Top 10 Gadgets from Consumer Electronic Show (CES) 2013

Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the ultimate gadget show for the coolest new gadgets has ended. Many interesting gadgets were there for one to see and buy. The expo was home to some revolutionary products that are truly pushing forward the future of consumer electronics. Here is the list of the top 10 gadgets from CES 2013, check it out!!!

1. SONY Xperia Z

The Xperia Z is the first Sony smartphone the company has “designed” after taking over the Sony Ericsson brand and by the looks of it is a very definition of Sony’s industrial design. Design aside, it packs a 5-inch 1080p display, a quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro CPU, 2GB of RAM, a 13-megapixel camera that can shoot HDR videos on the fly, is waterproof and runs on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. It has all the makings of a superphone that could give stiff competition to Apple and Samsung.

2. Lenovo ThinkPad Helix

What exactly is Lenovo's new ThinkPad Helix? It's hard to say. It's a laptop that runs Windows 8 when plugged into its full-size keyboard with trackpad, a separate 11.6-inch tablet when removed, and something in between when flipped around for watching movies or giving presentations. Similar tablet/laptops have been released before, but this might be the most solid, versatile hybrid on the market.

3. NVIDIA Project Shield

NVIDIA PROJECT SHIELD came out of nowhere. Literally, No one expected it, and more importantly it’s not only a glorified game controller with a 5-inch display, but it also becomes the first device to be powered by the Nvidia Tegra 4 GPU. It’s only in the beta stage but Nvidia is targeting a Q2 launch.

4. Huawei Ascend Mate
 

Huawei has introduced Ascend Mate with the display of over 6 inches, 6.1 to be very exact. Beating all other smartphones like Apple iPhone 5’s 4.0-inch screen and 5.5-inch screen of Samsung Galaxy note Phablet, Huawei’s Ascend Mate is a smart phone with the world’s largest display.

5. Oculus Rift

Oculus Rift has been described as the next big thing in gaming and with good reason as it bring the concept of virtual reality closer. It is basically a heads-up display that enables gamers to enter an immersive environment where they don’t have any physical objects that obstruct the playing view and the user can manipulate their game character with a combination of joy-pad controls and motion sensors on the HUD.

6. Panasonic 4K 20-inch Tablet

A 20-inch Windows 8 tablet with an incredible 4K resolution is enough to our jaws drop. If that wasn’t enough, it comes with a Photoshop certified stylus that reminds us of Samsung’s S-Pen and it is powered by an Intel Core i7 processor, which of course is needed to power the insane resolution. This one will definitely catch the fancy of designers and architects.

7. Samsung’s 4K “Easel” TV
 

When Samsung talked about revealing a TV with an “unprecedented shape” and “timeless design”, a TV hung on an easel isn’t exactly what we had in mind. Even still, the design of this 85” 4K TV is truly awe-inspiring. We can’t imagine putting this thing in our living rooms, but the “floating” design and incredible pixel density is a breathe of fresh air in the tired world of generic TV design.

8. Pebble Smartwatch

One of many products at CES 2013 that started as a Kickstarter project, the Pebble Smartwatch connects to your smartphone via Bluetooth, letting you check your email, Facebook messages and control your music from your wrist. Pebble can also help with your workout, thanks to apps that track your progress during running and cycling trips.

9. Philips Detachable Soundbar

Philips had a rather quiet CES, but it did manage to pull a rabbit out of the hat with its HTL9100, a first of its kind detachable sound-bar. Essentially users can use it like a traditional soundbar with virtual surround sound or detach the speaker for true 5.1 channel audio. Once detached the speakers operate wirelessly, so there is no wire clutter and it even has Bluetooth so that mobile products can stream audio.

10. Yota Phone

The Yota Phone tackles the battery problem most smartphones face these days in a unique way. It has two displays, the rear one being an e-ink display. Specs wise it is up there with the best as it runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and is powered by a Qualcomm chipset. The rear e-ink panel can be used to consume glanceable content and notifications and apps will be designed for this display and the company plans on releasing an API. It indeed is an interesting concept and can help mitigate the battery problems most smartphone users go through these days considering e-ink barely consumes any power.