What’s a parent to do when an unrelenting parade of electronics gadgets and devices appears on the scene and especially on kids’ radars? How can we keep up, let alone be prepared and figure out a few things? To learn a bit, pay attention to the articles and blog posts coming out of the 2011 Consumer’s Electronic Show, occurring now and ending on January 9, 2010 — but the content will be timely for months. A good number of products, some on the cutting edges, debut at the show, though some are not available for purchase right this minute, and more than a few others may not even be in production yet. Most of the items, however, will be at your local or online vendor quite soon.
For instance… Need a gadget to help you take better pictures because yours are always blurry or bothered by too much light? Check out the Kodak easy-share camera at left, due out soon, a product that is supposed to figure out how to take a good picture even when you have no idea how to do it.
Although the show ends on the 9th, the various posts will live on so spend an hour or two learning as much as you can about the technology innovations making their way to your family’s doorstep.
- NPR’s All Tech Considered blog, has a January 3rd post about the event. In Tablets, Internet TV Highlight Consumer Electronics Show, reporter Laura Sydell describes how she will be looking at all sorts of smart phone, tablet, Internet TV, and wi-fi innovations.
- Consumer Reports features a Guide to the 2011 consumer Electronics Show with interesting videos about some of the new products and updated items on display at the event. Check out their top five product videos at YouTube.
- EnGadget, the terrific website/blog that describes itself as the provider of “obsessive daily coverage of everything new in gadgets and consumer electronics,” is covering the CES live (it’s a sponsor), and you can read the coverage and various post at the EnGadget CES site.
- NY Times Technology blogger, David Pogue, posted a January 6, 2010 report, The Geekiness Is Palpable, with more of his reports and post by other reporters to come. Just explore the blog a bit.
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