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CES 2013 - in a nutshell  (Ashan Fernando -Mashdroid magazine ) Okay folks, it's the end of another Consumer Electronics Show. We were a bit disappointed this time because we didn't see any worthy device or gadget from serious contenders except Sony. Instead ,the stage was occupied by emerging players like Huwawei, ZTE and Alcatel and less known names like Archos and Vizio. Well quite the most important device was Xperia Z, (along with Xperia ZL) of Sony. It packed a 1080p display of 441 PPI with a Snapdragon S4 pro chip clocked at 1.5 GHz inside, delivering the Android 4.1 for the run, and was built waterproof! Good job Sony. It was NVidia that made the other huge impact with  their latest Tegra 4 SoC, which packs a 72core GPU paired with four Cortex A15 cores, and of course Project Shield, an Android gaming console that packs this chip set under the hood. Huwawei, on the other hand had some nice devices up their sleeve to show, of which, Ascend D2 with the now st...