Things You May Have Missed at CES 2010
It's the largest consumer electronics show in the world, and you can't see everything in one day - even online, so we've compiled a few things that you may have missed (we missed some of these ourselves) at this year's show so far. Be sure to visit the rest of our coverage at our CES 2010 coverage hub.
Slate computing is going to be the big thing for 2010 (that's twenty-ten, not two-thousand) and no doubt, Dell is going to be in on it. While it is a concept, their new Dell tablet looks pretty amazing. While we don't know too much about the device, it is running Android, Google's mobile operating system, and it will have a camera on the back for taking photos and videos.
This is the first 11-inch gaming notebook on the market that Dell says has the power of a 15-inch model. We don't know what processor is inside, but it does have both integrated graphics and a discrete NVIDIA GT335M graphics card that you can switch between to get the best out of your 6 1/2 hour battery life. It's 4 pounds but if you want gaming in a smaller form-factor, both the weight and sub-$1000 price point are worth it.
It was announced in November, but this was the first time people actually had the chance to test it out. If you're not familiar with Boxee, it's basically a media center on steroids with access to all of your favorite internet content (sans Hulu, unfortunately) and local media. The Boxee Box is their push to bring the media center application to your living room. Inside is one of the new Nvidia Tegra 2 chips, with full capability of playing 1080p high-def content and Flash 10.1 acceleration. The remote even has a QWERTY keyboard on the other side of it. Boxee and D-Link expect the device to be out later this year.
Perhaps the most interesting product at the show was the new IdeaPad U1. It is a combination tablet PC / slate and notebook computer. The 11.6-inch HD LED screen is removable and turns into a tablet with an ARM processor running a custom version of Linux, dubbed Skylight, built by Lenovo. Put the screen back on to the lid of the notebook and it turns into a full Windows 7 notebook, powered by the latest Intel Core 2 Duo CULV processor. The IdeaPad U1 will be available this June for $999.
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