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The real magic of CES isn't any new products that come out, it's the relationships. A supplier meets a manufacturer. Sometime later it shows up in the new must
by jonknee 14y ago
The real magic of CES isn't any new products that come out, it's the relationships. A supplier meets a manufacturer. Sometime later it shows up in the new must have gadget.
- mezeek 14y agoThat's the point... There aren't any new must have gadgets anymore, because they're now apps.
- jonknee 14y agoThe apps have to run on something. Apple is one of the largest companies in the world by making some of that hardware. Yet, Apple's hardware is assembled by another company and is made up on components from hundreds of other companies, most you have never heard of. Those companies are all at CES and are all fighting unseen battles for the next generation of electronics. There's no need to have a flashy keynote or booth babes, but the back conference rooms are where the real CES is.