A shortlist of the gadgets we will keep an eye on at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. We will continue to post our Las Vegas experiences the next few days. Follow us! And please tell us if you want us to check something out for you.
1. Another year of tablets. Motorola is expected to communicate the long-awaited Google Android tablet. It is one of many new Android-based PC tablets coming to market in the next several months, but maybe the most interesting. http://bit.ly/gkI7LX
2. Another, least expected, tablet worth checking out: Vizio's 8-inch Android tablet. http://bit.ly/hjw0Hs
3. All the different connected TV-solutions. Widget-TV will be super interesting during 2011. We are going to have a look at LGs Smart TV Upgrader, as well as Samsung and Sony connected TVs. http://bit.ly/ihiY5W. And Vizio's new VIA Plus Televisions. http://bit.ly/dKTlyk
4. Touch Revolution is introducing a line of really big touch screens (15-, 19-, 21.5- and 32-inch diagonals). The biggest model of their projected capacitive displays is set for production later in the year, but its smaller versions are available now. http://engt.co/e1Hkq5
5. Mobile TV. The Open Mobile Video Coalition is presenting this year and there will be many different mobile TV devices on display. As for example Tivizen, a device that brings local broadcast television to your iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch.
6. Internet of Things. In the next five years, the total number of wireless M2M connections is forecasted to grow at a CAGR of 32%, to reach 294.1 million connections in 2015. By then, Internet of Things as a share of the total number of cellular connections is projected to reach 4.0 percent. We are going to check out: The AutoBot allows you to control your car with your smartphone. http://rww.to/eeEmpA
7. Sifteo cubes, digitally interactive tiles. After being demonstrated as a concept almost two years ago at the TED conference, Sifteo cubes will soon become actual shipping products. http://bit.ly/eLg6qU
8. Polaroid, back to the instant photography market it created decades ago, will introduce a sleek new instant-printing digital camera (according to Engadget).
9. WinRumors is reporting that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will reveal parts of Windows 8 during tomorrow night's CES keynote. http://bit.ly/f0pxS1
10. All the little guys; the undiscovered entrepreneurs from around the world who rent a tiny booths in some of the less fancy Vegas convention centers
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was there anything at the show that really surprised you? maybe not technology wise but the way it was "put together" or "connected" in a new way? Maybe from one of the little guys?
Anne, January 13, 2011
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