The International CES is a global consumer electronics and consumer technology tradeshow which is about to begin in Las Vegas from today until January 9. The exciting bit in the show is that there would be announcements from tech giants around the world on their latest offerings that would be possibly released this year. Let’s dive in and take a sneak peek at the key highlights of the show on its first day and what are the hottest tech gadgets that would be introduced this year.
Samsung unveils its future plans
The biggest news from Samsung’s (SSNLF, Financial) booth at the current Consumer Electronics Show is that the Korean brand’s upcoming flagship UHD TVs are not just UHD TV any more. Now they are super UHD TVs or SUHD TV in short.
The flagship SUHD TV has been unveiled in the CES 2015 which is equipped with two major technologies- high dynamic range (HDR) playback, and Quantum dot colour reproduction.
The JS9 series that is likely to be launched as the SUHD TV by Samsung would be bright and powerful enough with respect to colour processing providing a wider colour space than usually expected with the usual industry video standards.
The CES demonstration of Samsung’s SUHD TV certainly provides a potent reminder of the clear difference HDR could make to the viewer’s viewing experience. Colors pretty much exploded off the screen and thus, Quantum claims that these TVs would have a boost of 20% to the visible colour spectrum delivered by Quantum Dot color system.
Lenovo launches a magical pen and many more…
In some tablets there is a stylus which aids in writing or drawing on the tablet screen but that means an extra item is to be carried along with the tablet which has every chance of getting lost. Thinking on similar lines, Lenovo (LNVGY, Financial) is introducing a technology called AnyPen in its new 8-inch Yoga Tablet 2. This pen helps in writing or drawing on the screen just like an ordinary pen or pencil could do.
The company has opined that using this AnyPen feature, touchscreen navigation would become a lot easier than expected and would serve better than a finger click as well.
Lenovo also introduced the P90 smartphone which is powered by the 64-bit Intel Atom processor and Intel XM 7260 LTE-advanced modem. The device runs on Andriod Kitkat and would be available from February 2015.
The company also has stepped into the wearables market with the Lenovo VIBE Band V10 which is stated to feature a seven-day life battery, E ink display, and would give users instant notifications –Â calls, SMS, Facebook (FB), Twitter (TWTR), WeChat and more –Â with space for up to 150 characters. It would work on with any Android or iOS and the price is also damp reasonable being priced at around $89. Lenovo expects this smart wearable to be available in the market by April of this year.
LG announces seven new OLED TVs
The LG Electronics (LGLD, Financial) CES 2015 keynote has just concluded and LG has announced new OLED TVs that would span from screen sizes of 55 inches to 77 inches and would sport 4K UHD resolution.
According to LG, the OLED TVs would have flexible, curved as well as flat models. The seven OLED TVs are: 77-inch Flexible Curved EG9900; 65-inch Art Slim Unibody EF9800; 77-inch Curved EG9700; 55-inch and 65-inch Floating curved EG9600 and 55-inch and 65-inch Floating Flat EF9500.
All of the LG’s OLED variants would utilize the company’s proprietary WRGB technology which would aid in regulating colour stability regardless of variations in brightness. LG is driving innovation by making this superb TV technology available to more consumers,” said In-kyu Lee, senior vice president and head of the TV and monitor division at the LG Electronics Home Entertainment Company. “LG believes this is where the future of television is headed and we’re going to continue developing and expanding our OLED offerings until it becomes a viable option for all consumers.”
And the list continues to expand…
As today mark the first day of the show, this list of new products is going to grow as we proceed towards the second and the third day of the show. Even here in the article, we have not covered all the products that have been launched on the first day of the show, but some important ones which could catch the attention of most of the shopping freak consumers of the day. Let’s stay tuned for more information on the show which we could possibly cover in the days ahead.
