CeBIT, we've got ya covered

As you probably noticed by our Origami / Samsung UMPC hands-on from earlier today, we’ve landed at CeBIT in Hannover, Germany. Ink barely dry in our passports and we’re already pulling the hard goods for ya and the show hasn't even started! So go ahead, sleep in, Engadget’s on it. Click on for more pics of the pre-show setup.

Intel has a huuuuge presence.

Samsung’s booth is equally ginormous. Three Q1 / Origami devices left unattended on the left, another around back -- how could we resist?

Hey, the new Shuttle XPC X100.

Note to self: always come early, no line for the toys!

ASUS is doin' up the ASUS Lamborghini as expected. Vrooom, vrooom (yawn) and all that. Next.

Top-down of Hall number 2 of oh, some 30 or so similar gadget hangars. Say, is that Tatung? We're getting sleepy stoked just thinking about it.

And just a bit of Red Label to bring it home.

[Jake @ Mar 8th 2006 4:09PM]

I wanna go... where do I sign up?

[Ben @ Mar 8th 2006 4:10PM]

I think Johnny Walker takes the cake for best new thing ....

[Nils Fohrbeck @ Mar 8th 2006 4:19PM]

Welcome to Germany! A cheerful "Gadgetings" (Hey is there a formal Engadget Greeting?) from all your German readers...

[Alexandre Donzel @ Mar 8th 2006 4:19PM]

k better go to sleep and wait for tomorow and the *official* origami announcement ;) and all the other goodies that will come up; to keep us fed till the rumors about the 30th (?) anniversary of apple and the MAD rummors, WWJD 4,5,6... that will come up, and our iTblet (plzplzplz steve could u also add the iPhone in a style close to the one in WWJD 3? plz?)
keep up the good reporting peeps
an almost anonymous dude

[Gil @ Mar 8th 2006 4:38PM]

I keep telling myself I'll be there one year and I keep putting it off. Here's hoping we meet in 2007

[Razor @ Mar 8th 2006 4:45PM]

Here are some expressions that we will hear from Engadget at CeBIT about (insert name of product here):
"Plasticy"
"Ugly"
"Boring"
"no polish"
"not as good as Apple"

[Jnetty @ Mar 8th 2006 4:56PM]

Ohh I wish I could have gone.But school is more important and I let someone else at work take my spot. I was there in 2004.

[Pete @ Mar 8th 2006 5:04PM]

Make sure you guys get some pictures of the Viliv P1. Can't wait till that comes to the US on the 15th!!!

[boe @ Mar 8th 2006 5:16PM]

I look at a LOT of technology but what I'd like to see a lot more announcements about is SED technology. OK OLED improvements are good but I think SED will have a better large screen format in the near future whereas I'm guessing OLED is about 4-5 years away from competing with what SED has to offer in terms of picture quality.

[Conrad Quilty-Harper @ Mar 8th 2006 5:21PM]

Engadget goes to Europe and nobody tells me?! BAH! :)

[Karl Viklund @ Mar 8th 2006 6:48PM]

Looking forward to some Engadget coverage! :)

[thequinox @ Mar 8th 2006 7:06PM]

I hope engadget will be able to get some good AM2 coverage at AMDs booth.

[Greg @ Mar 8th 2006 8:44PM]

Cool coverage ;) I didn't know Tatung will be there, I guess they try to get more and more international. For those who don;t know this brand, it's from Taiwan and they are extremely famous for their rice cooker - and it's true! They also do a lot of electornic stuffs, LCD / Plasma TV and so on.

[lolersticks @ Mar 8th 2006 10:08PM]

Kobayashi!

[filix @ Mar 9th 2006 2:33AM]

hep hey ;) CYA Down there driving tomorrow :D

[Carvalhinho @ Mar 9th 2006 7:29AM]

Don't forget to save some time to drop by the "future" hall... even if it's less trendy you will see some wonderfull new gadgets int he works like VR machines and stuff... at least they were there in 2004

[Alex @ Dec 6th 2008 4:16PM]

The origami looks pretty tight, wonder how much it costs?