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CES has been a great place for resellers, retailers, and partners to get product roadmaps, not to mention a good place for press and general audience to get a peek at future products. Though the target audience for these products is consumers, there really is a variety of product types on the show floor.

Toshiba had several of its concept / prototype eMo, an ultra-mobile internet device / PC, on the show floor at CES 2008. Take a look at these photos and tell us what you think it should be called and what category it falls into. Is it a UMPC, UMD, MID, or something yet to come?

Whatever category you think it is, it certainly demonstrates powerful mobility for tomorrow.

Now that you've read the product announcements from 2008 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), do you feel like there is a gap between those products and what you see in your local retail stores? Not surprisingly, your response is probably a bit mixed -- here's why.

Two interesting twists happened today. First, CES organizers express dissatisfication with Las Vegas as a location for the trade show. Second, Apple introduces a new Mac Pro.

MSNBC is reporting CES organizers are in talks for a better deal. Any visitor to the trade show can attest that hotel prices during the week of CES are expensive. Some organizers claim hotel prices are typically five times a normal price.

www.akihabaranews.com reports a new UMPC from LG (name yet to come) will be displayed at CES 2008.

Specifications include:

• a 4.8” Touchscreen
• 1GB of RAM
• Intel Menlow Platform
• 40GB of HDD
• HSDPA, Wifi, Bluetooth, and a Keyboard