What its like at CES Unveiled

Even though CES 2009 doesn’t go into full swing until Thursday, I got a chance to have a little preview of what will be on display at the show at CES Unveiled. I’ll give you the lowdown on what was at the pre-show, in no particular order.

• Logitech had a few new products with a gaming laptop with secondary screen and a new Harmony remote.
• Both Lenovo and Asus had their products on display. Just think of a lot of netbooks, because that’s what it looked like.
• Meade Industries had a telescope that is self-calibrating. I’m not into astronomy, but the ETX-LS could easily make anyone into a scoper. I’ll see about getting an article about that later.
• DisplayLink had a very impressive display of their newest technology which allows a user to plug a monitor into anything using nothing but a USB cable.
• A crowd was at Mitsubishi Electric as one of their employees was playing Devil May Cry wearing 3-D glasses. I got a chance to try it, and all I can say is that Mitsubishi’s new 3-D technology will change any 3-D emulated game with Nvidia and Direct X into a whole new experience. Yes, the game really is in 3-D, and I will definitely write more about this later.
• Parott had their usual quality products for the year. This one included the Speechio, a wireless digital frame with a surface like a mirror. You will have to see it to believe it.
• TriSpecs had a pair of sunglasses that include wireless headphones. It was interesting, to say the least.
• The Rover Mat wireless charger had a way of charging your mobile devices by laying them on a charged pad. This is probably the wave of the future, and I saw something like this at last year’s CES.
• Blaupunkt released the first Internet radio designed for the car. Yes, a car radio with 3G and GSM capacity to play directly from Internet stations instead of AM/FM. Also the wave of the future.
• Cobra also had an assortment of Internet radios.
• A company called iGo, whose laptop cord I currently use, is finding out ways for their products to save energy.
• Joby gave me, that’s right, gave me, a Bluetooth headset called the Zivio. I haven’t tried it yet, but I’ll let you know how it is.
• ZAGG, a company famous for a customized mobile device protection product called Invisible Shield, is now breaking into the headphones game.
• Tonium has created a new version of a Pacemaker, but it is not a medical device. No, this is a tool for mixing two digital tracks that is perfect for the digital DJ.

All this and more. See how exciting CES can be? This is just the start of it, ladies and gentlemen. Join me tomorrow as I let you know what the biggest names in computer gadgets are unveiling for this year.