CES: Requiem for an electronic dream

Posted by khess on Jan 12, 2012 11:20 PM EDT
ZDNet Consumerization Blog; By Ken Hess
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Is it time to jump the trade show ship or time to ask for a life jacket?

Without Apple and Microsoft at the Consumer Electronics Show, is it really worth having anymore? Jason Perlow predicts that by 2015, it will be another one of tech history’s great milestones. I have to agree. The whole reason for such a show is to attract buyers, high-end consumers, tech journalists and techies so that they can check out what’s headed to market in the coming year. It’s cool but isn’t it time that we do away with trade shows like CES or trade shows in general? I think the time has come to say, “So long” and to give our ears a thoughtful and sentimental tug before the lights go out and the credits roll for the last time.

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