Hasta La Gadget!

The just-concluded Detroit auto show was one of three January events that may be in decline as exhibitors and attendees ponder the importance of the in-person trade show. The new year’s important car technology I can imagine, the navigation-added update to Ford Sync, was unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show a couple days earlier, probably because that crowd appreciates the technology more. CES, too, had slipping attendance, and MacWorld’s future is none-too-certain with Apple pulling out of MacWorld. Previously, I covered the Top 10 Cars and Top 10 Green Cars of the North American International Auto Show (Detroits’ formal name). Here’s a gossipy rundown on everything else (after the jump).