CES “Press Day” Round-Up – Asus, Sony, Huawei, Motorola launch devices

The Press Day at Consumers Electronics Show just came to an end. As expected the day was full of announcements, press conferences, and developer summits. Several new smartphones, tablets and Google TV devices were launched. Sony was the hero of the day with two new smartphones, Google TV devices and Smart Accessories. Huawei contributed with its first Android super phone and Asus showed couple of tablets.

Altogether, it was a great day filled with Android goodness. As usual, we reported all the major announcements from CES and here are links to some of the most important stories.

1. Huawei launches world’ thinnest Android smartphone ‘Ascend P1 S’ – 4.3 inch Super AMOLED qHD 960 x 540 display, 6.68 mm thick body, ICS, and 1.5GHz dual core processor.
2. Verizon LG Spectrum 4G LTE official, coming on Jan 19 – Android 2.3, 4.5-inch true HD IPS display, 1.5GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor
3. Asus announces upgraded Transformer Prime, Eee Pad Memo – 10.1 inch 1920 x 1200p display, Tegra 3 and Android 4.0
4. Sprint officially announces Galaxy Nexus LTE along with LG Viper
5. Samsung, Verizon launch Galaxy Tab 7.7 LTE – Android 3.2, Super AMOLED display, 1.4GHz dual core processor
6. Sony Xperia Ion official; 1.5GHz dual-core CPU, 4.6-inch 720p display inside
7. Verizon Motorola Droid 4 official; LTE, QWERTY, 1.2GHz dual core processor, Android 2.3
8. AT&T announces six Android LTE devices at CES
9. Verizon announces Droid RAZR Maxx along with RAZR purple edition
10. NVIDIA Tegra 3 powered seven inch Asus tablet to cost $249 – 7 inch display, ICS, Tegra 3
11. Sony Xperia S official, coming this quarter – 4.3-inch 720p Reality display, 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 12MP rear camera
12. Sony launches new Google TV devices, remote
13. Sony SmartWatch, Smart Wireless Headset pro announced