Hasta La Gadget!

When Apple announced earlier this year that 2009’s Macworld would be the last that featured a keynote address from the company, it seemed like a pretty safe bet that the convention would never be the same. The first indication we saw was something of a mass exodus by third-party iPod-accessory designers to a newly-announced iLounge-branded hall at CES–that little electronics expo that traditionally falls the same week as Macworld.

The second big change? Well, it seems that those two shows are no longer happening during the same week. Macworld has announced plans to push the show back to February–the 9th to the13th, which, as Technologizer points out, includes a Saturday, a marked change from the traditionally weekday-only show.

The timing of the even has always been a source of frustration for tech journalists and publications, who’ve customarily had to split their resources between Macworld and CES. Hopefully the move will convince some vendors to attend both shows, because, let’s face it: Without product announcements from Steve Jobs himself, CES is going to win out every time.