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Sharp booth tour
Sharp was riding high on the success of its 108-inch LCD TV here at CES, and rightfully so, because it is amazing. However, that was not its only highlight of the show; as you will see in these photos, there were other wonders such as a multitude of displays and next-gen fax machines. Sharp booth tour
Sony Ericsson booth tour
To call our tour of Sony Ericsson's booth at CES a "booth tour" is giving it entirely too much credit; for some reason, the world's fourth-largest manufacturer of mobile phones was relegated to a single meager kiosk within Sony's sprawling grounds (along with a handful of tie-ins with other Sony products strewn about elsewhere). Highlights included the ultra-glossy, ultra-colorful Z310 clamshell, the MBR-100 A2DP music receiver, and some much-needed quality time with the recently intro'd MBW-100 watch. Sadly, the W880 "Ai" wasn't on hand, but that gives us something to look forward to, right? Sony Ericsson booth tour
Nokia booth tour
Nokia had a strong showing at this year's CES, coming to the table with the N800 Internet Tablet, the N93i, and the svelte, totally unexpected N76. Our favorite part, though, might have been the NFC demo -- Nokia really went all out to demo the capabilities of its 6131 NFC by showing movie posters, picture frames, and payment systems using the system. Heck, even the booth's inhabitants were tagged with their contact info. Nokia booth tour
TI booth tour
Texas instruments once again this year had a prominent booth at CES displaying all the TVs with DLP chips in them. Among them was the Slim TV and a few projectors marketed towards gamers. TI booth tour
Creative CES booth tour
Since last year, Creative won a court battle with Apple, became a Made for iPod partner, and has spread a whole lot of Zen ( ... portable media players) all over the world. Lets see what caught our eye at their booth this year. Creative CES booth tour
Kodak CES booth tour
Kodak's CES booth this year had a distinct electronic picture frame theme. We think it's something to do with the fact that they sell them ... Kodak CES booth tour
IBM booth tour
After 10 years of absence IBM returns to CES and even after we visited their booth we weren't exactly sure why they were there. Sure they developed the chips in the latest game consoles, which they had on display. They also had a few other items like their Micro Drive and Virtual World software. IBM booth tour
NextGen Home Tour
After hearing about Best Buy's ConnectedLife.Home we wanted to see what all the fuss was about, so we headed over to the NextGen Home Experience. This home was a gadget lovers dream with every appliance in the house connected and all accessible via touch panels throughout the house. While we were very impressed with this level of home automation, $6,999 for a 12.1 touch panel seems a bit wacked. NextGen Home Tour
Toshiba booth tour
We hit up Toshiba's booth yesterday and browsed the wares. With various frills like portable HD DVD drives, SD Home Audio systems, Regza 1080p sets and of course that R400 Vista flagship, there was plenty to love. Nothing really blew us away, delivering on the CES theme this year of "no alarms and no surprises," but it was a solid offering nonetheless. So jump into the gallery and prepare to be not-quite-blown-away and yet mildly-impressed. Toshiba booth tour
Samsung booth tour
This year's Samsung booth (unlike shows past) is served up fresh, with a healthy dose of modesty. We looked hard but couldn't find a single World's First... , World's Largest..., or World's Fastest... placard anywhere at CES' largest booth. It's not like they didn't bring their "A" game -- only Sammy can take a sunrise and sprinkle it with dew -- they just toned it down this year, at last. Check the gallery below, you might just find a miracle or two. Samsung booth tour
LG's CES Booth Tour
LG's booth really was as massive as we predicted. After several hours of endless journeying, we finally extricated ourselves from the bowls of LG's labyrinthian arrangement of cellphones and oddly-named dual format Blu-ray & HD DVD players. These photos shall serve as a testament to this day, and the events that occurred. Events like seeing fast LCDs, enormous plasmas, and tiny projectors. LG's CES Booth Tour
SanDisk's CES booth tour
Flash-memory-maker turned portable-media-darkhorse SanDisk made a respectable showing at CES this week, and we not only have a booth tour for ya, here's a little roundup of all the news they made. SanDisk rolls out Cruzer Contour USB flash drives Hands on with SanDisk's USBTV Hands on with SanDisk's new Zune-bestin' Sansa Connect Hands on with the Sansa View SanDisk intros USBTV Live from SanDisk press conference SanDisk Sansa Connect WiFi portable audio player SanDisk Sansa View Hands on with SanDisk's 32GB SSD SanDisk booth tour gallery
Panasonic's CES booth tour
What you're looking at up there is just one of dozens of mysterious items in Panasonic's booth here at CES. The booth fully supports Panny's theme for CES 2007: Living in High Definition. However, they're also trying hard to drive home their unofficial theme: "You're an idiot if you buy an LCD larger than 42-inches." Check the gallery below to see girls on a beach staked by high-zoom cameras and the creepy men this attracts. When you recover from that, test your skills at detecting the difference in 1080p vs. 720p panels -- most in the booth could not, can you? Panasonc's CES booth tour
Motorola CES booth tour
Ready for a tour of CES booth of the number two cellphone manufacturer in the world (for the time being, anyway)? We got hands on with a bunch of Moto's new phones, click on for the fun.
Apple booth tour at Macworld 07
It isn't quite so much a 'booth tour' as it is 'the biggest darn thing on the floor, bar none.' Apple is seriously pimping their two major forays into consumer electronics, and their gargantuan floor signage, two massive demonstration stages and rotating glass iPhone cases all but scream it out loud. Mac OS X Leopard, at least what we've already seen, is also on stage in between Apple TV and iPhone demos, and surrounding their staging area are long kiosk areas with consumer and pro level products and software laid out for exhibitors to play with if the Apple Store down the street is too busy.Check out our gallery of Apple 'booth' shots, and stay tuned for more booth tours both big and small.
Microsoft's PAX booth tour
Yeah, we're kicking it here with our Joystiq pals in beautiful Redmond, Washington for a weekend of rubbing shoulders with the game-nerd elite. PAX's 17,000+ attendees this year are bursting the Meydenbauer Center at the seams, which means exhibitors like Microsoft can't quite have their usual sprawl of a booth. Luckily, they're moving the show -- which is now the biggest games show in North America thanks to the demise of E3 -- to downtown Seattle at the Washington State Convention Center next year, so hopefully the claustrophobic among us will be able to manage a step through a booth in '07. Keep reading for pics of the setup, and start saving your pennies for next year's extravaganza.
DualCor cPC in the wild
We're not nearly as into DualCor's cPC Windows convergence device now that we found out it doesn't come with any built-in wireless radios, but we've still been looking forward to catching it in the wild just the same, because any pocket-sized machine that sports both XP and WM5 is more than a little bit noteworthy in our book. And luckily for us, our partners-in-crime over at Engadget Chinese have just captured some nice photos of this two-processor machine as part of their extensive Computex 2006 coverage, although our contribution of copying and pasting the pics for you to peep should not be overlooked. More cPC snaps are available after the break, and more VIA-powered products from the CPU manufacturer's booth tour can be found by following the Read link...
Engadget Chinese still doing Computex (part II)
Yep, they're still over there kicking it Taiwan style at Computex, one of the largest computer and component trade shows around. Peep their Origami coverage, ATI tour, and Smartphone booth tour below. Don't forget, even if you don't speak traditional or simplified Chinese, there's plenty to enjoy over at the other Engadgets.Read - OrigamiRead - Microsoft SmartphonesRead - ATIRead - Crazy 47-inch touchscreen TV
Microsoft's E3 booth tour
It only seemed appropriate to finish off our booth tours with (one of) the biggest at E3 -- Microsoft's. We heard from a little birdie the figure on this thing was well into seven digits, and it's really no wonder. Similar to last year's, the giant two story building they installed on their huge spread of land in the south hall was nothing less than enormous, and that's to say nothing of the mammoth area they had for demo pods, their trailer theater, and the mini-booth dedicated to their newly rebranded Games for Windows initiative. Make no mistake about it, Microsoft showed at E3 and they weren't kidding around.
Ubisoft booth tour
Ubisoft has a pretty significant presence in the South Hall, showcasing upcoming titles like Assassin's Creed, Red Steel, Rayman 4, and Rainbow Six: Vegas. Of course, as one of the largest publishers in the world, we wouldn't expect any less. Sprinkled in with the French accents that always manage to sound so elegant, were hard pitches from actors pushing Ubisoft's flagship franchises. Continue for more photos.
