First There Were Smartphones, Now There's Smart-Everything

A lot of big technologies get their start at CES. There are also some big flops. But in general, CES sets the technology tone for the year. This year we’re starting to see where the smartphone is leading us: smart everything.

Most computing technology used to live in a white or beige box that sat on a desk, but as the components have gotten smaller and more sophisticated, those shackles are broken. The length of time it took for a cell phone to become a smartphone is much longer than the time it took the smartphone to become a device that does it all.