Las
Vegas became the place to be not only for gambling casinos but also tech fanatics
as it played host to the biggest consumer technology show in the world – the
Consumer Electronics Show or CES. This year saw bigger
screens, designs so sleek and so stunning and specs that are much more power-packed. Below are the 10 absolutely worthy gadgets from CES 2013.
Oculus Rift
The Oculus Rift is
an upcoming high field of view (FOV), low-latency, consumer-priced virtual
reality (VR) head-mounted display (HMD). It is being developed by Oculus LLC,
who have raised $2.4 million from a Kickstarter campaign. Date invented last
2012 by Palmer Luckey and the cost is about $200-300.
Pebble Smartwatch
The Pebble E-Paper
Watch is an upcoming smartwatch developed by Pebble Technology that was funded
by raising money via the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter. After raising
venture capital for the product under their former name inPulse, the company
failed to attract traditional investors under their new brand name, so the
company requested crowdfunding in April 2012. At the end of the funding, Pebble
became the most highly funded Kickstarter project to date with $10,266,844
pledged by 68,928 people. In a press conference at CES 2013 on January 9, 2013,
CEO Eric Migicovsky announced that the first Pebbles would ship on January 23,
2013 with 15,000 watches being produced and shipped every week. Price: $150.
Samsung 85-Inch
Ultra HD TV
How different is an
Ultra HD TV from a HD one? From what we’ve come know from CES 2013, the former
offers up to four times the resolution of the latter and the Samsung Ultra HD
TV happens to be the largest ever made – a whopping 85-inch screen. And if that
isn’t big enough for you, Samsung has plans to release a 100-inch version
within this very year.
Nvidia Project Shield
Project Shield is a
proposed handheld game console by Nvidia Corporation which was first announced
at CES 2013 on 7 January 2013. The prototype devices shown by Nvidia in January
2013 are similar in form to an Xbox Controller but with both analog joysticks
on the lower part of the controller. With the addition of a flip-up 5-inch (130
mm) touchscreen display.
Philips Fidelio Soundbar HTL9100 Speakers
The Philips Fidelio
Soundbar HTL9100 is billed as the "world's first sound bar with detachable
speakers," as the far ends of the sound bar can be removed and used as
rear speakers. The detachable, battery-powered speakers operate wirelessly and
Philips claims 10 hours of battery life. The speakers then recharge
automatically when they're reattached. Price: $800
Sony Xperia Z
Waterproof Phone
The Xperia Z
launched at CES 2013 as Sony’s new flagship Android smartphone, and it seems
the Japanese manufacturer hopes to propel its new addition into the same
territory as other high-end mobile phones from the likes of Samsung and HTC.
It’s the best proposition we’ve ever seen from the manufacturer’s Xperia range,
featuring a waterproof casing, 13-megapixel camera, and striking five-inch
1080p display, resulting in it being labelled the first full HD smartphone.
Lenovo ThinkPad
Helix
The new Lenovo
ThinkPad Helix Tablet 2. This tablet runs on Windows 8 Pro and features a
10.1-inch multi-touch HD display. Lenovo claims this is the lightest Windows 8
tablet on the market with a starting weight of 1.25 pounds. A dock is available
for this tablet that offers port replication. On the dock, you’ll get HDMI out,
LAN, speaker, power, and USB ports. A Bluetooth keyboard stand is also
available for this tablet. Price: $1,499
Vizio 11.6-inch
Windows 8 Tablet
This Windows 8
Tablet by Vizio has yet to be named but we highly doubt anyone would really
care what it will ultimately be called because everyone would probably be too
enamored by its amazing aesthetics and, not forgetting, impressive specs: an
11.6-inch screen with an ultra slim 0.4-inch body, a powerful AMD Radeon HD
6250 graphics processing unit and a 1080p HD resolution.
Samsung Curved Glass
LED TV
If you’re not so
much a fan of the floating concept of the aforementioned Ultra HD TV then you
might be interested in this curved glass LED TV, also by Samsung. Designed for
a more immersive experience in the comfort of one’s own home, Samsung has
managed to once again wow its audience by incorporating the curved glass
concept, which has been quite a hit with mobile phones, into TVs.
Panasonic 20-inch
Windows 8 Tablet
As if a Windows 8
tablet that comes with a 20-inch screen as well as a stunning 4K resolution
powered by an Intel Core i& processor isn’t jaw-dropping enough, Panasonic
has taken a step further by incorporating a Photoshop certified stylus; the
icing on top of this very, very delicious cake. More on this huge tablet here.
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