Reflections on CES 2011

Authors: Sam Lucero, Practice Director, M2M & Embedded
Dominique Bonte, Vice President and Group Director, Telematics and M2M
Jeff Orr, Group Director, Consumer Research
Jason Blackwell, Practice Director, Digital Home
Michael Inouye, Senior Analyst, Consumer Research
Neil Strother, Practice Director, Mobile Marketing Strategies and Mobile Services
Victoria Fodale, Senior Analyst, Mobile Devices
Sam Rosen, Principal Analyst, Consumer Research

Published: 01 Feb 2011

Given its significant emphasis on mobility, CES 2011 could have easily been renamed the Mobile Consumer Electronics Show. There were more than 80 tablets introduced, dozens of new (mostly Android-flavored) smartphone models, significant pushes towards 4G, and Internet-connected TVs, cars, and more to top it off. If you think that right now your data is accessible just about anywhere, 2011 will have more than a few surprises for you. As mobile moves increasingly towards ubiquity, the interconnectivity and convergence of mobile devices is increasingly becoming one of this year’s central themes.

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