Mike Musgrove of the Washington Post has a piece today that articulates what we’ve all privately been discussing for the past week: CES, a show that used to be devoted to gadgets, is about…everything.
With cable operators and phone companies and Hollywood studios and just about everybody in the communications world represented at the show, CES is about not only the gadgets, but also about the content and the distribution of new services and technologies.
Now, the show — much like the industry it represents — is adapting to a world in which technology is about more than just the device. What’s equally important is the data — whether it’s streaming music or digital photos — and the means through which we get that data, such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and digital broadcasts.
This has been true in a way for CES over the past couple of years, but there is something about this year’s show that is different. Maybe it’s because the vaunted era of convergence is finally here and everybody is converging at the one show that serves as common ground for the diverse companies — the show that represents the end-user device.
Cynthia Brumfield at 8:43 AM|Comments(0)
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