. The 2011 Consumer Electronic Show ends today in Las Vegas leaving the public with quite a few gadgets to expect or buy.
What was so exciting this year at the show?
About 80 exhibitors decided to run against the ipad by presenting a version of the touch screen tablet PC. These types of tablets want to be a mix between the PC and the mobile...covering the consumer needs from telephony to soft applications. It appears technology wants to throw laptops and desktops into the dust and bring into the light the tablet computer. Motorola, Dell, Toshiba entered the market using Android a Google operating software program.
The Android Tablet PC starts at $ 169.99 with the 2.1 model that has a 7 inch touch screen 4G, G sensor and HDMI output. The slim, compact model has WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/ a 1.3 megapixel camera and allows a lot of free or paid software downloads. The problem is that version 2.1 or 2.2 has still some bugs. The developers are still working to fix them...Maybe the upcoming Android 3.0?
Windows introduced the Windows Phone 7 the challenger to the Apple iphone G4. The new 7 will be ready for the Verizon Wireless, and AT&T networks soon.
Ms. Lady Gaga - Director of Creativity at Polaroid (sic! you didn't expect to see her name here) presented the sun glasses camera, the GL10 Instant Mobile Printer (a printer that can connect with mobiles via Bluetooth and the GL30 Instant Digital Camera (a combination between traditional printing Polaroid cameras and the digital technology).
But, the most attractive part may be the winners for the CES Hot Stuff 2011. You should follow news about these guys this year...or even buy some:
First place: Samsung ZX310 - super slim laptop rival of Macbook Air. 2.Casio Exilim Tryx - this 1080p HD videocam got it big for its flexibility. 3. Asus Eee Pad Slider - tablet? nop, this time a combination of a sliding keyboard and powerful Nvidia Tegra 2 processor. 4. Sony HDR-TD10 3D Handycam - Full HD sensors, and a 3.5in glasses-free 3D screen 5. MISA Kitara - electronic guitar with multi-touch screen, gesture recognition and open-source software - AAA??? Ya, baby, you rock!!
6. Monster Miles Davies Trumpet earphones - the world’s smallest headphones 7. Motorola Atrix - most powerful smartphone in the world that can be plugged to a computer and play 1080p HD video and run a full Firefox browser. 8. ContourGPS - videocam adds Live Viewfinder and records your movements and transmits them wireless to your phone... 9. B&W Zeppelin Air -streams music wirelessly 10. LG Smart TV Upgrader ST600 - Smart TV - ability to share content from multiple devices and also connect to the Internet.
If you just discovered your favorite gadget browse for more information. We should favor competition! Only competition can drive innovations and advances.
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Hopefully, there will be some more ...from the future or the past...