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Our second day of Consumer Electronics Show 2012 coverage proved very fruitful, as we got to poke, prod, review, test, and play with all sorts of tech, including hot new laptops from the likes of HP and Samsung, amazing new smartphones such as the Droid Razr Maxx and HTC Titan II, as well as fascinating tablets such as the dual-screen Sony Tablet P. Check out what we uncovered in the slides below.
An Ultrabook that breaks the mold, HP’s new Envy 14 Spectre sports a head-turning glass design at this year’s CES.<br><br> <a href="http://blog.laptopmag.com/hp-envy-14-spectre-hands-on-first-glass-ultrabook-coming-february-8th-for-1399">Read More</a>
Find out how well this MacBook Air competitor held up on our benchmark tests. <br><br> <a href="http://blog.laptopmag.com/samsung-series-9-2012-preview-has-the-air-met-its-match">Read More</a>
Steve Ballmer officially kicked off the Consumer Electronics Show 2012 with the keynote speech, which will be the company's last appearance at the event.<br><br> <a href="http://blog.laptopmag.com/metro-metro-metro-microsofts-final-keynote-kicks-off-ces-2012">Read More</a>
Sony's new pocket camcorder, the Bloggie Live, utilizes a Wi-Fi connection to instantly upload your videos and livestream them via Qik. <br><br> <a href="http://www.laptopmag.com/review/camcorders/sony-bloggie-live.aspx">Read More</a>
Watch as the Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga backflips from a laptop into a Windows 8 tablet. <br><br> <a href="http://blog.laptopmag.com/lenovo-ideapad-yoga-hands-on-notebook-backflips-into-a-windows-8-tablet">Read More</a>
Vizio introduced three laptops; a 15.6-inch full size notebook, and two ultra-thin lightweight machines that measure in at 14 and 15-inches, which look very much like the Apple MacBook Air or one of that system’s many competitors, but they also manage to distinguish themselves in design as well.<br><br> <a href="http://blog.laptopmag.com/vizio-crashes-the-pc-party-hand-on-with-the-companys-ultra-thin-minimalist-friendly-notebooks">Read More</a>
The Sony Xperia S Android 2.3 smartphone is one of the most elegantly designed phones we’ve seen. <br><br> <a href="http://blog.laptopmag.com/first-hands-on-sony-xperia-s-brings-elegance-back-to-android">Read More</a>
The 8-inch Pantech Element is the world’s first waterproof tablet, capable of being submerged in up to one-meter of water for up to 30 minutes and come out working. <br><br> <a href="http://blog.laptopmag.com/pantech-element-waterproof-tablet-hands-on-watch-us-splash-it">Read More</a>
We got some alone time to play with the dual-screen Android Sony Tablet P, which, when closed, resembles a ladies' clutch. <br><br> <a href="http://blog.laptopmag.com/hands-on-with-sony-tablet-p">Read More</a>
The Series 5 Ultra doesn't offer the same premium features as Samsung Series 9 ultraportable, but you do get high-quality aluminum designs, Core i5 power and bright 300-nit displays with a nice matte (glare-free) finish. <br><br> <a href="http://blog.laptopmag.com/samsung-series-5-ultra-hands-on-new-ultrabooks-start-at-899-dvd-drive-still-alive">Read More</a>
ASUS unveiled two new netbooks, the Eee PC Flare 1025C and Eee PC X101CH, proving the category may not yet be dead. <br><br><a href="http://blog.laptopmag.com/hands-on-new-asus-eee-pc-flare-1025c-and-eee-pc-x101ch-netbooks">Read More</a>
We tested the FXI Cotton Candy USB stick computer running Ubuntu and Android Ice Cream Sandwich. <br><br><a href="http://blog.laptopmag.com/video-cotton-candy-usb-stick-computer-now-runs-ubuntu-ice-cream-sandwich/cotton-candy-new-and-old">Read More</a>
We got up-close-and-personal with the Nokia Lumia 900 Windows Smartphone, which will run on AT&T's 4G LTE network when it debuts later this year. <br><br><a href="http://blog.laptopmag.com/nokia-lumia-900-video-hands-on-windows-phone-gets-serious">Read More</a>
The 4G LTE Motorola Droid Maxx for Verizon Wireless will boast nearly twice the battery life of previous generations of Droid smartphones. <br><br><a href="http://blog.laptopmag.com/samsung-series-5-ultra-hands-on-new-ultrabooks-start-at-899-dvd-drive-still-alive">Read More</a>
Our hands-on time with the HTC Titan II for AT&T gave us a look at the first Windows Phone to include a 16-megapixel camera. <br><br><a href="http://blog.laptopmag.com/htc-titan-ii-for-att-hands-on-first-windows-phone-with-16-mp-camera">Read More</a>
Now that the Samsung Galaxy Note is officially AT&T bound, we went pen-on with this 5.3-inch tablet. <br><br><a href="http://blog.laptopmag.com/samsung-galaxy-note-att-bound-monster-5-3-inch-screen-meets-pen">Read More</a>
Our hands-on time with the Motorola Droid 4 revealed the best slider keyboard ever. <br><br><a href="http://blog.laptopmag.com/motorola-droid-4-hands-on-video-best-slider-keyboard-ever">Read More</a>
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