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| - I was pretty disappointed by CES 2009. Although the turnout was pretty low (20% lower than last year by some sources), so was the innovation and excitement from most of the companies.
Starting with the big CE companies, in years past, I have seen the 3D TV at the LG booth, and never really thought much of it. You pretty much have to stand in a certain spot to get the full effect, but at least you don't need to wear any dorky glasses. But it seemed like that this year, all the major manufacturers were showing off 3D TVs that required the use of glasses. Not only them, but I also saw it at the nVidia booth, and probably some other booths. I guess its innovative, but for me, pointless.
LG, Sony, Panasonic, Samsung, Hitachi, Toshiba, etc. all were pretty much showing the same things I have seen in the past, and it's all pretty much TVs. Instead of making them bigger this year, they are now just trying to make them thinner. I was surprised not to have seen the TI booth showing off DLP this year, and come to think of it, I don't recall seeing TI at the show. There definitely were no rear-projection TVs being shown at the show this year, so I am guessing that they will soon be phased out, especially since the cost of flat-screen TVs are still coming down.
Palm didn't have a booth, but they announced the Pre which is pretty exciting news, but introducing yet another mobile OS to the market? I love Palm, so I hope they will make it, but I think it's gonna be tough for them.
Microsoft was mostly about Windows 7, and Intel was showing off stuff I could have seen at other booths anyway. I was sorely disappointed with Creative that was primarily about its Vado vid-cam, and did not display any of its media players. In fact, the stage was pretty much the same as last year with Fatal1ty kicking everyone's ass in Halo.
At the Sands, the PogoPlug seemed to be the hit of the Innovations area, but the other stuff was pretty boring. DeviceVM looks good, but they seem to be stuck with Asus for the quick-boot of the EeePC, but said they are expanding to other computer lines.
The one thing that I kept seeing at the Sands was the electronic cigarettes that look like a cigarette, but basically are a way to serve nicotine the same way as a cig, but without the carcinogens associated with a traditional cigarette.
Downstairs of the Sands was the Adult Entertainment Expo which looked a lot more interesting, but also cost $80 for a one-day pass unless you are involved with the industry.
In years past, the streets of Las Vegas are jam-packed with people and cars on each of the nights of CES, but Las Vegas Blvd. this year was pretty much a ghost-town.
Overall, I was pretty disappointed with CES 2009, but maybe its all because of the economy, maybe its because its the first year that Bill Gates did not give the keynote, maybe its just that trade shows are slowly becoming a thing of the past....
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