Well folks, this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has finally shuttered its doors. We came, we saw, we wrote some stuff. And honestly, us not having to be here for a moment longer couldn’t have come sooner.
Everyone we speak to says the same thing: this year’s show was a sleeper. Blame it on what you will — the economy, the new season of 24 — but things were certainly quieter than usual. Everything just seemed so … sterile. Boring. The halls of the convention center seemed emptier than usual, and while some new tech on display turned some heads (folding OLED screens FTW!), a lot of what we saw was just new, fancier iterations of what we already knew about.
On the gaming side, we struggled to find the fresh and new hotness. We definitely saw some cool stuff, but if our minds were blown here in Vegas, it was the endless supply of meat servers kept bring us at the kickass Brazilian barbecue joint in the Mirage, Samba. At one point, we interviewed a parrot that was randomly sitting on a trash can next to the press lounge (unfortunately, that footage was unusable).
And the schwag? Don’t even get me started. The coolest thing we got was the digital “Thirsty Light,” that you stick in your plants and it glows when it’s time for a good watering. That’s what she said.
So while CES is done (and maybe a bit lame this year), that doesn’t mean our coverage is going to stop. Once we shake out of our Brazilian BBQ meat comas, we’ll be bringing you random coverage over the next few days. Hold tight — it’s really exciting.
In the meantime, check out our dedicated CES 2009 page for all of the coverage to date.
