plastic purse
- Round 11: Janky-ass MP4 watch
- Round 14: Hello Kitty with human debris
- Round 15: Shredmaster Jr.
- Round 6: The Apple Pie
- Round 10: PC Desktop Duo
- Round 9: spy recorder for little girls
- Round 16: Music Player Sunglasses
- Round 3: Boxing Champ
- Round 5: Tweety! digital camera
Thinness is a defining factor for many consumer electronics products nowadays and Casio knows it. The Casio EXILIM Card EX-S10 is, according to Casio, the world’s smallest and thinnest 10.1 Megapixel camera as of today.
It looks like Syntax-Brillian (makers of Olevia LCD TVs) won’t be scrounging around for LCD panels anytime in the near future, as the company has just announced that it’s signed a deal with Sharp that’ll see the company deliver a minimum of 700,000 LCD panels to ‘em during 2008. That includes 32-, 37-, 52- and 65-inch size panels, with an option to buy additional panels based on market demand. Nothing too extraordinary there, but the deal does gives Syntax-Brillian and Taiwan’s Kolin exclusive rights to Sharp’s top-end 65-inch, 120Hz LCD panels through September 2008, which is certainly nothing to sneeze at. While the ink’s still barely dry on this contract, as we heard during CES, those panels are already their way into some Olevia sets due in the second quarter of this year, making that “exclusive” period a bit on the short side, though we don’t doubt Syntax-Brillian will make the most of it.
Remember that viscerally disturbing scene from The Matrix when you see the liquefied human goo engulf the baby? Well now you can bring that memory into the comfort of your own bathroom with the Gelicity Spa Jelly Bath. More than just another bubble bath, Gelecity transforms your bathwater into a lavender, jasmine and bergamot-infused gel. While not necessarily the epitome of relaxation, a gel bath holds heat for three times longer than water. 
The DC24 Dyson vac being introduced today is the first since the large DC15 to roll around the floor on a big orange ball instead of wheels, making it super maneuverable. It’s a little vac with a typically high price tag ($400 for DC24; $470 for its larger sibling, the DC25). In many ways it’s just another vacuum cleaner, but in its design, it does mark the return of James Dyson’s ball.
As you can see in the video above, the DC24 pivots right and lift as you twist your wrist, allowing it to corner like it’s on rails. It has two tiny rear wheels, but they rarely touch the floor. It’s all ball.
