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Everyone was jamming in the little corner where House of Marley was stashed during the official press event at CES, and a big part of that was due to their Bag of Rhythm dock — the Marley PR people carried it around slung on their shoulders, and it just rocked, man.
A study by The NPD Group, a leading market research company, provided us with some interesting Q4 statistics. On the obvious side of things, the number of smartphones sold in Q4 were up, with Android and iPhone accounting for over 90% of those sales. While you probably didn’t need a study to tell you that iOS and Android lead the smartphone market, I bet you weren’t aware that Android was actually a favorite among first time buyers.
Some gadgets love the rugged outdoors; the iPhone, with its sensitive, water-fearing innards, is more of a house gadget. Awww. Then LifeProof stepped in to change that when it launched its $80 water-, dirt-, snow- and shockproof case last summer. Now, the company has unveiled a line of four modular mounts that fit the LifeProof case, turning the iPhone into an electro-Leatherman.
Fitness buffs love Runkeeper (and its accompanying iPhone app) for its ability to gather data from a wide variety of cloud-based services and gadgets they might use, so it can be stored and viewed in a central location; we haven’t exactly counted, but it’s a good bet that the all-knowing fitness service can import data from more fitness apps, services and gadgets than any other cloud-based fitness service on the planet. But with the nine more they added today, well, now it’s just getting ridiculous.
![Music For The Masses: Budget Earphone Shootout [Review, Shootout]](http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/budget-earphones-2.jpg)
There are those faithful who will never surrender their little white Apple earbuds. To them we say: Wear proudly. But for the rest, for those who don’t want to deal with sub-par sound, earbuds flopping around and having to hunt for foam covers, come with us — and we’ll show you a world of possibilities.
You see that alien looking band permeating through the aurora borealis? No, that’s not a UFO looking for fuel, it’s actually Nike’s latest fitness accessories made for today’s connected world. Nike wants to remind us that “Life is a sport, make it count,” and that’s exactly what the Nike+ FuelBand does — count. It counts your calories, steps taken, time, as well as a variety of other activity.
Steve Wozniak is a man who loves technology. He’s also a man who’s not afraid to tell it how it is. You’d expect a guy who co-founded Apple to be incessantly praising it while dismissing any advantages the competition may wield. Instead, he’s an open-minded guy who enjoys a variety of tech products, including Android. In fact, in an interview with the Daily Beast, Woz had much praise for the mobile OS that Steve Jobs was hellbent on destroying.
![The Most Talked-About Gadget at CES Was Probably This Ultra-Cool Fuji Camera [CES 2012]](http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/fuji-xpro1-1.jpg)
![The Most Talked-About Gadget at CES Was Probably This Ultra-Cool Fuji Camera [CES 2012]](http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/CESBug15.jpg "CESBug")
My colleagues here at Cult of Mac, PR reps completely unrelated to Fuji or anything photographic, random showgoers whose snippets of conversation I intercepted — everyone seemed to be talking about it. Even the very air at CES seemed to be pulsating with the word “Fuji.” Of course, they were all talking about the enigmatic, neo-retro Fuji X-Pro1.
![The Dark Knight Would Love To Dock His iPad In This Amazing Bat-Cycle [Gallery / CES 2012]](http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/bat-cycle-lead.jpg)
![The Dark Knight Would Love To Dock His iPad In This Amazing Bat-Cycle [Gallery / CES 2012]](http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/CESBug.jpg "CESBug")
LAS VEGAS, CES 2012 — How did professional auto-modder Mark Abate build this custom iPad-integrated Bat-trike? He started with a stock 2010 Can-Am Spyder trike, then worked a whole lot of Gotham-inspired magic on it, that’s how. Full gallery ahead!
![Monster’s Not Even Pretending Anymore: It Finally Becomes a Fashion Company [CES 2012]](http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/monster-1.jpg)
The Diamond Tears in black (they'll also be available in white)
![Monster’s Not Even Pretending Anymore: It Finally Becomes a Fashion Company [CES 2012]](http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/CESBug12.jpg "CESBug")
LAS VEGAS, CES 2012 – Or maybe it’s that they’re pretending even less. The amount of bling at the Monster “booth” — it was actually more of a compound, complete with a super-secret inner sanctum — would make Snooki (who was at the show) blush. Their three newly released headphones seemed far more focused on fashion than sound; even Monster founder Nole Lee’s Segway (was it a Segway?) rolled around on gold-rimmed wheels. Then there were the booth fashion shows…
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