CES 2010 to feature iPod / iPhone-centric iLounge Pavilion

Although IDG is still planning on holding a Apple-less Macworld Expo next year, it's going to have to start fighting some pretty big competition for exhibitors -- the CEA and iLounge.com just announced that CES 2010 will feature an iPod and iPhone-oriented iLounge Pavilion, dedicated to accessories for Apple's handheld devices. That matches up nicely with rumors that the CEA is making a push for more Apple-focused products at next year's show, and while we wouldn't ever expect Apple itself to show up at CES, we can definitely see Macworld fading into irrelevance as companies jump ship for a show guaranteed to attract a ton of attention with or without a Stevie J. / Philly Shills keynote. We'll see how it plays out over the next year -- for right now we're stoked to know that all the iPod docks at CES will be in one, focused location, allowing us to more or less ignore it just like we do the CES North Hall.

[KezMondo @ Jan 21st 2009 1:40PM]

Hoooooly Shit.

[Kris120890 @ Jan 21st 2009 1:54PM]

There is a shit (Technical Term) load of ipod/ iPhone centric device at ces anyway. This just means they will be all at the same spot.

[Kris120890 @ Jan 21st 2009 1:55PM]

I didn't read the last sentence sorry.

[Gnormie @ Jan 21st 2009 1:58PM]

Now Shugg has all his favourite devices in one place! iPod docks... lots of docks...

[ilh @ Jan 21st 2009 2:59PM]

But he'll have to bring his own accelerometer.

[Kris120890 @ Jan 21st 2009 2:01PM]

Shugg is the most annoying troll I've ever come across. I'd take him to CES and batter him with all the docks I could find.

[Kris120890 @ Jan 21st 2009 2:02PM]

That was for Gnormie. On this occasion I failed the comment system and not the other way around. For once.

[racethesun @ Jan 21st 2009 2:02PM]

it should have been located at the iPavilion...

[turtlesoup @ Jan 21st 2009 7:26PM]

That's what iThought too.

[linderman @ Jan 21st 2009 6:20PM]

You got that right about the CES North Hall...Gives me a headache just thinking about it...the noise alone from the car audio base is a migrane waiting to happen for me.

If they put Apple in North Hall, I will pretend they do not exist.

[Richard Lai @ Jan 21st 2009 7:52PM]

Will there be a Wii Pavilion too?

[Japester @ Jan 21st 2009 9:46PM]

I see it as a callous abandonment of Macworld Expo. iLounge is a consumer site. CES is not a consumer show, therefore I wouldn't be able to see the new space, so it doesn't help me. It's actions like this that really undermine Macworld at a vulnerable time.

Not happy with this at all. My confidence in iLounge is a little shaken, especially as Shawn King of Your Mac Life called them on this Jan 15th: , before their intent was made clear.