# CES 2011: Gadgets Everywhere and the Role of Wireless

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- Published: 2011-01-07T23:38:18-06:00
- Author: jeffpaul

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Gadgets Everywhere SuperSession

The last panel session that I sat through on Friday (my brain sponge was absorbent,
but damn today was a lot) was one titled “[Consumer 360 – Gadgets Everywhere and the Role of Wireless](http://www.cesweb.org/conferenceProgram/search/sessionDetails.asp?sessionid=4145)”
and moderated by [Rajeev Chand](http://www.linkedin.com/in/rajeevchand) (Managing
Director and Senior Equity Research Analyst, Wireless, Rutberg & Company). The panelists
included [Anand Chandrasekher](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anand_Chandrasekher)(
SVP Intel, GM Ultra Mobility Group, Intel), [John Donovan](http://www.attinnovationspace.com/)(
Chief Technology Officer, AT&T), [Bill Ogle](http://www.linkedin.com/pub/bill-ogle/27/292/823)(
Chief Marketing Officer, Motorola Mobility), and the sparkplug of the group [Robert Stephens](http://twitter.com/rstephens)(
CTO, Best Buy).

The panelists that 2011 will go down as the year of tablets with the main question
being what is the N number of devices that the populace will support; sounds like
it will be 3-4 and eventually whittle down to 1-2. From a cell carrier perspective
we’re no longer an enterprise Blackberry voice & data users, but now you can pick
up a tablet at a friends house, authenticate and get billed for it on your bill.
Users appear to be willing to give up some data & privacy to access services that
benefit or help them. Netflix and the Kindle are good examples of seamless experiences.
Devices will adapt because of apps, but not likely because of the app being the 
main use.

As a side note, a great comment was let loose: “A user manual is a list of design
failures”. I just LOVE that, it’ll certainly make its way into my cliches at work!

Since I was so engrossed in the panel discussion and didn’t take great notes, I 
recommend you check out the video from the session and enjoy it yourself:

 http://player.stickam.com/stickamPlayer/mp/190631502

Many thanks to [NBCU](http://nbcuatces.com/) for the opportunity to be here in Vegas,
I hope to post again this weekend with some additional company & product reviews.

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