COMDEX & CES

By

Lee Schmidt & Paul Schmidt

February 2001

COMDEX Fall 2000

COMputer Dealers EXchange

November 13-17, 2000

Las Vegas, Nevadahttp://www.key3media.com/comdex/fall2000/index.html

Attendance: about 200,000

Over 1e6 sqft of Exhibits

Over 2700 Exhibitors

COMDEX Venues

• Las Vegas Convention Center

• Sands Expo

• Shuttle busses run constantly between sites

But not here!But not here!

http://myplanner.key3media.com/comdex/fall2000/planner/map.cfmhttp://myplanner.key3media.com/comdex/fall2000/planner/map.cfm

Bluetooth

• Wireless

• Non line of sight

• 2.4 GHz

• $5 manufacturing cost

• http://www.bluetooth.com/#

• Bluetooth @ Comdex

Webcasts

• Keynote Presentations– http://www.key3media.com/comdex/fall2000/

daily/webcasts/index.html

• “Best of COMDEX” Products– http://www.key3media.com/comdex/fall2000/

daily/featurestories/special_programs/best_comdex.html

– http://ww0.tscentral.com/webcasts/content/comdex-11-00/

CES Winter 2001

Consumer Electronics Show

January 6-9, 2001

Las Vegas, Nevada

http://www.cesweb.org/

Attendance: More than 100,000

Over 1e6 sqft of Exhibits

Over 1900 Exhibitors

CES Venues

• Las Vegas Convention Center – Including canvas buildings in parking lots

• Rivera Hotel Convention Center• Alexis Park Resort Hotel• Las Vegas Hilton Convention Center

• Shuttle busses run constantly between sites• http:// CES Best of Show

Surround Sound

• Normal Stereo

• Quad

• Dolby ProLogic

• Dolby Digital Link

• DTS

• 10.2 Link

Online Learning

• MARK 70 Online University– http://mark70.com/– Select Demos and click “Free Tour”

• iLearning– http://www.ilearning.com/gw_demo2/

gateway.ihtml

• Smart Certify Direct– http://www.smartcertify.com/demos/yes.asp

All My Linx

• http://COMDEX Fall 2000 Home Page

• http:// COMDEX Convention Center Maps

• http://www.bluetooth.com/#

• http:// webcasts

• http:// feature stories

• http:// webcasts/content

• http://www.cesweb.org/

• http://mark70.com/

• http://www.ilearning.com/gw_demo2/gateway.ihtml

• http://www.smartcertify.com/demos/yes.asp

• http:// CES Best of Show

• Dolby Digital Link 10.2 Link