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After 4+ hours of driving from Las Angeles to Vegas we’re finally here waiting in line for the pre-keynote speech to be delivered by Steve Ballmer of Microsoft.

press line for the prekeynote speech

It’s not entirely clear yet if things are different this year because of the poor economy but if the press bags are any indication than yes, things are a bit on the leaner side. This year’s press bag is a messenger bag vs. backpacks in year’s past.

bag comparisons

Here’s a picture of the backpack from 2 years ago on the left vs. the new messenger bag on the right. The backpack had much more room.

In any case, we’ll be covering the speech which starts up at 6:30 and then heading over to the Digital Experience which will take place at the Mirage starting at 7pm. Hope all of you are having a wonderful Wednesday evening and here’s hoping for a rockin CES 2009.

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