Everything You Need to Know About CES

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CES International CES International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is the world biggest tech show and held in early January each year in the Las Vegas Convention Centre. 1967 First held in 1967 in It takes JUN 18 DAYS NEW YORK CITY 1 2 3 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 to set up, run and take down CES 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 4 7 20 29 30 31 International CES International CES 15 20,000+ PRODUCTS 10 PRODUCTS A MINUTE or once the show is open will be launched during CES CES covers 1.6 MILLION square feet or 28 football fields but unfortunately, it's CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC Apple has not attended for years 160.000 140.000 120.000 100.000 CES has grown from 17,000 150,000 80.000 60.000 attendees to nearly 40.000 20.000 Hast year 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 PRODUCTS ANNOUNCED AT CES O 1970 O 1971 O 1972 Lase Diss O 1973 1974: LASERDISC 1970: VCR Introduced by Philips the VCR brought the movies into your home and retailed for $2,000 O 1974 O 1975 PONG 1976: CHEAP DIGITAL WATCHES O 1976 1975: ATARI'S HOME PONG CONSOLE O 1977 The popularity of Texas Instruments digital watch which sold for $20 helped save the struggling company O 1978 O 1979 O 1980 O 1981 O 1982 1982: 1981: CD & CAMCORDER COMMODORE 64 Best selling personal computer of all time, selling upwards of 17 million units for $595 O 1983 Nintendo O 1984 1985: NINTENDO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM O 1985 O 1986 O 1987 The NES revolutionized the North American game industry and went on to sell 62 million units 1988: TETRIS O 1988 O 1989 Nathan, to start a Program just click on it. To see the programs in this room, hold down the F1 key. Insert this end O 1990 Other options O 1991 Recordable MD O 1992 EXII 1993: MINIDISC O 1993 1994 1995: O 1995 MICROSOFT BOB Microsoft's attempt to redesign the desktop to make it easier for novice users, and one of their biggest failures 1996 1996: DVD AND APPLE PIPPIN • 1997 1/2 computer and 1/2 game console, the Apple Pippin was incredibly slow and sold a few games. Retailed for $600 which was 2 times as much as Nintendo or Sega. Apple's biggest flop. O 1998 1998: HDTV 1999 The Pulse TiVo O Coldplay ai Speed of Sound SIRIUS 0000000000 1999: DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER 2000: SATELLITE RADIO O 2000 O 2001 Blu-ray Disc • 2002 2001: XBOX O 2003 2003: BLU-RAY O 2004 1 le e to t . mas a tytente to ct, O 2005 O 2006 O 2007 2005: WINDOWS MEDIA CENTRE O 2008 2008: PANASONIC 150" PLASMA TV AND OLED TV Conan O'Brien helped Bill Gates demonstrate Windows Media Centre, cracking jokes as the demonstration failed and eventually the computer crashed in a Blue Screen of Death O 2009 2009: PALM PRE, 3D HDTV O 2010 2010: TABLETS, NETBOOKS AND ANDROID DEVICES O 2011 2011: TABLETS, SMARTPHONES AND GLASSESLESS 3D TV Find and compare the hottest CES gadgets at Sortable.com sortable .com SE:2