We’ve seen the year of the netbook. We’ve seen the year of the tablet. So far, the only major theme at the 2012 International CES is Windows 8.
There’s been much ado about 2012 being Microsoft’s last keynote at 6:30 p.m. Monday night, and Redmond will go out touting the benefits of its coming operating system. But there’s plenty of other action this year.
The Consumer Electronics Show officially begins Tuesday and runs through Friday. The show will feature 2,700 exhibitors, and organizers expect 140,000 attendees from 140 countries — three times the number of slot machines on the Vegas strip — to flood the Las Vegas Convention and World Trade Center. Manufacturers, retailers, content providers and creators, broadband developers, wireless carriers and many others make up the 2012 International CES.
CES Keynotes Abound
Manufacturers are hopeful. The average U.S. household has 24 consumer electronics products, and U.S. consumer electronics industry sales were expected to exceed $ 190 billion in 2011, according to CES organizers. It’s an important venue for keynote speakers, which include Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs, Daimler AG Chairman Dieter Zetsche, Intel CEO Paul Otellini, Xerox CEO Ursula Burns, Ford’s Alan Mulally, Verizon’s John Stratton, Ericsson CEO Hans Vestberg, and YouTube Vice President of Global Content Partnerships Robert Kynci.
Jacobs and Consumer Electronics Association president and CEO Gary Shapiro will offer the State of the CE Industry Address and Opening Technology and Evolving Countries Keynote at 8:30 a.m. on Jan. 10. Zetsche will offer a keynote at 11 a.m. and Otellini will offer his keynote at 4:30.
On Wednesday, the CES Innovation Power Panel will feature Xerox Corp., Verizon Enterprise Solutions and Ford Motor Company at 9 a.m., Vestberg’s keynote at 1 p.m and Kynci will offer his keynote at 10 a.m. AT&T’s David Christopher, GE’s Beth Comstock, Facebook’s Carolyn…
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