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For every tech-head, gadget-freak, or for anyone who likes to know what technology really is in fact "new", I'd like to point to probably the BIGGEST consumer electronic event of the ear, CES which is happening right now in Las Vegas. For anyone who knows me, you are aware of my fascination with gadgets and it just so happens that my work now involves the show. So technically it is now part of my job to keep an eye on the latest and greatest for consumer electronics.

Today was the second day of big annoncements and some of them have been whispered about for weeks now. If you are among the television enthusiasts and have been dreaming about that rumored 120 inch display, you may be slightly disappointed with the screen that was actually released by sony, which came to only 108 inches (now the world's largest over last year's, a 103 inch). Shucks, 12 inches short. What a rip off.

Check out some additional gadgets on Yahoo's CES site, my personal choice for CES coverage.

And as for the major Apple announcements from coinciding Macworld, it is official, Apple has released the iPhone (despite trademark concerns), which turns out to be pretty darn neat. The entire phone is a touch screen so that it is completely button-free! With up to 8GB of storage it can be used as a smartphone, MP3 player, camera, video monitor, or PDA and comes equipped with WiFi and Apple's OS. I can't decide if it is complete overkill or the future of portable electronic devices. Either way, I want to see one for myself. Unfortunately these babies aren't cheap ($499-$599) and they're not arriving until June, so I'm going to have a bit of a wait.

So if you see the acronym CES anywhere in the news now, you'll know what to expect and if you check out some of the announcements online, you'll have some great techie bits to bring up next time someone starts raving about how great their new BlackBerry is. You know, it's nothing compared to the Apple iPhone.