Tech Sanity Check
Top trends of CES 2012: Geek pundits speak out
By Jason Hiner | January 17, 2012, 11:29 AM PST
Photo credit: Jason Hiner | TechRepublic
To help sort through the craziness of CES I interviewed some of the smartest and most passionate tech commentators I know and asked them about the best products and trends they saw at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show.
I asked all of them the same two questions:
- What was the most interesting new product you saw at CES?
- What trend do you see coming out of CES that will have the biggest impact on 2012?
Watch their responses in the following videos and read the highlights below.
Veronica Belmont
Most interesting product: Toshiba Excite X10 tablet
Most important trend: Cloud content sharing
Becky Worley
Most interesting product: ViaSat Exede Broadband (satellite Internet)
Most important trend: Gesture controlled interfaces
Tom Merritt
Most interesting product: Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga
Most important trend: Connected TVs
Harry McCracken
Most interesting product: Dell Studio XPS 13
Most important trend: Natural user interfaces
Sarah Lane
Most interesting product: Boxee Live TV (Boxee Box with over-the-air antenna)
Most important trend: Smart TVs and OLED TVs
Leo Laporte
Most interesting product: Samsung 55-inch OLED TV
Most important trend: Apps in TV
