There weren't many smartphone announcements at CES 2013, but most of them were for Android phones and here they are, including one phablet. Pantech, Sony and Huawei all announced phones — some exclusively for the Chinese market — and Intel released a CPU and reference platform optimized for Android and also designed for low cost in emerging markets.
There hasn't been much action on the smartphone front at CES 2013 in Las Vegas. Most of the Android devices have been in refrigerators, cars and other such devices, not phones and tablets. But there were a few Android phone announcements.
The highlights:
Intel is getting into the mobile phone processor market with a chip and reference design targeting Android phones for emerging markets.Despite the lack of dazzle, CES 2013 nevertheless gave us an important preview of things to come, and the direction smartphone development will take in the coming year.
Intel today unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas a new Atom-based Android* phone that it says uses lower power and is designed for low-cost smartphones. The phone is very high in performance/cost ratio and offers eye-catching features and performance capabilities. In Live video streamed presentation, Mike Bell, general manager of Intel’s mobile and communications group, said“At Intel, we believe high-end smartphone features should be within everybody’s reach,”Intel had three design wins for this new higher performance budget Android platform, formerly "Lexington" which Acer, Lava, and Safaricom will be shipping phones based on the platform this quarter, in countries “across the world.”:
Move over SwiftKey. Best For i-phones A challenger has appeared and it's aiming to bring even better predictions than we've seen before. This one, named Fleksy, touts predictions that are so accurate, you can type without looking at the screen. In fact, the company says that even if you get every single letter wrong, it can still tell what it is you meant to type. This is pretty impressive. Of course that means the developers need to take it one step further
Nearly half of all American adults now own a smartphone, and the innovation on display at CES showed just how far these devices have come. Handsets are getting thinner even as their screens are getting bigger, prices are coming down, and the threat of water damage is being conquered with new waterproofing technology.Read on for the most exciting smartphones unveiled at CES 2013.When we first heard about the Yota phone, a 4.3-inch Android phone with a grayscale e-Paper display on the back, we were puzzled but intrigued by the concept. But after seeing a working prototype at CES, we’re excited about the new range of use cases this second screen presents.The back screen can serve as an eReader, an always-present alert system or a post-it note for your digital life.
There hasn't been much action on the smartphone front at CES 2013 in Las Vegas. Most of the Android devices have been in refrigerators, cars and other such devices, not phones and tablets. But there were a few Android phone announcements.
The highlights:
- Pantech announced the Discover phone, which they market as a less-expensive alternative to the Samsung Galaxy S3
- Huawei showed 2 Android phones, including the more interesting Ascend Mate, with a display large enough to qualify as a phablet.
- Sony's Xperia Z has a slick design, including water-resistance.
Intel is getting into the mobile phone processor market with a chip and reference design targeting Android phones for emerging markets.Despite the lack of dazzle, CES 2013 nevertheless gave us an important preview of things to come, and the direction smartphone development will take in the coming year.
Intel today unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas a new Atom-based Android* phone that it says uses lower power and is designed for low-cost smartphones. The phone is very high in performance/cost ratio and offers eye-catching features and performance capabilities. In Live video streamed presentation, Mike Bell, general manager of Intel’s mobile and communications group, said“At Intel, we believe high-end smartphone features should be within everybody’s reach,”Intel had three design wins for this new higher performance budget Android platform, formerly "Lexington" which Acer, Lava, and Safaricom will be shipping phones based on the platform this quarter, in countries “across the world.”:
Move over SwiftKey. Best For i-phones A challenger has appeared and it's aiming to bring even better predictions than we've seen before. This one, named Fleksy, touts predictions that are so accurate, you can type without looking at the screen. In fact, the company says that even if you get every single letter wrong, it can still tell what it is you meant to type. This is pretty impressive. Of course that means the developers need to take it one step further
Nearly half of all American adults now own a smartphone, and the innovation on display at CES showed just how far these devices have come. Handsets are getting thinner even as their screens are getting bigger, prices are coming down, and the threat of water damage is being conquered with new waterproofing technology.Read on for the most exciting smartphones unveiled at CES 2013.When we first heard about the Yota phone, a 4.3-inch Android phone with a grayscale e-Paper display on the back, we were puzzled but intrigued by the concept. But after seeing a working prototype at CES, we’re excited about the new range of use cases this second screen presents.The back screen can serve as an eReader, an always-present alert system or a post-it note for your digital life.
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