Tag archive: Comdex

Unless something changes, CES 2012 will be the first time I couldn’t justify going to the show. In many ways, CES reminds me of why Comdex failed. I was actually on the advisory panel for Comdex when the decision was made to kill it. (As a side note the panel got pounded for the decision to kill the show even though that one decision was made without consulting us. I still think it could have been fixed.) In any case, as I looked at CES this… Read More

“Comdex, once one of the largest high-tech tradeshows in the world, has been cancelled for a second year, the show's owner said Tuesday. Comdex 2005 was cancelled despite the efforts of its owner MediaLive International Inc. to take the conference out of limbo. The tradeshow, which is traditionally held in Las Vegas, Nev., in November, was cancelled last year for the first time after 25 years. “ Read more at… Read More

There are several sites on the net covering Comdex. We have compiled a list of them for you, so you can find out what is going on this year. Quote from AMDMB.com: “Perhaps the most interesting and controversial aspect of the ASUS suite was the portion dedicated to graphics cards. Asus recently announced that it would be producing cards based upon both NVIDIA and ATI graphics chipsets. As such, it was no surprise to see a… Read More

While this was Designtechnica?s first year at Comdex and we were overwhelmed with everything, according to sources attendance was way down versus previous years. Whether this can be attributed to the September 11th attacks last year or due to the fact that CES is just around the corner we are uncertain of. Rumors circulated that this would be Comdex?s last year, but a quick reply from Key3Media, the company which owns Comdex put to rest those… Read More