February 16,2012

Tech from CES

The purpose of this meeting is to inform and introduce technology to Chamber members, not necessarily to give a complete education on the topics discussed.

Some of the technologies discussed are quite often available through Chamber member companies, including several of the volunteers in the subcommittee. Other topics are presented as classes by the Chambers.

If you would like to discuss any of these topics more in-depth, please contact one of the subcommittee members after the meeting and we’ll get you in touch with the best contact for your interest.

Mission

Andy Kastrup, ProTronics Technologies, Inc.

Art Zemon, Hen’s Teeth Network

Beth Richter, ProTronics Technologies, Inc.

Ken Tucker, ChangeScape, Inc., Co-Chair

Mark Peimann, EPC Computers, Co-Chair

Randy Downs, JLJ Technology, Archiving Valuable Assets

Chamber Member Companies working together to bring you the information on the technological topics that interest you and can benefit your business!

Sub-Committee Members

Facebook Events Check-in facebook.com/STCCTechComm

Tech from CES Themes TVs, Ultrabooks, Tablets, Apps & Appcessories, and other Accessories

According to PC World Magazine:

At CES this year the focus is less on the devices themselves, and more on the apps that make the devices do cool things. Apps that let you video-chat or send instant messages in a pane to the right of the picture on your TV have been popular, and we've even seen apps that allow you to immediately click to buy a product that you see in the show.

eBay iPad app currently makes you type in the channel you are watching, but there are plans to eventually link to your TV and would recognize the brand of clothing or props in a scene and let you buy them on eBay.

Tech from CES TVs Smarter TVs

Apple & Sony are reportedly working on next-gen TVs that make it easier to share user content among multiple devices

Bigger LEDs (Sharp & LG)

Sharp 80-inch 3D LED TV: The Sharp LC-80LE844U is more than just a small billboard, though. It features Sharp’s Quattron technology for better 3D images, plus it has LED backlighting and refreshes at 240Hz to keep fast-moving video clear and can connect to the web through its built-in Wi-Fi. Due out in April, rumored price: $6500

Big OLED TVs (LG & Samsung)

The colors are vivid and rich and the screens have tiny bezels that make them seem to just hang in space on their own. Samsung says their OLED set should be out in the second half of the year. No news on the availability of the LG model. And the companies didn't announce prices for either set. They won't be cheap, but if you love a great picture, they may be worth it.

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Tech from CES Affordable Ultrabooks The MacBook Air's success is creating a style revolution in

the laptop world. Now Windows laptops are shedding pounds and inches to mimic the Air's thin-and-light chic. The Intel-led Ultrabook initiative will bring a bunch of wafer-thin notebooks in 2012, including the Lenovo IdeaPad U300s, the Asus ZenBook, and the Toshiba Portege Z830 series.

But what we're really looking forward to is the price drop. By the second quarter of 2012, Acer reportedly plans to sell Ultrabooks for just $800 to $900, with prices falling to $500 by 2013. That's a big drop from today's $800-to-$1500 range.

Tech from CES Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga It’s a Tablet. It’s an Ultrabook. It’s both.

Due later this year, this laptop's 13.3-inch display has a hinge mechanism that lets you flip it all the way around to transform into a tablet. It also can be used in two other positions.

It is slated to ship with Windows 8 installed.

Tech from CES Wider Choice of Tablets Range from “just good enough” to “powerful but pricey”

Lower-end (price wise)

Amazon’s Kindle Fire ($200)

Barnes & Noble’s Nook Tablet ($250)

Higher-End

Acer Iconia A700

Toshiba Excite X10 ($530-600)

Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime ($599-699)

iPad 3

iPad 2 expected to drop more significantly in price than previous years to be more competitive with the lower end

Tech from CES Quad-Core Mobile Devices Nvidia Tegra 3 powered Transformer Prime Tablet (1st ½ 2012)

Qualcomm Snapdragon quad core in Windows 8 tablets (2nd ½ 2012)

Asus Eee Pad MeMo ME370T

Android ICS

Nvidia's Tegra 3 quad core

Bright, 1280-by-800-resolution

7-inch display

$250

Tech from CES

CES 2012 Top Apps Magisto - Magical video editing in a click!

http://www.magisto.com/

Mobile Apps Showdown Winner

iPhone, Free

Watch videos!

Macaw

keep track of your exercise, weight, caloric intake, biometrics

iPhone, Android, Free

http://download.cnet.com/Macaw/3000-2129_4-75629776.html

http://download.cnet.com/Macaw/3000-2129_4-75629777.html?tag=mncol;txt

Business Productivity Apps Total Recall – Record calls, meetings, notes

Android, $8, works with Evernote

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.killermobile.totalrecall.market

EasySign - Using your finger or a stylus, sign Word docs, PDFs, JPEGs (3 sigs per doc)

iPhone, iPad or Android device, Free

Works with Dropbox and box.net

http://easysignmobile.com/

LucyPhone - Tired of waiting on hold with customer service

iPhone, Free

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lucyphone/id378962452?mt=8

Apps Developed by St. Louisians StagePage - a concert iPhone app–Alexa Miller

www.stagepageapp.com

Organize Ticket Stubs

Capture, save and share their concert experiences in a visually appealing way

Virtual Concert Scrapbook App http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbJF_JB8jDs

Buzze – www.buzze.com

Find places to go

Meet people

Get closer to your friends

Portable Power

Joos Orange ($149) - Solar

http://solarjoos.com/

Wired and Men’s Health

http://www.youtube.com/v/5hNTi2NV9no

Powertrekk ($200) - Hydrogen

http://www.powertrekk.com/

powers your portable with pee (or water)

Read more: http://www.cnet.com/8301-33375_1-57356553/powertrekk-powers-your-portable-with-pee-or-water/#ixzz1mYoAkYOa

Tech from CES Yurbuds

St. Louis based company

Atheltic Earbuds

Secure Fit

Exceptional Sound

Ultra-Soft Comfort

Tech from CES OCZ’s Lightfoot

External solid-state drive uses the new Thunderbolt interface to achieve transfer rates up to 750MB per second.

Due out later this year

Will come in 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB sizes. Rumoured price of about $2/GB

Tech from CES Xerox Portable Scanner

Solves some real problems for iPad-using business people on the go.

For $249, it will turn paper documents and images into PDFs or JPGs--and send them via Wi-Fi (provided by an

Eye-Fi SD Card) to your iPad.

Tech from CES Targus iNotebook

Like a LiveScribe, without the special paper (for iPad)

For $150, it will connect via Bluetooth to transmit your notes in real-time, or store them to transfer later.

Available mid-year

Tech from CES Microsoft Windows 8 Expected Release October 2012

Features the touch-oriented Metro interface

first seen in Windows Phone 7

this "reimagined" flagship OS will be the first Windows version since the iconic Windows 95 to revamp, rather than simply tweak, the desktop interface.

This interface is also rumored to be spread throughout, from phone to server, and even on the Xbox

Also uses Kinect for Windows to operate by voice

Windows 8's touch-friendly tiles might make sense for tablet users, but how will Microsoft's bread-and-butter business clientele embrace the radically new look and feel?

Tech from CES Apple iPad 3 If the gossip is true, the next-generation

iPad will be a sight to behold. Its most compelling (alleged) feature: a 2048-by-1536-pixel display, offering four times the resolution of the iPad 2's 1024-by-768-pixel screen. Assuming that Apple maintains its tablet-upgrade cycle, we can expect to see the new slate in the spring (the iPad and iPad 2 each shipped in the spring).

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Mark Peimann Ken Tucker

Andy Kastrup

Beth Richter

Art Zemon

Randy Downs