Polaroid has been busy with several new products. The most interesting is the PIC 1000, the new Polaroid OneStep film camera. Just like its predecessor, it uses Polaroid Color 600 Instant Film. It will be available at national retailers in 2010.

The newest Zink-enabled camera, the Instant Digital Camera, features 12 megapixels and 3 x 4-inch prints.Then there are a handful of LCD TVs from 42 to 65 inches in size with the Polaroid name. Polaroid is back big time.

Projectors for a long time were large boxy devices that had to be carried around in their own case to keep them safe. This was a huge pain for users who had to use projectors to give presentations frequently. Thankfully, the smaller pocket and pico projectors started coming out that reduced the size of the average projector considerably.

3M has unveiled a new pocket projector at CES called the MPro150 that can throw a 50-inch image and has 15 lumens of brightness. That isn’t going to cut it in bright rooms. The projector has 1GB of internal storage allowing presentations to be uploaded directly to the device.

TV stations that broadcast on airwaves today each have what’s called whitespace between them. The whitespace is there to keep each broadcast from interfering with the ones next to it. There has been lots of talk about using this whitespace for other uses.

A company called Cambridge Consultants has unveiled a new radio at CES that can use the whitespace to stream HD video and other material around a home. The radio can operate on normal 2.4GHz and 5GHz WiFi bands and can also operate on the 600Mhz whitespace band between stations.

When I need to take a camera or a video camera with me, I am a big fan of compact devices that work well. I have a large DSLR but it is a pain to carry around all day when I need a camera. Sanyo has unveiled a new Xacti VPC-CS1 camera that shoots video and still shots in one package.

The camera is set to go on sale in February 2010 for $299.99 and will come in silver only. The device can record full 1080p HD video using MPEG-4 AVC/H.264. Sanyo says that this is the thinnest Xacti yet at only 27mm thick and weighing 142g.

If you are torn between getting a eReader and a netbook with your Christmas money a new product set to ship soon will let you do both. The device is called the enTourage eDGe and it is known as a dualbook because it has two screens.

The screen on the left side is a 9.7-inch 1200 x 835 pixel e-Ink display for reading eBooks. On the other side, you have a 10.1-inch 1024 x 600 resolution color screen for surfing the web. The device will accept input from a stylus or an onscreen keyboard.

Nokia’s N97 Mini had all the makings of a successful phone, but what happened? Now it isn’t looking so good for Nokia. Orange UK has stopped offering the Nokia N97 Mini due to the high return rate of the phone. This seems odd because the reviews for the N97 Mini have been pretty good. Seemed as though users were happy.

Nevertheless, Orange UK doesn’t like it and they are over it. What about you? Any ‘Brick readers have problems with your N97 Mini? Let us know. Have you returned it? Or do you love it?

The JVC RV-NB50, aka the Kaboom, resembles a large pipe bomb with an iPod controlling it. The Kaboom was first released several years ago and made an impact with its high power and durability. Well, now it’s back and sports an integrated iPod dock and USB without sacrificing performance.

It delivers 40 watts of power and features a woofer at each end with bass enhancement circuitry that will rock the party. You also get a CD player, an integrated FM tuner and a front audio input. A shoulder strap makes it a easy to carry. It also comes with a remote control.

You’ve seen it in all kinds of sci-fi flicks. The identification card with the moving animated head. Samsung Mobile Display has made it a reality with the Specimen Display Card Prototype.

It looks like a standard ID card until it comes into range of an ISO 14443 RFID card reader. That’s when the magic happens and the OLED display comes to life, showing a 360 degree closeup of the card holder’s head.

According to Spring Design, the dual-screen Alex e-reader will be shipping around the end of next month. February 22 in fact. The price however is a surprise. At $399, it’s about $150 higher than the Nook.

And it’s very similar to the Nook. How many users will be willing to pay that? You tell us. to refresh your memory, it sports a 6-inch display using monochrome e-ink (not color), but it also has a secondary 3.5-inch color touchscreen that lets you browse the Web.

We have just one question. Why? Why do we need a Michael Jackson PS3 bundle? MJ and gaming don’t exactly go hand in hand. Is it greed on Sony’s part? Of course. But then MJ’s family would like to sell a few as well, I’m sure.

Wait. Make that two questions. Who is going to buy this? Any of you? I guess the Japanese will buy some, but they’ll buy anything. The “This is it” PS3 bundle which will come with the Michael Jackson documentary of the same name for ¥33,500 (or $366). You’ll also get a 120GB Hard Disk Drive “Charcoal Black” PS3, a wireless DUALSHOCK 3, a power cord, one AV cable and one USB cable.

MIPS technologies has portted the Android Operating System to multimedia set-top boxes for your home. The goal is to make Android a viable platform for digital home devices such as Blu-ray Disc players, DTVs, VoIP solutions and of course the set-top box.

MIPS and the other companies involved will be demoing the new technology at CES and will showcase a netbook running on the Android platform as well as world’s first social media center for Android-based embedded platforms. The goal is to optimize the platform for the best possible in-home usage. The mobile market is taken care of. We’re talking full HD with multi-channel audio and enhanced user interfaces.

Kodak was busy showing off some new products at CES. The first is the ‘Slice’ touchscreen camera, which comes with a 3.5 inch rear display, 5x optical zoom, 14mp sensor, image stabilization, and 30fps 720p video capture. It can take up to 5000 images and also sports a new direct-tag feature.

The Pulse digital photo frame features Wi-fi, 512 MB storage and a 7 inch display to view images at 800×600 pixels. Then there’s the Playsport Camcorder, which is rugged enough to endure some extreme situations. It supports HD recording, has a 2 inch LCD, 5 MP still shots, smart face tracking and SD/SDHC card slots. It also has a HDMI output and supports USB.

Pioneer has unveiled a new double-DIN navigation system at CES, the AVIC X920BT. This new device features a larger 6.1 WVGA touch screen display at 800×600 resolution, a new audio/video and navigation UI, improved voice recognition and updated Eco-routing.

The new user interface is supposedly faster and will provide easier access to such things as destination search, source selection and music search from a connected iPod or iPhone. Some other features include Bluetooth, audio streaming, a USB port, AVICFEEDS iPhone App compatibility and Pioneer’s new proprietary MusicSphere application for creating mood-themed playlists.

LG’s new Blu-ray player won’t rip and store your movies, but the BD590 is still pretty decent. The BD590 will store your music, photos, downloaded movies, rip CDs etc, via USB or Ethernet port, though apparently not through its 802.11n Wi-Fi connection for some reason.

Unfortunately, no DVD and Blu-ray archiving. Which isn’t surprising for legal reasons. Anyway 250GB isn’t ideal for ripping Blu-Ray movies.

Satoru Iwata recently announced that the next DS will have a motion sensor, but that isn’t all. He also told Asahi that it will have a higher-resolution screen. An HD screen.

The next DS, after the DSi XL, will feature a 1024 x 768 screen, which close to 720p. Aside from that, Iwata also confirmed that Nintendo is in talks with several networks for connected DS consoles. Obviously they want to compete with iPhone games. Our guess is that an app store will also accompany these upgrades.