Day 3 of CES 2012 brought us another day chock full of gadgets. Today’s coverage, which I suggest you check out in detail at Engadget, brought us many looks at new tablets from various vendors. Tablets are cool (I’m an iPad owner) but I’m just not feeling all the new products, they’re just not exciting. However, I am excited about a few new products that I’ll highlight below. There’s one more day left, hopefully there’s something earth shattering that we’ll see tomorrow, probably not though. If you missed Day 1 or Day 2 highlights, check them out.
HTML 5 Version of Cut the Rope – In order to showcase the new capabilities of Internet Explorer (IE) with HTML5 and CSS3 Microsoft has worked with creators ZeptoLab and Pixel Lab to port the popular iOS game over from Objective C to Javascript. What’s better than a sweet looking addicting game that can use in your web browser. I say not very much. The gameplay is pretty good and the graphics look great (though I actually played in Safari). You can actually follow how they made the transition by reading the blog here. If you want to play the game, do so at this link.
Plextor’s PlexEasy Back Up – Though back ups are not a groundbreaking product this one caught my eye because you don’t need a computer to back up your data. The product is a CD/DVD burner that back up from many different sources including SD cards, cameras, smartphones or tablets over USB. Though not intended to be used with the computer you can still plug it in, power the device (and I guess) use it as an external burner. Pretty cool because you don’t need a PC and it takes so many inputs.
Sony Music Unlimited Coming to iOS – I love streaming music on my iPhone or iPad and one more service option is great. In full disclosure I am not a Sony Music Unlimited customer so I don’t actually know the offerings. I just happen to love when companies and their apps make things easy for the users. Streaming music is wonderful. The app will reportedly be free but you’ll still need a $4 or $10 subscription.
