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Best of CES 2012

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As always, CNET has come out with the best of CES 2012. CES 2012 has some amazing products, but below are the best, according to CNET.

  • BEST OF SHOW: LG 55-inch OLED TV. This TV was stunning. Only 4mm (millimeters thick)… that’s thinner then a pencil. You could barely see the screen when you looked at it on the side. What’s better? LG says by 2016 a OLED TV like this one will cost about the same as a LCD TV today. WOW. We strongly agree with CNET’s choice on this product.
  • PEOPLE’S VOICE: Razor Project Fiona. This is an amazing Windows 8 Gaming tablet. It looks fantastic, although it is only a concept so far. It has Intel’s i7 processor,  a solid state drive, 10.1 inch screen, with a 1280 x 800 resolution. apparently it will have the battery life of a Laptop, not a Tablet. The tablet will also have an Android overlay.
  • SMARTPHONE: Nokia Lumia 900. The phone, running Windows Phone 7 impressed all with a 4.3 inch AMOLED screen, a front-facing camera, dual LED flash, 16GB memory, and is available in Black and Blue. This phone looks fantastic.
  • CAMERA: Fujifilm X-PRO 1: This new camera is the world’s first mirror less camera. The camera is estimated to be about $1700. The camera has 3 lenses (each about $650) a 18mm f2, a 35mm f1.4, and a 60mm f2.4 macro. The LCD screen has 1.4 million pixels. The camera can shoot video at 1080p.
  • EMERGING TECHNOLOGY: Makerbot Replicator. The Makerbot is a (amazing) 3D printer. This Makerbot Replicator can “make anything”. The Replicator starts at $1799.
  • COMPUTER: HP Envy 14 Spectre. This is HP’s first consumer-focused Ultrabook. The screen is 1600 x 900 pixels. It will have a 128 GB solid state drive, along with  likely a i(3,5 or 7) intel processor. The ultrabook is expected to cost about $1399.
  • TABLET: Asus Memo 370T. This 7 inch tablet from Asus made a splash at CES 2012. Especially with the price point of only $250. It has 1GB RAM, and at least 16GB storage. It will have a Micro-USB port and a micro SD and HDMI reader as well.
  • SOFTWARE: Bluestacks for Windows 8. This app lets you run Android apps in Windows 8. With so many Android apps available this will be extremely convenient to consumers. So much so, it will be included in Windows 8.

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What a great list of software! Great picks, CNET! What do you think of the picks? Which products would you be willing to buy? Leave a comment below or email us at question@magnaefamae.com.

 

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So… Who’s Gonna be at CES? Justin Bieber.

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With CES starting tomorrow, and tonight we have CES Unveiled to look forward too, we are finding out about some very special guests that will be attending CES 2012.

Last year Lady Gaga was at CES. This year… it’s Justin Bieber. (Bieber Tech Fans rejoice). On Wednesday, January 11th, 2012 between 1PM and 3PM for the Vietnamese company TOSY, which makes robotics.

The company is famed for making the Topio Robot.

I can’t say I’m that excited that Music Stars are starting to show up at CES. What do you think? Leave a comment below or email us at question@magnaefamae.com

Blackberry: Be Bold at CES

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Research In Motion Fans and Followers planning to go to CES rejoice as invitations go out… Last-Minute for their CES presentation. The theme: Be Bold at CES. Obviously referring to their popular Blackberry Bold Phone.

It appears they will be updating the Blackberry Playbook OS to 2.0 and be talking about Blackberry 7 OS. This announcement seems to be all about Blackberry App World.

If you are able to attend on Tuesday, we urge you to go and tell us about it afterwards at admin@magnaefamae.com.

We will certainly cover RIM’s announcement after the fact here at Magnaefamae.com.

Do you think 2012 will be a good year for RIM and Blackberry? Will Blackberry 10 OS (BBX) be successful? Will RIM have a good presence at CES 2012? Leave a comment below or email us at question@magnaefame.com.

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$100 One Laptop Per Child Tablet

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The One Laptop per Child Group plans to display a $100 tablet at CES 2012. This tablet will be called the OLPC X.O 3.0 Tablet.

The OLPC’s mission is to provide Laptops (and now Tablets) to children who have ‘little or no access to education because of insufficient resources’.

“We’re proud to introduce the XO 3.0 tablet, showcasing the design, durability and performance features that make it a natural successor for our current laptops, which have been distributed to more than 2.4 million children in 42 countries and in 25 languages,”

-Edward McNierney, chief technology officer of One Laptop per Child

The Tablet has a 8 inch screen, Up to 10 hours of battery life, Supports both Android and Linux, and the tablet can be powered by hand cranks and by solar panels.

We will have more on this $100 tablet in the coming week.

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