Two companies that could be expected to create the event have kept their promises, including Microsoft by launching the beta (experimental) of its new operating system Windows 7, will make us forget the fiasco of communication that was Vista ago two years.
Despite a launch disrupted by congestion servers unprepared for the curiosity of thousands of technophiles, the Redmond, private for the first time in its founder Bill Gates, could enjoy a positive reception.
The pioneer Palm PDAs, for its part, achieved its objectives by making will swoon enthusiasm many commentators to the next phone multifunction Pre.
Other manufacturers have introduced devices ever smaller and more feature rich, with a focus on ecology, to erase the boundaries between television and Internet, the advent of 3D.
A huge hall devoted to car accessories, simple audio systems to the real board computers, including cameras mounted on the rear bumper for security, confirmed the growth of this category.
The manufacturer Ford and other manufacturers, hoping to anticipate the resumption of the automotive market by improving on-board computers that will eventually put the living room on four wheels, including PC and TV.
But in the view of many regulars, this annual celebration of electronics organizations in the world capital of the game failed to sparkle this year.
Aisles were less congested, the evening festivities fewer, less pampered bloggers ... The industry expects it to better resist the global recession than many others, but knows it will not be completely spared.
"Our world, our country and our industry are facing great difficulties," said Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer in kicking off the show. "We all feel, and the impact will probably last for some time. But ultimately, the power of ideas and innovations that we will move forward, whatever the economic climate," he said.
Some bad news are also fallen during the exhibition: Chinese Lenovo, distinguished by Greenpeace for a screen and a desktop computer more "green" than the average, will lay off 2,500 people, the world of data storage is EMC delete posts 2400, Intel has once again revised its forecast of sales to decline ...
Organizers estimate that more than 130,000 the number of visitors to the show, manufacturers, distributors, analysts and so on. That would be about 10,000 less than last year. The number of exhibitors rose from 3000 to about 2700.
Next year, the ESC should reserve a special section on manufacturers of products related to those of Apple, traditionally absent from the grand festival Vegas.
Such a change could make the chandelier at CES, and remove a reason to exist in the MacWorld show in San Francisco, an appointment that Apple has decided to ignore from next year.
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