As you may have heard, I spent most of last week in Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show. This is North America’s largest technology trade show and it showcases all kinds of great technologies spanning a huge range of industries. From smartphones to car audio, robotics to 3DTV, there really is something for everyone.
I’m still trying to recover from all the running around and picture-taking I had to do, but I always have a good time at CES. There’s always more to see and I never get around to seeing it all. What you’ll see below are a few quick snapshots that I took over the course of the trip. This is a really brief overview and it barely scrapes the surface of what you can expect from CES.
On the day we arrived, we hit up the Asus press conference. It was here that they unveiled several new tablets. These are going to be in direct competition with the iPad, of course, but they’ve got some key differentiating features like slide-out keyboards, and Intel Core i5 processors.
The next day was “press day,” which meant that I was running around to the different press conferences. The Motorola one was positively packed, but it was well worth it. The Motorola Atrix 4G is a real game-changer in the world of smartphones and the Motorola XOOM tablet is no slouch either.
It’s not all about high technology either. Angry Birds has really become quite the phenomenon and now it’s making the leap (or the slingshot-fueled launch) to the “real world” thanks to Mattel. The toy company has adapted the Rovio mobile game into a physical game that includes cards, building blocks, and a real working slingshot.
Can’t decide if you want to play computer games or drink a fresh pint of beer? You don’t need to choose, because NVIDIA has decided to put together the contraption you see above. It’s a fully functional computer that also happens to be a fully functional beer keg, complete with separate cooling. Nice choice in beer there too. I like Sierra Nevada.
Do you like cars? This matte black Audi R8 was looking pretty sweet. As I made my way around the trade show floor, I also saw a Tesla Roadster on display, as well as a fully chromed-out R8.
When I started snapping pictures of this TRON gaming chair, I got approached by one of the product managers handling the booth. He told me that photos were not allowed. I told him that I was with the media. He said it didn’t matter. Why on Earth would you put something like this on display if you didn’t want any press coverage?
And this is just me having some fun with my Olympus E-PL1. Almost looks like the tilt-shift effect, don’t you think? The picture was taken from the Thermaltake suite at the Palazzo.
As you might expect, I came home with some swag too. Keep your eyes open for a contest post here soon (maybe tomorrow), because I really want to give you some free trade show goodies. Sound good?
It looks and sounds like you had a great time. Especially the bar hopping the last night.
I bet. But he was there for work. I wonder how much coverage Michael had to do.
I’m almost done playing catch-up now. I had press conferences and appointments throughout each day, so I didn’t have a heck of a lot of time to do the random “trade show floor roaming” that I normally get to do. As far as coverage, you can find some of that on MobileMag.com, Futurelooks.com, and MegaTechNews.com.
Wow that is really cool. I wish I could have seen all the new electronic gadgets and cars. IT sounds like you had a great time. I think it weird the guy didn’t want any pictures taken. they are practically asking for it by displaying on a trade show floor.
Read from online report that Motorola XOOM was the best tablet to be unviled at CES. Having said that, there were no iPad-killer to be seen at the show.
The Nvidia kegputer sure looks like a strange contraption of a gadget.
The XOOM is pretty great. The PlayBook isn’t half bad either. I don’t think anyone is going to dethrone the iPad this year, but 2012 could be the year of Android tablets. It’s the same kind of timeline that it took Android smartphones to present some serious competition to the iPhone.
Apple really needs to step up with the iPhone this year or else Android could over take it completely.
Very cute pictures. I also faced same problem. I visited Akshardham temple. I took camera with me, but they won’t allow me to take snaps. I got deposit my camera before enter. Anyway your snaps are too much cute….
Nice round-up of the event. Everything up there looks really cool. The nVidia beer keg made me laugh, lol. Great idea that should have been invented much sooner! Also, that’s a superb shot of that R8. It’s definitely up there one of the coolest cars in recent years.
I am a huge fan of the Audi’s love that photo you took of the R8! One day I will be able to afford it! 😀
-Jean
I saw the Tron Chair at CES. It was the BEST thing at the show. I got the business card of the guy who helped me. He was cool about taking a picture. He’s near me in Virginia so I’ll be asking him where I can get one – or 2.