The Consumer Electronics Show is one of the world's great gadget fests. Manufacturers show their 2008 product lines to book distribution deals and earn publicity. [email editor at skypejournal dot com to set up interviews, briefings, parties, etc.] 

On my gear wishlist... 

Multimodal Communication. Show me new ways to mix media in my conversations. The VoIM folks - Skype, Google, ICQ, AOL, QQ, Yahoo, Microsoft - use an IM user interface:

• Do you have a gaming interface? Piano controls? A fishing reel paradigm?
• Where is my facebook toy bear?
• Does your Home Of The Future include an intercom?
• Does your SIP phone support IM? Video? Mood indicators?

Break the mold with mixed modes, please.

Rich Presence in Gear. Talk to me about the rich presence information your product produces, brokers, or accepts.

• Does your digital telescope produce an RSS feed of stars you've seen?
• Does your car's navigation device give your calendar a list of places you've been?
• Does your bicycle helmet tell your phone that you are on the road?
• Does your TiVo mark my Google Calendar with what's on for tonight and my blog show what I watched and how I liked it?

I'm gaga over the next generation of presence, write about it, speak about it, and always want more real world examples. I own and edit Skype Journal and am on the advisory panels for January's Presence 2.0 and March's Emerging Communications conferences. If you have a presence product, talk to me.

See you at CES.