CES Rap -- In the net no net

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Bob Frankston [bob37-2 () bobf frankston com]
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 1:54 PM
To: David Farber; 'ip'
Subject: RE: [IP] CES Rap -- In the net no net

This year's CES seemed very blah -- nothing really new though the big booths were more dominant than they have been in 
a while. The focus on recycling old ideas and eschewing disruption echoes the posting about US Physics crumbling – who 
wants to risk new ideas when you are busy preventing or recycling what you already have.

The 1080p screens were abundant but not at all exciting. They were also essentially empty with all the content being 
sealed tightly by DRM. There is something pathetic about waiting for the new generation of plastic discs for content 
while the abundant inexpensive distribution channels run afoul of DRM.

I was annoyed by marketing lashups like the Panasonic LIMEX which uploads to Picasa via T-Mobile hotspots. But it will 
not connect to a laptop 2 inches away (according to the marketoid I asked)!!  Overall I didn’t get a sense of the 
Internet as much more than a source of minor features.

Of course if you look around you can still find the Internet lurking there. Apparently the new WM6 phones have 
NAT/Routers (carrier willing) but I only learned about it by having side geek conversations. Few phones had GPS – the 
emphasis is on subscribing rather than being able to do it yourself. Femto cells let you extended the carriers network 
rather than doing your own communicating. Same feeling on my flight back on JetBlue with a dollop of Yahoo messenger as 
one-off hack (though it said “service not available” when I tried it).



-----Original Message-----
From: David Farber [mailto:dave () farber net]
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 05:15
To: ip
Subject: [IP] Any queries -- CES Rap





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From: Jeff Porten [jporten () gmail com]

Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 3:15 AM

To: David Farber

Subject: Re: [IP] CES Rap



I'm covering CES for www.tidbits.com; there's only one day left in the

show, so I don't know if I can give personalized attention, but if any

IPers have any questions for me they're welcome to contact me directly.



Best,

Jeff Porten





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