http://www.boothtruth.com The CES Undercover Blog Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:55:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you're looking for a beautiful, tasty and friendly place to dine, check out AquaKnox at the Venetian. Although fresh seafood is its mainstay, the menu also includes beef and chicken items. I highly recommend starting out with the Lobster bisque (if its not sold out before you get there) ... http://www.boothtruth.com/2008/01/10/more-great-eats-aquaknox-at-the-venetian/   There are tons of really cool mobile phones on display in the Nokia booth (also in the South Hall). You'll likely have to battle some pretty big crowds there, though. It was one of the most consistantly crowded booths I saw this week. They also have this "green" (literally) Toyota in display in their ... http://www.boothtruth.com/2008/01/10/cool-phones-and-big-crowds-at-the-nokia-booth/ Jonsing for a coffee fix that won't cost you $10? Go by the Qualcomm booth in the South Hall for a complimentary espresso or tea. Thanks Qualcomm :-) http://www.boothtruth.com/2008/01/10/free-espresso-from-qualcomm/ If you're looking for a great place to rest for a moment while walking the endless halls at the LV Convention Center, I recommend hitting the Belkin booth, which is both visually inviting and offers soft padded white leather benches to sit on while great live music is played. I caught these guys from ... http://www.boothtruth.com/2008/01/10/where-to-take-a-load-off-belkin-booth-in-south-hall/ A fridge that sports a docking station just might be the coolest kitchen innovation at CES this year. Whirlpool’s Centralpark connections refrigerator is 270 pounds of stainless steel that does more than keep food cold. You can dock a tablet PC, digital photo frame or even an iPod stereo system to the ... http://www.boothtruth.com/2008/01/09/a-cool-idea/ This thing is gotta be one of the craziest things launched at this year's CES. A leopard skinned taser! As if there weren't enough issues with that topic. Have you ever been tased? Tempted to buy this thing? http://www.boothtruth.com/2008/01/09/shock-the-monkey/ Plantronics is the official sponsor of the 2008 CES Blog and Podcast Lounge.  The lounge features wireless and hard line Internet, over 60 workstations, lounge space to rest and relax and a 'sound proof' podcast room for interviews, as well as couches, tables, TVs and refreshments.  The lounge has been a ... http://www.boothtruth.com/2008/01/09/ces-blog-and-podcast-lounge/ I'm not much of a gamer, but do enjoy a good round of Guitar Hero, so how excited was I to get a sneak peak at the new game coming out of Jada Toys, called Air Guitar.  Players wear a little battery powered pack on their hip connected to a mini ... http://www.boothtruth.com/2008/01/08/air-guitar-out-in-march/ On the show floor at the Venetian today, I saw a couple of cool camera technologies. The first one I saw was by a company called 3DV Systems, who uses this nifty 3-D camera to control deliver an interactive gaming experience like the boxing demo they were doing below. Notice the player ... http://www.boothtruth.com/2008/01/08/cool-cameras-at-ces-3d-gaming-and-underwater-camera-goggles-would-you-believe/ Saw a cool company today at CES called MusicIP, which I'd describe at Pandora on steroids. They describe themselves as "music identification and discovery". The software/service has an iTunes plugin downloadable for free, which I saw demoed today and helps auto create music playlists based in similar songs or even similar ... http://www.boothtruth.com/2008/01/08/more-cool-stuff-at-ces-musicip/