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: