Monday, 5 June 2006

Panasonic CEO left CES to see Jo introduce iPhone

As if A le's otlight i 't large enough lately, it a ears they stole some of CES's 15 minutes with the a ouncement of the iPhone. Forbes is reporting that Yoshi Yamada, CEO of Panasonic, left CES on Tuesday and traveled 600 miles to see Steve Jo ' iPhone-unveiling keynote (perha he knew he was going to get his money's worth?). Even though CES is filled to the brim with gadgets and gizmos, A le's fanatically-anticipated iPhone may have u taged most of them: as Yahoo's Christopher Null told Forbes, "[It] is unfortunate that people are trying to get the word out about their products, and they're one-u ed by Steve Jo ."

Maybe CES will have better luck in 2008; we hear the CEA and IDG finally sto ed playing phone tag and agreed on separate weeks for their re ective festivals.

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