2012 Consumer Electronics Show Has Record Attendance
The International Consumer Electronics Show announced that it had a record attendance for it’s 2012 show in Las Vegas. There were 153,000 people attending including more than 34,000 international visitors. The attendees included business executives from nearly every industry as well as government. Several attendees we just technology enthusiasts that just wanted to get a glimpse at the latest and greatest gadgets around. There were 3,100 exhibitors on hand showing off their new products covering over 1.8 million square feet of exhibit space. During the show over 20,000 new products were launched with many ready to be in stores for purchase this fall or sooner. Some of the new products launched were ultrabooks, OLED TVs, Android 4.0 tablets, next generation smartphones and 3D printers. The 2012 CES was the largest in the 44 year history of the show.