Product Lines Need to Simplify ⇥

Joshua Topolsky:

Nowhere is that deluge of products more visible — literally — than at CES. The millions of square feet on the LVCC’s show floor are jam-packed with model after model of what could easily be the same product. HDTVs line booth after booth, sprout up towards the ceiling, and tumble over garish, elaborate displays. Smartphones and their accessories (mostly docks) dot outlines and make paths through massive Sony and Samsung micro-worlds, while the smudged glare of anonymous Android tablets greets you at every new spectacle. Nothing seems original.

For a journalist, it’s daunting — for shoppers, it’s starting to seem impossible.