As predicted, 2011 was there year of the tablet at CES. So, so many tablets. Just a staggeringly huge, ungodly number of tablets. Just before the show officially started on Thursday, the Consumer Electronics Association, the organization behind the show, issued a release stating that some 80 tablets were set to be launched at the show. Having walked the floor of the entire thing over the past few days, I think it’s safe to say that the association was low balling that number.
After 2010 proved a giant year for Apple’s iPad (becoming, really, the first hugely commercially successful consumer tablet), a number of high profile companies rushed to provide an competitor. Here at Gearlog, we’ve already shown you new tablets from
Samsung,
RIM (BlackBerry),
Motorola,
ASUS,
Lenovo,
MSI,
Creative,
Coby,
Toshiba,
E Fun,
AHX, a gaming tablet from
Cosmos, a baby tablet by
Rullingnet,
Motion Computing, and a dual-boot device from a company called
Azpen.
But believe it or not, that’s only the tip of the iceberg. I saw so many more tablets in Vegas last week, that it’s frankly a bit impossible to keep track of them all. In fact, there are too many to fit into a single post. After the jump, you’ll find a huge cross section of the tablets I saw–not all of the, however. After all, many of them really looked identical to the iPad–particularly in the International Hall. I suppose there’s only so much companies can do with a slate form factor.
That said, there are still plenty of interesting entries after the jump.
Remember Nabaztag? He’s the adorable digital rabbit that sits on your desk, changes color with the weather, reads your RSS feeds aloud to you, and can even let you know when there’s new e-mail or messages in your inbox waiting for you. 
