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06-01-2015, 02:57 PM
As you probably know CES 2015 is on from today until friday (6-9 Jan)
So far from what I'm aware there's been;
Nest (the home automation company that Google bought last year for $3.2bn) is announcing new partnerships with over a dozen companies (including LG, UniKey and Phillips, August)
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03154/Works_With_Nest_3154269c.jpg
Prototype autonomous Audi (specially adapted A7) is heading to CES and the company predicts it'll be available for sale 'within a few years'
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03154/CES150016_small_3154223b.jpg
Parrot (that company that does loads of drones) released a video that reveals some new 'toys' that it's launching at CES.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK86ZEoVEQA
LG announced WebOS 2.0 which won't just be for TV's but will be in the connected home and in connected cars. As well as releasing more information regarding the Nest partnership as mentioned earlier;
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LG also announced they'll be launching 7 different 4K OLED TV's this year including flexible, curved and flat models from 55" to 77". Also in LG's conference they released plans of a washing machine.. that let's you do two washes at once.
The LG G Flex 2 was also revealed which is their second attempt at making a curved smartphone, but this time they've increased the specs as well as a 5.5 inch P-OLED screen.
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03154/LG_3154808c.jpg
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03154/LG3_3154814c.jpg
Panasonic reveals plans of a 'smart mirror' which is supposed to preview how your make-up will look. The president (panasonics, that is) said 'The virtual mirror is not a gimmick' so will be interesting to see how that turns out.
Panasonic also revealed that their TV's will make use of Firefox's operating system, these TV's include the 85" 4K display with touchscreen functionality that multiple people can use simultaneously. They've also revealed a Blu-ray player capable of playing native 4K and HDR content. Four new 4K TV's running Mozilla Firefox OS.
Samsung started off their presentation by showing off the Portable SSD T-1
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They followed that by announcing the Milk VR which is capable of delivering immersive 360° videos to the Galaxy Note 4 platform. Then on to Ultra-High Definition TV as they wanted to bring together DirectTV, Dolby Vision, Netflix, Panasonic, Sharp, technicolor, Disney, 20th C. Fox and Warner Bro's as part of the UHD Alliance.
Next was the multiroom speaker system, produced by it's new Audio Lab and redesigned music app.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B6nr3YXCEAAN5Rl.jpg
IO Hawk was shown as well which is part skateboard part Segway
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Volkswagen has announced their plans with CarPlay (Apple) and Android Auto. They will be used to build them into the VW's dash electronics
Sony starts off mentioning the hack and a joke about the interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lF1frOOhTw
They announced their new stainless steel watch edition
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They then announced their partnership with Netflix to work together to deliver 4K content to Sony TV's in 2015. Then the worlds thinnest 4K television (the Bravia X90C), it's as small as 4.9mm at it's thinnest point and has near bezel-free screen and is heat bonded (i.e screwless)
There's more information on that Bravia X90C here; http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/sony/11322443/Sony-launches-worlds-thinnest-4K-television-running-Android-TV.html
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So far from what I'm aware there's been;
Nest (the home automation company that Google bought last year for $3.2bn) is announcing new partnerships with over a dozen companies (including LG, UniKey and Phillips, August)
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03154/Works_With_Nest_3154269c.jpg
Prototype autonomous Audi (specially adapted A7) is heading to CES and the company predicts it'll be available for sale 'within a few years'
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03154/CES150016_small_3154223b.jpg
Parrot (that company that does loads of drones) released a video that reveals some new 'toys' that it's launching at CES.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK86ZEoVEQA
LG announced WebOS 2.0 which won't just be for TV's but will be in the connected home and in connected cars. As well as releasing more information regarding the Nest partnership as mentioned earlier;
552134915316129792
LG also announced they'll be launching 7 different 4K OLED TV's this year including flexible, curved and flat models from 55" to 77". Also in LG's conference they released plans of a washing machine.. that let's you do two washes at once.
The LG G Flex 2 was also revealed which is their second attempt at making a curved smartphone, but this time they've increased the specs as well as a 5.5 inch P-OLED screen.
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03154/LG_3154808c.jpg
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03154/LG3_3154814c.jpg
Panasonic reveals plans of a 'smart mirror' which is supposed to preview how your make-up will look. The president (panasonics, that is) said 'The virtual mirror is not a gimmick' so will be interesting to see how that turns out.
Panasonic also revealed that their TV's will make use of Firefox's operating system, these TV's include the 85" 4K display with touchscreen functionality that multiple people can use simultaneously. They've also revealed a Blu-ray player capable of playing native 4K and HDR content. Four new 4K TV's running Mozilla Firefox OS.
Samsung started off their presentation by showing off the Portable SSD T-1
552225596936556546
They followed that by announcing the Milk VR which is capable of delivering immersive 360° videos to the Galaxy Note 4 platform. Then on to Ultra-High Definition TV as they wanted to bring together DirectTV, Dolby Vision, Netflix, Panasonic, Sharp, technicolor, Disney, 20th C. Fox and Warner Bro's as part of the UHD Alliance.
Next was the multiroom speaker system, produced by it's new Audio Lab and redesigned music app.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B6nr3YXCEAAN5Rl.jpg
IO Hawk was shown as well which is part skateboard part Segway
Od2ObDmMUOT
Volkswagen has announced their plans with CarPlay (Apple) and Android Auto. They will be used to build them into the VW's dash electronics
Sony starts off mentioning the hack and a joke about the interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lF1frOOhTw
They announced their new stainless steel watch edition
552273689052717056
They then announced their partnership with Netflix to work together to deliver 4K content to Sony TV's in 2015. Then the worlds thinnest 4K television (the Bravia X90C), it's as small as 4.9mm at it's thinnest point and has near bezel-free screen and is heat bonded (i.e screwless)
There's more information on that Bravia X90C here; http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/sony/11322443/Sony-launches-worlds-thinnest-4K-television-running-Android-TV.html
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