Samsung took covers off a plethora of new products at its launch event organized at this year’s CES. The same occasion had last year seen the birth of the Samsung Galaxy Tab which after the debut of the iPad 2 in March underwent a design change and was eventually launched amidst legal wrangles between Apple and Samsung.
Anyway while the last years’ event was mostly tablets centric, that isn’t the case this year. In fact Samsung started off proceedings with the announcement of its new HDTV lineup with the ES 8000 series. These TV’s are smarter versions of Samsung’s existing lineup of Smart TV’s and features a much faster processor and other hardware inside. Available in screen sizes that range from 46 inches to 65 inches these also some with integrated webcams and support for voice and gesture controls.
These TV’s might also be the first ones on the planet to come with Angry Birds preloaded. This is of course apart from the numerous web apps that you can download for it.
While the Galaxy Note has been around in India and across Asia for the past few weeks, it is just now that it has entered the North American market. The Galaxy Note was displayed along with the LTE version of the Galaxy Tab 7.7. Both these devices would start shipping in the US soon. Apart from these were the announcements on the Ultrabooks front. The much talked about Samsung 9 series Ultrabooks which were praised for its design got an upgrade of sorts this time around with refreshed looks and added features. Also introduces were the lower end Series 5 range of Ultrabooks.
Perhaps the most interesting part of the event was Samsung’s attempt at making your home a fully “connected” one. This concept involves a home that is filled with Samsung products that are connected to each other locally or via the Internet. Products in this line up included two refrigerators – each with a display on which the housewife can run apps as well a similarly connected washing machine. All these connected devices can then be controlled using a Samsung smartphone or a tablet. Interesting.
All these would be a part of Samsung’s closed network which it has named “All Share Play”- which again, sounds dangerously similar to Apple’s “Airplay”. You know, we just noticed.
