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Letter from the editor our final Wrap-up on the CES2005 Expo 02/13/05 by migga (Michele)
Greetings! As Editor for Marns CDA, I just wanted to write a personal letter in regards to my experience and observations at the 2005 CES Convention. Being my first time, I have to admit that this convention was quite overwhelming. I could not get over how widespread this convention was! There was 1000’s of companies with various products from a variety of fields of the electronics market being featured. My main
interests, however, are the peripherals field of products. There were
various companies presenting their takes on mice, keyboards, audio
devices, and more. What I noticed the most is the MP3 players. These
devices seem to be the new “craze” and focus of the manufacturers and
consumers currently. Several companies featured their own designs and
construction of these type of products. There was even some companies,
such as Creative Labs Zen
Micro,
There were two other companies which I was quite impressed with as far as innovation for peripherals: Kensington, with products from mice, trackballs, keyboards and more and Zboard, with their custom gaming keyboards. Kensington, a division of ACCO Brands, manufactures mice, trackballs, keyboards, laptop accessories and security devices, and more. Their products feature various functions, creating more convenience and performance for the customer, as well as style and ergonomic features. I had the pleasure of doing a review on one of their products. You can check this review out if you’d like, just click HERE. I definitely recommend any consumer to take a look at Kensington’s web site to review their products in the market and their information.
Zboard, a creator of keyboards which are custom made to interact with gaming functions and commands for various popular PC interactive games, definitely impressed me! These gaming boards seem like one innovative product for the gaming communities! Some of their Limited Edition Keysets are designed for:
As quoted from Zboards website: “Designed for First/Third Person Shooter and Action games, the Gaming Keyset provides a better gaming experience, advanced layout and built-in technology advantages. It comes loaded with a selection of pre-defined key layouts for today’s hottest games.
As I am an online gamer personally, this product really struck me in awe. With its features and functions and versatility for custom key layouts/sets for various online interactive games, it definitely struck me as being one hell of an innovation for the PC gaming communities.
All in all, I was very impressed with all of the new technology being offered in the product market today. It seems to me that the companies are even more offering features which appease to the consumers “today.” Performance, versatility, variety in functions, design are all factors which the companies are closely correlating their newer technologies to in order to provide the consumer’s demands and interests of today’s electronics world. I really have a new appreciation for all of the people involved in these companies which take part from the beginning of the design and innovations of these products, to the manufacturing, to placement on the shelf for market. It takes a skilled, creative, smart, individual in bringing these products to life for the consumer’s benefit, as well as their own. Regards, Michele Schiavo – Editor, Marns CDA
Creative Labs Link: http://sg.creative.com/welcome.asp Zboard Link: http://www.zboard.com/us/products/products_main.php Kensington Link
Marns CDA By migga (Michele)
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