ShowStoppers Electrifies New Year In Consumer Electronics

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Industry leaders, innovators and startups electrify the new year in consumer electronics next week – punching the start button on hundreds of new technology products and services for work, home and play at ShowStoppers®, the press-only showcase event set for Tuesday, 10 January, in Las Vegas.

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More than 1,500 top journalists, bloggers, columnists and industry analysts are already registered to attend ShowStoppers @ CES 2012. Pre-registered journalists are also invited to discover IFA, the global tradeshow in Berlin for consumer electronics and home appliances that inspires people and moves markets – where ShowStoppers produces the official press event each September.

Global news networks and top technology news blogs CNET, CNN and CNN en Espanol, Engadget, Fox News and Fox Business, Slashgear, TechCrunch and The Verge have reserved broadcast stages to cover ShowStoppers – along with Larry Magid from CBS Radio, Computer America with Craig Crossman, Into Tomorrow with Dave Graveline, and web broadcaster BNETtv.com.

The 10th annual edition of ShowStoppers @ CES launches a disruptive range of new gadgets, gear, gizmos, devices and tools from more than 120 exhibiting companies, including, among many:

• 3D tools for configuring dream homes, from Blu Homes.
• A look ahead at smart and dumb entertainment devices, from Boxee.
• It's not grandma's sewing machine – but it comes from Brother.
• A preview of Cadillac's revolutionary in-vehicle data and entertainment system.
• Android-powered tablet computers from E FUN – and Windows-powered tablets from Kupa.
• The world's smallest PC – on a USB stick – from FXI Technologies.
• Ultrabooks, touch screens, laptops and workstations, from HP.
• A giant 55-inch touch tablet, from InFocus.
• Interactive digital textbooks and educational software, from Kno.
• 20+ new products from Lenovo.
• Quick-connect photo lenses for the iPhone, from Olloclip – and panoramic video tools from Kogeto.
• Radio for a connected world, from Pandora.
• Eco-friendly hydrogen fuel cells from SiGNa Chemistry that can power anything from a smartphone to a laptop to a refrigerator.
• The smart yard, from The Toro Company.
• Mobile video conferencing – sweeter on Ice Cream Sandwich – from Vidyo.

ShowStoppers cranks up the amps with the first public appearance of the Karma electric sedan since Fisker began deliveries in December. The world's first true electric car with extended range, the Karma is the first American and first electric car crowned "Luxury Car of the Year" by BBC Top Gear Magazine and "Car of the Year" by Top Gear TV presenter James May.

In addition, Raytheon and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department are bringing a patrol car to demonstrate laptop computer technologies that enable deputies to investigate crime scenes, chase down suspects and answer calls for help faster.

Coming up

The next ShowStoppers events are ShowStoppers @ Mobile World Congress, 26 Feb. 2012 in Barcelona; and ShowStoppers @ CTIA Wireless, 8 May 2012 in New Orleans. ShowStoppers also produces press and business activities at the IFA 2012 Global Press Conference, which takes place in 12-15 Apr. 2012 in the Mediterranean.

To exhibit, contact Dave Leon, [email protected], +1-845-638-3527.

About ShowStoppers

Now in its 20th year, ShowStoppers is the global leader in producing press and business events spanning the US, Europe, Japan and India. Each event organizes product introductions, sneak previews and demonstrations for hundreds of selected journalists, bloggers, industry and financial analysts, venture capitalists and business executives. Industry leaders, innovators and startups exhibit to help generate news coverage and product reviews, make new connections, promote brand, and open new markets. ShowStoppers produces events at CES, CTIA and Mobile World Congress, among others, and the official press event at IFA. ShowStoppers partners with CEATEC JAPAN, the annual technology tradefair that takes place in Tokyo, and is the official US sales partner of Convergence India, the 20th edition of the largest information and communications technology tradeshow in South Asia.

Contact:

Steve Leon
[email protected]
+1 512 288 0950

ShowStoppers is a registered trademark of LL&J LLC. CES is a trademark of CEA. All other trademarks are acknowledged.

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