10 Promising Products of CES 2012

Consumer Electronic Show, the world’s largest electronic at Las Vegas showcases a whole new range of products every year. All the products revealed in CES didn’t succeed in market or sometimes didn’t even enter the market. As CES 2012 came to an end with lots of innovative products let’s have a look at the most promising products of this year.

1. Lumia 900

Lumia 900

Nokia Lumia 900 tops the rank in the field of smartphones at CES 2012. This new Windows Phone is a combine effort of Nokia and Microsoft and is surely going to be one of best in the smartphone market.  Lumia 900 has an admirable design which resembles the fetching polycarbonate design of the Nokia N9. The device sports 4.3 inch touchscreen AMOLED ClearBlack display at 800×480 pixels of resolution, 1.4 GHz processor, 512 MB RAM, 8 MP rear camera with Carl Zeiss optics, LED flash and a front facing camera. Nokia Lumia 900 will be launched in India in March 2012 and is supposed to cost Rs. 30,000.

2. Droid Razr Maxx

Droid Razr Maxx

Motorola’s Droid Razr Maxx with its 3300 mAh battery claiming 21 hours of continuous talk time and an apt smartphone to use 4G made it unique product at CES 2012. This new device also sports 1.2-GHz dual-core processor, a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED screen with 540-by-960 resolution, an 8-megapixel camera with flash, a front-facing 1.3-megapixel camera for video chat and 1080p HD video recording. This device runs on Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread and will cost you around Rs. 28,000.

3. Makerbot Replicator

Makerbot Replicator

This ultimate personal 3D printer will give you a 3D version of whatever you want to print with its couple of spools of plastic line on the back which feeds into a jig that melts the plastic and layers it onto the surface of the object you’re making, one tiny slice at a time. The complexity involved in making in working of this printer is not at visible in its simple design which is compact enough to sit on your desktop. This 3D printer comes with a price tag of $1749; there is no information about its availability and cost in India.

4. Fujifilm X-Pro1

Fujifilm X-Prol

Fujifilm’s X-Pro1 is truly amazing in terms of both capability and style. This camera is for advanced amateur photographers and is the first one to have mirror less camera with interchangeable lens option. It also features new CMOS sensor called X-TransTM CMOSTM, hybrid multi viewfinder, optical viewfinder and 3 inch LCD display. This camera has a capacity of recording Full HD videos with stereo sound and also has dedicated button to switch between the viewfinders. Fujifilm  X-Pro1 willcosts $1,667. No details about is reach and price in India.

5. Samsung Ultimate TV and LG 55-inch OLED TV

Samsung OLED TV

OLEDs are the next big thing in the HDTV industry. LG and Samsung revealed their new eye catchy large screen OLEDs at CES 2012. Even though there is no information about these next generation TVs actually hitting the market, but they are so dazzling and sleek that whenever they come you will be ready to shed a lot of currency for them. OLED TVs doesn’t need a backlight therefore they are impossibly thin, they’re also capable of richer color palette, features fast response times and extremely wide viewing angles.

   

6. Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook

Dell Ultrabook

Dell XPS 13 has a 13.3-inch screen with Gorilla Glass for durability, weighs 2.99 pounds and is only 6 millimeters thick at its thinnest and 18 millimeters at its thickest. The carbon fiber used in the laptop makes its more light, makes the palm rest warm & comfortable and an always shinning look. It has a battery life of about nine hours, ports 128 to 256 gigabytes of flash memory and uses Intel processors & integrated Intel graphics. The company will stats it’s shipping in February with a price tag of about Rs. 60,000.

7. OLPC XO 3.0 tablet

OLPC XO 3.0

This device is an example to show how tech-friendly our next generation will be or should be. OLPC XO 3.0 is designed for children in developing countries and comes up with its own Linux operating system (also supports Android), Sugar user interface adapted for touchscreen use, can be charged with wall outlet, a solar panel, or a hand crank and runs on Marvell's ARMADA PXA618 processor and includes Avastar Wi-Fi. It also has an eight-inch display that works inside or outside in bright sunlight and come with a dust and waterproof cover.  India has already seen Aakash tablet, OLPC XO 3.0 is just a much better version of Aakash with a better price tag of Rs. 5000.

8. HP Envy 14 Spectre Ultrabook

HP Envy

The damage-resistant black Gorilla Glass used in the screen of HP Envy 14 Spectre Ultrabook made the device special. HP Envy Spectre sports a 14 inch Radiance LED backlit display with 1,600x900 pixels of resolution. It is powered by Intel i5 processor, Intel HD 3000 graphic cards, 4 GB of RAM and 128 GB of SSD and runs on Windows 7 OS. HP Envy 14 Spectre will be available from February 8 and will cost Rs. 99,000.

9. Gear4 Sleep Clock

Gear4 Sleep Clock

Gear4 Sleep Clock analyses your sleep patterns and wakes you up in the lightest point in your sleep so that you didn’t feel drained all say. The device uses an iPhone app, a dock and a Doppler radar to sense your sleep patterns. The radar senses your movements during sleep, detects your breathing and records everything so that you can see your sleep patterns every day. The device also gives averages and recommendations to get a good sleep. This Gear4 device will cost $199, its availability and price in India not revealed yet.

10. Samsung Galaxy Note

Samsung Galaxy Note

Samsung Galaxy Note comes with a stylus and some note-taking and handwriting recognition software to the Android OS which made this device stand out in between smartphones and tablets. Samsung Galaxy Note is larger than a smartphone and smaller than a tablet and will cost around Rs. 32900.