Michael York

It’s another beautiful night in Las Vegas for the International Consumer Electronics Show. But first thing’s first: a big thank you goes out to Boy Genius Report, Engadget, and their respective authors for getting the word of the at&t-branded BlackBerry Curve 8900, which was first posted here, out to the world–I’m truly grateful. Also, props to Media Temple for handling the tremendous traffic received without a single hiccup on its Grid-Service. I’m very impressed.

In regards to CES, last night’s post earned me a ‘Blogger Pass’ to the show, up from a standard pass. The new badge gives me priority access to keynotes and other public events, as well as some quality freebies including a “CES Blogger Bag.” Unfortunately, there are no keynotes and very few public events remaining for this year’s show. However, I’ll have the same pass from the beginning of next year’s show, where it will be put to better use.

I spent a majority of the day in South Halls 3 and 4, which are not filled with brand-name booths, but rather smaller companies. Because of this, I don’t have much else to share with you. Most products I saw were not new, and others were remakes of old products–nothing worth posting.

For tonight, I’d like to point you to what I believe was today’s most exciting event (which I was not admitted to.)

Dell put an end to the anticipation of its upcoming ultra-light notebook, Adamo, which looks stunning to say the least. Check out Engadget’s coverage here and here.

Tomorrow, I’ll be working much more efficiently in the Central Hall to bring you more quality news from CES 2009. There’s much more to cover there for my last day on the show floor. For now, good night!