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Quoted from ubergizmo.com, device slightly larger than a USB flash allows users to change the TV or monitor into interactive personal display. Dell technology being developed is able to access file photo, music or video from a personal cloud or other paid services without a PC, smartphone or tablet.

The technology is part of Dell Wyse Cloud is designed to securely access or share using a variety of applications for the job, the presentation or content. Built using Google's Android OS 4 that supports web browsing, social networking, media playback and Android apps as well as the possibility of other services. This device can also be connected to the Windows computer and the applications that use back-end systems all infrastructures including Citrix, Microsoft and VMware.

After release the Ascend P1 last year, seems bring a bad results for the company which is based in China. This year, Huawei is in the rumor it was working on a new smartphone as a successor of the Ascend P1 which is named Ascend P2.

Based on a leak that we quote via PhoneArena, the handset will come out with a processor K3V2 Hisilicon, the capacity is almost equal to the quad-core processor and is also equipped with HD panel on the 5 inches screen.

As for the other specs, Ascend P2 is also rumored to have been wrapped with 2 GB RAM, 8 GB of internal memory plus a microSD slot, and 13 MP rear camera. For convenience of use, Huawei has also refine a powerful 3000mAh battery to cover all uses of the features that have been brought.

For the price, many are predicting that the price Huawei has given for the handset around USD 279.99. FYI, this device is still unknown whether Huawei will sell globally or only locally in China.

CES 2013 was over 11 last January, but if we look from the show, there are some interesting features that might determine the mobile industry this year, and it is expected there will be a new one in the MWC, IFA, or event afterwards. For example, like many devices with 5-inch screen 1080p resolution, or maybe you will be familiar if you hear a mobile device with a high resolution camera, like 13 megapixel camera? Not only that LTE networks will also continue to expand, and will be much more mobile devices that use this type of network.

The most interesting thing at CES yesterday was when Sony is bringing two of the first members of the 2013 lineup, the Xperia series. Two flagship smartphone the Xperia Z and Xperia ZL. Sony Xperia Z comes with a full HD 1080p display by 5-inch Reality Display with four core processors or quad-core. While the Xperia ZL fairly similar, but the camera is ZL pinned at the bottom right.

Huawei also brings two Android products are Ascend D2 and Ascend Mate. Both products use the Android mobile OS Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and processor with a clock of 1.5 GHz and 2 GB RAM. Ascend D2 equipped with a 5-inch screen resolution of 1080 pixels and 13 megapixel camera. While Ascend Mate powered 6.1-inch screen resolution of 720p. With the camera resolution is much smaller, which is 8 megapixels. And one product for Windows Phone 8, the Ascend W1 which is a mid-range smartphone that will run with Windows Phone 8 which debuted at CES this year.

But that may be a bit disappointing is that Samsung did not introduce a new phone in Las Vegas(although indirectly has revealed the Galaxy S II Plus). Fortunately, they showed Odyssey Ativ for Verizon that runs with Windows Phone 8. There are also mini Galaxy S III gets some new colors, and Samsung is also working on a flexible OLED display for mobile gadgets.

Which introduces many new gadgets are Alcatel. They announced six Android is Scribe X, Scribe HD-LTE, One Touch Ultra Idol, X'Pop, S'Pop and T'Pop. That's not all there are five other Android tablets Namely Evo 7 HD, Evo 7, One Touch Tab 7, Tab 7 One Touch HD and One Touch Tab 8 HD.

Next there Pantech, which brings the smartphone that will be affordable for AT & T.

There was also a ZTE announces Grand S is claimed as the thinnest smartphone with a 5-inch screen, 1080p.

While Lenovo showcase K900 Android smartphone with a 5.5 inch screen 1080p, with the new dual-core Atom processors and dual-SIM droid, then there are others like IdeaPhone S890, S720, A800 and A690.

Then there Vizio to introduce Android smartphone with 5-inch 1080p display, and a 4.7-inch 720p plus 10-inch tablet with Tegra hardware 4.

Acer showed off cheap tablet, Iconia B1-A71 with 7-inch which running on Jelly Bean, Archos introduced the Titanium 70, 80, 97 and 101, while Panasonic 4K with 20-inch screen that runs with Windows 8 and some Android. Even Polaroid is getting ready to launch two tablets Android 4.1 tablet with M10 and M7 respectively 10 and 7inchi screen

Not only mobile products (smartphones and tablets), there is also the latest generation chipset technology, which may be used on smartphones in 2013. As Qualcomm who introduced the new chipset, Snapdragon 800 (quad-core 2.3GHz Krait, Adreno 330) and 600 (dual-core 1.9GHz Krait, Adreno 320) SoCs.

Samsung is also not to be outdone, they launched the 8 core Exynos 5 Octa chipset, featuring four feature ARM Cortex-A15 cores and four ARM Cortex-A7.

STE also announced a new chipset which was named the NovaThor L8580 with quad-core Cortex-A9 CPU, which may be used in the middle-class devices.

Maybe CES 2013 is over, but soon the MWC 2013 event already waiting. It will be a wait and hope, hopefully many more gadgets and technologies will be introduced at the next event.

Android 4.1 and 4.2 are now running about 10 percent of Android devices, mean while Gingerbread gradually reduce the number of its users. According to recent figures from Google, the latest version of Android is now sitting at about 10 percent of all Android devices, while Gingerbread drops below 50 percent.

Android 4.1 and 4.2 or so-called Jelly Bean, after the last two weeks on January 3, 2012, Android 1.4 users began to climb (see the graph below). These surges occur from the first two weeks of December when Jelly Bean, released in July 2012 while still in 6.7 percent of all active devices. In such devices like the Samsung Galaxy S3, The X HTC, and Google Nexus Tablet Nexus 7 and 10.

Gingerbread, which was released in 2010, probably not going to disappear any time soon, though. The number of users finally dipped below 50 percent to 47.6 percent. However, this operating system will probably continue to be used for a cheaper smartphones.

Leaving only one flagship smartphone, the Lumia 920 in the current market, it makes sense if Nokia was mentioned was preparing a Windows mobile phone for the year 2013. If there is a remarkable smartphone that Nokia will release in this year, it is the material that will be used.

Yup, as reported by the website The Verge which obtained from an anonymous source close to the information, mentioned that Nokia plans to use aluminum material for at least one of its flagship Lumia Windows Phone to be launched this year.

The smartphones were originally going to be a successor to the Lumia 920, is said to have the codename as Nokia Catwalk, as well is believe will embed an equivalent hardware specifications.

The decision of Nokia's switch to using aluminum material assessed will make the device much lighter and thinner than its predecessor, the Lumia 920. Thus allowing the Finnish vendor to compete with the Apple iPhone, in terms of both size and weight, where it can’t be done through the Lumia 920, which wrapped with a polycarbonate material.