Friday in CE: CTA Holds CES Unveiled New York Event

On Thursday, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) packed its proverbial bag and hopped on an Amtrak up to New York City for its annual CES Unveiled New York event. The show, like usual, included a press conference where the association could highlight some of the key trends in consumer technology. But CTA also talked to the press about some of the new and improved areas on the CES show floor for 2018, and the results of its Pre Black Friday consumer survey.

Since we know the cool stuff in your opinion is product based, here’s a quick tour around the show floor from CES Unveiled New York

As for the Black Friday survey, CTA announced some really interesting findings this year. Chief among them was the fact that, for the first time ever, more consumers acknowledged that they planned to shop on their online on their smartphone than any other device. According to the survey, 61 percent of consumers said they planned to use their smartphone for holiday shopping, followed by laptops (54 percent), and desktop computers (46 percent).