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Motorola XOOM
Motorola says "XOOM is redefining what a tablet experience can be as the world's first device to run Android 3.0 Honeycomb, Google's powerful operating system designed specifically for tablets." XOOM has a 10.1-inch screen, supports Flash, 3G wireless access that can be upgraded to 4G LTE, front- and rear-facing cameras, a camcorder and Nvidia Tegra dual-core processor.
Samsung SUR40 for Microsoft Surface
This tabletop computer incorporates all the key features of the original Surface product--multi-touch experience, the ability to recognize fingers, hands and objects--and a more flexible form. The top of the device is coated with Corning's rugged Gorilla glass. Inside it relies on a multicore AMD processor and a new technology Microsoft calls "PixelSense" to "see" objects on its surface.
Motorola Atrix 4G Smartphone
Moto says Atrix 4G will be the most powerful new smartphone this year, and it's the first dual core processor phone from AT&T. The Android phone has HTML5 support, two 1 GHz processors, 1 GB of RAM. Atrix 4G can also view HD video and show any e-mail attachment. When you dock the phone it turns into a small laptop.
Toshiba Glasses-Free 3-D TVs
Toshiba demoed the boldest new set at CES: a glasses-free 3-D TV. The company demoed 56-inch and 65-inch TVs. There are only a few spots in front of the TV where the effect works, though. The glasses-free TVs are expected to be sold in North America in fiscal year 2011.
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX10/B
This update to Sony's popular Cyber-shot line lets you shoot in 3-D. It's expected to go on sale in March, priced at $280.
LG Pencil-Thin TV
LG boasts that it's the world's slimmest OLED TV at just 2.9 millimeters thick. It has a 31-inch screen with a full-HD 1920-by-1080 display. The picture quality is gorgeous, but not as much as the device itself.
nPower PEG
This gadget, from a company called Tremont Electric, generates electricity as you walk and move around. Says Tremont: "Place the PEG in your backpack, briefcase or handbag, and walk. As you move the nPower PEG harvests and stores the kinetic energy that you're already generating and converts it into usable power for recharging more than 3,000 handheld devices, such as your cellphone, MP3 player or camera." Price: $159.99.
iGrill
The iGrill is a Bluetooth-enabled wireless cooking thermometer that works with your iPhone or iPad. Stick the sensor in your meat and sync the base station with your iGadget of choice, and you can monitor your food from up to 200 feet away.
Nintendo 3DS's Augmented Reality
Pointing the 3DS' front-facing cameras at a regular playing card on a table and holding it about a foot from the card, a 3-D cartoon box popped up on top of the card as viewed through the screen. After using the 3DS to shoot at the targets that later popped up on the surface of the table, a boss dragon appeared for gameplay.
Ludacris Headphones
Ludacris is the latest hip hop artist to launch his own headphone line, called Soul by Ludacris. All five models in the line promise to "deliver deep bass without sacrificing clarity."
CES 2011
The Hottest New Technologies Of 2011
Wendy Tanaka, 01.10.11, 01:15 PM ESTGadgets that got the biggest buzz at the Consumer Electronics Show.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Oh, what the iPad hath wrought.
As predicted, tablet mania ensued at this year's Consumer Electronics Show. At least 75 were introduced at the annual Las Vegas gadget extravaganza. The tablet with the most buzz was Motorola Mobility's XOOM. It's the first tablet to run onGoogle's ( GOOG - news - people ) highly anticipated Android 3.0 Honeycomb operating system. XOOM, which is expected to launch in the first quarter, supports Flash for easy and fast video viewing and includes 3G wireless access that can be upgraded to 4G LTE. Motorola's tablet also has a 10.1-inch screen, front- and rear-facing cameras, a camcorder andNvidia ( NVDA - news - people ) Tegra dual-core processor.
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In spite of the tablet avalanche, a number of other gizmos and technologies were able to rise above the din and capture attention. The Samsung SUR40 forMicrosoft's ( MSFT - news -people ) Surface, the next generation of the software giant's table-top computer, wowed the CES crowd. True, it might be theworld's biggest iPad, but it's still impressive, boasting a 40-inch HD 1080p touch-screen for optimal Web surfing and info sharing, and the top is coated with Corning's ( GLW - news -people ) rugged Gorilla glass. Samsung SUR40 also has something called PixelSense, technology that gives LCD panels the power to see without the use of cameras," Microsoft says. Uh huh.
Samsung SUR40, however, is aimed at businesses, not consumers. Fujifilm ( FUJI - news - people ), Red Bull, Royal Bank of Canada ( RY - news - people ) and Sheraton Hotels & Resorts Worldwide are some of the companies that will take delivery of the table-top computer later this year.
In the TV arena Toshiba (TOSBF.PK - news - people) made a huge splash with its ginormous 3-D TVs that don't require consumers to wear special glasses to watch. Glasses-free TVs were introduced at last year's CES on small screens, but Toshiba raised the bar this year and demoed the technology on 56-inch and 65-inch screens. There are only a few spots in front of the TV where the effect works, though. Toshiba's glasses-free TVs are expected to go on sale in North America in fiscal 2011.Motorola scored more buzz at CES from its Atrix 4G smartphone. Moto touted it as the most powerful new smartphone this year, and it's the first dual core processor phone from AT&T. It also runs on the Android operating system, supports HTML5, can view HD video and show any email attachment. And when you dock the phone, it turns into a small laptop.
LG, on the other hand, boasted that it has the world's slimmest OLED TV at just 2.9 millimeters thick. It has a 31-inch screen with a full-HD 1920-by-1080 display. The picture quality is gorgeous, but not as much as the device itself.
And it wouldn't be CES without a slew of seriously quirky gadgets. For instance, nPower PEG, from a company called Tremont Electric, is a gizmo that generates electricity as you walk and move around, and can then charge up myriad devices. This is how Tremont describes nPower Peg on its website: "Place the PEG in your backpack, briefcase or handbag, and walk. As you move the nPower® PEG harvests and stores the kinetic energy that you're already generating and converts it into usable power for recharging over 3,000 handheld devices, such as your cellphone, MP3 player or camera." NPower PEG costs $159.99.
Tech savvy hip hop artists also hawked their wares at the show. Ludacris unveiled a new line of headphones that promises to "deliver deep bass without sacrificing clarity." And for all you in-the-shower singers, rapper T-Pain rolled out a microphone, called I Am T-Pain Mic, that auto-tunes your voice. The mic will retail for $40.
Eric Savitz, Brian Caulfield, David Ewalt, Oliver Chiang and Zack O'Malley Greenberg contributed to this article.
