Though the International Consumer Electronics Show formally bulge Tuesday , electronics and gismo makers look to get a head start on the rush of product announcements at Monday night ’s Digital Experience . The one-year press - only event held by technical school showcase caller Pepcom usually features a cavalcade of new products , some of which are of especial sake to Mac and iOS machine user . We spent a few hours combing the floor and found a few Mac and iOS things that stood out .
iHealth Wireless Blood Pressure Monitor
iHealth ’s Wireless Blood Pressure Monitor
2012 is the year of getting healthy : We could n’t walk down a full aisle at Digital Experience without run into at least one fitness- or health - related product.iHealthdemonstrated its Wireless Blood Pressure Monitor that measures your blood pressure and then sends it to an iOS app . The app gives you a recital on how normal ( or grave ) your current blood pressure is , and also get you go after your blood pressure across time . The company design on releasing the Cartesian product in summertime of 2012 ; the Leontyne Price is still to be announced .
Dropcam HD
The wireless monitoring companionship released its first product several years ago ; with Dropcam HD , however , it ’s finally derive into its own . With a sleek user interface , 720p swarm transcription , and night vision , the tv camera is little and well - sport , and can be bestride to the wall or nestled in an aluminum outdoor stage . Dropcam HD is availablefor pre - order at $ 149 now , with shipping to come in later in January .
iOmounts
There are deal of stands for your Io or other tablet gimmick , but , as we ’ve add up to discover , none so much playfulness asmagnets . Stick one ofiOmounts’ssmall magnetic washers to the back of your gadget or lawsuit , and it will instantly cling to a similar magnetized automatic washer attached to the stand . They cant over , swivel , and turn with the best of them , and the chemical group of men at the iOmounts kiosk were all too glad to show off their first appearance items , the iOstand and iOmni . The ship’s company was adjust to take pre - orders on Tuesday , though prices had n’t been posted as this story was published .
Swivl
The Swivl iPhone mount
Speaking of iOS stands , iPhone mount Swivlcaught us by surprisal : Plug your headphone into the green - and - black gadget and carry a keychain - sized remote control in your pocket , and it will scan from side to side as you move , following much like an obedient pup . you could also employ the remote to pan from top to bottom and start and kibosh recording . $ 159 for pre - order ; merchant vessels to come sometime in the company ’s first quarter .
Parrot AR Drone 2.0
The ducky of 2010 ’s CES return with translation 2.0 , lark about 720p HD recording and anew iOS app . Developers have something to chirk up about , too : Parrotis releasing the generator code for its flying equipment to any interested parties . The Wi - Fi enable wireless quadricopter will sell for $ 300 when it hit computer memory after this year .
Altec Lansing Live
WhileAltec Lansingis keeping active in the AirPlay arena , the company ’s biggest 2012 annunciation is n’t a particular speaker ; alternatively , Altec Lansing is promoting its approaching Live political platform — similar to Sonos’smulti - room system — which integrates with the company ’s new line of Wi - Fi speaker to play cognitive content from your medicine depository library , Pandora , and more . A barren Io , Android , or desktop app can control your loudspeaker , adjusting the volume , song , and source . The first verbalizer to gain from Live will be Altec Lansing ’s Live 5000 Wi - Fi Speaker organisation , which the companionship expects to release in other summer for $ 500 .
ZIK Parrot by Starck
ZIK Parrot headphones
fit out with an active noise canceling system , theZik Parrot by Starckis one of the most luxurious headphones we ’ve seen . grant to the company , the earpiece isolate listeners from surrounding noise in gild to ply the virginal sound experience . The ZIK aims to vivify the way users naturally take heed to go , like the music is coming from in front of you . cutaneous senses panels are locate on the entire surface of the ZIK ’s right earpiece , make it possible to swipe the panel vertically to set the book , or pinch it horizontally to forward-moving or rewind . The headphone are scheduled to plunge in 2012 , with the terms still to be announced .
Software releases and updates
Video editing gets easier and more robotlike with the handout of Magisto , a free iOS app that let you shoot television and then does the editing for you . We ’ve seen like apps like Animoto , but what sets Magisto aside is that it is n’t about creating videos from still images or for novelty purpose . The app analyzes your videos , delete for what it recognise as the most compelling clips , adds changeover , and voila — your recreational video attend significantly more professional . The app is useable now for loose on the App Store .
Disney Publishing , the Almighty of iOS Word of God apps such as Do n’t allow the Pigeon bleed This App and Mickey ’s Spooky Night Puzzle Book , announced the release of two new comic apps at CES on Monday . Avengers Origins : Hulk and Avengers Origins : Assemble ! are both found on the original Marvel Origins series and are narrate by Marvel comics Maker Stan Lee . Both apps will be useable for leverage on the App Store for the iPad , iPhone , and iPod touch modality in February .
Peel , the app that brought wireless dwelling house - theater control and TV show recommendations to your iOS equipment , has undergo an update to include social features . Users can now partake their favourite television shows with their social internet , as well as follow other users , surf their friends ’ favorite shows , and share to other societal networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter . The app is available now , for free in the App Store .
iHealth’s Wireless Blood Pressure Monitor
Other cool things we saw
Not everything we saw was iOS- or Mac - relate . But that does n’t intend those product did n’t spark our interest . For instance , we finally catch our hands onNest , the touch - controlled thermostat create by former Apple iPod and iPhone computer hardware development gaffer Tony Fadell . It was just as sleek and exploiter - friendly as everyone has been saying .
Nest touch - assure thermostat
TheRoku Streaming Stick , another recent red-hot - topic item , was on display at Digital Experience as well . It seemed like there was always a crowd around the modish and smallest streaming television set mathematical product . have the stick docked in your television system stage set is like have a traditional Roku set - top box — you’ll get Roku ’s 400 plus channels and apps , including content from Netflix , HBO , Vimeo , Hulu Plus , Pandora , Vimeo , and Amazon ’s picture service . The product will be available in the gloam ; a final cost is still pending .
Dropcam HD
CES would n’t be CES without a few robots , and one of the most intriguing wasTosy’sFuture Robot , which we look on dancing to upbeat tunes . The brand - new amusement robot decidedly put a smile on our face , even if it is n’t the most pragmatic product of the show . Tosy also has popular stardom going for it — Justin Bieber , the bighearted celebrity appearance of CES 2012 , is scheduled to appear at the company ’s booth on Wednesday .
Updated at 4:45 p.m. PT with an IDG News Service video of the AR Drone 2.0
The Swivl iPhone mount
ZIK Parrot headphones
Nest touch-controlled thermostat
