The CES 2013 keynote is about to start. I will be on the live blog providing some commentary and tweeting the news. And Shara Tibken will be on the ground in Vegas giving us all the juicy news. So stay tuned!
by Marguerite Reardon
CNET's photographer James Martin already has some photos posted to set the scene for the big event.
by Marguerite Reardon
I'm helping cover the event remotely from the East coast. Still listening to some light jazz on the Webcast waiting for the big event to begin. Please feel free to send some comments and questions ahead of time. And we can get a conversation going before things kick off.
by Marguerite Reardon
That's a good question. They're a chip company so I don't know if I'd categorize any of their product announcements as that exciting. That said, they are an incredibly important company. And as consumer products increasingly get connected to the Internet, they will continue to be more important to the industry.
by Marguerite Reardon
Hey guys. We're about to start.
by Shara Tibken
It's a full house at this event. Maroon 5 will be playing, and there are likely going to be other special guests, as well.
by Shara Tibken
Qualcomm is taking this keynote over for Microsoft, so I'm sure they don't want to disappoint us.
by Shara Tibken
Here we go. We've got three big screens in here. The middle one is counting down to the start while the other two are giving us some nice images of CES.
by Shara Tibken
Right now they're piping "Gangnam Style" on full blast.
by Shara Tibken
Really Gangnam Style? I'm not even in Vegas this week and I already know this song is so overdone.
by Marguerite Reardon
I kind of wish they had Qualcomm's executive team dancing. Alas, no.
by Shara Tibken
CEA President Gary Shapiro's on the stage now.
by Shara Tibken
For over a dozen years, right here at CES on this stage ... this special evening slot has had only two people featured: Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer.
by Shara Tibken
Tonight turn from Microsoft to another great company helping drive the consumer electronics industry.
by Shara Tibken
Mobile is transforming the whole world. Global mobile revenue was expected to hit $1.5 trillion in 2012 -- 2 percent of the world's GDP
by Shara Tibken
Now Shapiro is talking up the background of Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs.
by Shara Tibken
It's a pretty hefty resume.
by Shara Tibken
Shapiro: You might say he was born mobile.
by Shara Tibken
Here comes another video spot.
by Shara Tibken
Or not. Just a countdown screen again, and now we've got actors standing behind some see-through screen. I'm not sure how to describe this. lol.
by Shara Tibken
The actors are chatting about what they do with mobile. The newborn mobile generation.
by Shara Tibken
I have to agree with you, Fred. This is kind of sad.
by Marguerite Reardon
CEO of the wireless chipmaker.
by Shara Tibken
Ok I think we get it. The world has gone mobile. And now we have CEO Paul Jacobs.
by Marguerite Reardon
Jacobs: This is the first time a mobile company has opened up the electronics show.
by Shara Tibken
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