Getting from here to there often requires more than directions. The new INRIX app offers detailed descriptions of current – and future – traffic conditions.
Since Android phones come in many sizes, shapes and operating systems, there have been few accessories. But now that Android is the top smart phone format, a lot more Android add-ons are available. Here's a sampling, plus some other new gear such as a keyboard that turns an iPad into a laptop.
You may fault technology for our damaged environment, but it also can answer our question on how to be green – such as the recycling resource app, iRecycle.
Samsung this week unwrapped two new tablet PCs, the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1, priced $100 less than the new iPad but with a "smart" universal remote control app, and the 7.0, Samsung's answer to Amazon's Kindle Fire, along with two iPod Touch-like devices, the Galaxy Player 4.2 and 3.6. Here's a photo tour.
Behind the wheel, I want no distractions from the multi-ton vehicles hurtling around me at 70 MPH. But increasingly, auto makers are loading their cars with advanced (and distracting?) electronics. Here are a few examples of hot new concept cars from the recent CES.