CES Preview: PCWorld Predicts Five Trends Worth Watching

By Rob Scott
January 4, 2012

PCWorld offers its take on what will be the hot trends at CES next week in Las Vegas.
“In 2011, it was all about Android tablets; in 2010, 3D televisions and e-readers dominated the show; and in 2009, netbooks were a big topic. So what does 2012 promise?” The following are some highlights from the anticipated trends.
OLED: “LG’s new TV has a 55-inch display, 0.16-inch depth, weighs 16.5 pounds, and promises a response time that is less than 0.0001 milliseconds.”
Ultrabooks: “Intel introduced the concept of Ultrabooks — laptops with slim designs, solid state drives, and longer battery life — in May. But the real onslaught of these MacBook Air competitors is expected at CES, with as many as 30 to 50 Ultrabooks making their debut.”
Quad-Core Phones: “Get ready for blazing fast smartphones loaded with quad-core processors, such as Nvidia’s Tegra 3 and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon S4.”
4K: “LG plans to show off an 84-inch 4K 3D HDTV with Internet connectivity. Toshiba is also working on a 4K 3D display, so perhaps we may see more than one 4K set.”
Ice Cream Sandwich: “Unlike 2011, where the Motorola Xoom was the only device running Google’s tablet-specific version of Android (Honeycomb), ICS is already available to any manufacturer who wants it. Electronics maker Coby plans to debut four ICS tablets at CES, and it’s a good bet other tablet makers will follow suit.”
PCWorld will have a dedicated page for CES coverage.

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