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Exploring iStuff at CES With Mobilized (Video)

in Mobile on January 10, 2011 at 5:14 pm PT

Apple may not have been in Vegas, but its legions of followers were. The maker of the Mac and iPhone prefers having the stage to itself, but an entire section of CES was devoted to iStuff. Mobilized toured the show floor and has a video report.

Waltgelina 2011: Walking the CES Floor With Walt and Katie

in News on January 10, 2011 at 9:05 am PT

BoomTown likes to take an annual walk on the floor of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas with Walt Mossberg and Katherine Boehret to get a perspective of their very long march and what’s coming next. Then, I get to leave!

Gambling on the Pocket Casino

in Mobile on January 7, 2011 at 1:34 pm PT

I found one of the more interesting wireless devices not on the show floor, but on the casino floor at the Venetian. Called the Pocket Casino, it’s a handheld device a bit bigger than a smartphone that can be used for real gambling–poker, blackjack, slots, even football. $40 worth of real gambling ensued.

Meet "Kevin the Sad PR Guy," Our 2009 Booth Babe

in News on December 31, 2008 at 12:41 pm PT

The International Consumer Electronics Show will kick off next week shrouded in a nimbus of recessionary gloom. Show attendance is expected to be down eight percent this year, according to Gary Shapiro, CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association, who expects 130,000 attendees to flood the convention this year–11,000 fewer than last year.

Meet “Kevin the Sad PR Guy,” Our 2009 Booth Babe

in News on December 31, 2008 at 12:41 pm PT

The International Consumer Electronics Show will kick off next week shrouded in a nimbus of recessionary gloom. Show attendance is expected to be down eight percent this year, according to Gary Shapiro, CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association, who expects 130,000 attendees to flood the convention this year–11,000 fewer than last year.

If Belkin's Not Exhibiting at Macworld, Who Is?

in News on December 5, 2008 at 10:23 am PT

Next month’s Macworld Conference & Expo show floor will be quite a bit easier to navigate than in years past. With registration down by 20 percent over last year, there are likely to be far fewer attendees, and with a growing list of companies pulling out of the show, there’ll be fewer booths for them to crowd. Earlier this week, Adobe said it had decided against exhibiting on the show floor. A coterie of other companies is joining it, top among them, Belkin, which has also pulled out of exhibiting at CES. What’s next–a Super Bowl boycott?

If Belkin’s Not Exhibiting at Macworld, Who Is?

in News on December 5, 2008 at 10:23 am PT

Next month’s Macworld Conference & Expo show floor will be quite a bit easier to navigate than in years past. With registration down by 20 percent over last year, there are likely to be far fewer attendees, and with a growing list of companies pulling out of the show, there’ll be fewer booths for them to crowd. Earlier this week, Adobe said it had decided against exhibiting on the show floor. A coterie of other companies is joining it, top among them, Belkin, which has also pulled out of exhibiting at CES. What’s next–a Super Bowl boycott?