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Digital Experience! NYC 2008

ZDNet editor Andrew Nusca attends Pepcom's 2008 Digital Experience! event in New York City.
By Andrew Nusca, Contributor
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Nikon had consumer and professional dSLRs out on display.

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Gadgetell's JG Mason got cozy with the HTC Touch Diamond.

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Pepcom gave this year's Digital Experience! a safari theme.

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Alienware had a massive gaming rig on display (it was a night of much fragging).

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Samsung offered eventgoers the opportunity to use their instincts and, well, use the Instinct. Here's a screenshot of the Instinct's visual voicemail.

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Samsung offered eventgoers the opportunity to use their instincts and, well, use the Instinct. Here's a screenshot of the Instinct's sideways web mode.

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Kodak showed off printing products and a family-friendly display.

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Toshiba had a veritable army of laptops out on display in an array of sizes.

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Nokia's N-Series was out for play. Notice the horizontal-meets-vertical layout.

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M-Audio had a collection of recording products on display including Session Music Producer and TorqMXLab Digital DJ System.

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The fine people at Viewzi hooked me with their translucent business cards and kept me by showing off their mashup technology on the, ahem, finest tech Website on the 'Net.

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Mitsubishi had an enormous visual display showing off their LaserVue technology with Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge.

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The latest trend in home printing is wireless technology, and Lexmark had one consumer model and one home office model on display. Here's the consumer model.

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The latest trend in home printing is wireless technology, and Lexmark had one consumer model and one home office model on display. Here's the small business model.

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Palm's booth was holding their end of the mobile group down with an array of colorful Palm Centros.

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Vizio had a selection of HDTVs on display, including some playing repeats of the NBA Finals.

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Sony Ericsson had several mobile devices on display, including watches.

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Sony had its Vegas Movie Studio 9 on display, a cheaper (sub-$100) way for high-def home video editing.

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Nikon's latest Coolpix cameras aren't brand-new (they were announced several months ago), but the array of colors makes them a fine gift, reps say.

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Nikon's most recent point-and-shoot camera -- one equipped with a mega-zoom -- has been selling like hotcakes, reps say. "People really love the megazoom," one rep said. This one retails for $399.

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Lenovo notebooks big and small were on display. Notice the fingerprints -- people like putting their hands on the tiny ones.

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The latest incarnation of everyone's favorite Linksys router was on display. "Everyone's had a different opinion on what they look like," one rep said. This reporter got serious Jetsons vibes.

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The Panasonic booth, all the way in the back corner, didn't leave much breathing room. Here's a quick shot of what they had on display.

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They had me at Hasselhoff. Mio's Knight Rider GPS, with the real voice of KITT (William Daniels) was a reporter favorite -- here's one shooting video with it.

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Eye-Fi had an assortment of wireless memory chips on display.

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"Beats by Dr. Dre" -- yes, that Dr. Dre -- was a set of noise-canceling, cupped bass-heavy cans by Monster that made this reporter feel like he was in the driver's seat and the trunk at the same time.

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Intrepid Popular Mechanics editor Erin Scottberg and I inquired about Maxtor's Black Armor, the ultra-high security storage device (that feels as sleek as it looks). "I'd probably lock myself out of my own files," Scottberg said, chuckling.

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More Maxtor external hard drives at "extremely competitive prices," one rep said. And colors, too!

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More new content at the Tivo booth, but this reporter was distracted by the army of Tivo stuffed beings waiting to take over the event.

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Audiovox's Surface cleaner is perfect for HDTVs, camera lenses, even glasses. With one swipe, this reporters dSLR lens was back in action, crystal clear -- without a smelly residue.

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With a safari theme, comes monkeys. Don't ask.

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Roxio had its latest PhotoShow software on display to play with. (This reporter was too busy taking photos to edit them).

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Toshiba's Quosimo had a nice looking display, but this reporter was too distracted by its hellfire-red "liquid plastic" shell.

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The guys at Synaptics win the prize for coolest display: one rep held his hand over the keyboard, it lit up like a pet dog when you return from work.

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