On the second official day of the consumer tech show, T-Mobile announced an offer to lure away its rivals' customers, and we got some good hands-on time with even more cool tech on display. Here's the best stuff from today. by Jennifer Guevin January 8, 2014 5:41 PM PST LAS VEGAS -- Formal news announcements started to slow on Day 2 of the International CES 2014 consumer tech show, but we spent the day trekking around the convention and getting good hands-on time with some of the most interesting stuff on display. Here are some highlights. T-Mobile held the biggest press conference of the day, and CEO John Legere used his time to tempt his rivals' customers over to the pink side. He announced that T-Mobile will ease a major pain point for cell phone owners: it'll pay early-termination fees for those who jump from another carrier and sign a T-Mo contract. T-Mobile CEO John Legere at CES 2014 (Credit: James Martin/CNET) He also tried to put to bed recent rumors suggesting that Sprint, the third largest carrier in the U.S., was considering a plan to buy No. 4 carrier T-Mobile. Legere said: "The consolidation in the industry has been about spectrum. All the rumors are about spectrum. But they're spectrum with no legs. The T-Mobile brand and people will stay. How that plays out remains to be seen." Instead, Legere detailed plans to acquire additional spectrum so it could build out its network in non-urban areas. Gaming and virtual reality Razer always comes to CES with some pretty cool, far-out gaming concepts and this year is no different. We're intrigued by Project Christine, a Lego-like modular PC prototype. The project is still in the concept stage, but the idea is to let people build a high-end gaming system from plug-and-play modules, such as RAM, graphics, speakers, processors, Blu-ray drives. Oh, and it's cooled by mineral oil. Cool stuff, indeed. Razer's Project Christine (Credit: Scott Stein/CNET) One of the most buzz-worthy gadgets from last year was the Oculus Rift, a set of virtual-reality gaming goggles. This year Oculus Rift is back, with better positional tracking and display technology. Today we donned the virtual goggles again and tried it out with a few new game demos. Oculus Rift is far from the only headset in town. Here, we rounded up all the headsets and high-tech glassware we've seen so far. Tech inspired (or reinvigorated) by Google Glass at CES 2014 (pictures) 1-2 of 6 Scroll Left Scroll Right Smart home One of the big themes of the show is smartening up your home, through more advanced appliances, locks, doors, and windows. LG on Monday talked about its HomeChat system, which lets your exchange SMS messages with your appliances. Today we learned more about how it works (see video below). LG HomeChat lets you SMS with your appliances While the connected home has been a popular theme at CES for years, the smart-home promise has finally started to feel more real, as more and more products are being released that are truly functional and are hitting prices regular people can actually afford. We thought it was a good time to get some smart people together to talk about where we are now and how home technology will evolve. You can watch video of the Connected Home panel we hosted at CES today. Must See Yet again, we've added to our running list of the absolute must-see things at CES. If you follow tech at all, these are the products and events you'll want to know about. Check them out here.

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On the second official day of the consumer tech show, T-Mobile announced an offer to lure away its rivals' customers, and we got some good hands-on time with even more cool tech on display. Here's the best stuff from today. by Jennifer Guevin January 8, 2014 5:41 PM PST LAS VEGAS -- Formal news announcements started to slow on Day 2 of the International CES 2014 consumer tech show, but we spent the day trekking around the convention and getting good hands-on time with some of the most interesting stuff on display. Here are some highlights. T-Mobile held the biggest press conference of the day, and CEO John Legere used his time to tempt his rivals' customers over to the pink side. He announced that T-Mobile will ease a major pain point for cell phone owners: it'll pay early-termination fees for those who jump from another carrier and sign a T-Mo contract. T-Mobile CEO John Legere at CES 2014 (Credit: James Martin/CNET) He also tried to put to bed recent rumors suggesting that Sprint, the third largest carrier in the U.S., was considering a plan to buy No. 4 carrier T-Mobile. Legere said: "The consolidation in the industry has been about spectrum. All the rumors are about spectrum. But they're spectrum with no legs. The T-Mobile brand and people will stay. How that plays out remains to be seen." Instead, Legere detailed plans to acquire additional spectrum so it could build out its network in non-urban areas. Gaming and virtual reality Razer always comes to CES with some pretty cool, far-out gaming concepts and this year is no different. We're intrigued by Project Christine, a Lego-like modular PC prototype. The project is still in the concept stage, but the idea is to let people build a high-end gaming system from plug-and-play modules, such as RAM, graphics, speakers, processors, Blu-ray drives. Oh, and it's cooled by mineral oil. Cool stuff, indeed. Razer's Project Christine (Credit: Scott Stein/CNET) One of the most buzz-worthy gadgets from last year was the Oculus Rift, a set of virtual-reality gaming goggles. This year Oculus Rift is back, with better positional tracking and display technology. Today we donned the virtual goggles again and tried it out with a few new game demos. Oculus Rift is far from the only headset in town. Here, we rounded up all the headsets and high-tech glassware we've seen so far. Tech inspired (or reinvigorated) by Google Glass at CES 2014 (pictures) 1-2 of 6 Scroll Left Scroll Right Smart home One of the big themes of the show is smartening up your home, through more advanced appliances, locks, doors, and windows. LG on Monday talked about its HomeChat system, which lets your exchange SMS messages with your appliances. Today we learned more about how it works (see video below). LG HomeChat lets you SMS with your appliances While the connected home has been a popular theme at CES for years, the smart-home promise has finally started to feel more real, as more and more products are being released that are truly functional and are hitting prices regular people can actually afford. We thought it was a good time to get some smart people together to talk about where we are now and how home technology will evolve. You can watch video of the Connected Home panel we hosted at CES today. Must See Yet again, we've added to our running list of the absolute must-see things at CES. If you follow tech at all, these are the products and events you'll want to know about. Check them out here.

On the second official day of the consumer tech show, T-Mobile announced an offer to lure away its rivals' customers, and we got some good hands-on time with even more cool tech on display. Here's the best stuff from today. by Jennifer Guevin January 8, 2014 5:41 PM PST LAS VEGAS -- Formal news announcements started to slow on Day 2 of the International CES 2014 consumer tech show, but we spent the day trekking around the convention and getting good hands-on time with some of the most interesting stuff on display. Here are some highlights. T-Mobile held the biggest press conference of the day, and CEO John Legere used his time to tempt his rivals' customers over to the pink side. He announced that T-Mobile will ease a major pain point for cell phone owners: it'll pay early-termination fees for those who jump from another carrier and sign a T-Mo contract. T-Mobile CEO John Legere at CES 2014 (Credit: James Martin/CNET) He also tried to put to bed recent rumors suggesting that Sprint, the third largest carrier in the U.S., was considering a plan to buy No. 4 carrier T-Mobile. Legere said: "The consolidation in the industry has been about spectrum. All the rumors are about spectrum. But they're spectrum with no legs. The T-Mobile brand and people will stay. How that plays out remains to be seen." Instead, Legere detailed plans to acquire additional spectrum so it could build out its network in non-urban areas. Gaming and virtual reality Razer always comes to CES with some pretty cool, far-out gaming concepts and this year is no different. We're intrigued by Project Christine, a Lego-like modular PC prototype. The project is still in the concept stage, but the idea is to let people build a high-end gaming system from plug-and-play modules, such as RAM, graphics, speakers, processors, Blu-ray drives. Oh, and it's cooled by mineral oil. Cool stuff, indeed. Razer's Project Christine (Credit: Scott Stein/CNET) One of the most buzz-worthy gadgets from last year was the Oculus Rift, a set of virtual-reality gaming goggles. This year Oculus Rift is back, with better positional tracking and display technology. Today we donned the virtual goggles again and tried it out with a few new game demos. Oculus Rift is far from the only headset in town. Here, we rounded up all the headsets and high-tech glassware we've seen so far. Tech inspired (or reinvigorated) by Google Glass at CES 2014 (pictures) 1-2 of 6 Scroll Left Scroll Right Smart home One of the big themes of the show is smartening up your home, through more advanced appliances, locks, doors, and windows. LG on Monday talked about its HomeChat system, which lets your exchange SMS messages with your appliances. Today we learned more about how it works (see video below). LG HomeChat lets you SMS with your appliances While the connected home has been a popular theme at CES for years, the smart-home promise has finally started to feel more real, as more and more products are being released that are truly functional and are hitting prices regular people can actually afford. We thought it was a good time to get some smart people together to talk about where we are now and how home technology will evolve. You can watch video of the Connected Home panel we hosted at CES today. Must See Yet again, we've added to our running list of the absolute must-see things at CES. If you follow tech at all, these are the products and events you'll want to know about. Check them out here.

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On the second official day of the consumer tech show, T-Mobile announced an offer to lure away its rivals' customers, and we got some good hands-on time with even more cool tech on display. Here's the best stuff from today.

by Jennifer Guevin January 8, 2014 5:41 PM PST

LAS VEGAS -- Formal news announcements started to slow on Day 2 of the International CES 2014 consumer tech show, but we spent the day trekking around the convention and getting good hands-on time with some of the most interesting stuff on display. Here are some highlights.

T-Mobile held the biggest press conference of the day, and CEO John Legere used his time to tempt his rivals' customers over to the pink side. He announced that T-Mobile will ease a major pain point for cell phone owners: it'll pay early-termination fees for those who jump from another carrier and sign a T-Mo contract.

T-Mobile CEO John Legere at CES 2014

(Credit: James Martin/CNET)

He also tried to put to bed recent rumors suggesting that Sprint, the third largest carrier in the U.S., was considering a plan to buy No. 4 carrier T-Mobile. Legere said: "The consolidation in the industry has been about spectrum. All the rumors are about spectrum. But they're spectrum with no legs. The T-Mobile brand and people will stay. How that plays out remains to be seen." Instead, Legere detailed plans to acquire additional spectrum so it could build out its network in non-urban areas.

Gaming and virtual reality

Razer always comes to CES with some pretty cool, far-out gaming concepts and this year is no different. We're intrigued by Project Christine, a Lego-like modular PC prototype. The project is still in the concept stage, but the idea is to let people build a high-end gaming system from plug-and-play modules, such as RAM, graphics, speakers, processors, Blu-ray drives. Oh, and it's cooled by mineral oil. Cool stuff, indeed.

Razer's Project Christine

(Credit: Scott Stein/CNET)

One of the most buzz-worthy gadgets from last year was the Oculus Rift, a set of virtual-reality gaming goggles. This year Oculus Rift is back, with better positional tracking and display technology. Today we donned the virtual goggles again and tried it out with a few new game demos.

Oculus Rift is far from the only headset in town. Here, we rounded up all the headsets and high-tech glassware we've seen so far.

Tech inspired (or reinvigorated) by Google Glass at CES 2014 (pictures)

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Smart home

One of the big themes of the show is smartening up your home, through more advanced appliances, locks, doors, and windows. LG on Monday talked about its HomeChat system, which lets your exchange SMS messages with your appliances. Today we learned more about how it works (see video below).

LG HomeChat lets you SMS with your appliances

While the connected home has been a popular theme at CES for years, the smart-home promise has finally started to feel more real, as more and more products are being released that are truly functional and are hitting prices regular people can actually afford. We thought it was a good time to get some smart people together to talk about where we are now and how home technology will evolve. You can watch video of the Connected Home panel we hosted at CES today.

Must See

Yet again, we've added to our running list of the absolute must-see things at CES. If you follow tech at all, these are the products and events you'll want to know about. Check them out here.