Winner to be announced at 2011 International CES on Jan 8
New York City, December 28, 2010 – The top 10 finalists for Last Gadget Standing, an annual CES favorite award program, were announced today. The top 10 will appear on stage at International CES 2011 during a live session where a live voting audience will determine which product is awarded the Last Gadget Standing. Online voting begins January 5 at lastgadgetstanding.com as well, where we will select a People’s
Choice winner.
The Last Gadget Standing Award ceremony takes place on Saturday, January 8 at 10:30 a.m. in Room N257-258 of the Las Vegas Convention Center, North Hall. This year’s media partner/emcee is Harry McCracken, founder and editor of Technologizer.
The 10 Last Gadget Standing finalists include:
− Acer Iconia
− Fujifilm FinePix REAL 3D Digital Camera
− Fujitsu Scanner (never been seen before)
− Looxcie Wearable Bluetooth Camcorder
− Samsung Nexus S
− Barnes and Noble Nook Color
− A non disclosed surprise
− Intel’s newest
− Sifteo Cubit
− SOUNDCAGE Sonomax
More than 200 submissions were received and the 10 finalists were selected by a panel
of journalists including:
• Robin Raskin, founder of Living in Digital Times
• Harry McCracken, founder and editor, Technologizer
• John Biggs, author and consultant
• Patrick Houston, editorial director, NetShelter
• Michael Miller, senior vice president, Ziff Brothers Investments
• Melissa Perenson, reporter, PC World
• Avram Piltch, editorial director, LAPTOP Magazine
• Peter Rojas, co-founder, gdgt.com
• Joanna Stern, editor Engadget
• Steve Wildstrom, blogger, consultant
• Dave Zatz, editor, Zatz Not Funny
About Living in Digital Times
Founded in 2002 by tech journalist and consultant Robin Raskin, Living in Digital Times is
designed to create a dialogue between companies and key consumer demographics via a
variety of media projects in which getting smart about the digital world is fun and entertaining.
In addition to the six CES-based TechZones, Living in Digital Times produces Last Gadget
Standing, Mobile Apps Showdown and FashionWare. Learn more about Living in Digital Times
at http://livingindigitaltimes.com
About Technologizer
Founded by Harry McCracken in 2008, Technologizer is a Web site and community about the
whole world of personal technology .The site was featured in PCMag.com’s list of its favorite
blogs in 2008 and 2010; in 2009, McCracken was named as best tech blogger by Kiplinger’s
Personal Finance and the top techie to follow on Twitter by TechRepublic. McCracken also
writes a weekly Technologizer column for TIME.com.
Media Contacts:
Cheryl Delgreco
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Liora Bram
(617) 202-9854
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