CES 2010: Crazy 70s Acousticom Sound Egg Debuts

Topic: CES 2010 News

Acousticom announced plans to release their 70s style Sound Egg chair at the CES 2010 in January.
The 5.1 Surround Sound Egg is designed to isolate sound inside and out, similar to wearing a pair of headphones.
The Sound Egg can be configured to Stereo, and can be used as a personal sound booth. Read more

Posted on Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Plastic Logic Que eBook Reader Debuts At CES 2010

Topic: CES 2010 News

Plastic Logic announced today the Que reader to be unveiled at the CES 2010. Plastic Logic says that the Que is the first proReader designed for business professionals.
Why is Plastic Logic announcing the Que already today and is not waiting to at least December as the CES 2010 is still over two month away? I assume it as to do with the Barnes&Noble ebook announcement scheduled for tomorrow. Read more

Posted on Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:42:32 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

CES 2010 Free Registration Ends Today

Topic: CES 2010 News

The CES 2010 is still a couple months away, but if you want to attend for free and save $100, today is your last chance.
The CES organizers extended the Free registration until today because of issues with the registration service apparently due to overwhelming demand. Read more

Posted on Wed, 7 Oct 2009 08:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Archos Android Phone To Debut At CES 2010?

Topic: CES 2010 News

Archos just launched an Android Internet Tablet with the Archos 5 Android. A video from an Archos event reveals now a Archos Android smartphone that looks pretty slick.

The video (see it below) got published by French site FrAndroid (Via Engadget) and gives some impressions of the Archos phone as well as some specifications. Read more

Posted on Sat, 26 Sep 2009 05:11:39 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Apple not attending CES 2010 despite WSJ Rumor

Topic: CES 2010 News

The CES 2010 will have an Apple exhibition hall. This news hit right after Apple left MacWorld for good. The so called iLounge Pavilion, co-sponsored by CEA and iLounge.com, will feature manufacturers and retailers of iPod and iPhone accessories, related products and services, and based on requests from vendors, will now grow to include leading Mac developers and retailers as well.

There has been no comment by Apple that they would join CES 2010. Today the WSJ breaks a rumor that Apple would attend CES 2010. The story says that Gary Shapiro from the CEA (CES organizers) has said so at a dinner. Engadget has a report up saying the opposite.
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Posted on Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:26:39 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

CES 2010 to be Stage for Windows 7 and OS X Snow Leopard Showdown?

Topic: CES 2010 News

Apple related products will have their own hall at the CES 2010 for the first time. Apple itself did not say yet if they are going to exhibit at the CES - most likely not. Still the iLounge Pavilion is featuring leading Mac developers and retailers. Apple stuff has been missing from CES completely because of MacWorld. Now things have changed since Apple decided to leave MacWorld.
CES 2010 could become the battle ground for the new operating systems from Microsoft and Apple. Both are expected to still launch in 2009, but when exactly is still up in the air. Of course it would be smart to have releases way before the holiday shopping season to drive sales in these hard economic times. Read more

Posted on Fri, 3 Apr 2009 06:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

CES 2010 Apple iLounge Pavilion already a Success

Topic: CES 2010 News

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) today announced that the new Apple specific iLounge Pavilion has already sold out and got extended in size four-fold.
As reported after Apple pulled out of MacWorld, the makers of the CES immediately approached exhibitors at MacWorld to jump ship in 2010 and join CES 2010 in Vegas instead. This is really bad for MacWorld 2010 and the makers have to come up with a new concept that possibly focuses entirely on the Apple community and scrap the exhibition.

The iLounge Pavilion, co-sponsored by CEA and surprise iLounge.com, will feature manufacturers and retailers of iPod and iPhone accessories, related products and services, and based on requests from vendors, will now grow to include leading Mac developers and retailers as well. Read more

Posted on Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:46:22 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Things I Hoped to See at CES and Didn't: NVIDIA Ion Netbooks

Topic: CES 2010 News

When I jumped on the plane to Las Vegas for CES last week I had hoped to see some devices and for many of them that hope was dashed once I hit the show floor. One of the things that I hoped to see most were netbooks and nettops that were running the NVIDIA Ion platform.

The Ion platform holds some serious promise with the Atom CPU bundled with an NVIDIA GPU. I was able to see the Ion platform demo system running at the NVIDIA booth and the difference between Ion and the Acer Aspire One NVIDIA was showing HD video on was significant. Ion was smooth and fluid, the video looked fantastic. On the One, the video was choppy and jerky, not something you could watch. Read more

Posted on Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:04:36 CST | by Shane McGlaun

CES 2009 Was a Bust

Topic: CES 2010 News

CES 2009 is only days behind us and after spending the week at CES and going to several of the pre-show events, I can say that I found CES 2009 to be one of the worst shows in recent years. We already know that attendance at the show was down compared to other years.

It didn’t take long walking around the show floor to notice that many of the booths were vacant; there was more space around than in previous years. As I walked around the show floor, I found myself thinking that there were very few new and interesting products being shown.

In previous years, hopping into the booth of a large electronics maker like Samsung or LG meant that you would see hoards of new TVs and other items that were coming to market very soon. These products were the focus of the booths and something you could expect consumers to be able to get their hands on. Read more

Posted on Wed, 14 Jan 2009 07:02:32 CST | by Shane McGlaun

AVN 2009 Booth Babes Photos remind at the glory Days of CES 2007

Topic: CES 2010 News

When I saw that hardware review site Tweaktown had a gallery of AVN 2009 Booth Babes I thought before my finger even clicked that these photos are going to be too naked. Instead my eyes looked at Booth Babes and adult film stars that I have actually seen before at the CES.
You just have to go back 2 years, when everything was still great. CES 2007 had for instance the Girls Gone Wild girls as AVN 2009 has now. Read more

Posted on Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:53:39 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

The Top 5 CES 2009 Losers

Topic: CES 2010 News

There have not been just winners at the CES 2009. We saw many great new announcements but also we have to live with CES 2009 disappointments.
Lets look at the losers of CES 2009 an there are plenty of them. Some of the disappointments are sure to blame on the recession, others are broken promises anyway you turn it.
See our picks of the Top 5 CES 2009 losers below. Read more

Posted on Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr