Tegra 4 wasn't the only major announcement made by NVIDIA at its pre-CES
event. The company also announced Project Shield, an Android-based
handheld gaming system, that is set to be the first Tegra 4-powered
device to hit the market in Q2 2013.  Project Shield is a
pure-Android device, with access to Google Play, in contrast to other
Android-based gaming devices announced so far, like GameStick and OUYA,
which will ship with custom, gaming-focussed stores. This means you can
install and run regular Android apps with minimum hassle. NVIDIA's Project Shield sure boasts of some impressive specs. With the power of Tegra 4
beneath its wings, the console is likely capable of handling whatever
you throw at it, including playing 4K video. It comes with a 5-inch,
1280x720 HD retinal multitouch display and built-in speakers to offer
the portable console experience. Project Shield can also stream
games from a P
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It was being speculated that HTC will be revealing it much talked about HTC M7 smartphone at the CES 2013. There
have plenty of leaks regarding this device and according to the rumour
mill HTC M7 was spotted running on Android 4.1.2 but will perhaps launch
with Android 4.2 on-board. Apart from this, HTC is expected to add a
layer of HTC Sense 5.0 on this smartphone. 
Pocketnow.com has
posted a few pictures, which they claim are screenshots of this new user
interface. It is already known that HTC Sense 5.0 is expected to bring
in a whole new user experience. It is being touted to be "simple and
clean" and will have an improved lockscreen, and offer further tweaks to
HTC apps. In the current lot of leaked images, there is
also a picture of what perhaps might be the new lockscreen. From this
picture, it appears that HTC may have gotten rid
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Glasses-free 3D, it's a concept that
TV-makers have demoed at previous years' Consumer Electronics Shows,
but a full-size, market-ready device has never been unveiled or
announced. At a press conference here at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas,
Philadelphia-based Stream TV showed off what might be remarkable: a
glasses-free 3D panel that the company says could show up this year,
with compatible content from one of a number of partner providers.
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There will be caveats, but first, the excitement: Parrot, makers of an
increasingly strange spectrum of products—including Phone-controlled
drones and high-end Bluetooth headphones—unveiled a Bluetooth sensor for
plants at CES Unveiled; with the unfortunate name of Flower Power. For
anyone unable to foster plant life, this could be great news. Drive the
slingshot-looking device into the soil of a potted plant, and it will
gauge light, humidity and salinity levels. Better yet, it’ll transmit
this data to an iPhone or iPad via Bluetooth Smart (low-power
Bluetooth). You can use this info immediately, such as to shift the
plant’s position for better sun exposure, or the app can send alerts,
asking for more water, and supplying charts that indicate when you tend
to water it, and when you actually should. The company is being somewhat
vague on pricing ("how much do you think it should be?") and
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 On the first of the two pre-CES nights of CES events, we saw the future
of electronics waterproofing. HzO makes a nanomaterial that waterproofs
electronics from the inside, creating an invisible barrier between the
phone's components and the outside. It's miles away from the clunky,
hyper-rubberized, hyper-masculinzed cases that we've grown used to. To
get the waterproofing to happen within rather than without, HzO coats
electronics' guts with WaterBlock, a nanomaterial that creates a barrier
between the outside environment and the phone's components. Unlike more
common hydrophobic coatings, which can hold up against a splash by
repelling water molecules, WaterBlock relies on a physical shield to
keep water out, even if the phone is totally submerged.
The main downside is availability: Because HzO works with electronics
manufacturers, not consumers, to actually get a phone with W
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Vuzix Smart Glasses combine one old-fashioned technology (glasses) and
one new one (tiny screens), giving us (i.e. the besneakered crowds at
CES Unveiled) a device that inches us closer to the cyborg future. The
M100 high-tech smartphone display runs on Ice Cream Sandwich and beams
info from the cloud, displaying it on an eyepiece and streaming audio to
a single headphone. The result is essentially a juiced-up Bluetooth
headset. And like a Bluetooth headset, favorite of public-monologue
holders, the M100 makes for a confused reality, one in which you're
unsure what to look at—the Disney video playing on the tiny screen
floating in front of your face, or the actual people standing in front
of you. If you choose the former, you can play games, watch TV, record
video, and read and answer texts and emails. Vuzix plans to launch this
glasses this summer and says they'll cost less than $5
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 The Consumer Electronics Show has unofficially pre-opened to the
non-public with CES Unveiled, a press-preview two days before the show.
We've fought our way through rabid reporters and photographers to get
the scoop on a few of the most interesting (and baffling) gadgets at the
event.
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