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Here are some of the cool things showcased and unveiled during the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) 2009, Jan 8-11 in Las Vegas
Cell phones & Smartphones
I think it is appropriate to start the review with the first touch-screen Palm, named Palm Pre, which won the award for Best of CES 2009. It's packed with lots of wonderful features and powered by Palm own OS, the long-waited Palm WebOS. It comes with Bluetooth 2.1, WiFi, a 3.1-inch screen, GPS, 3mpx camera and 8GB of storage, among other things. Along with a multitouch display, it also equipped with a slide-out full QWERTY keyboard. Just like the iPhone, you can pinch in and out to zoom the web pages, but sadly without flash support.
The Icephone by the Medical Phone is the world first tri-panel phone. It got two keyboard with one full QWERTY and the other is for navigation purposes just like a mini-notebook. Just like the common smartphones, it's equipped with 3mpx camera, WiFi and GPS. The unique features about this phone is that it comes with software that can store your own medical record, and being dubbed as 'a phone that could save your life'.
Sony Ericsson unveiled its C905 phone which have a 8.1mpx camera with 16x digital zoom, the highest so far Sony Ericsson produced. It is a slide phone and currently not available in the US but only in Europe and Asia.
Ever thinking about a phone with circular display? Well Motorola is the first to did so with their new phone, the AURA. It got 1.55 inch (in diameter) round LCD display with 16 million color and 300 dpi resolution, giving a rich, photographic display quality. The display lens is made of 62-carat sapphire crystal, one of the most scratch-resistant material on earth! The phone is a designer centric phone with stainless steel housing with aluminum keypad. AURA is a swivel phone.
There are rumors about the new Nokia N97 all over the net for the past months but now it's unveiled at CES 2009. The N97 have a 3.5-inch 16:9 touch screen (640x360px) with also a slipped out full QWERTY keyboard. It got 32GB internal memory, 5mpx camera, accelerometer, proximity sensor and 3.5mm jack, just like iPhone does. But what it does have compared to iPhone are FM receiver, flash supported web pages, and also video recording capability. We can say that this is the true iPhone contender for sure.
Save the best for the last. LG have announced the GD910, a prototype wristwatch that can make and take call, or in other words, it is a watchphone! Its so secret and sleek, there are no one can touch the watch except the LG representative! It has a touch screen interface, Bluetooth , 3G, speakerphone and a music player.
Computers & Hardware
Asus Eee PC, the netbook pioneer, have a new model for Eee netbook line, the T91. The 2-pound, 1-inch netbook features an 8.9 inch LES backlit panel and it runs on Intel Atom processor and Windows XP. The screen can be flip-out 180 degree and it is touch enable.
HP debuts its own ultraportable, the dv2 and dv3, that have 12.1inch and 13.3inch display respectively. They are the first netbook powered by AMD's Yukon platform, the rival of Intel Atom processor. It starts at 3.8 pound with an inch thick at thinnest point.
Ever think about wireless charging? Well PowermatUSA have successfully make a product that will wirelessly charging your devices like phone, mp3 player, portable gaming device and even a laptop, by using magnetic induction process. Available in Spring 2009.
Done with netbook and now lets talk big. I mean it when I said big. Lenovo W700DS is indeed a big and heavy laptop, weights more than 11 lbs (5kg). The best thing about this laptop is that its powered by Intel Quad Core processor, NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M (1 GB) and got two hard drives. For the record, it is not the first laptop that powered by a Quad Core processor (Its Hypersonic Aviator EQ7). However, this laptop sets its own record for being the first laptop with two display; 17' 1920x1200 WUXGA TFT LCD and 10.6' 1280x768 TFT LCD. With a starting price of $3,663, this laptop is design for graphic and video professional.
Digital Photo & Video
Let start of this section with the cool Sony Cyber-shot DCS-G3. It is a 10mpx camera with nice looking black metal design and 4GB of internal memory. What nice about this camera is it have 3.5inch LCD and its touch screen! Another cool thing about this camera is that it got 802.11b/g wireless connectivity and you can simply upload your photos and videos to services like Photobucket, Picasa and Youtube on the go. You can get it online for $499.99!
Kodak unveils the new Z980 super zoom camera with 24x zoom. It is a 12mpx camera with 26mm wide angle lens and its also capable of recording HD video. What best about this camera is that it have a vertical shutter release and detachable vertical grip that can be seen in most professional camera like Nikon D3 and Canon Mark III.
Music & Video Player
Sony introduced its NWZ-X1051 walkman with internal capacity of 16GB and 32GB. It is the world first portable music player to have an OLED screen on it! It has 3-inch touch screen LCD plus WiFi, FM tuner and noise cancelling capability.
One of the highlight at iRiver booth was their new P7 PMP (Portable Media Player). It got intuitive user interface coupled with sleep design and 4.3-inch touchscreen display (480x272). It comes in three model of 4, 8, and 16GB. Other features include FM radio, full movie codec, SRS WOW sound equalizer and picture viewing capability.
Samsung updated it PMP line with the new P3. The P3 is really an update to the previous P2. It got 3-inch touch screen with gorgeous user interface and also Bluetooth connectivity that can be sync to other PMP for music sharing. The Bluetooth is also can be sync to you phone and the P3 can be a surrogate for your phone in taking phone call, as its equipped with speaker and microphone. It also got a haptic feedback (vibration) as touching the icon on the P3.
Television
One of the 'boom' during CES 2009 is the accouchement of several LCD models with ultrathin design. One of them is the LG 55LHX, a 0.97 inch (2.4cm) thick, 55 inch HDTV (1080p) with LED backlit. It is capable of wireless streaming. It have its own media box that talk to the TV wirelessly using 60GHz radio signal and multielement antenna array, making it capable to transmit uncompressed full 1080p video.
Samsung have step up one step ahead with their 31 inch OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) LCD prototype. To date, it is the largest OLED display ever been produced, surpassing the last year largest display of 11-inch from Sony. It is 1080p HDTV but consume only half the power compared to typical 32-inch LCD. And do you have any idea how thin this display is? It is only 4.3mm (0.17-inch) thick! Can you imagine that? Samsung also unveils a 52-inch LED HDTV with thickness of only 6.5mm (0.255-inch)!
There is another contender for ultrathin display and this one come from Panasonic. The thinnest point is only 8mm (0.31-inch). It is a 50-inch LCD display with 1080p capability.
Sony with their 27-inch OLED display with contrast ratio 1,000,000:1 really brings out the color and it is 100% better than the NTSC version. The display is less that 10mm thick! Beside their ultra-thin displays, Sony also announces its first flexible full color OLED display. The display is 2.5-inch prototype with just 0.3mm thick (as thick as papers!) and it has a resolution of 169x120
If you really concerned and said 'That it?'. Well here I just wrote the stuffs that really shake and shock the world with their ground breaking technologies and features. Actually, there are about 2,700 exhibitors represent 30 product categories. So go suit yourself and enjoy the rest of 99% of the product at CES website or any other sources (i.e. CNET TV)
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