Computers Technos: CES in Las Vegas between curved screens, smart appliances

Saturday, January 4, 2014

CES in Las Vegas between curved screens, smart appliances - The Republic

Some products that will be presented at the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas, the fair e most important of the world that opens its doors on January 7. Lots of news, from the super LG TV UB9: Ultra HD panel with a resolution four times greater than that of normal Full HD. The screen is curved to provide a better view. The diagonal is 105 inches, more than 2.6 meters.
Samsung presented a smartphone with a curved screen. It will be called the Galaxy Round and will have a 5.7-inch OLED monitor. The weight is just 157 grams.
Even LG has bent his smartphone. It’s called G Flex and it has already arrived in stores Italians, although for now only for demonstration purposes, thanks to an agreement with Vodafone.
LG is also focusing on wearable technology with the new Lifeband Touch, a bracelet to record physical activity, and routes meters calculate calories expended.
A photo of the new function Homechat of LG appliances. You can talk with oven and washing machine through messages. A kind of WhatsApp to control your home remotely.
Space also video games and the first Steam Machine, gaming machines based on the operating system OS of the American Steam Valve. PC are masked by the console to be placed next to the TV. Steam online store, there are over 3000 titles.
Many new home Samsung, in particular for the line tablet that should be completely renewed. Top model of the Galaxy Note Pro with 12.2-inch screen with higher resolution than the iPad Air.
Sony will focus a lot on TV and 4K, but also expect news in the smartphone industry. Secure the presence of the Z1 Mini, a screen version reduced by about 4 inches, the mighty Z1. Already released in Japan, should also come from us within a few weeks.
This image, posted on Twitter, anticipates the new WebOS operating system of LG TVs. It ‘a revised version of the software that HP had purchased Palm and was supposed to be the basis for a new generation of smartphones and tablets. The first application, however, will be on a tv Ultra HD.
Las Vegas is sure to be flooded with new models of smart watches to compete with the Samsung Galaxy Gear and various Pebble and I’m Watch. Among the many models we point out that Neptune is based on Android, it has a 5 megapixel camera, motion sensors and SIM card slot to function as a normal phone.