WIRELESS AND MOBILE NEWS

CES 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

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.

Category: Wireless Handsets Accessories Hybra Advance Technology, Inc. O.R.B. Model: 0041 Design by: Hybra Advance Technology, Inc. http://www.hybratech.com

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

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.