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[MontTrain]

WTF at all the apple talk/comparisons. Do people actually think that that CES is an apple-chasing event? Never heard of that before. Sorry I know its off-topic but that really is blowing my mind.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/brianca...onsumer-electronics-show-are-all-about-apple/

 

[BlueTsunami]

WTF at all the apple talk/comparisons. Do people actually think that that CES is an apple-chasing event? Never heard of that before. Sorry I know its off-topic but that really is blowing my mind.

Apple created technology

 

[Technosteve]

When you are the most successful technology company other companies tend to try to copy your success

 

[Ninja Scooter]

hey guys quit talking about the most successful consumer electronics company in a CES thread!

 

[kehs]

When you are the most successful technology company other companies tend to try to copy your success

Hitler was pretty successful at one point too.

 

[TGateKeeper]

leave Beyonce's daughter out of this.

lmao


is there a list of things that are expected to be shown?

 

[Syphon Filter]

Ballmer keynote is at 9:30 eastern right?

 

[BlueTsunami]

Apple is gonna' have a presence at CES though... in the form of an Apple rep. shopping for hardware patents. Innovation.

 

[NomarTyme]

Ballmer keynote is at 9:30 eastern right?

PST!

 

[bigtroyjon]

Apple is gonna' have a presence at CES though... in the form of an Apple rep. shopping for hardware patents. Innovation.

Hey, not fair, they will probably be taking a look at software patents too.

 

[clav]

Ballmer keynote is at 9:30 eastern right?

Yes. 9:30 PM.

Check the countdown timer.

 

[MrBig]

Ballmer keynote is at 9:30 eastern right?

PST!

It is at 9:30 EST, 6:30 PST.

 

[SSGMUN10000]

http://www.forbes.com/sites/brianca...onsumer-electronics-show-are-all-about-apple/

Seems like a dumb article to me. I know apple dominates the mp3 player scene but aside from that don't they just have a fraction of the pc/laptop area. Anyways just found it mind boggling at this way of thinking.

 

[NomarTyme]

It is at 9:30 EST, 6:30 PST.

right!

 

[noah111]

Whoop, posting opposites here. Anyone see that eye tracking tech yet? The video looked pretty amazing with how accurate it can be, the trick now is just finding out a right interface to go with it.

Could get complicated touching/clicking while looking at something, definitely a learning curve it seems like.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

WTF at all the apple talk/comparisons. Do people actually think that that CES is an apple-chasing event? Never heard of that before. Sorry I know its off-topic but that really is blowing my mind.

Steve Jobs invented the GUI, the mouse, the MP3 player, and the smartphone. I hear that soon his vision for something called a 'TV' will soon be unveiled to our heathen eyes. Everyone is always chasing Apple, all the time, and why not, because Apple invented everything!

 

[kehs]

I am very confounded by the lack of rumors or allusions to padfone.

Has Asus forsaken me?

 

[Vanillalite]

Why do I feel like as a lover of gadgets and stuff that I should be all about CES, but I never find myself really getting excited?

Maybe it's just because it's so big I tend to like smaller more focused events.

 

[Technosteve]

Hitler was pretty successful at one point too.

you have no taste

 

[C.Dark.DN]

Why do I feel like as a lover of gadgets and stuff that I should be all about CES, but I never find myself really getting excited?

Maybe it's just because it's so big I tend to like smaller more focused events.

Apparently these are the most notable technologies introduced since 2001:

Blu-ray Disc, 2004
HD DVD, 2004
Xbox, 2001

An event mostly about phones, televisions, etc. never interested me cause I never could upgrade to them anyway.

 

[Tobor]

Why do I feel like as a lover of gadgets and stuff that I should be all about CES, but I never find myself really getting excited?

Maybe it's just because it's so big I tend to like smaller more focused events.

CES is boring. Dozens of companies vomiting out copycats of whatever they think is popular, mixed in with bizarre crap that will never see a store shelf.

Microsoft is right to pull out.

 

[bloodydrake]

you have no taste

like apple?.. ;-)

 

[Raistlin]

CES is boring. Dozens of companies vomiting out copycats of whatever they think is popular, mixed in with bizarre crap that will never see a store shelf.

Microsoft is right to pull out.

Hyperbolic much?


I do get MS's reasoning, but their a huge company that can make plenty of media attention whenever they feel like releasing info or offering up their own press event. CES is useful for the little companies that really don't have that sort of power. It's a good platform for guaranteed, large-scale coverage.

Moreover, it's good for the press as well as it helps them to target products with coverage throughout the year.

 

[Windu]

Hitler was pretty successful at one point too.

well the US did copy a lot of germany's military innovations.

 

[Mr_Zombie]

Will the videos from keynotes be available somewhere to stream/download after the specific keynote is finished?

 

[jonremedy]

Will the videos from keynotes be available somewhere to stream/download after the specific keynote is finished?

Microsoft's usually is at the same site the stream is at.

 

[biosnake20]

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/events/ces/

 

[risk]

Going to be amazing. Hope to read some really good news.

 

[iavi]

I just want Windows 8 to blow my mind.

Spoiler

and a beta build date

 

[brotkasten]

Yes, yes, and the ipad isn't a tablet, it's a big itouch.

Are you saying all the Android tablets on the market are getting beaten by a big iPod touch? That's pretty embarrassing. :lol

I just want Windows 8 to blow my mind.

Spoiler

and a beta build date

End of February.

 

[-SD-]

Some additional useful links:

CES 2012 live events calendar: http://ces.cnet.com/8301-33363_1-57354865/ces-2012-live-events-calendar/?tag=mncol;cnetRiver

Sony CES Press Conference 2012: http://www.ustream.tv/sonyelectronics (http://ces.blog.sony.com)

Attack Of The Show Live At CES Starting January 10th!: http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/718627/aots-live-at-ces-starting-january-10th/

IGN Latest CES 2012 News & Updates: http://www.ign.com/events/ces

Joystiq: http://www.joystiq.com/tag/CES-2012

Engadget: http://www.engadget.com/ces

The Verge: http://www.theverge.com/ces

EDIT:

NVIDIA: http://www.nvidia.com/object/ces2012.html

 

[biosnake20]

Some additional useful links:

Sony CES Press Conference 2012: http://www.ustream.tv/sonyelectronics (http://ces.blog.sony.com)

Attack Of The Show Live At CES Starting January 10th!: http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/718627/aots-live-at-ces-starting-january-10th/

IGN Latest CES 2012 News & Updates: http://www.ign.com/events/ces

CES 2012 live events calendar: http://ces.cnet.com/8301-33363_1-57354865/ces-2012-live-events-calendar/?tag=mncol;cnetRiver

Joystiq: http://www.joystiq.com/tag/CES-2012

Engadget: http://www.engadget.com/ces

The Verge: http://www.theverge.com/ces

thanks

 

[BY2K]

So if the new Xbox is revealed, it will be at Ballmer's Keynote, correct?

 

[Windu]

So if the new Xbox is revealed, it will be at Ballmer's Keynote, correct?

where are the silly rumors coming from?

but yes if it is revealed it will be at their keynote.

 

[brotkasten]

So if the new Xbox is revealed, it will be at Ballmer's Keynote, correct?

There won't be a new Xbox at CES, but yes, it would be the Microsoft keynote at 6.30pm.

 

[bigtroyjon]

where are the silly rumors coming from?

but yes if it is revealed it will be at their keynote.

Don't venture over to the gaming side?

 

[Unknown Soldier]

I just want Windows 8 to blow my mind.

Spoiler

and a beta build date

Metro on your desktop is pretty stupid. Fortunately you can make Win8 look just like Win7.

 

[darkwing]

wow a new xbox

 

[abstract alien]

Metro on your desktop is pretty stupid. Fortunately you can make Win8 look just like Win7.

Why? It seems to be nice for day to day tasks, especially since its touch based as well. I'm just asking because I have no idea.

 

[Korey]

I'm pretty sure they would announce "the next Xbox" at E3

 

[Windu]

Why? It seems to be nice for day to day tasks, especially since its touch based as well. I'm just asking because I have no idea.

metro works very well with a mouse and keyboard on the desktop. The only question i have about it is whether the only 2 app limit on the screen at one time will be a hindrance. Probably just depends on the user but from my use I rarely have more than more 2 apps open on screen at a time.

Anyway I think the general consumer will find the new app environment easier to use. Power Users will probably resist it to the bitter end though.

 

[brotkasten]

metro works very well with a mouse and keyboard on the desktop. The only question i have about it is whether the only 2 app limit on the screen at one time will be a hindrance. Probably just depends on the user but from my use I rarely have more than more 2 apps open on screen at a time.

Anyway I think the general consumer will find the new app environment easier to use. Power Users will probably resist it to the bitter end though.

I hate it, because all the new shiny metro style apps are useless in my multi monitor environment.

 

[enzo_gt]

I'm pretty sure they would announce "the next Xbox" at E3

You forget the 360 was unveiled in weirder places; MTV. Not our of the realm of possibility.

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/events/ces/

So this will have a live stream eventually, right?

 

[venne]

Whoop, posting opposites here. Anyone see that eye tracking tech yet? The video looked pretty amazing with how accurate it can be, the trick now is just finding out a right interface to go with it.

Could get complicated touching/clicking while looking at something, definitely a learning curve it seems like.

Looks incredible. I will definitely get this for my next computer.

http://m.gizmodo.com/5874172/i-just...es-and-it-made-me-believe-in-technology-again

 

[RubxQub]

Just a reminder, just about everything in the OP is clickable and I'm keeping it up to date. The MS presser image is the link to the live stream.

Will add further blog sites when I get off the train.

 

[Wiktor]

No, but they did make the unibody iMac, which is what people are ripping off. If the iMac is a typical minimalist design, why did no one do it before Apple?

That all in one looks nothing like iMac :]

 

[Wiktor]

Lenovo announces transformer tablet.

Lenovo had thet device of this type long before transformer.

They are likely the most innovative PC manufactuer around. Same with ultrabooks, theirs is the only one that doesn't have design heavily influenced by Macbook air. Which is propably one of the reasons why they're currently the fastest growing PC vendor. Heck, analysts predict they will even pass Apple this year in all-in-one market.

 

[big_z]

LG oled tv's to launch later this year. Price $10,000 US

http://www.oled-display.net/lg-electronics-55-inch-oled-tv-booth-ces-2012/

With all of the focus on OLED TVs people seem to have, I hope some players also reveal moderately sized (24" inch-ish) OLED monitors...

would be nice but i dont see it happening due to oled cost and current lcd monitor pricing.

 

[def sim]

10 grand? That's a lot lower than I expected. I'll have an OLED screen in three years!

 

[brotkasten]

Fujitsu and Huawei demonstrated new ultra thin phones. Fujitsu's phone is even thinner than the new Razr.

Don’t be deceived into believing for a moment that its delicate proportions mean that it’s fragile. The IS12F has Gorilla Glass protecting the 4” AMOLED 800x480px display – and if that’s not enough, Fujitsu has also made the phone waterproof, a fact demonstrated to Pocket-lint, who witnessed the phone being casually dipped into a goldfish bowl filled with water.

But beyond its thin frame and surprising durability, the specifications for this device are decidedly unremarkable. A single-core Qualcomm MSM8655 1.4GHz Snapdragon processor keeps things moving, along with 512MB of RAM, although performance out of the box is reportedly quite brisk.

Despite its sleek body, the styling is certainly something of an acquired taste. The reverse is home to a 5MP camera (compared with the RAZR’s 8MP 1080p affair), while there’s a front-facing camera of unknown resolution too. As you’d expect, there’s wi-fi (b/g/n), Bluetooth 2.1 and GPS, along with a micro-SD slot.

There’s no Ice Cream Sandwich here though – Android 2.3 Gingerbread calls the shots on this device, with no word yet on whether an upgrade will be forthcoming to Android 4.0.

http://www.neowin.net/news/fujitsu-launches-worlds-thinnest-smartphone

At today's starting Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Huawei is unveiling the world's slimmest smartphone - the Huawei Ascend P1 S. The device is 6.68 mm thin and features a 4.3" Super AMOLED qHD 960 x 540 touchscreen with Corning Gorilla Glass. The Ascend P1 S is also the fastest and most compact smartphone in its class with a dual-core TI OMAP 4460 Cortext-A9 CPU at 1.5 GHz and SGX 540 graphic processor which runs on Android 4.0/Ice Cream Sandwich. Furthermore, Huawei is also unveiling the P1 S' sister model, the Ascend P1 which - as part of the same smartphone series - boasts the same functionality while measuring 7.69 mm.

Delivering the ultimate in elegance and speed with a 1670 mAh/1800 mAh battery, the Huawei Ascend P1/P1 S series provides the fastest multi-tasking, video replay and gaming experience in its class. The Huawei Ascend P1/P1 S series feature a super-sleek and narrow 64.8 mm body, elegant contours and an effortlessly stylish design. The PPVD back cover coating evenly distributes heat, and provides a strong metallic, three-dimensional design with a delicate texture.

The Huawei Ascend P1/P1 S brings digital world to life with its impressive 8 megapixel BSI rear-facing and 1.3 megapixel HD front-facing cameras with dual flash LED and HDR effect optimization which allows to capture special moments in sharper, brighter and clearer detail, both in light and dim environments. Furthermore, the Huawei Ascend P1/P1 S are able to record 1080p HD videos with the main camera and 720p HD videos with the front camera. Photos and videos can be shown after via MHL-HDMI and DLNA.

Both smartphones are coming with support of quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE and pentaband UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA, WiFi b/g/n and Bluetooth 3.0 HS and feature 1 GB of RAM and 4 GB of ROM.

The Huawei Ascend P1 and the Huawei Ascend P1 S will be available in metallic black, ceramic white, cherry-blossom pink in Europe, Asia-Pacific, North America, Australia, Middle East and China from anytime around Q2 2012. A price wasn't announced so far.

http://www.theunwired.net/?item=unv...ndroid-smartphone-the-huawei-ascend-p1-s&6076