How many things they presented then have reached our lives

How young we were all ten years ago. How different everything was, also in technology. How different? A good way to understand it is to take a look at the Great products and trends that occurred in CES 2015. The Fair par excellence of technology and consumer electronics gave Much to talk (and write) in Xatakabut what remained of all that?

That is, what products really raised changes that were durable? What trends ended up making sense? And of course, what products did they fail?

This is a small review in which we precisely explore how and how much things have changed a decade later. A small time trip confirming something we have always known: that technology moves fast. A lot.

OLED 4K TELES (Or was UHD said?) Enter and increasing

The Smart TV segment then accelerated clearly. The manufacturers began to aim a future in the OLED technology It would be the protagonist, as has finally happened.

The thrust of the 4K resolutions It was also evident, and little by little I would conquer absolutely all the catalogs of the different brands. In fact it was then when He was born The UHD Alliance call. There was some confusion with the terms 4K, UHD or DCI 4K.

In fact, many of the current alternatives are evolution of those first OLED models, and in CES 2015 we saw how for example LG resisted To leave the LCD panels.

This firm also promoted Your operating system, Webos 2.0to govern your smarttv. That was a singular advance, because thanks to the arrival of Quick Start the start -up time of Webos became 3 or 4 seconds when until then it had been 30 seconds !! Inconceivable!

Samsung, his great rival, bet in his place for Tizen. It was clear that televisions wanted to be the absolute center of the entertainment experience at home, although here Google would end up taking the cat to the water with Android TV. Samsung tried to continue betting on Tizen for a long time, but last year He said goodbye to this platform In his smart TV with a clear objective: that the witness in 2025 takes.

Curves for not all, thanks

Ten years ago there was a great trend in all types of screens: make them curves. That for example we saw On LG’s teles and even in all-in-one teams like the Samsung Ativ One 7 of the time, which presumed a screen (slightly 4000r) curved.

Of course, Samsung was not the only one, and HP raised for example Curved monitorsUHD and up to 5k with which to increase productivity. The curve in monitors has become little frequent: only some ultrapanoramic monitors such as the Samsung Odyssey have a real party.

But if there were devices with striking curved screen, those were mobile phones. In this CES 2015 Samsung He bet again For this option and launched the LG G FLEX 2a mobile that even today attracts attention for that design.

That trend remained in that, and soon the manufacturers understood something that consumers saw from the first moment: the practical advantages of that were almost non -existent, although certainly The “wow” effect was patent.

Over time that trend was transformed into another type of curved screen: those that made the screens “wrapping” the sides of the mobiles, something that has not finished curdling either. Today the trend is clear, and Manufacturers have said goodbye definitive (or almost) to this type of designs.

Recording everything that happens to us

In recent weeks, interest in devices that record everything we say or do so that AI allows us to extract data seems to have been reactivated. The pendants and other wearables launched recently demonstrate it.

However, the idea is not at all new. 10 years ago the call was presented in CES 2015 Narrative Clip 2a small device that was easily placed in our clothes and that allowed to capture a photo every 30 seconds, although it also allowed to capture videos of 30 seconds. That did not prosperand not even AI could be enough for these products that listen to us and record everything today.

Blessed screens without frames

Not long ago, in a not too distant place, the frames dominated everything. Smartphones, tablets, and of course laptops had notable frames on their screens.

And then Dell arrived, who presented his Dell XPS 13 (9343) and changed everything. Those laptops stood out for almost completely eliminate screen frames. It was wonderful.

That seemed impossible, but that obvious improvement in design also accompanied him a functional and practical: a 13 -inch laptop occupied what he used to occupy an 11 -inch, for example.

Dell showed that reducing the frames to their minimal expression was something we didn’t know we wanted. That idea soon conquered all kinds of devices, and little by little we saw how the frames They disappeared also of our TVs “I had some.” brave attempt years ago, but the trend resurfaced strongly In 2014– and Our mobiles.

There was another consequence of that. A staff. Dell XPS 13 (9343) left me so hallucinated that I would end up buying that team shortly after. Ten years later, by the way, he continues to war: he still uses it with some frequency, but who uses it daily is my daughter, which I will have to teach him how the laptops “before.”

Curiosities: some triumphed, others not

These trends were accompanied by that 2015 several significant releases. Nvidiafor example, he presented that year His Tegra X1 chipswhich seemed to be aimed at mobile devices and even vehicles, but that have become famous for being the heart of the Nintendo Switch. Of course at that time it was impossible to know: that console would not arrive until March 2017.

Also It catches our attention Remember the Asus Zenfone 2a high -end mobile that stood out especially for a section that now surely shocks as much as I was governed by a Intel Atom Z3580a processor that also accompanied 4 GB of RAM, an unusual figure for the time. Intel tried and Android was not bad in those chipsbut ARM had too much influence and market share, and the ATOMs had disadvantages in compatibility and efficiency. Intel would end up abandoning that line of chips in 2016, a pity.

Another product that would mark a turning point were the portable SSD units. Today the SSD units are everywhere, but ten years ago it was not so, and in fact there were practically no options in external units. Samsung helped change that and launched its SSD T1which allowed to enjoy the speeds of these units on external devices. The 1 TB version cost $ 599 at that time. In that we have won. And a lot.

Palm He tried that year to return from the dead. The company that taught the world that a pocket computer (limited) made sense ended up losing the battle, first against simple but increasingly ambitious mobiles, and finally with smartphones. For a moment the Webos launch In 2009 it seemed that he could change his luck, but it was not so. It ended up being acquired by HPbut this company never managed to refloat the brand. In CES 2015 TCL announced Palm’s acquisition and its intention to resurrect it again. He was not successful.

Intel, who was still very intel at the time, tried to boost that diffuse trend of the Internet of Things (IoT). He did it with Curiea small module that allowed adding computing capacity and connectivity to any device on a tiny device. Another of his ideas was to try Create a Dongle HDMI With a computer inside. He Intel Compute Stick It was a curious product, but impractical And too limited.

There was also diverse proposals In the automobile world. The most striking was that of Mercedes-Benz F 015 Luxury in Motion –which He never reached anything but neither did I intend to do it. The selfies that began to put were already a clear fever in 2015 and the Mobile showed it.

Although it was presented In December 2014the Yota Phone 2 also made an appearance in CES 2015. That mobile tried to consolidate the idea of ​​its predecessor: a mobile with dual screen that had an LCD screen on the one hand and an electronic ink screen on the other. However great that may seem, The product never just set. Neither the product, nor the idea: the electronic ink has been reserved for electronic book readers, although some have Finish adopting The “smartphone format”.

There were also brave attempts to shake the market of desktop operating systems. The Jide company launched its convertible tablet Remix ultra based on the operating system Remix Os. Or what is the same, based on Android, but adapted to be used on that device. The idea of ​​using android with a mouse and keyboard seemed promising, but Remix Osalthough he continued trying some time, did not set.

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