To CES!

Since I haven't made mention of it in my blogs yet: My attendance at CES is now 100% confirmed. My predictions:

1. A new Nokia Internet tablet and at least three new Nokia phones will be announced. There may even be some talk about a Nokia branded embedded Linux smartphone.
2. At least three new Ultra-Mobile PCs will be announced, plus an array of accessories from TabletKiosk and others.
3. Major accessory manufacturers like Belkin and Targus will start embracing the ultra-mobile platform.
   
4. PDAs will be declared officially dead. Smartphones and other Internet enabled devices will have destroyed that market.
5. I will spend at least one night entirely awake and out on the town, scaring my poor family (my maternal grandparents are hosting me in Vegas) to pieces.
6. My entire discretionary income for 2007 will be spoken for.

In addition to live coverage of the event, interviews, product profiles, and lots of photos and video, I hope to find someone willing to sponsor my blogs.Nokia Internet Tablet and Ultra-Mobile PC coverage went from a casual hobby to a very exciting (and expensive) hobby. Through the feedback of readers like you, press contacts, and device makers, I've decided that this is where I want to steer my career. It may take much more time before that is possible, but for the several dozen of you who have written me telling me you've decided to embrace this new technology based on MY writing... Well, that's the best feeling a blogger can get.

Thank you all and wish me luck!