Take a behind the scenes look at some the best state of the art technology being made available for consumers this holiday season.
Into Tomorrow brings you highlights from the ShowStoppers Digital Holidays press event in New York City. Featuring: ParkVu’s Music WithMe, Palm Pre2, Monsoon Multimedia, Violight and Ambient Design. (Distributed by Tubemogul)-ITTV
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ShowStoppers for the Digital Holidays 2010
AMBIENT DESIGN / ARTRAGE
Become a digital artist with your iPad. The perfect stocking stuffer for a budding artist at $6.99, ArtRage for iPad lets you paint on the iPad canvas with oil painting effects that smear and blend and watercolor strokes that merge to create soft, wet gradations. Also available for Mac and Windows.
BITTORRENT
The holidays are full of surprises, and so is BitTorrent! Learn about our new efforts and experiments to give creators a voice to our audience of over 80 million media enthusiasts, plus hear more about our advanced live P2P streaming technology currently in development.
BIZZY
Find the perfect restaurant based on your specific tastes? It’s possible through Bizzy, a local business recommendation powered by people who like the same places as you.
CISCO
Want to see your friends and family face-to-face this holiday season with the latest innovation in video calling? Cisco ūmi telepresence brings family and friends into your living room with sights and sounds so clear and lifelike, you’ll see what they see, hear what they hear, and feel what they feel.
HI-REZ STUDIOS
So this MMO, shooter and strategy game clicks you into Earth’s near future … Come play the indie-game that will be on everyone’s holiday gift list: the E3 award-winning Global Agenda.
HP PALM
HP Palm showcases the new Palm Pre 2 with HP webOS 2.0.
ID8-MOBILE
The MoGo Talk XD™ for iPhone 4 is the perfect holiday gift for people who are always on the go. MoGo Talk XD™ is the world’s thinnest (5mm) and only integrated Bluetooth headset and protective case system that seamlessly and securely stores and charges on the back on an iPhone 4 case making it easy to charge your headset whenever you charge your phone.
LIVESCRIBE
Do anything with your smartpen! Livescribe’s smartpens have two primary features, they record everything you write and everything being said around you – but that’s just the beginning. Games and translation apps paired with a host of cool new features make the Livescribe Echo the perfect holiday gift for everyone from students and travelers to journalists.
MITSUBISHI
2010 may be the “Year of 3D,” but Mitsubishi has been making 3D home theater displays for years. The new Diamond Series projector uses the latest 3D tech to immerse you in the action like never before.
MONSOON MULTIMEDIA
Is your entertainment center getting ridiculously crowded with devices? Want to travel the world and still keep up to date with your favorite TV programming? What if you could have your DVR, Web Video, Place Shifting, Universal Plug and Play Streaming and Mobile Video Recording Boxes, all in one?”
MUSIC WITHME / PARKVU
Ditch the player – not the music! Remotely access and wirelessly download iTunes tracks direct to your smartphone with Music WithMe. Available on BlackBerry and launching at ShowStoppers – Android!
PLANTRONICS
The holidays are right around the corner! Stop by and see the latest headset releases from Plantronics for your holiday gift guide ideas! The perfect gift for any reader genre!
ROKU
Is cable cutting for real or is it more like cable shaving (reducing the number of cable services you subscribe to)? Thanks to over the top video devices that deliver beautiful-looking HD content to your TV over a wired or wireless connection, this fad just might be getting real! Come check out the latest line of Roku streaming media players, delivering the best of movies and TV shows from Netflix, Amazon (and coming soon, Hulu Plus) as well as live sports, music and the best of what’s online.
SPY GEAR
Be two places at once with Spy Gear’s new Spy Video TRAKR – the first programmable remote-controlled video vehicle. See, hear, record and photograph what’s going on in other rooms using the latest in affordable Spy Gear technology. Build, download and share free TRAKR apps online. The $120 Spy Video TRAKR appeals to gadget-lovers of all ages.
TREND MICRO
This holiday season, before you get latest Mac or PC for your friends and family, pair it with the gift of online security! Trend Micro’s Titanium 2011 security offers an easy-to-use interface with the most advanced cloud technology protection that automatically updates in real-time. In addition to protecting you while online, Trend Micro’s SafeSync allows you to backup and sync your files across multiple devices so you can access and share your digital life all from one, secure location.
VIOLIGHT
What has more germs, your cell phone or toilet seat? VIOlight presents the first UV Cell Phone Sanitizer and suite of toothbrush sanitizers … Just in time for the holidays, and cold and flu season.
WILDCARD NETWORK
Tired of unknown balances on plastic gift cards piling up in your junk drawer and wallet? This holiday season, plastic is out/virtual is in via a smart phone app called Wildcard. Now send virtual gift cards instantly from your phone to theirs…ready to be spent immediately at the store on whatever they want.
YES VIDEO
Since 1999, YesVideo® has converted millions of home videos to DVD, allowing families to relive treasured old memories. YesVideo continues to expand on this tradition today with MemorySafe™, which allows these memories to be shared across generations of family members, using contemporary viewing formats including online, email, Facebook, Twitter, iPhone, iPad, Blu-ray and Connected TVs.
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