SWMS Analysis: CES coverage reviewed
Submitted by Sam Whitmore on Thu, 2012-01-12 16:35
“I think there's a misconception that every January at this show, new, big innovations are going to arrive. In fact, a lot of the most innovative products... are not announced at CES, actually. They're increasingly announced at standalone events or smaller conferences. So to some extent, CES has lost whatever it may once have had as a reputation of a place for brand new things.” – Walt Mossberg on CES 2012
Each year we hear the bile about CES. The Atlantic’s Alexis Madrigal says that virtually all tablets pronounced “hot” at last year’s CES never amounted to anything. Fox News’s John Quain says CES 2012 is defined by who didn’t show up (Apple). As of this morning, 63 percent of 1,399 CNBC.com readers voted that CES is passé.
But the show is always packed, right? Can 100,000+ be wrong?