Heading off to CES 2009

ces 2009

By: Grahm Skee on January 6, 2009 12:19 AM

I'm headed off to CES 2009, to bring you the scoop on the latest players. I am however a bit thrown off due to an ice storm to hit here in the North East on Wednesday, when i was supposed to fly out, so I had to push my flight up a day to beat the storm. I'm excited to get there early and have that extra day, but I Amazoned some last minute camcorder batteries, a Nintendo DS (Mario Kart FTW!) for the flight, and some other little necessities which will arrive just after i head out the door in the morning. I know, total bummer.

Either way, you can follow my CES adventures by following me on Twitter. I will be updating the main page with my finds thought the week as well as popping in and out of our IRC channel from time to time on my Blackberry Bold.

The abi YouTube channel might get some Hi-def love, so you might want to subscribe there as well.

Anyway, I'm off to pack, see you in Vegas!

Comments

Utew on January 6, 2009 1:08 AM

Bon Voyage, Mr. Skee...
Keep your eyes peeled for that Sony Touch-screen player and don't trip over any beer-toting robotics. ;)

George W. Bush on January 6, 2009 2:12 AM

Dear Grahm Skee,

This message is to inform you that pictures of Samsung YP-P3 must be shot if available. Failure to do so may result in me bawling, migraine, and constipation.

Thank you.

- George W. Bush

Tyler on January 6, 2009 2:43 AM

A black berry bold? Jeez man what do you do for a living?

Also, like said by Utew, please keep an eye out and let us know about the Sony touch screen player.

jjrosaria on January 6, 2009 4:01 AM

grahm have a nice and safe trip to vegas and like utew and Tyler I am really interested about the walkman touch... If u see it please tell us :D

have a safe trip

-jjrosaria

iff2mastamatt on January 6, 2009 4:15 PM

A DS? Aren't you a little old for Nintendo? jk, On occasion use mine also.

Best of luck with the reporting! I have some family living in Vegas, I should give them a heads up on CES. Cheers!

TheDarkSide on January 6, 2009 5:23 PM

YAY!!!!! Keep us posted!!!!!

Joseph on January 6, 2009 5:47 PM

P3s and Sony Touches are both awesome, but don't forget about the mysterious "stemcell computing" Zii silicon that Creative is hyping (and that I bet is an SoC with an embedded FPGA or similar). They're claiming it's going to change the world (pretty much literally). A lot of other sites are either dismissing it out of hand or not interested if it's not in a player, so for the sake of civilization AnythingButIpod needs to get the scoop.

lawrence on January 13, 2009 8:18 PM

Wondering when you're gonna update us on the new stuff

linsi87 on February 3, 2009 9:06 PM

"Really looking forward to your guys coverage. I read Engadget is going to be the official partner of CES, regarding coverage but I'm really looking for someone who is going to do some awesome coverage of the Samsung YP-P3.

Would be great if we'd see some nice pictures and videos of the P3."

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