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CES 2005: Photos From the First 24 Hours

From cell phones and personal media players to LCDs with built-in DVD players, here's a look at what's hot at CES.

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The giant Consumer Electronics Show may not officially open until Thursday, but our editors already are in Las Vegas hunting down this year's greatest gadgets. Every day this week we'll be posting photos of the products you just have to see. Take a look.

AMD showed off a reference design by First International Computer for a handheld personal media player based on AMD's new Alchemy Au1200 embedded processor.Photograph: Rick Rizner
DesignTech's $140 Guardian 911 Phone, due in April, is a tiny cordless handset that connects to a base station for the sole purpose of summoning 911 help with the push of the phone's single button.Photograph: Rick Rizner
DesignTech's 2 Mile Phone, expected to retail for $90 when it ships this spring, uses FRS radio (Family Radio Service, the same as a garden variety walkie-talkie) to communicate wirelessly with a base station that attaches to a standard phone outlet, so you can answer your phone from as far as two miles away.Photograph: Rick Rizner
Jabra's latest Bluetooth headset, the $119 BT800, includes a small LCD display that lets you see who's calling. It also lets you initiate a callback from the headset.Photograph: Rick Rizner
Universal Electronics' NevoSL is a universal remote control for streaming media between devices throughout your home.Photograph: Rick Rizner
Axion's 20-inch LCD-TV is one of several standard-definition LCDs the company offers that include integrated DVD players.Photograph: Rick Rizner
AudioVox's modular Shuttle System, due in March, consists of a tablet-like LCD display with integrated DVD player (the 10.2-inch screen is shown here, but smaller screens are available). It can be used either by itself or with any of several docking stations such as the tabletop unit with built-in speakers shown here.Photograph: Rick Rizner
Lexar's JumpDrive Lightning, features a sleek silvery design, massive capacity (1GB for $135 or 2GB for $275) and some of the fastest data transfer rates to date (up to 18mbps write and 24mbps read) on a USB flash drive.Photograph: Rick Rizner

For more CES coverage, see PC World's CES news page or our CES staff blog.

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