It’s 4a.m. Monday morning, I roll out of bed and drive up to Dulles Airport and jump on a plane to Las Vegas. After a cramped flight and a thousand knees to the back, we arrive in Sin City.
After picking up a rental car, we headed up to the Venetian for CES Day 1. CES Day 2 was over at the Las Vegas Convention Center…
My CES Favorites:
1. Panasonic’s debut of the world’s largest LCD television at one hundred fifty inches.
2. The newest generation of the iRobot, the smart vacuum that cleans your house while you’re at work, on vacation or just out and about.
The additions to the iRobot are level sensing, stopping the vacuum before falling down anything and ability to clean hardwoods and carpet with one machine.
3. (Dare I Say) Microsoft Surface is one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen in my life. The Surface at the show was 36 inches, full touch-sensored, coffee table style. I have to say, it was truly a thing of beauty and class.
The overall experience in Vegas was great. We hit most of the casinos, checked out the strip, visited the Hoover Dam (Transformers) and even went to the mall to visit the Apple Store.
I would recommend the Consumer Electronics Show to anyone who likes discovering and learning about new technologies, and also is able to walk around…a lot. Seriously though, it was a great trip, a great vacation, and I plan to attend CES 2009 without a doubt.
Expect a Flickr set shortly…