More than 3,250 exhibitors unveil new technologies across 1.9 million net square feet at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Pre CES media events kicked off Sunday night with CES Unveiled: The Official Press Event of CES. Seventy-four exhibiting companies drew one of the highest media crowds in Unveiled history with companies such as 3M Touch Systems, Body Media, Canopy Co., Chevrolet, Fitbug, Goal Zero, HAPI Labs, House of Marley, Hz0, Liquid Image, Matrix Audio, Parrot, Synaptics and Urban Hello. Major trends included ultra-HDTV, hybrid tablets, flexible touch screen display, apps and mobile solutions.
Product announcements continued on Monday, January 7 with CES Press Day, featuring 28 exhibitor press conferences, the largest number of Press Day events in show history. Product announcements included:
LG – 55” OLED TV. Three sizes of smart capable Ultra HDTVs (84-inch, 65-inch, 55-inch)
Livio - FM Connect enables in-car FM radio listeners to interact with FM broadcasts from dashboard through a Bluetooth-connected smartphone
Monster - New lines and designs of headphones including Nick Cannon's NCredible headsets
Sharp - Ultra HD – 85 inch 8K TV delivering 16 X resolution of HDTV
VOXX – NM100 rearview navigation
Fujifilm – Two new X series cameras X100S and X20 Startup time of 0.5 seconds, shutter lag time of 0.1 second
Huawei – Ascend Mate smartphone with 6.1 inch screen – currently the world’s largest smart phone
Intel – Perceptual Computing adds natural human interfaces to computing, voice, touch, facial recognition and gestures. User becomes password through facial recognition
Limited Computing - VYZAR - geo-location based 3D augmented reality technology
Samsung - New flagship Smart TV Samsung LED F8000 (46-inch, 55-inch, 60-inch, 65-inch, and 75-inch) with voice recognition technology
Panasonic - New TV Series: ZT60, ST60, WT60, DT60 - High Efficient LED TV’s reduce power consumption by 15 percent and are ENERGY STAR 6.0 certified
DISH Network - DISH Anywhere, powered by Hopper with Sling takes the DVR and live TV mobile
