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Ten random things you should know about the 2010 CES
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Nicolas Mokhoff
EE Times
(11/25/2009 12:17 PM EST)
MANHASSET — The largest consumer electronics show has always presented the latest and greatest of gadgets, both for useful work and for frivolous entertainement. Here is a random list of what can be expected at CES.
Zhou Houjian is the first Chinese entrepreneur invited to deliver a keynote address. He is the chairman of Hisense, which wants to blanket the world with its consumer products. His presentation will follow that of Olli-Pekka Kallas, CEO of Nokia.
Crystal Cable BV will show high-end loudspeakers made of natural glass. But first it will present at the Miljonair Fair in Amsterdam venue for the absolute top of the luxury segment including home entertainment.
Nikon will present its S1000pj, a digital camera with a built-in projector that allows the user to project images and videos as large as 40-inches diagonally.
Plantronics' Savi Office will show off its wireless office headset system that combines audio between a desk phone and a computer. Three of the company's latest Bluetooth products have been named CES Innovations Design and Engineering Awards Honorees in four competitive categories.
Ford Motor Company will display an in-dash computing device with Internet connectivity via embedded 3G modem, hands-free phone functionality, Garmin navigation, and mobile office productivity applications.
Audiovox Corp.'s Flo TV model ADVMMF1 has an in-vehicle entertainment system that delivers live TV broadcast.
Directed Electronics' Viper SmartStar will show how to start, lock and unlock a car from an iPhone.
Saygus V Phone model V1 wil display a cellular handset that enables low bandwidth two-way video calling on existing 2.5G Networks.
The Consumer Electronics Association reports that total the average holiday spending will be $1365 in 2009, a 3 percent decline over 2008. Reason for cutting back: survey results showed that earning less money was the reason—53 percent answered so this year over 34 percent in 2008.
Paul Jacobs, chief executive officer and chairman of Qualcomm, will mark the wireless behemoth's first CES address. The company's Snapdragon chip in a Lenovo small notebook gets officially unveiled at CES.
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