Boxee Box crowned ‘Last Gadget Standing’ at CES
CNN, January 11, 2010
The Boxee Box, a cubelike device that shares Internet content with your TV, won the annual “Last Gadget Standing” competition Saturday at the International Consumer Electronics Show.
The box narrowly beat out Plastic Logic’s Que e-reader and the Intel Reader, a device that scans printed text and reads it aloud, in the annual product-demonstration contest, which is decided by audience applause.
The Boxee Box plugs into your TV and allows you to search and store Web content, play it on your television and and share it with your friends on social networks via a keyboard in the device’s remote control. The device is scheduled to go on sale this spring and cost about $200.
“It’s truly a game-changer,“ said Boxee marketing vice president Andrew Kippen, who presented the device. “We’re really bringing the creativity of the Web onto your TV screen.“
