CES 2010: all the stuff (and more)

While certainly less "depressed" than last year's recession-tainted affair, CES 2010 was a busy show without a stand-out, knock-em-down, blockbuster release. Last year the Pre stole the spotlight, while this year we were more focused on technologies and concepts like 3D, tablets and e-books. That said, there sure was plenty of it, and we've sifted through some of our favorites to present you with a highlight reel -- just in case your carpal tunnel or general lack of motivation prevents you from clicking through all 631+ posts we did last week.

E-readers

The e-Reader story of CES 2010
Plastic Logic QUE proReader in-depth video hands-on
Skiff e-reader hands-on: watch out Amazon
Samsung announces E6 and E10 e-book readers at CES
Spring Design Alex hands-on (Update: video!)

HDTV

Intel shows off glasses-free 3D demo -- now this is more like it
VIZIO's new LCDs (and upcoming iPhone remote app) eyes-on
Boxee Box interface demo video
Blu-ray's 3D spec isn't what it could be
Sony OLED 3D TV eyes-on
Toshiba's Cell TV hands-on at CES
Eyes-on with DirecTV 3D
ESPN 3D launches in June with World Cup soccer -- our football to follow later
Skype HD: 720p videocalling from PCs or directly through LG & Panasonic HDTVs

Tablets

Notion Ink Adam stripped bare and our in-depth video hands-on
The HP Slate
Sony introduces Dash Internet Viewer touchscreen tablet (Update: it runs Chumby OS!)
HP TouchSmart tm2 convertible tablet slims down and spruces up
Lenovo IdeaPad U1 Hybrid hands-on and impressions

Mobile

Inbrics M1 is the thinnest Android slider we've seen, probably everything we ever wanted
inPulse smartwatch for BlackBerry wrist-on
Lenovo LePhone Android device announced for China (update: hands-on video!)
The Engadget Interview: Erick Tseng, Senior Product Manager of Android
Dell divulges Mini 3 details, tablet (Mini 5?) caught running Android 1.6 (update: video!)
Windows Mobile 7 coming to MWC in February, not just 'evolutionary'
A quick sitdown with Motorola co-CEO Sanjay Jha
LG GW990 hands-on video
Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus first hands-on (video)!
Motorola Backflip hands-on

Computing

Studio XPS 16 OLED concept laptop hands-on
Alienware M11X netbook gets official, costs less than a grand
Samsung's 14-inch transparent OLED laptop (video)
MSI dualscreen e-reader hands-on (update: video!)
Lenovo IdeaPad S10-3 and S10-3t hands-on
ASUS NX90Jq hands-on: dual touchpads unite! (update: video)

Digital Imaging

Panasonic's $21,000 3D camcorder gets the hands-on treatment
RED Scarlet and Bomb EVF surprise hands-on!
Casio Exilim EX-FH100 hands-on in super-slow-mo
Samsung NX10 hybrid HD-capable camera hands-on

Miscellaneous

USB 3.0 SuperSpeed gone wild at CES 2010, trumps even your new SSD
Airnergy WiFi power system gives RCA a reason to exist (video)
The iDiscover keyboard turns your iPhone into a piano and more
Parrot AR.Drone hands-on: a quadricopter for the rest of us
Light Blue Optics' Light Touch turns any surface into a color touchscreen display (video hands-on)
Sprint Overdrive hands-on
2010 Project Natal launch and Xbox Game Room leaked in CES interview

Podcasts

Engadget Podcast 179: CES 2010 Final Goodbye - 01.10.2010
Engadget Podcast 178: CES 2010 Day 4 - 01.09.2010 [Chopped n' Screwed Remix]
Engadget Podcast 177: CES 2010 Day 3 - 01.08.2010
Engadget Podcast 176: CES 2010 Day 2 - 01.07.2010
Engadget Podcast 175: CES 2010 Day 1 - 01.06.2010

Liveblogs

Live from All Things D at CES 2010
Live from Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo's CES 2010 keynote
Live from Paul Otellini's Intel CES keynote
Live from Palm's CES 2010 press event
Live from NVIDIA's CES press event
Live from Dell's CES 2010 press event
Live from Ford CEO Alan Mulally's CES keynote
Live from Sprint's '4G Experience' event at CES 2010
Live from Steve Ballmer's CES 2010 keynote
Live from Motorola's CES 2010 press event
Live from Sony's CES 2010 press event
Live from Panasonic's CES press event
Live from Samsung's CES 2010 press conference
Live from Sharp's CES press event
Live from AT&T's Developer Summit
Live from Toshiba's CES press event
Live from LG's CES press event
Live from ASUS's CES press event

Good times

It was Vegas, baby -- Engadget departs CES 2010
Cyber Clean smears our keyboards, fills our nostrils as we go hands-on (video)
Caption contest: What is Craig doing?
Engadget's CES giveaway: win an Engadget t-shirt!
Engadget is live from CES 2010!

Phew, it makes us tired and suspiciously weak to the desire to gamble away our life savings at the video slots just thinking about it! If you see anything we missed or just want to tell us how great a job we did, hit us up in the comments. Or send flowers, that works too.

[Slaarg Posted Jan 11th 2010 6:11PM]

Longest non "after the jump" article ever.

Nice roundup !

[a dumb cat Posted Jan 11th 2010 7:30PM]

@Slaarg

For those at the conference, it would be nice if you put booth numbers on some of your posts so we could see what the fuss was all about (the CES directories were kinda helpful, but not really). Thanks!

[iFargle Posted Jan 11th 2010 6:14PM]

Great coverage, guys. Keep up the good work!

[DestrictoEnse Posted Jan 11th 2010 6:18PM]

Nice compilation Paul, hope you guys do the podcast thing at MWC too. Any possibility of that, or is it too far afield? (Actually Barcelona's about as close to NY as Vegas...)

[gadgetfanboy Posted Jan 11th 2010 11:24PM]

@DestrictoEnse

In the Engadget Mobile podcast, Chris Ziegler mentioned that he will be attending and podcasting from there, so check out the Engadget Mobile podcast during MWC.

[zarq Posted Jan 11th 2010 6:21PM]

Finally!
thanks for this breakdown guys

[Acey Posted Jan 11th 2010 6:24PM]

cant wait for next year :3

[ale Posted Jan 11th 2010 8:04PM]

@(Unverified)
Me too. Hopefully next year E-READERS won't be the hot new thing
Ughh.... so sick of these things

[tylersmyler Posted Jan 11th 2010 6:32PM]

I'm so depressed the tech-orgy is over!
Sigh...it was good while it lasted.

[uck Posted Jan 11th 2010 6:37PM]

what is your favorite new gadget guys? Biggest surprise? Best advancement?


Mine is: HP's Convertible Tablet

[Caricature of Intamacy Posted Jan 11th 2010 8:59PM]

@uck

yes, yes, YES.

[taylorh Posted Jan 11th 2010 6:40PM]

You forgot to link to the ELSE post under mobile

http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/10/first-else-hands-on-still-alive-and-kicking/

[s2upid Posted Jan 11th 2010 6:44PM]

@taylorh
you guys also forgot to mention my future laptop the Asus ROP G73jh gaming laptop

http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/asus-rog-g73jh-launches-with-core-i7-radeon-hd-5870-bragging-r/

[kalavastro Posted Jan 11th 2010 6:41PM]

I want that lenovo tablet.

[Ross McLean Posted Jan 11th 2010 6:46PM]

I reeeeeally wish I could go to CES :(

[MaxDiablito Posted Jan 11th 2010 6:53PM]

There was no major phone anouncement like in past years. I guess the MWC has taken full control of those anouncements.

[jupigare Posted Jan 12th 2010 3:30PM]

@MaxDiablito
Scroll up to Mobile; there's a list of phones announced, such as the Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus, Dell Mini 3, and Inbrics M1.

[Baconbits Posted Jan 11th 2010 6:54PM]

Makes me miss the insanity of the old E3

[alf4ads Posted Jan 11th 2010 6:58PM]

E-Readers, the funny part was that most of the asian booths hawking e-readers probably never read an e-book all their lives. One guy was showing me an e-book like it was invented yesterday and the best thing since slice bread.

Commented from somebody who has been reading e-books since the palm came out...

[s2upid Posted Jan 11th 2010 7:14PM]

@alf4ads

I don't understand why you're criticizing the booth employees for trying to sell their product. Sounds like they were just doing their job.

Was it just the asian booths trying to sell their products to you? LOL Just cause their asian doesn't mean they don't know how to read. Posting dumb sh*t like that makes you feel good doesn't it?

[alf4ads Posted Jan 11th 2010 7:25PM]

@s2upid

Agreed it was a stupid comment of mine! :)

What i forgot to mention was this specific reader (wont mention company) was just horrible and even the printing on the packaging wasn't spelled right. I mean how could they sell e-readers when they cant even spell?

[Optimus Rhyme Posted Jan 11th 2010 7:20PM]

Oh Engadget! Budmojiggler is my guilty pleasure font too!

[satish Posted Jan 11th 2010 7:55PM]

Thanks for ruining my sleep tonight..will be going thru this post all over.

[jupigare Posted Jan 12th 2010 3:44PM]

@satish
It's better to have one night of sleep ruined than a whole week. I went to bed at 2-3 AM every night of CES because I was keeping up with all the news.

Not that I'm complaining! I love reading about this sort of thing, and I easily lose track of time that way. Also, I understand that Engadget has to make a few posts in the middle of the night because some companies decide that 2 AM is the right time to send out a press release.

[Ezye1313 Posted Jan 11th 2010 8:12PM]

I wanna say great job to all the guys and gals at engadget!!! Keep up the good work!!

[paul34 Posted Jan 11th 2010 8:38PM]

Thanks for all your hard work, guys.

I'd say that this CES was more evolutionary than revolutionary, but that's fine - can't have revolution all the time. Besides, it's nice to see such technologies start to mature so quickly. You can't invent the mass-produced car every year, but you can certainly make it way better... I think that's what we'll keep seeing for quite some time now - and I have little problem with that.

[vlad786 Posted Jan 11th 2010 8:42PM]

Well organised! I was kinda waiting for this.

[DimMonk Posted Jan 11th 2010 9:51PM]

Good job guys. I think I pretty much went through all 600+ posts this week.

It's nice to see how people can be so passionate about gadgets.

Keep up the good work!

*Throws flowers to engadget* haha

[ai4281 Posted Jan 11th 2010 11:55PM]

Great job, you guys! You made me feel like I was actually at CES.

I hope your MWC coverage will be as amazing :)

[sibyy Posted Jan 12th 2010 4:13AM]

I wish there was more coverage of hi-fi audio which seems to have been totally left out! Remember guys, these are electronic gadgets too. I guess Engadget didn't want to go to the Venetian Tower were all the exhibitors were.

From the gadgets that have actually been covered my favourites are:
Lenovo U1 & Boxee Box.

[Dusty Posted Jan 12th 2010 9:00AM]

Great job on the round up! ;)

[KrautMan Posted Jan 12th 2010 9:56AM]

A little disappointed in the following of PMP's, unless there wasnt any to report on. I was kind of hoping for an announcement from Creative/ Zii labs on the Egg.. when is that thing finally going to hatch?