CES 2009: Day One

South Hall Main Entrance

The first week of January brings with it the Consumer Electronics Show, when technology and entertainment corporations descend upon Las Vegas to give the press and public a sampling of their upcoming products. Just about any brand name you can think of is represented here, from the Fortune 500 companies like Sony and Microsoft, to the niche market manufacturers such as FSP and Shinzen.

Suits off to make million dollar deals

CES has historically never really been a show for computer hardware, as Comdex used to fill that role. Now that Comdex is gone, many hardware developers have jumped into CES to help hold over potential customers between CeBIT and Computex. Also, the line between PC gaming hardware and general consumer products gets a little blurrier with each passing year, as many companies that have traditionally only worked in the IT sector expand into others areas, such as mobile computing, HTPC’s, mobile phones, and car audio.

Even at CES, the trees have WiFi

We spent 3 days on the floor in Vegas and between losing our shirts at the craps table and oogling the purveyors of the Adult Entertainment Expo down the street, we actually managed to get some time in with a few of the cool products scheduled for release in 2009.

My take on artsy photos

Our journey through CES began on Wednesday and we saw quite a few well known companies throughout the week, such as Razer, OCZ, Asus, Gigabyte, Lian Li, Corsair, and more. Overall we saw a lot of really cool stuff on the horizon that we hope to get our hands on to test first hand. In the meantime, we hope this will help to serve as a showcase of things to come in the year 2009.