CES Honors Wireless Video, Bluetooth Finger/Ear-ring, and Phone2TV

89384.vphone3-tn.jpgCES announced its Best of Innovations Winners, Sponsored by CEA, and endorsed by the Industrial
Designers Society of America (IDSA)

The Best of Innovations designation is awarded to products that earn the
highest honors from a panel of judges, which include engineers,
independent designers and journalists. Award honorees will also be
displayed at CES Unveiled.

In the wireless category, there is a wireless handset from Saygus running Android that makes low-bandwidth video calls. When your cell phone rings a ring on your finger lets you know what's up with the OR ring that you can wear on your finger on on your ear. Then there's a mobile social networking solution from MoSoNex that send photos and videos to friend's TVs.

THE WIRELESS WINNERS ARE:

Category: Wireless Handsets

Saygus, Inc.

Saygus V Phone

Model: V1

http://Saygus.com

Best of Innovations Honoree

The first cellular handset in the world to offer low bandwidth two-way
video calling on existing 2.5G Networks, the Saygus V Phone is a qwerty
slider running the Android OS.
ring-bluetooth-pad.jpg

Category: Wireless Handsets Accessories

Hybra Advance Technology, Inc.

O.R.B.

Model: 0041

Design by: Hybra Advance Technology, Inc.

http://www.hybratech.com

Best of Innovations Honoree

Ring that user wears on his/her finger. Vibratory alert with E-Ink caller
I.D., text messages, and meeting reminders. Flips into headset that
fits to users ear. ORB wireless earpiece ring.

Developed by Hybra Advance Technology, Inc. in partnership with
AbsolutelyNew's Science+Technology Division, the ORB is a finger-worn
ring that twists open to become a comfortable, secure and sophisticated
Bluetooth headset for hands-free calling.

Key details on the ORB:

  • Harnesses bone conducting technology to deliver high-quality sound without the discomfort of placing a device inside the ear.
  • The
    deluxe edition features an E-Ink screen to keep caller ID and calendar
    reminders quite literally on-hand. It also offers voice-to-text for
    effortless communication without taking the ring off the finger. The
    base model has no screen or display.
  • All models deliver class 2 Bluetooth (~30-ft range) in multiple ring sizes.

Category: Social Networks

MoSoNex LLC

MoSoNex

Model: not applicable

http://www.mosonex.com

Best of Innovations Honoree

MoSoNex Connect converts a mobile phone user into a broadcaster of live
video and pictures to a private social network of TV and mobile phone
viewers globally.