CES stands for the Consumer Electronics Show and has been at the forefront of technology since it's founding in 1967. What type of technology you ask? Blu-Ray, the Xbox, DVR, HDTV, DVD, Tetris, Nintendo, CD's, Camcorders, Pong, Laserdiscs, and VCR's just to name a few.
Not to mention all the other great perks of CES which includes brand new cutting edge technology, scantily clad booth babes, and.......uh......scantily clad booth babes in front of cutting edge technology.
The good people over at the HuffingtonPost did a great CES Pre-Game article so I am just going to borrow what they have done and then comment on their comments. Enjoy!
Original article from the huffingtonpost.com entitled "CES 2011 Predictions: 7 Trends To Watch At The World's Biggest Tech Show". (Seriously? Hey, HuffPost, if the length of the article is in the title then perhaps you should higher a word smith to shorten that shit up.)
#1. Android Tablets
HP: A new crop of powerful Android tablets could steal the limelight at CES, thanks to the Android 3.0 (aka “Honeycomb”) operating system, which is expected to be "optimized for tablets" and set to launch in the early months of 2011. CNETpredicts that Acer, Archos, Asus, Creative, Dell, Entourage, Fusion Garage, LG, Motorola, MSI, Notion Ink, Samsung, Toshiba and ViewSonic will all unveil their latest slates this week. SlashGear is hoping that last year's crowd-pleaser, the never-released Lenovo U1 Hybrid, gets its overdue resurrection.
CBot: iPad bitch!
#2. Alternative Tablets
HP: According to Fox News, HP is rumored to have several new PalmPads ready for CES. "All three [of these tablets] will run a new iteration of the WebOS operating system, version 2.5.1; they're collectively a spin-off of the never-released HP Slate," according to Fox. RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook could also make an appearance, PCMag suggests.
CBot: I'm excited to see where the tablet market goes but comparing non-Apple tablets is like comparing non-Apple smartphones; yeah, they are kinda cool but they just don't quite have the same polish and user friendly fun as what Jobs has given us.
#3. 4G Smartphones
HP: The Wall Street Journal reports that Verizon will trot out 4G smartphones (and perhaps a tablet, as well) by Samsung, Motorola, HTC and LG. All these Verizon devices are expected to run on the Android operating system. Though WSJpredicts that Verizon smartphones will be the stars at CES, Sprint and T-Mobile will also debut 4G products of their own.
As usual, Apple is absent from the CES roster, but many are practically salivating for a couple hints about the long-rumored partnership between Apple and Verizon, hoping Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg lets the cat out of the bag during his keynote address on Thursday.
CBot: Does anyone really give a shit about 4G right now? Honestly, who has the infrastructure amongst any carrier to support it and how many people, besides the real techaholics, really even understand what it is? Most people when they hear 3G still relate it as "Oh, that's the 3rd generation iPhone." Which, sidebar, it's not. 4G is just a brand so they can jack up the price and make the user feel as though they didn't just get ripped off.
#4. 3D TV, Mobile TV, Internet TV
HP: 3D TV was a big hit at CES 2010, and this year we could see improvements that aim to draw in consumers. For example, Samsung has created lighter, less obtrusive 3D glasses, and Toshiba will be showcasing glasses-free 3D technology. TechRadar predicts excitement surrounding 3D Blu-ray.ReadWriteWeb, meanwhile, excitedly anticipates mobile TV devices and 3D TV devices, as well a mobile TV receiver for the iPhone.
As for Android-based television platforms, rumor has it that Google is still ironing out the platform's kinks. "[I]t would be a breakthrough if the conference brought news that the major TV networks are ending the blockade that has crippled Internet-streaming boxes based on Google TV," writes TIME.
CBot: 3D TV - The saving grace of 3D will be video games. I know 3D movies are really big right now but they are still a gimmick. And no one wants to go home and have to throw on a pair of glasses (expensive ass glasses to boot) in order to watch your average every day television shows. Video games are a beast of their own, however. Most gamers are already throwing on headsets so what is adding a pair of glasses? If 3D manufacturers want this technology to last then they need to start pumping it into the video game market. They are the only consumers who will support a glasses base platform until the companies perfect non-glasses 3D.
Mobile TV, Internet TV - Yeah, what about it? We already have that.
#5. Big Announcements From Microsoft
HP: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer could drop a bomb on the tech world during his CES keynote address on Thursday. Ballmer might announce a Google TV competitor, which, Business Insider suggests might be "a stripped-down version of Windows tailored for set-top boxes and connected TVs." Since last year's Windows Tablet (the HP Slate) never came to fruition, there's a chance that Ballmer might unveil a fresh model for 2011. ReadWriteWeb speculates that a Microsoft tablet could run on a version Windows 7, or that we'll see the introduction of "a tablet-friendly Windows 8."
CBot: Hey, when's the Apple Press Event?
#6. Many and Varied Internet-Connected Devices
HP: This year, CES is likely to host a variety of new objects that connect to the Internet. ReadWriteWeb explains:
We're looking to see two classes of products here: an increased selection of Internet-enabled devices, such as Fords and Nikes, as well as devices meant to connect other objects and bodies to the Internet. We'll likely see more in the way of the AutoBot, which allows you to control aspects of your car with your smartphone, and other devices meant to retrofit that part of our lives that doesn't yet live online. A big one here, of course, is ourselves - we're expecting to see devices that help users monitor the one thing they care about more than anything else: themselves.
Engadget reports that LG, for example, will show off its new line of "smart" home appliances.
CBot: Right.....companies need to realize that, believe it or not, not everything needs the internet. For example, when one is surfing they don't need to be surfing the web through their surf board. My Christmas tree doesn't need Bluetooth. My condoms don't need pop-up ads.....HA! BAM!! Wait, I take that back, my Christmas tree could use Bluetooth. That would be pretty sweet. Either way, a dryer that I can check my Facebook on seems far more depressing then what I want to be.
The last item was called "Wild Card" so I decided to exclude it. If you want to read the entire article go to http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/04/ces-2011-predictions-trends_n_804328.html#s218855&title=Wild%20Card%20Products and check it out.
CES starts tomorrow and goes till January 9th. G4TV always has great CES coverage on the Saturday following the expo so that is Saturday January 15th.
Two delicious items just popped up a little while ago -- Tom Hanks is in the news again, which makes sense when you remember his new movie, Angels and Demons, will be opening soon, and the publicity campaign has to get into high gear.
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