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Linus tech tips coverage of CES 2014 is brought to you by NCI XCOM your source for great technology selection and service along with course our memory and Western Digital it's part one of our razor suite coverage this is the general overview of the new stuff that they're showing off so there's of course there ad Aros line of headphones and ian's ears so we have the creatively named Dada rose in ears these ones actually go up your butt no no I'm just kidding they go in your ears if you put them up your butt not only will they not sound very good but they will be seriously not green anymore which is a real problem so these are aimed more for not necessarily just gamers but also music enthusiasts and that's where you'll get into the naming of some of these other products as well so they're going to have a DJ model that's not here so obviously that's not just aimed at gamers unless you all happen to moonlight as a DJ as well so the idea behind those is they're extremely comfortable they isolate noise so obviously there's some overlap between the needs of gamers and the needs of DJ's so it's a bit of a natural move for them but unfortunately we can't show you that right now but what we do have are the Adaro stereos so these are a lightweight 2 speaker system based on the name once again very very creative razer thank you very much for that as always they're lightweight beautiful robust feeling and these guys are just masters of industrial design in spite of the fact that the headband is a little bit on the thin side for me the fact that it has nice supple cushioning and the fact that they're so lightweight means that they're not uncomfortable next up we've got the Bluetooth Adaro switch creatively named SPO because it has bluetooth so that that that is once again them just really going out on a limb trying to confuse their customers making it as difficult as possible to find exactly the right Adaro these are very similar looking to the Adaro stereo but the key difference here is they are of course bluetooth controlled and Wireless so they feature an onboard battery once again beautiful industrial design and considering the fact that they're battery-powered they're really not that much heavier than the regular stereo skew which is impressive that's one of the problems that I've personally had with Bluetooth headphones in the past most notably the parrot zieks which are incredibly cool and a great piece of technology but unfortunately are extremely heavy next up we've got something that I have been asked to say this okay so have to be very clear it is not a SmartWatch it is not a fitness band it is a smart band and I promise to say that as on ironically as possible but I don't think I got away with it anyway this is the Nabu and it's a fairly uniquely positioned product hence the reason that they're saying it's not a SmartWatch and it's not a Fitness band what it is is it is a bit of a communication device it could be a gaming device in the future you could play you could play tag with it you could use it to integrate with something like Facebook for example share contact information with people when you meet them because it does have an accelerometer as we might expect from something that's expected to act as you know a sleep monitor a fitness tracker and all those usual things you might expect from a fitness band but it's a little bit smarter than your typical fitness band hence the smart in the name I'm not being ironic this time in that it has a couple of displays that allow you to see notifications much like you would with a SmartWatch and of course you can read the time on it as well but again you know we don't want to get stuck in this the SmartWatch functionality thing so it has one on the top and the idea behind it is whether it's for gaming and you're trying to slip away from the table because you just got a message on coms or an email or a text or whatever else it's about subtlety so you get one notification on the top which might be in the form of a little envelope for an email for example then you have an additional screen on the bottom so you'd flip your wrist around and you'd be able to read your text to get your message and then finish your food quickly and get away to your gaming PC where it's time to join a league of Legends match or whatever else the case may be so it's going to come in two different sizes each of which includes a spacer so the idea is that even though this very obviously engineering sample one that I'm wearing which is you know hideous and obviously too big for me so even though this one's too big don't worry guys there will be different sizes and it's not expected to be a one size fits all now the reason again that it's not being positioned as a SmartWatch is that not everyone wants a SmartWatch some people want a watch as a fashion accessory and this is meant to coexist with a watch as opposed to replace it even though once again it has the functionality of being able to tell time if you so desired now we don't have an MSRP for it yet but we're expecting a $49.99 developer kit to be available at sometime in the near future here so I think especially at that price point it's good be worthwhile for folks to get their hands on it and why would they need a developer kit you might ask well because there's already a rudimentary app that allows you to see things like your you can see the device you can see your notifications your fitness and all that stuff but ah yes an app marketplace where there's Twitter and Facebook as some suggested apps but Razer is leaving things very open to other folks to develop new functionality for their smart band so thank you very much for checking out this video and razors suite remember our trip to the show was powered this year by NCI XCOM your source for great technology selection and service as well as course our memory and Western Digital