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QOTW: what's caught your eye at CES 2012?

by Parm Mann on 14 January 2012, 17:38

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The manic nature of Vegas' annual Consumer Electronics Show never ceases to amaze. In the heart of the desert, amid the bright lights and sprawling skyscrapers, America's playground plays host to the world's tech elite, who - like the casinos themselves - are in town to promote new products and technologies that are designed to convince you to part with your hard earned.

This year, we've seen the world's thinnest notebook, the world's thinnest smartphone, and a new breed of thin, scratch-resistant Gorilla Glass that promises better protection for all manner of devices. Thin, clearly, is still in, but Smart TVs have also been in the limelight, while a whole new range of tablets from the likes of ASUS, Acer, Toshiba and Dell have all made headlines.

Intel's Ultrabook continues to make waves, as does the chip giant's forthcoming Ivy Bridge architecture, and, as is often the case, Intel's partners are on hand with concept designs that appear too good to be true.

There's no shortage of gadgets, and the show - now in its 44th year - is bigger than ever at over 1.8 million square feet of exhibit space.

You've seen the products, you've seen the technologies, and you've read about the emerging trends. Now, it's time for you, the consumers, to have your say; which products have caught your eye at CES 2012?

Are there any you've classed as must-buy, are there others you'll be watching closely, or have the 3,000+ exhibitors failed to capture your imagination? Share your thoughts in the HEXUS forum.



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I'm definitely going to have “waterproof” as a must have specification for my next electronic device after witnessing that awesome nano-coating in action. The other thing I liked was Gorilla Glass 2.

If a phone comes out with waterproof coating and Gorilla Glass 2 around May 2012 I will most likely purchase it. I am looking forward to mobile tech being released this year, it may be good enough for me to finally get a smart phone.
I rather like the look of the dual CPU X79 boards (and the XFX's ability to insert an insane 96GB :) ) though I shudder at the thought of the cost of these monster boards (though as a 3D artist and heavy Photoshop user memory and CPU grunt is something you just can't get enough of).
3d printer is about it TBH, pretty much everything else has been mediocre rehashes of older stuff.
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I rather like the look of the dual CPU X79 boards (and the XFX's ability to insert an insane 96GB :) ) though I shudder at the thought of the cost of these monster boards (though as a 3D artist and heavy Photoshop user memory and CPU grunt is something you just can't get enough of).

^This^

The folding throughput, and ability to build your own OVERCLOCKABLE server really whets my whiskers.
The Trinity demo. I found that both my techy and non-techy friends thought the demo was pretty cool.

ExHail
I'm definitely going to have “waterproof” as a must have specification for my next electronic device after witnessing that awesome nano-coating in action. The other thing I liked was Gorilla Glass 2.

If a phone comes out with waterproof coating and Gorilla Glass 2 around May 2012 I will most likely purchase it. I am looking forward to mobile tech being released this year, it may be good enough for me to finally get a smart phone.

I have a waterproof phone which uses first generation Gorilla Glass,ie, the Motorola Defy(Orange now sell them for around £100 on PAYG reduced from £200). It has a 800MHZ OMAP3 CPU and an SGX530 GPU and 512MB of RAM. It also has an 854X480 IPS screen which means it has a higher resolution screen than any other phone under £200.