 Apple’s AirPlay technology is great, but it’s not necessarily the easiest tech to take advantage of. With the exception of the tv AirPlay devices, particularly speakers are relatively expensive. Griffin wants to help with that by turning any speaker you already have into an AirPlay speaker.
Twenty is a small device that you plug your Airport Express into, then connect it to a pair of speakers that you may already have. If you set up two speakers and a powered subwoofer the Twenty will be able to give you 2.1 channel sound. With that you won’t have to go through the trouble of trying to find a brand new pair of speakers that you might not like. The Twenty will simply act as the amplifier for your music, so the sound will still depend mostly on your speakers. It’s such a great idea, it’s surprising that nobody had thought of it before now. Griffin doesn’t have a firm release date or price for the Twenty just yet. You can be sure that it will be out sometime this year and that it will cost less than a pair of AirPlay speakers. Read [Griffin]  
The Sony Xperia SmartWatch always sort of sounded like a really cool device. Well, a cool device assuming you want to be able to get some information from your smartphone on your wrist anyway. But that being said, after spending a few minutes playing with the SmartWatch here at CES – this sort of makes us want to get one. Just to begin with, the SmartWatch looks rather nice. Not to mention, as you can see from the images below, it is available in a few color options. And looks aside, the watch is feature rich with the ability to show the date and time as well as text messages. In addition, some of the other goodies that the SmartWatch features include the ability to handle/control your calls and music as well as email, Twitter, Facebook and more. Also worth noting, the Xperia SmartWatch is both scratch-proof and splash-proof.        
The Motorola DROID 4 was recently announced at CES 2012, and while it confirmed the specs we already knew from numerous leaks, it did not announce pricing or launch information. Fortunately, a recently leaked Minimum Advertised Pricing sheet shows the DROID 4 will launch for $249 on a two year contract. We already heard the LG Spectrum will launch for $199 on a two year contract and it features the same if not better hardware, but the one enticing appeal of the DROID 4 is, of course, its slider QWERTY keyboard. If you absolutely need a slider keyboard, then the DROID 4 is definitely a solid option with 4G LTE on Verizon Wireless, but there are also numerous better touch screen options. Via [Droid-Life]  
MetroPCS released the Samsung Galaxy Attain 4G smartphone a few days back, and well, as one would expect given the recent release – it was on display here at CES. That being said, the handset is sporting some decent overall specs, though nothing overly exciting. They include 4G LTE connectivity, a 3.5 inch display, 1GHz processor, front and rear facing cameras and Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Like we said, nothing overly exciting but that changes when you consider that the handset is priced at just $199 – a contract free $199. As for the phone and the feel, that would have to come back as a positive report. Bottom line, the handset not only looked good but felt good in hand. With that, check out the above image and the rest in the gallery below…           | |
