Intel gets touchy as it touts future of ultrabooks (photos)
Vice President Mooly Eden leads a CES press conference this morning, during which the chipmaker highlights its ultrabook efforts, including a touch interface, NFC, and gesture-based recognition.
Intel Vice President Mooly Eden leads a CES press conference this morning, in which the chipmaker highlights its ultrabook efforts, including a touch interface, NFC, and gesture-based recognition. Here he's showing off a concept ultrabook that has both a touch screen and a keyboard.
Click on for more photos from the press conference.
Lots of demo ultrabooks provide a backdrop on stage.
Intel kicks off the press conference "with something just a little bit different." Judson Laipply, who takes the stage wearing an Orange Crush shirt, does an "evolutions of dance" number.
Eden hits on what consumers want in a notebook. He says they want it to be nice, sleek, and sexy.
Intel shows off specs as it blows up a bridge in a gaming-app demo.
We learn about transactions on ultrabooks using NFC.
Eden says Intel is working to make every component slimmer to make ultrabooks thin.
Eden talks about the history of interfaces.
Moving on to touch interfaces in ultrabooks.
Intel shows off the Nikiski concept ultrabook, a clamshell with a touch screen on the cover that lets you use the device without opening it.
Proudly displaying the Nikiski concept.
In the future, Intel foresees ultrabooks with gesture-based recognition, shown here in a video game.
Intel marketing head Kevin Sellers takes the stage to talk about the company's ultrabook-marketing effort.
"We have rallied the troops and our marketing engines to drive [ultrabooks] this year," Sellers says.
"The buzz is building" for ultrabooks, Sellers adds.
Fueling that buzz, Intel pitches an upcoming announcement with Will.i.am, likely at tomorrow's keynote address from Intel CEO Paul Otellini.
Intel gives away 50 ultrabooks to the media, stashed under their seats. Here's a lucky member of the press.
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