The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) on Tuesday promised more than 20,000 product launches at its upcoming CES trade show in Las Vegas, following a tradition of CES premieres that spans from the DVD in 1996 and Microsoft's Xbox in 2001 to 3D HDTV in 2009 and Android Honeycomb and the Motorola Atrix last year.
Thirty-two of the 2012 and late 2011 debutantes were named as Best of Innovations Design and Engineering Award Honorees at this evening's CES press preview event in New York. They were judged tops by a panel of consumer electronics industry representatives and journalists for unique features, intended use and function, and overall engineering and design qualities.
As always, the Best of Innovations winners ranged from the peripatetic T-Mobile's HTC Amaze 4G (see slideshow below) smartphone to the domestic LG's 30-cubic-foot refrigerator with Blast Chiller technology, able to cool beverages within five minutes. Speaking of the kitchen, Belkin copped an award for its Kitchen Cabinet Mount, a $50 gadget that lets iPad owners save counter space by attaching their tablets to any cabinet or shelf.
The Digital Imaging category went to the radical Lytro Light Field Camera (above), which promises to let users catch snaps on the fly and focus image specifically, focus on any part of an image afterwards. The Gaming Hardware & Accessories prize went to the Intel Core i7-powered, 17.3-inch-screened Razer Blade, billed by its manufacturer as the first true gaming laptop thanks to a unique control keypad.Of the two newest Best of Innovations categories, Sony scored the Tablets, E-Readers & Netbooks win for its Honeycomb-based Tablet S. Ford's MyFord Mobile, which will let drivers of its Focus Electric control car functions, plan routes, and locate charging stations via smartphone, won the Software & Mobile Apps category.
Back in March, we got our hands on the Motorola Atrix 4G, and like every other reviewer, we crowned it the fastest and most powerful Android handset on the market. The first dual-core smartphone not only delivered ridiculously fast processing speeds, but it did something no other smartphone has ever done: double as a mobile laptop thanks to Motorola's netbook-like accessory, the Lapdock. Six months later, the now Google-owned handset maker has evolved and produced more dominating phones like the Droid Bionic which is currently duking it out with the HTC Rezound for the most powerful smartphone honor. With the holiday season fast approaching, Motorola looks to keep the title at home by introducing the follow-up to its AT&T powerhouse: the Atrix 2.
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