Las Vegas, Nevada, January 11, 2009 –
More than 2,700 global companies,
including 300 new exhibitors, unveiled an estimated 20,000 new
technology products across 1.7 million net square feet of exhibit
space this week at the world’s largest consumer technology
tradeshow, electrifying the technology industry and helping lead the
way to economic recovery. New trends unveiled at the 2009 CES will
shape the future of consumer electronics, including 3D HDTV,
advances in OLED, green technologies, Internet TV and digital
entertainment. Produced by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)®,
the 2009 International CES® ran January 8-11, in Las
Vegas, Nevada.
“Despite a subdued economy, excitement exuded from
the International CES show floor, with the sheer volume of
innovative products, the quantity of senior level executives from
the consumer technology and related industries, the international
participation from companies and government officials and the
partnerships and deals at the show,” said Gary Shapiro, president
and CEO, CEA. “More consumer technology business deals start at the
International CES than any other event on earth. The success of the
2009 International CES gives us optimism that innovation will
restart the world’s economic engine.”
“The level of excitement on the CES show floor was
at an all-time high with ground-breaking technologies such as the
Palm Pre, Sony’s flexible OLED display, 3D HDTV, Yahoo!’s TV Widget,
LG’s Watch Phone and a 1/3 inch thin energy efficient Plasma HDTV
from Panasonic,” said Karen Chupka, senior vice president, events
and conferences, CEA. “Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer announced Windows 7
Beta at his pre-CES keynote and the download response was so high,
it overloaded their systems.”
