Avid announced the release of its first video editing application for the iPad—Avid Studio, available immediately at the Apple App Store. Leveraging decades of experience working closely with the world’s leading movie and television studios, Avid has made the Avid Studio app for the iPad easy enough for first-timers, yet sophisticated enough for more advanced editors. As the first iPad app for video editing to offer frame-by-frame editing accuracy and …

Panasonic announced the Panasonic LUMIX TS20 digital camera, which features a rugged design allowing for it to be waterproof to approximately 16 feet (5 meters), shockproof to approximately 5 feet (1.5 meters), dustproof and freezeproof to temperatures as low as 14ºF. The LUMIX TS20 (16.1-megapixel) features a flat and slim profile with a 25mm ultra-wide-angle lens and a 4x optical zoom (35mm equivalent: 25-100mm). Even more, the LUMIX TS20’s …

Honda Civic Named to About.com’s Best New Cars of 2012 List
“Ranging from a gas-sipping hybrid to a kick-in-the-pants Si, the Civic lineup provides a variety of fun, fuel-efficient options to satisfy a wide range of customers,” said Michael Accavitti, vice president of marketing operations, American Honda Motor Co., Inc. “We are thrilled to receive this award that recognizes the many advantages of the Civic.”

In describing the award-winning Civic, About.com’s Aaron Gold …

Toshiba announced a totally revamped HDTV line-up for 2012. New LED TV models feature key enhancements including a stylish new Aero Family Design, improved picture quality, enhanced sound quality and new 50-inch class size models. Toshiba’s latest televisions are designed to offer more of what consumers really want.

New Features:
Dynamic Picture Mode
Toshiba TVs include multiple picture mode options including Standard, Movie, PC, Native Mode and Expert Mode. Toshiba’s 2012 line adds a …

Toshiba announced its 2012 lineup of Smart Blu-ray Disc players1, featuring an all new Aero Design and new capabilities that allow consumers to directly stream A/V media services and also connect to a home network. With 2D, 3D and Wi-Fi connectivity options, Toshiba offers Blu-ray Disc player options to meet all home entertainment needs.

New Features
Aero Design: Toshiba’s new Blu-ray Disc players share the new Aero family design with Toshiba LED TVs. …

Shazam announced its brand new Shazam Player App for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch is now available on the App Store. Shazam Player, the first new app from the company since the introduction of the original Shazam App, is a unique music player that includes the Shazam discovery features that people love such as LyricPlay streaming lyrics in time with the music, videos on YouTube and social sharing on Facebook and …

Vringo today announced the availability of a beta version of its innovative Facetones application on iPhone devices through the App Store. Vringo’s Facetones™ application is designed to deliver a fun and visually exciting social update to a phone each time a user makes or receives a phone call.

The Facetones app displays a full screen photo of a user’s Facebook friends’ pictures whenever the user is called or the user calls them. …

Research In Motion (RIM) will be previewing new features of BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 that will enable customers to stay even more connected and productive in their personal and professional lives.

CES 2012 attendees who visit the BlackBerry booth at CES (South Hall 3 Booth # 30326) will get a sneak peek of upcoming BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 functionality including:

Advanced Messaging Experience:
New unified inbox – a powerful unified inbox within …

Huawei announced that the Huawei MediaPad is now one of the world’s first tablets to come pre-loaded with the new Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system. First launched in June 2011, the original MediaPad was the world’s first 7-inch Android 3.2 tablet. This latest version of the MediaPad once again provides users with the very latest Android experience, along with access to the newest and hottest services and apps available …

HTC introduced the HTC TITAN II as the company’s first Windows Phone to run on a 4G LTE network. Available in the coming months to AT&T customers, the smartphone includes the largest display among Windows Phones, an advanced 16-megapixel digital camera and access to 4G LTE speeds.

The HTC TITAN II comes equipped with a brilliant 4.7-inch super LCD capacitive touchscreen display for an optimized viewing experience when watching movies, playing games …

NETGEAR unveiled two products that make it easier than ever to connect Ethernet-enabled gaming and home theater devices to your home network. For consumers who want simple plug-and-play networking for a single device, such as a TV or a game console, NETGEAR’s new Powerline Nano 500 (XAVB5101) instantly converts a standard electrical wall outlet into a high-speed network connection that easily accommodates the most demanding multimedia tasks. For consumers …

NETGEAR announced the worldwide launch of the Universal Dual-Band WiFi Range Extender (WN2500RP). The WN2500RP was designed specifically to extend the wireless range and optimize performance of any existing home network.

NETGEAR’s Universal Dual Band WiFi Range Extender extends the coverage of both the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz WiFi signals from an existing wireless router or gateway, providing consumers with the convenience of a flexible and improved WiFi connection. The …

ORIGIN PC starts off 2012 with three major announcements. The award-winning GENESIS desktop has been overclocked to a record 5.7GHz with the exclusive new ORIGIN PC Phase Change cooling system. The Phase Change cooling system will be available in late Q1. ORIGIN PC launches free U.S. based lifetime 24/7 technical support on all desktops and laptops starting today. The award winning EON17-S and EON15-S laptops both receive an upgrade with the …

Lenovo announced today its second generation Classmate+ laptops – in both traditional clamshell and convertible laptop form factors – based on the Intel Learning Series. These new laptops offer students, teachers and IT administrators more ruggedness with new durability features like greater spill resistance, affordability, battery life up to 10 hours and enhanced usability with Intel Learning Series software suite for using the e-reader, web camera and digital writing features.

Designed to …