CES 2012 is over and, for those of you unfamiliar with it, there were a few surprises. Honestly, these surprises weren't technological; Smart TVs have been predicted by analysts for quite a while (although Google TV failed), OLED has been around since 2004 but never really mass-produced, a plethora of iPhone and iPad accessories were on display, and the Keynotes were lackluster. Why, then, was this show surprising?