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CES 2010 has come to an end. We had a lot of fun and discovered a few diamonds in the rough.

3DTV was as good as can be expected, but still requires glasses. Some versions of 3D irritated our eyes while others required heavy active polarization glasses. Only the Sensio 3DTV technology impressed us by using simple glasses and had no visible flicker or offset images. Of course, we spent the least amount of time with it and it was the first 3DTV we tried so it is possible that it wasn’t really that much better. We left CES hoping that any video released in 3D format will also come with a 2D version. 3D is odd. It can improve an action film, but nobody needs to see Devil Wears Prada in 3D.

Sensio’s website

There were two digital cameras that highly impressed us. The Casio EX-FH100 high-speed camera with 10x zoom and the Kodak Play Sport HD waterproof pocket camcorder.

We were also impressed with the new Blue Microphone Mikey and Yeti products. The Mikey is the latest generation of Blue’s popular iPhone/iPod Touch microphone. It recorded beautiful sound and worked simply by plugging it in. The Yeti was Blue’s new USB microphone. The Yeti was very large and heavy, but it offered the ability to switch between condensers and adjust gain via two simple knobs. It also sounded great and was very heavy. It would make an excellent beginner or spare mid for podcasting.

Yeti by Blue Microphones

Blue Mikey iPod Touch/iPHone microphone

We will be going through our bags of press releases for quite a while. Keep an eye on talkingDigital for a lot more CES information over the coming weeks.

When it comes to covering CES we prefer quantity over quality. While we are at the show, we will not be making many posts to talkingDigital during the show. We prefer to do our in-depth articles after we get home and have time to ponder our opinions and test the products.

We are providing plenty of product updates and photos via our Twitter stream. We strongly encourage you to keep an eye on us there.

We will also be posting YouTube videos on our YouTube account.

Of course, after the show, we will be posting some excellent material that will not be found anywhere else. So, keep coming back to talkingDigital as well.

• Panasonic just mentioned that one of their TVs will offer support for "Wireless WiFi" AWESOME! #CES #
• Panasonic is going to "re-launch" the Lumix brand of cameras in the US even though they never left the market. #CES #
• Panasonic press conference has a lot of filler. Hope it has a big finish. #CES #
• I really think TVs will be the device that kills off the OS. #CES #fb #
• Jon Landau – the producer of Avatar – is talking at Panasonic press conference. #CES #fb #
• Panasonic's press conference is pretty bad so far. Samsung had me sold on 3D TV. Panasonic – not so much. #CES #
• If Best Buy employees can't even explain the difference between HD and digital conversion – how do they explain 8 3D formats? #CES #
• Panasonic Press conference begins with 3D TV announcement. #CES #
• Jeff Katzenberg just came on stage at Samsung's press conference at #CES announcing 3D deal with Samsung & Technicolor. #
• Samsung announces technology that converts tooty content to 3D – gross. #
• Samsung announcing TVs & BluRay that support apps. Is this exciting? I have mixed feelings. #CES #
• Samsung is planning on more phones and getting into the app development business. #CES #
• Samsung began their press conference by announcing their new mission statement. Yep. One of those press conferences. #CES #
• At the Samsung press conference http://twitpic.com/wyo27 #CES #
• So, I got the EHX@CES ribbon with my press badge. What do I do with it? #CES #
• Wish #Sprint was having a press event at #CES. All phones seen so far are GSM and Verizon. #
• RT @syahmiafnan889: #CES – so far its only about #netbook and #ebook reader… <- don't forget 3D TV. in reply to syahmiafnan889 #
• RT @saadkamal: OMG….Microsoft To Launch Slate PC Ahead Of Apple? #CES http://bit.ly/6ZwSdZ <- will people wit 3 min for bootup? in reply to saadkamal #
• Today might be a wash. Not enough press events on press day to handle all the press #CES #
• At the Venetian for #CES press day. #fb #
• Day 2 of Pre-show #CES coverage. Rumors are of a much smaller show this year. Change name to ereader/3D TV/USB 3.0 show. #
• Dang. Twitpic is down. #
• Thanks @the_forum_shops @offthestrip @canyonrat @Parrot for the #CES retweets! #
• My production manager and I are really hitting it off. http://twitpic.com/wv8zu #CES #fb #
• Watching the animatronic gods dual over the fate of the Cheesecake Factory http://twitpic.com/wv45g #CES #fb #
• Trojan SWAG http://twitpic.com/wuz6y #CES #fb #
• http://twitpic.com/wuvts What is the deal with this? #CES #Vegas #Seinfeld #fb #
• http://twitpic.com/wufy5 – Maybe we should try crashing this party #CES #fb #
• Just saw a poster for HDMI 1.4. I'll give anybody $100 for their old HDMI 1.3 TV over 42" #CES #
• http://twitpic.com/wuc04 Ya. It's a SCUBA mask camera system. #CES #fb #
• http://twitpic.com/wub4v The AR Drone by Parrot #CES #
• http://twitpic.com/wuac2 Cool demo of a Pico micro projector running on an iPhone. #CES #
• http://twitpic.com/wu9t3 Here it is folks USB 3.0 – say ohhhh! Say ahhhhh! #CES #fb #
• http://twitpic.com/wu95h – The prize for first 3D TV demo we've seen at #CES goes to Sensio #
• http://twitpic.com/wu8ff – The #BestBuy booth at #CES Unveiled press party. #
• #BestBuy is a big #CES sponsor this year. Looks like they have changed their logo slightly. http://twitpic.com/wu2wp #
• http://twitpic.com/wu08c – What we are we are wearing to the #CES parties #fb #
• http://twitpic.com/wtypy – On our way to #CES Unveiled. #
• http://twitpic.com/wtmhd – Yep. We are at #CES – arrived safe and sound #fb #
• http://twitpic.com/wsele – Snow on Vulcan – on our way to #CES #
• anyone know whether they are doing anything new and different with to improve WiFi at #CES this year? #
• I would love to see some tweets from CES "booth babes" I have always wondered what goes on in their heads during the show. #CES #
• I am hoping #CES isn't all ereaders and 3D TVs – two format wars with an audience waiting for the war to end before they buy. #
• RT @HelpMeRick: Hot off press: : A new year, and YOUR chance to contribute http://bit.ly/73H7VZ #
• First thing that has got me really excited about #CES so far… http://bit.ly/6zzQwy #
• Any high rollers going to Vegas – I encourage you to gamble on me. Don't bet that $10k – help me pay for my PhD instead. #CES #
• Trolling for #CES party invites. #
• I will be in Vegas for the State of the Industry discussion. #CES #
• I dropped off my car 5 hours ago at Big O Tires – it still isn't done. #Bigotires #
• Finishing the last of my pre-CES chores. Hope to be on the road by 5am! #CES #
• RT @nicolespag: Way cool! I can send a fax for free w/o a fax machine http://bit.ly/13F4ge #
• I am not ashamed to say that my tweets and blog posts can be bought. #CES #
• Another tip for those covering #CES as press. Don't bother setting up press appointments unless you are compensated. It wastes time. #
• Just read about the Mommy Tech Summit at CES. Very interesting. #CES #
• I will be posting updates all week from CES 2010. Visit talkingdigital.org for regular updates starting January 5 #CES #
• I will be posting updates all week from CES 2010. Visit talkingdigital.org for regular updates starting January 5. #
• http://bit.ly/7K195O Obamatar #
• Kay Ruane can't draw faces. #
• Had a lot of fun camping now I am getting ready for CES. #
• RT @Twitter_Tips: Looks like Tweets will count as votes on Digg soon: [LATimes] http://j.mp/7l3C17 #

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