CES annual show showcases the hottest gadgets for 2005 - Jan. 5, 2005: "Those are the trends consumers will be seeing in the 'must-have' gadgets and gizmos of 2005.
Over 2,500 exhibitors are gathering in Las Vegas this week to show the latest in leading edge technology at the International Consumers Electronics Show, the largest annual trade show for the $100 billion U.S. consumer electronics industry.
The four-day event that runs from Thursday through Sunday is expected to attract 100,000 attendees from over 100 countries, according to Jim Barry, spokesman for the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA).
Lance Ulanoff, executive editor of PC Magazine, agrees with Baker.
"There aren't expected to be too many new gadgets but rather reinforcements of popular products," Ulanoff said. "Manufacturers are expanding their offerings of MP3 players and big screen TVs. More products are becoming digital and portable. There's also a lot of new technology for improving home entertainment systems and enabling convergence between all the different gadgets in the home."
CES's Barry calls it the year of the "electronic Swiss Army knife."
"By that I mean companies are putting out a product that's a cellphone with an MP3 player, PDA, video-on-demand capabilities and so much more all rolled into one."
Besides televisions, digital music and video players, cameras and cellphones, industry analysts expect gaming to be a standout category in 2005. "
By Parija Bhatnagar,
CNN/Money staff writer
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