The biggest consumer technology show on the planet wound up last week and while we recovered from our extensive coverage from CES 2013 it gave us ample time to look back and analyze the best of the show that will be relevant to India in the coming months. Yes, our list of top 10 gadgets from CES might have devices like the Oculus Rift or the Yota Phone that probably won’t launch here, but we believe these would trickle down in some form or other. We can see a homegrown brand replicate the Yota Phone con...

Somewhere between the flexible display prototype phone and a fridge with Evernote integration at CES, Samsung also announced its next AMOLED display evolution for smartphones that will be launched this quarter. AnandTech spotted a display at Samsung’s booth at CES showing the evolution of the company’s AMOLED displays for smartphones. The one launching in the first quarter of 2013 is said to be a 4.99-inch full 1080p HD display with a pixel density of 440ppi. This could be the display that Samsung...

Microsoft might not have a presence at the show floors of CES but it certainly was not absent from the show. Steve Ballmer made a surprise entry at Qualcomm’s opening keynote, which has always had Bill Gates or Ballmer in the last 13 years. And then the company announced it had sold 60 million Windows 8 licenses so far. However, it saved the best for Samsung’s keynote, where it first showed a Windows Phone hardware prototype with Samsung’s flexible display and then something totally out of t...

Research In Motion (RIM) will launch at least six BlackBerry 10 smartphones during the course of this year. The BlackBerry maker will announce two high-end smartphones, an iPhone-like all touch and one with a QWERTY keyboard at its global event in New York on January 30 where it will unveil all the features of the new BlackBerry 10 operating system. The company then intends to launch products in the mid-end and entry-level segments later in the year. (more…)Google+

If we were to name one company that owned CES, it has to be Samsung. From curved televisions to transforming refrigerators to almost getting the toaster refrigerator combo, Samsung came out all guns blazing. But it saved something for the very last, its YOUM flexible OLED display. Samsung officially took the wraps off the flexible display at its CES keynote session but the bigger news was that Microsoft is already working with the YOUM display and had a prototype to show! (more…)Google+

At its CES keynote moments ago, Samsung announced the Exynos 5 Octa chipset that will likely power the upcoming Galaxy S IV flagship Android smartphone. The Exynos 5 Octa has eight cores and is based on ARM’s big.LITTLE architecture. The processor will have four ARM A15 cores and four ARM A7 cores. At any given point of time only four cores will be active depending on the nature of the task. For less processor intensive tasks only the A7 cores will be active while the A15 cores will be pressed into acti...

Central Standard Timing announced the debut of the world’s thinnest watch, the CST-01. At 0.8 mm thickness, it is thinner than a credit card and is possible by incorporating E Ink’s electronic paper display. (more…)Google+

One Laptop per Child Association has launched the XO Learning tablet along with XO Learning System which is  an Android compatible software aimed at child-centric learning. They have teamed up with Yves Behar of Fuse Project to create the XO Learning user interface. The content has been selected by OLPCA and Common Sense Media. (more…)Google+

ZTE is continuing the trend of 1080p smartphones at CES with the launch of the Grand S. Like some of the other smartphones launched at the show, the Grand S also flaunts a 5-inch 1080p panel, which is becoming a standard for a flagship smartphone. ZTE claims that at 6.9mm it is the world’s thinning 5-inch smartphone, but that’s a claim we have not been able to ratify yet. (more…)Google+

Lenovo has just announced the K900, which will be the first smartphone running on Intel’s forthcoming Atom Z2580 processor for smartphones, codenamed Clover Trail+. The K900 will feature a 5.5-inch 1080p IPS display in a sleek 6.9 mm wide stainless steel and polycarbonate unibody design. (more…)Google+

Microsoft today announced it has sold 60 million licenses of Windows 8 just two months after its general availability. The figure includes upgrades and sales to OEMs for new devices, which means the total user base would be lower than 60 million. Microsoft says that the numbers are similar to what they had witnessed after the launch of Windows 7. (more…)Google+

Like Samsung, Sony has also announced a number of cameras at CES. We basically talking about point and shoot and extended zoom cameras. The products launched include the WX80, W730, W710, TF1 and H200. All these new models incorporate some advanced flash capabilities that allows for better image quality in low-light situations. (more…)Google+