NEW GADGETS

CES 2003

by Roger Barnette

As a child, Christmas began in August when the Sears Christmas Wish Book would come in the mail. Within its pages, were the assorted colorful and often plastic entertainments whose promise would fuel our good behavior between that time and Santa's Christmas visit.

But colorful, plastic entertainments don't cease with childhood though. For a grown person, these come from the semi-annual Consumer Electronics Show. Earlier in January was the first for 2003.

The CNET Tech Trends article has the best gadget summary on the web at:

http://www.cnet.com/techtrends/0-6014-8-20783277-1.html?tag=txt

For more comprehensive coverage CNET also wrote an extensive section at:

http://electronics.cnet.com/electronics/0-4133160-8-20763602-1.html