Video: MyVu Crystal and Shades still incredibly dorky

Look, we really want to live in a world where strolling around wearing MyVu's latest video glasses is acceptable, but we just don't -- which is probably why Mahalo Daily's Veronica Belmont could just barely bring herself to put 'em on when she stopped by the booth at CES. Check out the vid after the break!

[Sergio @ Jan 9th 2008 3:00PM]

Veronica Belmont, you are the sweetest tech reporter i've ever seen!
Best regards from Potugal!

[frozenrubber @ Jan 9th 2008 3:14PM]

Does Veronica's ridiculous placement on Engadget have anything to do w/ actually being the girlfriend of Ryan Block. We get it Ryan, you love your girl, but try to cover someone else at CES.

[Oliver @ Jan 9th 2008 3:16PM]

I like tomboys... With girly girls, sometimes it just seems like they're not completely genuine. You feel like there's a real person deep on the inside, but it's all covered in girliness and makeup. Its when they fall in love with you that you see what they really are, and that's when the trouble starts.

[Ethan @ Jan 9th 2008 3:35PM]

I don't mind all the Veronica posts.. But seriously, does every summary have to introduce her as "Mahalo Daily's Veronica Belmont?" Its the same audience reading every post, we know who she is already and its just gotten beyond annoying.

[Phillip @ Jan 9th 2008 3:58PM]

@Ethan - It's called advertising. :)

[barb dybwad @ Jan 9th 2008 4:28PM]

guys, as the other Token Female at Engadget may i present you with the astounding true fact that Veronica Belmont already had a successful tech career long before meeting Mr. Ryan Block? I suppose you could have looked it up but then, making assumptions based on gender is so much easier, isn't it?

[larcen007 @ Jan 9th 2008 5:44PM]

I'm sorry barb. My maleness must be getting in the way of me understanding your statement. Did any of the posts before yours question her successful tech career? I think most of us have heard of her and none of us question her "abilities." Well, you were the only one to question it.

Look at the facts: she has a successful tech career, she is an engadget editor's boyfriend, and i cannot remember at any time in engadget history where there was such fascination (by the editors or the readers) with one teach reporter. So, it is a reasonable conclusion that she is getting all this exposure at engadget because she is someone's boyfriend. Before you get all feminist on me, I bet Veronica and her man are probably at CES together in the same hotel room. Can just anyone with a successful tech career sleep in the same room as an engadget editor?

You are worse than those heterosexual males who are hootin and hollarin over Veronica. Putting words in men's mouths so that you can make a self-serving statement. Seems like you are the only one operating under gender assumptions.


In other news, when did Giordi La Forge get boobs? Its his eyes that needed the work.

[Seth @ Jan 10th 2008 9:11AM]

Yes Veronica is extremely cute and has a background in this thing, but I cannot say that I like her reporting of CES.

First off, she has to lose the giant microphone - its completely unnecessary and constantly gets in the way of her demonstrating gadgets, which is what this is supposed to be about - get a wireless lavalier and take out a small hand mic only when someone else needs to talk.

She is also covering stuff very superficially like a local news reporter would, not a gadget blogger. And yes the constant bylining is completely unnecessary and annoying. Finally, the casual attire is ok for the audience but please at least take off your backpack.

By covering stuff superficially, a perfect example is this post - the whole reason she is there is to get the story, not reiterate the press release. She needed to actually *put these glasses on* in the video and *tell us what she thought of them* - not just pick them up and give us pricing, specs, and availability - thats phoning it in.

[barb dybwad @ Jan 12th 2008 4:52PM]

@larcen007: the only people who could read your statement and conclude there are no gender assumptions in it are the people who've never had to deal with any of these issues. in the same breath you claim "it's natural to conclude a female reporter got there because she's the girlfriend, not because she knows tech" and imagine that there are no gender assumptions in that... really?

if we had brought on an "outside" male reporter to do all of our CES video this year, no one would have questioned it. no one.

[tkulla @ Jan 9th 2008 3:02PM]

LOL! Make a pair that with a camera mounted on them for night vision and infrared, and they've got a sale (if they improve the style).

[Sergio @ Jan 9th 2008 3:13PM]

That would be nice but very expensive! And it might also atract the US military dpt.

[lonecow12 @ Jan 9th 2008 3:02PM]

Might be dorky, but you are still hot wearing them.

[J Dubya @ Jan 9th 2008 3:04PM]

Cool T-shirt though!

[tkulla @ Jan 9th 2008 3:03PM]

Come on, guys. Can we just stop commenting about Veronica and focus on the gear?

[tkulla @ Jan 9th 2008 3:18PM]

Re: "gear" - perhaps I'm still living in 2002. :-)

[Major Malfunction @ Jan 9th 2008 3:26PM]

*falls down laughing* No wait, you said that with a straight face. *picks himself up, slaps knee* Thats a good one.

Granted. Her newscasting, the one or two segments that I bothered watching, comes across clean, but for gods sake, either you are gay, a 'best friend', or whipped beyond belief, that you won't appreciate the looks of a woman. Regardless of their position/affiliation/etc.

[decypher44 @ Jan 9th 2008 3:57PM]

"You know how I know you're gay?"

[Juice @ Jan 9th 2008 3:05PM]

Nice sweeping bang Belmont!

I think Belmont is trying to take over Engadget.

[Homeboy @ Jan 9th 2008 3:06PM]

Sure she's cute but I think she's getting a little too much space now. On every pictures she dominates the product. Or is engadget on a mission to increase the number or visitors by using her as a mascot?

[Joe @ Jan 10th 2008 8:03AM]

Its either seeing her or seeing Ryan's bald head every time. Choice is yours.

[Sergio @ Jan 9th 2008 3:34PM]

I dont care! Having tech news spoken by a prety girl is a bonus for visiting this blog.
Keep going!
Congrats to the boyfriend ^^

[grable @ Jan 9th 2008 3:54PM]

I think she does a pretty good job reporting, whats wrong with looking good while doing it?

[Jongscx @ Jan 9th 2008 6:02PM]

She looks too good...

[Boynamedsue @ Jan 9th 2008 3:10PM]

the hard fact is that sunglasses manufacturers have a hard enough time making normal sunglasses that don't make you look like a douche. they fail often. what chance do gadget glasses have?

[Zeek @ Jan 9th 2008 3:13PM]

I will blend with her.

[L @ Jan 9th 2008 3:23PM]

Anyone still surprised that there are rather few girls in the tech blogging scene?

[Zeek @ Jan 9th 2008 3:35PM]

Your subtlety, circuitous rhetoric and registration of mild disgust are wasted on these inane comments, such as my own. Save the heady discourse for Mefi.

[tkulla @ Jan 9th 2008 3:24PM]

Sigh.

[Joe @ Jan 9th 2008 3:27PM]

This is getting ridiculous. I can't even see the friggin glasses in the first pic. Here's an idea - zoom in or move closer to the product when you photograph it.

This pic is all boobs. How about highlighting the product and not the "reporter."

Next up, disturbing first pictures of "iPhone2" in front of Ryan's crotch.

[Speddy @ Jan 9th 2008 3:32PM]

Well? How do they look? Is the VGA crisp? Did they fix the flicker/glare issue? Sure, they are smaller than the previous generations but what ABOUT them?

PS. Anyone else notice that the pictures we are seeing are not exactly "pro-quality" photos? Someone using their non-white-balanced cellphone for CES reporting? Yeuch.

[nuzzy @ Jan 9th 2008 3:46PM]

Hey! It's Geordi LaForge!!

[Boynamedsue @ Jan 9th 2008 3:47PM]

wait. people are actually talking about the girl?

you know there are lots of girls right? Like, outside?

[Paul Fehr @ Jan 9th 2008 5:30PM]

What is this outside that you speak of?

[Don Park @ Jan 9th 2008 3:48PM]

id really like some VGA display glasses but how to connect them to a general purpose linux computer? ideally a gumstix, but something larger would be okay. an EEE pc?

[gibsonorbust @ Jan 9th 2008 3:55PM]

Put Yo Stuna Shades On.

[Tsadik @ Jan 9th 2008 3:55PM]

Mrs. La Forge! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geordi_La_Forge)

[palehorse @ Jan 9th 2008 4:47PM]

OK, we get it.. she's hot. my wife is hotter. so now, please, will you focus on the damn gadgets instead?!

Also, for those of us who cant watch any of the videos at the moment, can you at least TRY to include some of the gadget specs in the text of the posts?

Quality > Quantitty

[Nilay Patel @ Jan 9th 2008 5:31PM]

Try clicking on the links in the post -- we're covering all this stuff just as in-depth as always.

[decypher44 @ Jan 9th 2008 5:45PM]

palehorse:"Quality > Quantitty"

Freudian?

[palehorse @ Jan 9th 2008 6:34PM]

@Decypher... what do you think? ;)

[natural mike @ Jan 9th 2008 5:09PM]

I LOVE YOU VERONICA! MARRY ME!

[The Joker @ Jan 9th 2008 5:09PM]

I agree that Veronica is attractive, but is there any reason why she keeps getting frequently posted on Engadget? Yes, she is Ryan's GF, but doesn't she have her own site? Why the need to continually cross promote?

[Dimo @ Jan 9th 2008 5:37PM]

I personally don't mind seeing Veronica in all the videos that have been posted here. Who cares if she has her own site, or who she's dating.

I enjoy a nice little video in between all the white page posts with pictures.

And the girl is trying to provide information. Don't like it? Don't click on it. Maaan... never thought I'd see the day where guys complain about an attractive girl discussing gadgets.

[Tim @ Jan 9th 2008 9:21PM]

Veronica Belmont is such a cutie!

[Bassir @ Jan 9th 2008 5:58PM]

This Belmont character is Ryan's girlfriend.

[nicleT @ Jan 9th 2008 7:49PM]

The problem with this gear is the cheap censured look you get wearing them.

[veloect @ Jan 9th 2008 9:39PM]

I LOVE YOU VERONICA