Smartphones and tablets top galaxy of gizmos

SMARTPHONES and tablets dominated the start of the Consumer Electronics Show in Los Angeles, with traditional PC companies and rising smartphone powers showing off some of their best ideas for the first half of 2012.

The Windows Phone crowd probably stole the show with Nokia’s Lumia 900 and HTC’s Titan II, but Android vendors were out in force on a big day for mobile announcements. Here are a few highlights:

* Nokia: An early candidate for the most prominent phone introduced at CES, Nokia’s Lumia 900 smartphone, a Windows Phone with LTE (long-term evolution technology) support.