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EE Times editorial wrap up of CES Unveiled
Junko Yoshida, Sylvie Barak
1/9/2012 6:52 PM EST
LAS VEGAS--EE Times editorial was on location in Las Vegas on Sunday for the opening CES Unveiled event to see what is hot, trending and exciting at this year’s show.
The 2012 stand out themes seemed to center around the multitude of accessories built to take advantage of ipods, ipads and iphones, as well as growing number of car-infotainment products, devices for a smarter home and the consumerization of digital healthcare and monitoring.
In the following video, EE Times Editor in chief, Junko Yoshida, and EE Times writer Sylvie Barak discuss some of the more noteworthy tech tidbits on display.
The 2012 stand out themes seemed to center around the multitude of accessories built to take advantage of ipods, ipads and iphones, as well as growing number of car-infotainment products, devices for a smarter home and the consumerization of digital healthcare and monitoring.
In the following video, EE Times Editor in chief, Junko Yoshida, and EE Times writer Sylvie Barak discuss some of the more noteworthy tech tidbits on display.
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chanj
1/9/2012 7:48 PM EST
Computer was used to be a tool, helping people to write, to research and to learn. Nowadays, computer has become part of our life. It makes our life a bit easier. It provides entertainment to us. It provides information to us through the web. I believe computer has become more towards a consumer electronic than just a 100+ keys calculator. PC has blend well into Consumer Electronics Show.
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Bert22306
1/10/2012 3:03 AM EST
I agree with Junko that PCs never used to be classified as consumer electronics products. So in a sense, why should we be suprised if they don't make a big showing at CES?
But I think the very interesting trend to look for is whether gadgets like tablets will be expanded more into a real tool for creativity, encroaching into what used to be PC territory. New developments like Windows 8 certainly hint that such things COULD happen.
But this would be more related to their CPU design than to the form factor. You have to get away from tiny screens and lack of efficient and flexible user interface, if this new device is really going to replace PCs.
That's my take. I'll be interested to see what our intrepid editors discover at CES.
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junko.yoshida
1/10/2012 7:38 AM EST
Tablet with a pen is definitely coming back. And touchscreen MCU companies like Atmel are definitely trying to keep up with that trend.http://bit.ly/wy36kz
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docdivakar
1/11/2012 1:21 PM EST
@junko.yoshida: you are a 1000% right, tablets change the computing game by taking it to the next level of consumer activity, in stark comparison to the desktops of earlier generations. I would argue that the innovations in software are needed to 'enable' people with varying competency levels to make productive use of the hardware. To that end, hardly 50% of the capabilities present in a mobile computing hardware gets used. It still remains the domain of specialists and geeks to exploit their full capabilities (like the story you ran right here on EE Times recently, link below):
http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4233883/The-human-element--ahead-of-his-time
Nice work, Junko & Sylvie. Enjoy your time at the greatest candyland of all, CES!
MP Divakar
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