Liveblog: Samsung's CES 2013 keynote

We already saw Samsung's press-conference here at CES 2013, but now it's time for the company's keynote! To tell you the truth, we were a bit disappointed by the press-conference, because we didn't see much in the way of mobile, but who knows, this might be our lucky day!

Join us as we bring you live updates from the keynote of Samsung's president, Dr. Stephen Woo. Will we see something new by the South Korean giant? Stay with us and find out!

The event will begin at 9AM PST | 11AM CST | 12PM EST | 5PM GMT.

Live event tracker

12:28	And it looks like we're about to wrap up with this. Dr. Woo is back on stage for closing remarks.
12:28	And he's done!!! The loudest round of applause yet!! Standing ovation for this.
12:27	And now he's circling back about how tech in this day and age can make change in the world. From energy consumption to healthcare.
12:22	He's moving away from tech a little bit to talk about recent gun related tragedies; such as what happened in Colorado & Connecticut.
12:16	"I miss driving. Because when you're president, you never drive again."
12:15	No doubt, the Pres is passionate about his foundation & the well being of others. How tech can really benefit everyone.
12:13	South Korea offers better data speed than what's given here in the US. IN fact, the US ranks 14th overall, though,we're a big country.
12:12	The Pres is going into detail about the need to keep up the tech infrastructure in the US.
12:11
12:10	"I sent the first email out into space" to John Glenn actually.
12:09	"I did what I can do to keep the Internet free"
12:09
12:08	"When I was president, the average cell phone weighed 5 pounds. There was a total of 5 web sites back then." Funny guy!
12:07
12:07	Bill Clinton is in the house!!!!
12:07
12:06	Lots of humanitarian work surrounding hope for children.
12:05	Now it's a quick video showing former pres bill Clinton and mentions how hope for children operates.
12:04	Dr. Woo is going into Samsung's "Hope for Children" initiative. How tech is needed in various fields like education & health.
12:02
12:00	And now it's a quick video on the various Microsoft relatd products relying on the components. Nothing too fancy this time here.
11:59	It doesn't look like a phone though.
11:59	They're showing a prototype flexible OLED that's running windows phone.
11:58	So far, he's talking about how Sammy's components are used on a variety of windows 8 related products. Laptops, tablets, & smartphones.
11:56
11:56	Microsoft's Eric rudder is on stage to talk about how all this new stuff relates to them.
11:55	Wow!! It's absolutely cool to see the possibilities about flexible OLEDs, but so far no actual device.
11:55	Absolutely looks nice in this video. Another one shows off how the screen unfurls. Neato!!!
11:54	They have this device that has a display on the outside, but folds open to an even larger screen. Looks pretty solid.
11:54	Quick video showing off the possibilities of the bendable displays.
11:53
11:53	They just showed off a few Youm prototype that flex and rely on plastic to bend. Lots of wows from the crowds. Interesting stuff!!
11:52
11:51	Ohhhhh flexible OLEDS as well called Youm flexible
11:50	They're calling this new display the "Green LCD."
11:50	They're developing a new ten inch display that consumers 25% less juice. No specifics on it though.
11:49	Of course, they're praising the best display on the market....the one of the Nexus 10 obviously.
11:48
11:48	Vp of Sammy display division Brian berkley is on stage to talk about displays
11:47	Processors, done. Memory, done. And now we are talking about DISPLAYS!!!
11:45
11:44
11:43	Senior VP of HP Trevor Schick is on stage now to give his presentation.
11:42	6x faster, 26% less power consumption.
11:42	Now we're getting into talk about data center. Dr. Woo is going into solid state drives that are more Eco-friendly.
11:39	Is showing off the new chip can handle shooting photos. Zero shutter lag and quick editing....no pause at all. Funny video!!!
11:38
11:38	Lol. cats are featured in this video. Plenty of laughs with this one.
11:36	Now it's time to show off the practical stuff that consumers will see the benefits of the new exynos 5 Octa on actual consume devices.

11:32	Demo is showing how the various cores of the Octa is performing depending on the task at hand.
11:31	"Exynos 5 employs our!Big-Little model"
11:30
11:29	ARM's Warren East is on stage with Dr. woo to talk about their relationship & he exynos 5 Octa.
11:28	20nm, 14nm, & 10nm chips down the road in Sammy's stuff.
11:28	The samsung exynos 5 octa offers "Up to 70% power savings"
11:27	And that demo is over. Dr. Woo is back on stage.
11:27	For all the talk, this game is riddled with some choppiness.
11:26	Interesting, we just saw some lag as the car takes a hit on something.
11:26	Aside from the somewhat awkward load time for the game, it's now running smoothly. Yeah, it looks nice.
11:25	They're doing a demo with a Need for Speed game, but there's a bit of load time with this. Uh oh!!
11:25
11:25	EA's Glenn Roland is now on stage to show the gaming performance of the new exynos 5 Octa on a "reference device."
11:24	Transitioning now into gaming, it'll be interesting to see how it handles against NVIDIA's new TEGRA SoC.
11:22	Some quick demos surrounding the multi tasking prowess of the exynos 5 Octa. So far, it's all being shown in slide form. No actual device.
11:21	The exynos 5 Octa is more power efficient than previous offerings.
11:21
11:21	They just announce the Exynos Octa.
11:20	"How to increase power to better the battery life"
11:20	Dr. Woo is quite happy to tell everyone how Google decided to go with them to power the Nexus 10. Only the best to power it's highres screen
11:18	Starting off with the processor! Some quick history about Sammy's exynos processor.
11:17	And that was quick. Dr. Woo is back on stage saying that components are the building blocks...foundations on how devices are built.
11:16
11:16	Some dancers are on stage right now to energize this crowd.
11:15	Maybe we'll see some cool flexible OLEDs?
11:15	Dr. Woo says the heart of the industry lies in mobile devices...and he's transitioning into mobile related components.
11:14	"There are more than 6 billion phones in use around the world"
11:13
11:12	Samsung president dr. Stephen woo is now on stage. Lots of applause of course.
11:09
11:09	CES CEO Gary Shapiro is out first thing to introduce Samsung. Lots of talk about how they're one of the technology leaders.
11:07	Definitely seems like the same exact video from yesterday's Verizon keynote. Instead of Gangdam, we're hearing party rock by LMFAO.
11:05	And we are starting folks! Quick video first thing about CES.
11:01	Alright folks, the announcement just came on. We're just about ready to get started for this.
10:54
10:54	Hey folks! Joooohhnn V here at the Samsung keynote. I'll be your host for this shindig, so sit back, relax, & we'll get started shortly.
10:52	Test tweet live at the Samsung presser.