Thinking about CES Tablet Gathering
Lora and I had another conversation today about CES. We’re thinking about another Tablet/UMPC PC Gathering.
Our first thought is to plan something like the last two years–at the hamburger place at the Aladdin. It’s less expensive than most places CES week and it gives people an opportunity to eat what they’d like. We may go with pay-your-own way again. Not sure.
Timewise, we’re thinking something on the first or second day–late afternoon. That way everyone can grab a bite to eat before going to other evening events and it won’t be too late in the week that people will miss it.
Over the last few years number wise we hit about 80 people or so at each previous CES gathering, so it makes sense to plan for this number again. As in the past, the crowd will probably be quite varied–including end-users, OEMs, resellers, press, analysts, and more.
This may be one of the most interesting Tablet gatherings at CES so far because the market has matured so much. Dell will have entered the market by then and who knows what new Tablet designs will be refreshed at CES, and just think of all the UMPC and MID designs that are popping up all over the place, as well as all the enthusiasm with touch–in part because of the Tablet/UMPC PC, but also because of devices like the iPhone and Microsoft Surface Computing initiative.
We’re still thinking though. Ideas?
November 15th, 2007 at 12:01 pm
I missed last year, but the year before at the hamburger place in the Aladdin was lots of fun. Of course, the Aladdin is now the Hard Rock Casino, so I don’t know if anything else changed.
Personally, I’d vote for Tuesday afternoon. On Monday, people will still have enough energy that they’ll want to stay later at the convention center. By Tuesday, people are getting tired and will like the idea of sitting down with like-minded Tablet PC enthusiasts. Besides, I leave Wednesday morning, so I don’t want to miss it!