Best of Consumer Electronics Show(CES) 2013

The International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is the world’s largest gadgets and electronics trade show. It’s massive! And it is NOT open to the public. With over 150,000 industry attendees (like me) on hand to check out over 2500 exhibitors showcasing the latest technology that is ready for your living room, the 1.6 million feet of exhibit space is a gadget fiend’s paradise. Everyone from the big names like Sony, Xbox, and Samsung will be there. But, sometimes the most unique and incredible ideas come out of the smaller, more creative players. And from today through January 8 – 11, I’ll be your eyes on the floor.Let's see what's new gadgets come these day!

Samsung's Youm flexible-display

Samsung brought out a handful of demo units around 5-inches in size to show press, including a phonelike device with a screen that wraps around the side edges and could therefore display information like text messages and other alerts without a user needing to view the entire screen. A similar design puts the wraparounds on the bottom, while another concept (shown off in a video) rolled out like a scroll.

Caliber Advantage | Gaming Controller for iPhone 5

It's no secret that iOS mobile gaming leaves us wanting when it comes to physical controls. Fortunately, at CES 2013, iFrogz is out to fill that void with the Caliber Advantage iPhone case-gone-console. The Caliber Advantage, an iPhone 5 and fifth-generation iPod touch accessory, uses Bluetooth 4.0 to connect to the corresponding enabled application rather than the phone itself. iFrogz mentions that a deal with Epic Games and Chair Entertainment to build the basis for the Caliber software powered by the Unreal Engine is in the works.

Sony Xperia ZL

We'd seen the leaks, but this may just be a case of pictures not doing the hardware reality justice. Both of Sony's new topflight Xperia handsets are impressively constructed, though the ZL misses out on the Z's "omni-balance" design (read: hard angles and reflective symmetry). To our minds, the Xperia ZL's chassis may actually be the better of the two, what with its soft touch contoured back and gently curved edges that make for an incredibly pleasing in-hand fit. At 5.18 x 2.74 x 0.38 inches, it comes in as shorter than the Z, but that reduced footprint means you're looking at a front face that's about 75-percent display. The ZL also carries a bit more weight than its counterpart at 151 grams, but it's a difference you won't really notice until you're also palming the Z.

ZTE Grand S

ZTE didn't wait for its official press event to take the official wraps off its latest flagship release, the Grand S: the company is previewing it in its booth. And in a rare match of marketing garble and specs, this grandiose moniker actually befits the hardware to which it's attached. For starters, the handset's decked out with a 5-inch 1080p display, quad-core 1.7GHz Snapdragon S4 Pro CPU, 13MP rear-facing camera and 2MP front-facing cam, 2GB RAM and Android Jelly Bean 4.1 pre-installed. But, its signature claim to mobile fame is its 6.9mm thickness -- a slim silhouette the company's billing as a "world's first." If you find that last bit hard to swallow, take note, that self-appointed distinction refers to its place in the 1080p smartphone space. We had a chance to spend some quality time with the device, so follow along after the break for our initial impressions, and check out some photos of the new phone below.

HTC One SV

Ready to make its debut on Cricket Wireless, we've spent some time with the One SV here at CES. In a great flame red finish, the specification sheet matches what we've seen on the Desire X and Desire C. There's a strong-performing 4.3-inch Super LCD 2 display with a UI that has that familiar HTC sheen. Yep, there's that Sense overlay and those bonus camera features (burst photography and the like) that we've seen from the Taiwan phone maker's 2012 catalog. Like the Desire X, the curved size and (relatively) small screen-size mean it's easy to handle, while LTE connectivity and a 1.2GHz Snapdragon S4 processor made easy work of browsing on Chrome and navigating Android 4.0. We'll be bringing you our full review of Cricket's new 4G phone later this month, but until then we've got a hands-on video after the break.

Sony Xperia Z

Specs and Features

• 5-inch 1920 x 1080 Full HD Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA Engine 2
• 13-megapixel Fast Capture camera with Exmor RS for mobile, HDR video, Superior Auto and Noise Reduction to effortlessly capture razor sharp pictures and videos in any conditions
• Dust and water resistant (IP55 & IP57) with a durable glass display
• 1.5 GHz asynchronous quad-core Snapdragon S4 processor
• 2GB RAM
• microSD support
• 4G LTE support
• NFC support
• Battery STAMINA mode improves standby time by at least 4 times
• Android 4.1 Jelly Bean upgradeable to Android 4.2 “shortly after launch”
• Size: 7.9mm thin

A Cool Stylus You Wear On Your Finger

There are a whole slew of styluses for the iPad and the iPhone on the market, from the rubber-tipped variety like the Cosmonaut to the plastic-tipped kind like the Adonis Jot Pro. Tech Tips, which are being shown off at CES this year, claim to be more accurate and easy to use than all of those “conventional” styluses, though the company isn’t going to be winning any style awards. As you can see, Tech Tips are designed to fit right on your fingertip, like a futuristic nail. Tech Tips labels these fingertip devices as “precision styluses,” but I’d like to point out that on a capacitive screen, no stylus is more accurate than another because capacitive screens don’t allow for pinpoint accuracy.

Gorilla Glass 3

Even iPhone 5, it's still not tough enough to bare the normal fallen down, and the result just all the screen is scattered, which is called Gorilla Glass, in CES 2013 Corning brings the latest Gorilla Glass 3, and will it make the future iPhone stronger than ever? Let's check it out: Corning demonstrated the strength of its third generation Gorilla Glass at CES. The latest version of its damage-resistant cover glass for consumer electronics is based on a completely new glass composition, with durability enhancements developed at the atomic structural level of the glass. Engadget recorded the video below that shows the company dropping a 130 gram ball to see what damage it could inflict on the glass. Corning said that production will ramp up at the end of Q1 and the glass should appear in devices by the second half of 2013.

Lenovo IdeaPhone K900

This week the Lenovo IdeaPhone K900 has been revealed: a massively powerful smartphone working with Android and a 5.5-inch 1080p IPS display with an Intel Atom Z2580 processor (that’s Clover Trail, mind you) under the hood. This smartphone is super slim at just 6.9mm and weighs in at just 162g, both of these specifications rendered extra impressive by the fact that you’re working with the features you’re about to read all about. This machine feels just as nice as it sounds, looking ready for the market in the very near future.  With a fabulous 88 degree viewing angle on the front-facing camera on this smartphone you’ll once again be working with the best of the best – no front-facing camera on a smartphone has a wider angle than that.

Lenovo announces five more Android phones

Lenovo announced their flagship smartphone, the K900, earlier this week. For those of you who don’t remember why it’s special, it’s basically a 5.5 inch 1080p monster with a dual core Intel 2 GHz Atom processor. We thought that would be the only device from Lenovo at CES, but nope, we couldn’t have been more wrong. The company just announced five handsets. Let’s run through all of them briefly.

First up is the S890. It’s highlight feature is the 5 inch screen, which sadly only does 960 x 540 pixels. That’s better than the 5 inch Galaxy Grand from Samsung, but worse compared to just about every other 5 inch smartphone on the market. It does have an 8 megapixel camera however, so maybe it’s not too bad?

Next up is the S720. It has a smaller 4.5 inch screen, but it has the same resolution. It’s main features are dual SIM support and a massive 2,000 mAh battery. It too has an 8 megapixel camera.

The P770 doesn’t come with any specifications, except for the battery, which is rated at 3,500 mAh. It’s a phone meant for business users. It even comes with anti-virus software preloaded. That’s not exactly a good sign that Chinese Android phones need such software, but hey, this is the world we live in.

Moving on lower down the food chain, there’s the A800. It’s a dual core 1.2 GHz device, dual SIM, with a 4.5 inch FWVGA (854 x 480) display. There’s a 2,000 mAh battery on-board, and … that’s about it.

Finally there’s the super cheap A690. It has a single core 1 GHz processor, 4 inch 800 x 480 screen, and it too has dual SIM support. Other than that, nothing was mentioned.

Nokia: PureView Tech Phone Will be Released in 2013

Juha Alakarhu, Nokia's head of imaging technologies, said in CES 2013 that Nokia will release PureView technology phone. And he stressed that “PureView doesn’t represent any technologies. When you buy PureView tech phone, what you enjoy is the high imaging quality.” He also said that they are now using creative tech to develop and deepen phone imaging experience, and now he can tell us much about it. But Nokia is working hard, and PureView phone in the future is so amazing.

Meanwhile, creation in hardware without advanced software experience is not enough, he also said. It looks like Nokia is searing more creation on imaging experience to improve user experience. 

Microsoft Surface Pro

The Surface Pro has a 10.6 inches screen same with Surface Pro but with 1080p resolution. And it’s supported by Intel Core i5 CPU and 4GB RAM. Surface Pro runs with Windows 8 professional which is compatible with PC apps. The battery can last 4 hrs. And sources said that it will hit the market on 26th Jan with 64GB 899USD, 128GB 999USD.