@Chipsahoya We've been painstakingly going through products here to figure that out, and will have our awards tomorrow @ 11 a.m. Pacific.
by Josh Lowensohn
I can tell you that it's one of my favorite parts of CES. You basically get the entire CNET crew together and argue with each other followed by some voting.
by Josh Lowensohn
Getting the press conference about to start warning from the announcer. Should be going very shortly.
by Josh Lowensohn
@JM I must say that CES has always seemed like a show about TVs. So I wasn't too surprised that there wasn't more mobile stuff from Samsung. But maybe Mr. Woo will offer us something juicy today!
by Marguerite Reardon
@Marguerite Reardon Totally about TVs. In fact, I nearly tripped into a 110-inch set from HiSense yesterday. The Las Vegas Convention Center can be a dangerous place...
by Josh Lowensohn
@Ebaad Thanks! We are working hard to get everyone the news as it happens!
by Marguerite Reardon
To be honest, I never cared much about TVs before coming to CES. I mean a TV is a TV. I had the one I bought in college for 15 years. But then I came to CES and I knew I was wrong. Hanging out with CNET's David Katzmaier also changed my perception.
by Marguerite Reardon
Looks like we're getting off to a late start, which I assume is to let a few more folks in. They're still streaming through the doors.
by Josh Lowensohn
Samsung's boldest move of CES: Having a keynote at 9 a.m. after many, many parties the night before. Many press here looking half-asleep.
by Josh Lowensohn
@William But what really impresses me is how thin some of these TVs are. If I had a really amazing house, I'd definitely want one! Then again if I had a really amazing house, I'd probably have a lot of money to invest in a swanky TV too!
by Marguerite Reardon
Music swelling, here we go.
by Josh Lowensohn
CEA rolling a pro-CES video with a bunch of folks talking about what CES is about, showing off company logos and crowds of people floating around the Las Vegas Convention Center.
by Josh Lowensohn
Judging from many of the comments we're geting here. It seems like a lot of you want to hear some news about a new Galaxy S smartphone. Is that correct? ;)
by Marguerite Reardon
This video is actually raising my blood pressure, I think.
by Josh Lowensohn
Listing off stats like 1.9M sq. feet of presenting space, 150k attendees, 3,000 companies showing things off.
by Josh Lowensohn
Lots of this footage from last year's show, including Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer talking to Ryan Seacrest at the company's last keynote here.
by Josh Lowensohn
And thaaaat's over. CEA's Gary Shapiro coming out onto the stage now, wishing everyone a good morning to the final keynote of CES. "We'd like to finish with some big news from a big name in the industry, and you can't get much bigger than Samsung Electronics," he says.
by Josh Lowensohn
Shapiro pointing out Samsung's growth and size with 200,000 people employed across 72 countries. Yep, Samsung's big.
by Josh Lowensohn
Shapiro highlighting Samsung's component biz, which is powering not just its own gadgets but what's inside ones from other companies.
by Josh Lowensohn
How big is Samsung? Its chip biz did $16B in revenue in Q3, Shapiro points out. Now Samsung's Dr. Stephen Woo comes out on stage to a very large applause.
by Josh Lowensohn
Woo wishing everyone a good morning. "What an amazing place this is, and an awesome show," he says.
by Josh Lowensohn
Woo says he's here to share great news, specifically about component innovation.
by Josh Lowensohn
Just wanted to let everyone know that during the speeches we will not be adding in any comments. But we can keep the live blog open at the end for some discussion of the news. So please feel free to comment and engage in a live chat with us after the presentation.
by Marguerite Reardon
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