Approaching 3AM here in Vegas, we’re still about 7 hours from the “official” opening of the CES show floor. However, it’s probably safe to say most company announcements (outside “the great Palm anticipation“) have been made at this point. It’s just a matter of tracking down the interesting products in the convention center(s) going forward.
My day didn’t get off to the greatest start, plagued by a variety of technical difficulties and fighting some bug. Despite the initial slow going, I caught a bit of the Netgear press conference, visited Ooma and Sling in the convention center, met up with SageTV for a Hulu briefing, and perused a variety of products at the Digital Experience evening press event. The most compelling tech I came across today were the various implementations of Yahoo Internet TV Widgets, including the Samsung Blu-ray Netflix Soundbar and Vizio HDTV with QWERTY remote.
The day was also notable for the lack of information I was able to squeeze from TiVo… No new info on the renewed DirecTV collaboration, Comcast, or Cox rollouts. No new info on stand-alone hardware evolution. No update on the possibility of Amazon Video on Demand in HD. Although, I did come away with a bit more perspective on the new search interface/experience and heavy weighting of customer feedback going forward.
Last, but surely not least, Mari also arrived in Vegas today and hit the ground running. And, without further ado, here’s today’s earlier coverage:
Posts
The Blogging Gear of CES
ZNF Representin’ at CES
Hulu Coming to SageTV Video Hardware
GiiNii – Welcome to the Internet-Connected World
“SlingLoaded” DISH VIP 922 Details
Tweets
- As if SD, SDHC, microSD, and miniSD weren’t enough.. SDXC has been introduced. “capacities up to 2 terabytes with higher bus speeds”
- I’m not feeling SanDisk’s slotRadio initiative. Hope they got something more than that at their press conference…
- @msilbey Hard-wired Internet in press room was rock solid (yesterday) and “evaluating” @kevinctofel’s AT&T loaner: http://bit.ly/KfN7
- Netgear’s new media extender from their press conference. http://twitpic.com/10hpx
- Ha! Retweet Gizmodo’s diskopo: @davezatz is the king of CES
- Hanging in blogger lounge with Kevin Tofel, James Kendrick, and Jim Courtney. Have yet to write a single sentence, but company is good.
- @megazone Yep ZNF looks down. And AT&T connection mananger sw killed all Macbook WiFi. Gonna be one of those days?
- Bummer, looks like Netgear killed their blog. Wanted to link something I wrote for them CES 2007. There’s probably a lesson here somewhere.
- Nokia killing WiMax tablet? http://bit.ly/S6b
- @mcgeelapish Doubt we’ll see any new OTA DVRs at CES. There’s little evidence that a significant (US) market exists for such a device.
- This cold/cough is kicking my butt. Taking my first ever “CES nap” – hope to make a 5pm briefing followed by PEPCOM at 7pm. We’ll see.
- Finally a TV with a QWERTY remote. The Netflix, Pandora, and Rhapsody don’t hurt either. Must visit Vizio’s booth. http://bit.ly/1TvGqg
- @DavisFreeberg Moxi DVR now shipping, trying to meet w/ Digeo, but PR team doesn’t check or respond to email. Whatev. http://bit.ly/aCHw
- Hm, looks like the Amazon Video on Demand *is* in HD. When can we see it on Roku Box and TiVo? http://bit.ly/B58m
- Mari’s room in the Encore has a doorbell. I didn’t realize I was slumming it at the Wynn.
- If Engadet can crash the show floor early, I’m thinking it’s OK for me to crash their double-wide HQ early. http://twitpic.com/10lke
- Swiping Engadget’s WiFi while @bjdraw and I wonder where the tru2way stuff is(n’t). Samsung’s WiFi Blu-ray soundbar sounds hot.
- Ooma’s booth (near the Starbucks) is coming together nicely. http://twitpic.com/10m07
- These PEPCOM staffers are hard ass tonight, not letting legit bloggers in. I may have just accidentally lost my badge. Solidarity!
- Chatting with TiVo @ Pepcom & can’t get any dirt on DirecTV progress or tech. :/ http://twitpic.com/10oa5
- Samsung’s got their new Blu-ray Netflix Soundbar here… but not plugged in. Will have to hit the main booth later in the show.
- No idea why Pepcom turns off the press WiFi at 6pm… Gonna miss two 9pm embargos.
- It’s a DC Metro gathering. Rob Pegoraro (VA) and I (MD) visiting Hillcrest Labs (MD) table. http://twitpic.com/10owx
- Mari and I are hitting the MagicJack party in Mirage lounge. Saw awesome magician and “won” $100.
- Sascha Segan, Megazone, Mari & I are off the find the stellar Internet at HTC’s blogger lounge.
- @phonescooper Done working? It’s only 1:30AM man! We. must. keep. on. blogging. I’ve got two posts coming before bed, maybe more.
- It’s 3:30AM, suppose I should get a few hours of sleep. Hopefully tomorrow will greet me with fewer (boring) Blu-ray player announcements.
- Looking forward to Palm press conference. Anticipation is high, hope it’s not a letdown. Also hope Skype announces iPhone and BBerry client.
