http://www.the-gadgeteer.com/ces2002-1-article.html

We didn't see a lot of iPAQ specific gadgets... But, we do have a few to talk about in Part 2.

Thanks for the (cool) report, both of you.

I thought the case was all metal... But I didn't handle it much at all. Judie, do remember?

I still have their business card. I need to follow up about review samples, so I'll see what I can dig up.

Julie

Hopefully we will get a sample, and then we can answer the question definitively.

www.blueman.com

disclaimer: although once employed by them as a contractor several years ago, I don't work for them now... just a fan. :-)

I don't think I have to remind you Julie that the record companies may not like your statements about taking mp3s off of Judie's laptop- that is unless they were for CD's you already owned

One word of caution... becareful when attempting to take pictures in a casino, security tends to frown on that. I'd hate to see them confiscate your digital camera over that.

Tranestopper: We actually saw the 3800 case (which I tried to get them to give me, believe me), but it was a prototype - soon to be released, though.

Michael Kizer: I did not know it might be a problem to take pics in a casino. I would have died had they confiscated my new Olympus. Glad we didn't get busted!

FYI... I have the T615 on pre-order from Sony.

I can just imagine the conversation...

Guy: (eyeing two attractive women together) "Are you here for the convention?"

J: "Yes, we run a website and we're gathering information for it."

G: (leering) "What kind of website?"

J: "Oh, mostly adult toys, we take photos and give detailed hands-on reviews."

G: (can't believe his luck) "So, what's your favorite toy?"

J: "Oh, the Casio E-200."

Ummm, actually we had a female cab driver, and she was way more sophisticated and non-judgemental than that. ;0)

But I loved your scenario!

Judie :0)

Hahahaha! Thanks for the morning giggles! You almost made me blow my morning tea out my nose!

Keep on keeping on [!] with your great site!

I enjoyed your CES review/s! It was a fresh look at the CES show which I LOVE to attend every year for R&R. IT ROCKS! BTW: There is also a CES in June on the east coast but it is not nearly the same magnitude as the Vegas show.

One of the niceties of January CES is that if you ask the right people at small-shop booths (engineers, not the eye candy ), sometimes they will SELL you there toys at heavily-discounted prices. You have to catch them on the last day because it makes their life easier when returning home carrying less stuff.

One such booth was the DSI Case booth where I managed to get the demo-engineer to sell me the new titanium IPAQ 35xx metal case. This case is SOOO cool because I can now protect my Ipaq screen while having a full-size sleeve still inserted. Most other IPAQ cases I have seen use the sleeve-area or other connection which limits the ability to connect a sleeve of your own. Unfortunately, I can't use my stowaway with the case on.. Can't have it all I suppose.

Speaking of freebies, did you get a chance to catch the free Coffee and Import Beer in the North halls (2nd floor). I was waiting for someone to fall over drunk.

Not sure if you noticed, but Dataplay had a terrible showing this year (non-existent), I did get the Imation engineer to show my the final production Dataplay reader/writer. I believe that this optical unit will eventually fit into a PCMCIA type 3 slot. I told him I would take the plunge of they made their media re-write able and loosened the copy protections.

Some review questions answered:

Fall Comdex is bigger (210,000 people) but sometimes too big. This CES show was about a quarter smaller than previous years given the unfortunate WTC events of a few months ago and also because the Adult section was separated. (located in the Sands Conv center). (It actually used to be PART of the show (with free admittance)). CES separated it because crowds of techno-geeks would enter the adult exhibits at 9am and not leave till closing, which forced the fire marshals to close up early on several occasions.

Interesting events and Information:

Gageteers, during my stay at the Luxor hotel, I did notice the $59 rates after CES?!?! I managed to stay the entire weekend and enjoy some other cool things around the hotels! FYI: If you get a west-wing room, you can see the CES bus stop from your room and leave just in time to catch the bus in the morning.

Good places to eat if you are at the show! After the first year, I found that there was a small PizzaHut in the far end of the Hilton. The food is good and there are no lines before 11am (unlike the horrendous lines to eat at the buffets near the show).

If you happen to be strolling to the Hilton throughout the show, don't forget to visit the StarTrek Experience ride/stores in the Hilton! I love going there every year!

Best Buffets: With all the mega-resorts going up, it gets harder to pick the best buffets. The selections of food are incredible at all the buffets, but the best buffets have to be the Paris and the Bellagio. You won't be disappointed and you get a discount of you hit it before 5pm.

Across form the New York, New York Hotel you will find the One-of-a-Kind M&M store.. very cool.. Free 3-d movie on the 3rd floor..

Some other shows you may want to peek at are:

German Electronics Show
HIFI in NY
JES Japan Electronics Show
Gartner Group Symposium in Orlando
and Fall COMDEX.

Also, thanks for the tip on the Rhinoskin price drops!

No to Palmsource... unless we go to the one in Paris in April!

Anyway, just wanted to let u know that the "weird little car" that Judie was sitting in: it's called a Smart...

Over here in the Netherlands (where I'm from), these cars drive all over the highway. They're mostly used by pizza-delivery guys, or semi-yuppies