Everyone at Next2Friends™ is thrilled about being named one of the top finalist in the i-stage competition by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)®. Next2Friends along with 14 other fantastic companies will be unveiling their products to a live audience on Monday, October 20th, at the CEA’s 2008 Industry Forum at the Four Seasons Hotel in Las Vegas, NV. We will be travelling from the UK and our US offices to showcase not only our full range of real-time mobile media products but also some hugely exciting new additions.
Congratulations to all the Top Finalists
The winner of the i-stage competition will receive $50,000 to develop its product line, as well as free turnkey exhibit space at the upcoming 2009 International CES®, the world’s largest consumer technology tradeshow, to be held in Las Vegas January 8-11.
“CEA’s i-stage competition serves as a phenomenal opportunity to recognize the new innovations that will fuel the growth of our industry,” said Karen Chupka, senior vice president, events and conferences, CEA. “These top finalists are taking technology trends to the next level and will no doubt shape the future of how consumers work and play.”
The i-stage finalists are:
- Amulet Devices, The Amulet Remote
- Avaak, Vue ™ personal video network
- Boxee, media center
- Frontline Inc., Fitness Interactive Technology (FIT)
- GenAudio Inc., AstoundSound
- Instinctiv, Shuffle
- IPEVO, digital photo frame
- JFDI Engineering Ltd., GridSearch
- Lightglove, LtWv
- Next2Friends™
- Occipital LLC
- Pongr Inc.
- PDT Ltd, Novo, Minora 3D Webcam
- Taggle
- YouBundle
The i-stage finalists will have their products reviewed and judged on Monday, October 20, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Las Vegas, by a panel of technology experts including Kevin Kelly, Wired magazine; Ryan Block, formerly of Engadget and Jeff Pulver. Molly Wood, executive editor of CNET will serve as Master of Ceremonies for the event.
But we would also love to hear your thoughts. I already see a couple of items to put on my Birthday Wishlist.
Press Release - CEA Announces i-stage top finalists
September 16th, 2008 at 6:09 am
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September 16th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
Good luck - See you there.
September 16th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
As excited as I am about the being a top finalist, I am equally excited to see all the new technology to be presented. IPEVO have brought us SKYPE certified hardware and now they are bringing a digital photo frame. Can’t wait to see what innovations they have worked into it! Would love to be able to send photos straight to my family’s photo frame over the internet.