Ten Years of Predicting the Products That Are Built to Change the World

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For ten years we’ve been firm in the belief that the consumer always knows best.  Trends come and go, but good products stand the test of time. And since consumers vote with their pocketbooks, they know what it takes to make  a product succeed.

In 2011, for the tenth time we’ll gather at International CES in Las Vegas to present ten finalists who have the right stuff.

How do we get from here to there? It’s all happening at LastGadgetStanding.com. We’re inviting the best of the best tech experts to join us for this gala year.  Harry McCracken of Technologizer will be cohosting the events.  His insights and good taste will set a new bar.

Harry and I will be joined by Michael Miller (the former editor-in-chief of PC Magazine), Joanna Stern (Engadget), Peter Rojas (Gdgt), Patrick Houston (NetShelter), Melissa Perenson (PCWorld), John Biggs (CrunchGear), Avram Piltch (Laptop Magazine), blogger and former BusinssWeek columist Steve Wildstrom, and Dave Zatz (Zatz Not Funny).  It’s bound to be a heated discussion and vote.

Our experts screen the products to narrow the list. And your opinion counts so if you see a product that you think has legs to go the distance please chime in. We’lll continue to narrow the list until we get to a Top 25 and then a Top 10. That’s when our online audience steps in to help decided on the final ten. From there we’ll determine an online  “people’s winner.” The Top 10 will appear at a CES supersession where a live voting audience will determine which they believe is the Last Gadget Standing.

When: Saturday, 10:30 a.m., Jan. 9, 2010

Where: Room N255-257, LVCC, North Hall, 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

To enter your product send nomination to: info@lastgadgetstanding.com

For a complete set of rules visit this page.

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Last Gadget Standing

 

The Last Gadget Standing looks for products that are more than just a flash in the pan. They are products that will endure and are pioneering the ways in which the digital world will change. Any exhibitor at CES can enter a product into the Last Gadget Standing – though it must be a , not a service or software. Products need to have shipped during 2011 or be available for shipping by the end of Q2 of 2012. We honor NDAs and we reserve two spaces for products that have winner potential but won’t be announced until the show.

 

Old timers, sorry, but we’ve had to include a small entrée fee this year to cover the costs of the production and space. There is a $500 entry fee.

 

 

How We Judge Your Products

 

Our panel of expert judges have multiple years of expertise in reviewing products. Judges include Michael Miller, Harry McCracken, Dan Costa, Mellissa Perenson, and Joanna Stern. Our experts review your applications and narrow the list down to 25 semi-finalists. Each product submitted gets a description on the website and readers are welcome to comment. The judges will write reviews of the 25 semifinalists and we’ll continue to solicit reader comments until we narrow the list down to the Top 10.

 

The Top Ten finalists are invited to the Vegas stage where we play to a full house. Entertainment and fun are just and important as educating the audience about your product. We encourage you to watch the videos from past years and get a feel for this very different type of event. At the same time that the audience is voting live in Las Vegas we will also be asking our online followers to vote among the same top ten and choose a "people's winner." A press release announcing the winners will go out the moment the show has ended.

 

Special Host

 

We’re extremely lucky this year to have Gary “Bababooey” Dell’Abate and Jon Hein, of the Howard Stern Wrap Up Show to emcee the Last Gadget Standing . They love products and they love the CES crowd.

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