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MickMcGeough · 01-07-2011, 11:48 AM

The ultimate nerd convention kicked off yesterday. For anybody who doesn't know, this is where many of the big players in all things consumer-tech reveal their shiny new toys and drop some hints on what's to come.

Definitely the story of the year so far is tablets. There's about a thousand Android tablets coming out. I'll skip the vanilla ones.

Samsung's answer the Macbook Air looks outstanding. Real processing power and a sexier (imo) design. Want this badly.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/06/s...preview-video/

Also must have this: new Sandforce-2000 SSD drives:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/05/o...3-pcie-ssd-at/

Samsung with the best full-keyboard tablet execution I've seen so far:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/07/s...preview-video/

Plenty of new all-in-one PCs:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/07/v...hdtvs-and-all/
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/05/s...-one-and-vaio/
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/04/l...5-all-in-ones/
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/02/m...-of-ces-tease/

Massive screens on phones!
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/05/s...r-amoled-plus/
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/05/h...t-break-cover/
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/05/s...-ces-this-wee/

Samsung: DDR4 Memory

http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/04/s...better-energy/

"Beats by Dre" knockoffs:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/04/s...vides-inspira/
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/05/s...series-at-ces/

Novelty size HDTVs (155"!):
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/04/m...p-155-inch-ol/
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/05/s...ay-players-on/

Samsung sets a new standard for ugly TV design:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/04/s...ymmetric-beau/

AMD Fusion Hardware:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/05/a...wered-laptops/

Also loads of AirPlay devices and Tegra 2 talk. Gonna be an interesting year.

photon · 01-07-2011, 11:52 AM

http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/07/i...ts-1979-video/

photon · 01-07-2011, 11:57 AM

Oh and I think you meant to post this one for the first one:

http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/06/s...preview-video/

FlameOn · 01-07-2011, 12:11 PM

I would love that 155" TV in my living room!

This also seems to be the year of the tablets. Can't wait to see all those Honeycomb android tablets coming out in the next little bit

Hanni · 01-07-2011, 12:27 PM

AOTS did a look at the Origin Big O PC/xbox/ps3 yesterday ($17,000 for a pc is stupid). I wish I was rich so I could buy one.

http://g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/ces2...---CES-11.html

If you didn't know Origin makes some ridiculous high end gaming machines. They have a build feature on their site which is cool just to check out. I think I got one up to about $13,000 with all the top end equipment.

http://www.originpc.com/

KTrain · 01-07-2011, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by MickMcGeough

Samsung sets a new standard for ugly TV design:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/04/s...ymmetric-beau/

It's actually a monitor. If they made them with the base coming up from either sides they would look pretty sweet as two side-by-side monitors.

MickMcGeough · 01-07-2011, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by photon

Oh and I think you meant to post this one for the first one:

http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/06/s...preview-video/

Sure did, thanks. One of the coolest toys at CES this year, imo.

MickMcGeough · 01-07-2011, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by KTrain

It's actually a monitor. If they made them with the base coming up from either sides they would look pretty sweet as two side-by-side monitors.

Weird, I swear that was a TV yestesrday.

Yup it was, they edited the article.

As a dual monitor setup I have to agree, that would be unbelievable. Want specs.

Russic · 01-07-2011, 01:20 PM

Can't find a youtube but the blackberry playbook demo that engadget has is pretty cool. http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/06/b...ybook-preview/ Quake, 1080p video, music and a photo slideshow all playing at the same time. Not sure about the size or battery, but that's an awful lot of punch.

MickMcGeough · 01-07-2011, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by FlameOn

This also seems to be the year of the tablets. Can't wait to see all those Honeycomb android tablets coming out in the next little bit

Yeah, I expected tablets, but not like this. Also, almost no netbooks (no surprise there). The tablet market has officially devoured the netbook market.

Weirdly, none of the tablets have really caught my interest, even though I'm planning on buying one sometime in the next couple months. I didn't take a very close look, but nothing had a feature that really jumped out at me; mostly all pretty vanilla.

SebC · 01-07-2011, 02:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MickMcGeough

Novelty size HDTVs (155"!):
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/04/m...p-155-inch-ol/
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/05/s...ay-players-on/

155" is not novelty size, it's appropriately sized!

OilKiller · 01-09-2011, 11:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Russic

Can't find a youtube but the blackberry playbook demo that engadget has is pretty cool. http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/06/b...ybook-preview/ Quake, 1080p video, music and a photo slideshow all playing at the same time. Not sure about the size or battery, but that's an awful lot of punch.

Yeah, I was thinking seriously about an iPad, but wow, this thing looks better and better every time I see it. Plus it can be paired with my Bold, so I think I'm going to wait for the Playbook and support a Canadian company...

Russic · 01-09-2011, 12:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OilKiller

Yeah, I was thinking seriously about an iPad, but wow, this thing looks better and better every time I see it. Plus it can be paired with my Bold, so I think I'm going to wait for the Playbook and support a Canadian company...

If they hit their goal shipping date the iPad 2 should just beat it out, so you'll get a good comparison of the two hopefully.

OilKiller · 01-09-2011, 12:55 PM

Yup...that's what I was thinking as well. I like my Bold quite a bit, but if I get an iPad instead, I might take a serious look at that new HTC Thunderbolt from CES. Wow that thing looks impressive.

MickMcGeough · 01-09-2011, 04:05 PM

Year of the tablet is right.

Here's Endgadget's rundown of the upcoming tablet scene:
http://www.engadget.com/features/tablets-at-ces-2011/

I think the Motorola Xoom, Playbook, and the Notion Ink Adam look pretty interesting.

The Notion Ink Adam has one of those Pixel Qi dual-mode emissive/reflective screens which by itself might make me buy one. I've held off buying an e-reader or tablet but plan on getting each this year. This would be the ultimate two-in-one.

Igottago · 01-09-2011, 04:39 PM

I'm definitely jumping on the tablet bandwagon this year. I'm starting to see the functionality in them and would probably use it more regularly than a laptop. Can't wait to see the Ipad 2.

SebC · 01-09-2011, 05:31 PM

WANT.

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/computers/...hics-card/4781

MrMastodonFarm · 01-09-2011, 08:10 PM

Thanks for all the links.

I was looking at an all-in-one desktop this afternoon by chance, HP had a couple sleek ones.

Old Yeller · 01-09-2011, 10:23 PM

I had no real interest in a tablet until I saw some of these links.

This thread just cost me at least five or six hundred bucks.

Edit: NO bad Old Yeller! No first generation models!

Hack&Lube · 01-10-2011, 04:01 AM

I was hoping that Sandy Bridge and AMD Fusion would provide better 3D performance for the notebook segment but most games would still have to run on lowest settings for smoothless, even Starcraft 2.