Well, the most-talked about 2010 CES finally kicked-off last month with lip-zipping inventive ideas popping up from quick-witted caps. From bloggers, exhibitors to entrepreneurs and engineers, almost everyone turned up to check out the latest and hottest consumer technologies. Yes, we too literally riveted eyes on 2010 Consumer Electronics Show, cracking a nut hard to jot down who ‘won the day’ and upped head high. Needless to say, the world’s largest tradeshow had it all, be it 3D TVs, trendy mobile phones or some splashy notebooks. Well, our all-ears-eyes bugs took a gander about the show floor and tallied up the top ten highlights of the show.
To begin with, exhilaratingly, among the numerous 3D-compatible HDTVs announced at the show, Panasonic thrilled every being with its brand-new TC-PVT25 3D Plasma TV. The truly-arresting device offers entertainment zealots enhanced black-level performance, better picture-quality, and unprecedented clarity. To catch those unawares, the new entertaining box includes the required 3D glasses with its 3D TV. So, start stumbling on better reasons to hang up calls, not answer the door bell, and avoid other chores if thinking to place it at home.
At CES, Sony slid out Bravia Range of TVs under the Signature and Cinematic range to offer a full HD 3D viewing experience. The Bravia Signature line subsumes LX900 that comes in sizes of 40”, 52” or alternately, 60”. It offers full HD 3D and integrated Wi-Fi, the latter of which lets you access online content and services, DLNA-compatible gadgets and internet widgets. Contrarily, Sony’s Cinematic range uses a blend of backlighting, Motion-flow intelligence and renders movies in vivid colors, contrast and visual details. It sports an Intelligent Dynamic full LED screen for Giga contrast and accurate color representations. Smooth fast-action and visuals with ultra-sharp details are proffered with Motion-flow 200Hz Pro and Image Blur Reduction.
Gaming fiends can also call a halt to their bored expression as something meaningful was unwrapped for them as well. Dell revealed the latest Alienware M11x 11-inch Gaming Notebook. The gaming device packs the graphics power of a 15-inch laptop in an 11-inch form factor. The tiny and cool gaming power machine is enriched with switchable graphics including Nvidia GT335 CPU.
Catching wide-espial at the 2010 CES, Motorola tight-lipped the globe by uncapping its all-new Google Android smartphone entitled the Motorola Backflip. Designed to be distinctive and highly-appealing, the quad-band GSM phone supports 850/1900/2100MHz 3G bands, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS. At first glance, the Backflip looks like a sleeker, smaller version of Motorola Cliq, but instead of a slider design, the phone opens up like a book. Well, the exquisite piece sports a unique feature tagged the ‘trackpad’ located on the back of the display (when the phone is open). It works just like a traditional track-pad, letting you navigate through menus, flip through photos, scroll through the home-screen panes and more. Other prominent features include 3.1-inch HVGA touchscreen, 5 megapixel camera, 3.5mm headphone jack, 2GB internal memory (expandable up to 32GB) and full HTML browser. Nabbing attention from every corner, the Backflip also skid under highlights due to its Motoblur software.
The 2010 CES also appreciated Lenovo’s latest offering in the form of ‘Idea-Pad U1 Hybrid Notebook’. Brandishing a groundbreaking detachable screen, the device is beautifully engraved in a temptingly unique design. The revolutionary notebook is quite intelligently engineered to offer users two PCs in one device, each with its own processor and operating system, that work together and independently as either a clamshell laptop or a multi-touch slate tablet. Attired in overly-fetching and swanky red exterior, U1 features a footprint just smaller than a piece of notebook paper and is paired with an equally impressive 3.8 pound thin. Egged on by ‘Two brains are better than one’, the company further enriched the device with ‘Me Centric’ User Interface for offering instant gratification for today’s users. Now, switch between a six-section display and a sour-section display as easily as falling off a log.
Concurrently, VIA exhibited the Nano 3000 Series processors at the 2010 CES. The series paved the way along chipset, the VIA VN1000. The pairing loomed in as a fusion of industry’s leading DirectX 10.1 graphics performance and a complete programmable HD and Blu-ray capable video engine with quick and power-efficient VIA Nano processor.
Further, shaping the future of the tech-industry, Toshiba removed the veil off new Mini NB300 and NB305 netbooks. Vaunting off a 10.1-inch display, the devices toss a choice between Windows 7 Starter and Windows XP Home operating system. Draped in sleek design, the netbooks bring forth an improved battery life, slim design and robust processors. In addition to Intel’s Pine Trail, the integrated 1.66GHz Intel Atom N450 processor further boosts efficiency. The eye-catching units also come equipped with LifeSpace application suite and Bulletin Board to help you organize you everyday projects. You’ll even discover simplified Internet accessibility, accredited to Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n and Bluetooth 2.1.
At the same time, after witnessing the rocking success of some recently released 3D movies, Panasonic banged the 3D world with all-new Full HD 3D camcorder. Claimed to be the world’s first full HD 3D camcorder, the inspired camera embodies the solid-state memory file-based recording system for greater flexibility and hugs the ‘easy-to-use’ plate. Quite weightily, in the new offering, the lenses, camera head, and a dual memory card recorder are integrated into a simple, lightweight body. Designed to satisfy your photography ardent desires, the camcorder ensures an unrivaled shooting experience with the help of its standardized and fully integrated design.
Now coming to yet another mesmerizing unveiling at the world’s greatest show, Sony unfurled the latest Vaio S and Y Series of beguiling laptops. While the Vaio S series effortlessly manages everyday work and play, with high powered processor and graphics, the Vaio Y series includes a long battery life and efficiently handles daily multimedia tasks with its high contrast real wide screen. The highly-styled new ultra mobile notebook computers can be optionally specified with the Vaio Everywair feature that allows high-speed connectivity on the move through 3G mobile broadband networks. Both notebook series are incorporated with a detailed 13.3-inch wide Vaio display that has LED backlight along with graphics power.
One more enticing mobile phone caught our much-wandering attention anyhow at the CES. Samsung thronged the stage with its Mobile DTV-equipped Samsung Moment handset. You can now happily enjoy live TV programming from local broadcast stations via a single chip solution, thanks to its ATSC Mobile Digital TV chip. The 800MHz processor powered phone sports a 3.2-inch AMOLED display screen to deliver crisp and bright pictures making it ideal for the purpose.
Well, that’s how 2010 CES welcomed amazing innovations from manufacturers across the world. Let’s see who brings the next decade of innovations and who is left behind.
