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CES 2005 Day 1 - Walking the Show Floor
 
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Bradford Day
Kurtis

Jan. 9, 2005
Introduction

This is my first year at CES, so I'm officially no longer a consumer electronics virgin. Our second day in Vegas for CES, and our first day on the actual show floor was pretty much what I expected: mountains of new gadgets, people in suits staring at your name tag and scantily clad models trying not to get angry as they are repeatedly photographed.

We started our excursion on opening day in the upper levels of the South Hall. Big name companies like ATI, nVidia, AMD, Logitech, and HP were showcasing anything and everything they could fit into their floor space.


 
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12 User Comments
1 - Posted by Guest on January 9, 2005 - 5:05 pm

Only ONE pic of scantily clad models? talk about false advertising.

2 - Posted by Guest on January 9, 2005 - 5:24 pm

Ok - here is the oblig. question of the year.... "Does it run Linux". Say it with me... Say it repeatedly to EVERY hardware vendor you encounter. "Does it run Linux". Companies like nVidia and Creative (to name just a few) need to get with the program...

3 - Posted by handrail on January 9, 2005 - 6:38 pm

there are many more scantily clad models on the way both from CES and the Adult Entertainment Expo. be patient, daniel san.

and yeah, nothing runs linux here. i saw no penguins. well, i'm sure there were many things, but the M$ goons are out in full effect.

4 - Posted by Guest on January 9, 2005 - 11:15 pm

i dont like shuttle. heres why: http://brickballs.no-ip.com/rants.php#shuttle

and the real ati models are way hotter than the animated one

5 - Posted by Guest on January 10, 2005 - 5:02 am

Hey, look out for Kiss technology there. They've got a DVD/80GB HDD/MP3/streaming combo with an Ethernet port, which runs its own markup language, KML. If you own one, you can access the Kiss portal (or one of the other portals you can put in as the firmware is easily hackable) and play games on it etc. You can also access the portal remotely, sign in, look through the TV program schedule, and have your own device back home record a TV show. Has something like 1000 channel schedules in different countries on the portal.

6 - Posted by Kurtis on January 10, 2005 - 6:53 pm

Yeah this was by no means a babe article. Not only have we got a Babes of CES article to come soon, we also have an AVN Expo 2005 and AVN Awards Red Carpet 2005 article coming very soon. That's 3 articles chock full of babes.

7 - Posted by Guest on January 11, 2005 - 6:00 am

I think I'll take the Ruby on the right.

8 - Posted by Guest on January 11, 2005 - 7:58 am

Tom Arnold fishing! That was some neat pole he was using. The pole must have been a wireless type since the reel didn't have a rod to it. Did the interface of the reel work well with the game? What was the game called anyways? Anyone know?

9 - Posted by handrail on January 11, 2005 - 10:41 am

the tom arnold fishing game was totally interactive. the reel was the game pad. i don't recall the title of the game. it was funnier just to watch tom's expressions as he played it.

as far as MP3 players go...there are tons of cool new stuff out there. i'm really excited to see the iPod battles. benq, iriver, creative, olympus, cowon...all of them have really cool stuff on the way or already out there. i got some pics and played with some of them...they will be posted to the site soon.

brad.

10 - Posted by Guest on January 12, 2005 - 12:07 am

Brian & Brad, You have came along way this year. Congrats on a job well done. The girls don't do much for me. The next show in L.A. I'll have to petition for somer guy models. Bellagio is a great place to be able to attend any function I find them quite organized. MP3 Players are really big in Calif. We bought 3 for Xmas and will watch for your updates. There is always something better. Good job guys!

11 - Posted by Guest on January 13, 2005 - 5:08 pm

What is up with the slanted keyboard on the phantom thing - the mouse looked like it was underneath. That doesnt seem to be a useable setup - could you explain that?

Thanks for this peak in to CES

12 - Posted by Brian on January 13, 2005 - 6:16 pm

I'm not quite sure. I know that the keyboard rotates a couple of different ways, and you can probably move it into a workable position. I think it folds together for easier storage.

But it doesn't really matter until we actually see it in stores... which is probably never... but who knows?

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