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Saturday, December 15, 2012

Ramping up to CES 2013

An example of an invite to a cocktail party at CES

It's that time of the year again -- done with the turkey coma and on to the Christmas shopping and New Year's champagne with a culmination of a tough and rewarding year of work at our jobs.

It's time to getting psyched about CES 2013 in Vegas.

What biggest change do I see forthcoming in our working space?

Proliferation of touch enabled ablet pcs in our workspace. PC at the desk, touch enabled tablet at meetings, lunch and in the evening.

Here's what I'm sure to see at CES this year

1080p HD phones
Bigger, Thinner TVs
Obnoxious 3D TVs and Cameras
4x HD devices
New Tablets and Touch enabled Laptops

A lot of this is the regular annual junk that's sort of boring.

Here's what I'm looking forward to this time:

Our team at Wannabtechie is growing a bit more and so three of us are heading that way this year including our new lifestyle specialist who will post on the blog before we go up there for work
See what interesting software and interaction environments will emerge prior to the democratisation of tablets in the workplace
Convergence of DSLRs, Mirrorless, Compacts and Smartphones
Smarter Toys
Next Generation Consoles (Xbox 1080, PS4?)
Generally have fun in Vegas
Maybe we'll go check out Grand Canyon

Source(s):

www.wannabetechie.com

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

CES 2011: LG's Smart Web-Connected Home Dream via THiNQ

LG seems to believe in a world of smart appliances. Pretty sure this was a running joke at some point but when we look at most of our appliances today running on Android or Windows CE, it really isn't a joke anymore.

LG's dream definitely has positive benefit for us. Preheat the oven on the way home or run the washer while you're commuting -- all right from your handheld device. Check what's in your fridge while you're at the grocery store and keep an eye on your home via the HOM-BOT. On top of all this, the devices communicate with a smart-meter to ensure you're energy usage is optimised. Wannabe Techie, i'm pretty sure you're salivating at the possibilities if this is just scratching the surface of smart home devices.

Source(s): LG Press Release

www.wannabetechie.com

CES 2011: More Tablets from ASUS

Vizio just hit the stage with their latest tablet and smartphone yesterday. We should have waited knowing that this is the CES of tablets so that we could do it in one post :)

Asus is announcing four tablets at CES 2011.

7" Asus Eee Pad MeMO running Android3.0, available June 2011, $499
10.1" Asus Eee Pad Transformer running Android 3.0 available April 2011, $399-$699
10.1" Asus Eee Pad Slider running Android 3.0 available May 2011, $499-$799
12.1" Asus Eee Slate EP121 running Windows 7 available January 2011, $999

This is why it is a good idea to manufacture a tablet this year: