On the opening day of CTIA 2013, over a thousand exhibitors showed off the latest in mobile gear and gadgets. LAPTOP was on the scene at the Sands Expo & Convention Center in Las Vegas to get up close and personal with new technology from the likes of Nvidia and Kyocera, and to check out innovative accessories that promise to make your mobile life easier. Here are the highlights of day one.
Microsoft is looking to take over your living room with the Xbox One. Sporting an octa-core processor and voice controls, is this the one console to rule them all?
If you put every digital photo you've ever taken in one place, how much space would it take up? Probably less than what Flickr is now giving away for free.
Nokia has fired another salvo in the ongoing smartphone war with the much-anticipated Nokia Lumia 928. This flagship device for Verizon Wireless keeps some of the best features of the Nokia Lumia 920 (8.7-megapixel camera, wireless charging and exclusive Nokia apps) while updating the design and enhancing the audio. The $99 price is nice, too. Is all this enough to steal Verizon customers away from the Galaxy S4 or iPhone 5?
Start Menu Reviver's goal is simple: to bring the Start button back to Windows 8. But instead of simply bringing back the old start menu, Start Menu Reviver redesigned the entire experience, fully embracing the Modern UI Microsoft envisioned for Windows 8. Does this different approach give Start Menu Reviver a leg up on the growing number of start-menu replacement alternatives?
