] Dave Weinstein, Gizmodo's Special Correspondent for the
] Consumer Electronics Show, contributes an excellent
] report about the best gadgets he saw there:
]
] LAS VEGAS -- As each year ends there's a small section of
] our populace that starts to get really excited about
] upcoming events. Is it the coming of the new year that's
] got them smiling like school children on the way to a
] candy store, or is it the upcoming Consumer Electronics
] Show (CES) that's held at the beginning of each January?
] CES usually heralds the arrival of new home entertainment
] gear, but in recent years, this has expanded to all sorts
] of home and portable technology products, including flat
] panel televisions, wireless networking, personal video
] recorders (PVR), home theater PCs (HTPC), and a plethora
] of handheld devices. This year's CES didn't disappoint,
] in addition to a huge amount of new breakthrough
] products, there were glimpses of the components that will
] be showing up as part of next years gadgets as well.
] Here's a few of the interesting product and technology
] areas that were shown this year.