Control4, EnergyHub, iControl, will also be at the show. In addition, CES has a panel planned around this topic. The Connected Car. Ford reportedly will also show off its Ford Focus electric car. BYD America the U. More Energy-Efficient Gadgets.
As Greenpeace notes in a post for us, consumer electronics makers are making some progress on making gadgets more energy-efficient. Startups, like Green Plug, seem to come out of the wood work every year for CES, showing off smarter consumption technology.
CES is also hosting a panel on reducing energy from consumer electronics. Energy Storage. It's no secret that booths at this year's show will be absolutely dripping with tablets.
The tech community's cynicism at CES over the forthcoming Apple tablet soon turned to envy on its release and cheap Android tablets began flooding the market. In we expect things will be much more considered and the iPad will finally face some stiff competition. And tablets will come with their own, custom-made operating systems. Many of these devices are still "big telephones" so we look forward to seeing if any manufacturers can do something unique and cost effective with the format.
Though we doubt there will be much of a focus on it, we think that there will be a heck of a lot of products which will boast integrated wireless. It's in our phones, it will be in our cars and it will come in our televisions. Many TVs in came with Ethernet ports, but how many people want to drape an Ethernet cable across their lounge rooms? This extra connectivity will lead to a proliferation of content — whether its internet, radio in your car or IPTV in your lounge room ever-increasing data caps and the promise of the NBN have meant that streaming media is finally an option.
After such a big launch but a collective "meh" from the public, it seems manufacturers will be trying another tack this year. The "glasses thing" is seen as one of the barriers to 3D adoption and so you can expect to see several manufacturers try "glasses-less" solutions at this year's CES. The search giant has put a kibosh on manufacturers announcing new products based on the technology following lukewarm reviews.
The service is designed to integrate internet TV and broadcast into one unit and use Google's search capabilities to browse them seamlessly. However, several media companies have blocked the TV's from accessing their services leaving the device's future cloudy.
While Sony has announced tentative plans to bring the technology into Australia in , we think it's looking uncertain to unlikely at this point. We'll likely see a couple from the likes of Samsung and LG at the show, but don't expect these to make it to Australia. While CES has always had a car-technology pavilion it's always played second fiddle to the rest of the show.
But this year promises to be different with both Ford and Audi presenting keynote speeches. Trends to look out for will be integrated navigation systems from car companies as well as third-party options. If you're playing CES bingo, you just spotted your first buzzword of the game. Dual-core, multi-core or manticore , this will be the year processors get multi-headed. That means faster processing at lower power with longer battery life -- the golden fleece of gadgets.
This bright multi-core future is already being plugged for the BlackBerry PlayBook , but plenty more is on the way. For example, we expect to get some hands-on time with the dual-core Tegra 2 processor in the LG Optimus 2X , a smart phone with a 4-inch screen and Android 2. The Optimus 2X will be joined by the mysteriously codenamed LG B -- if you believe the leaks, this could be the thinnest smart phone yet, and thinner than an iPhone 4.
LG is also bringing out a platter of non-phone goodies, including the new BD 3D Blu-ray player with a GB hard drive and wireless connectivity over Wi-Fi Direct, which may turf that dedicated media streamer off your totem-pole of black boxes.
There's bingo buzzword number two -- 3D. Sure, it's left over from last year's CES, but this is the year that 3D gets cheaper, and manufacturers experiment with ways to get us to buy into the third dimension.
One of the reasons we can't really fall in love with 3D TV is the geeky glasses, which just don't look that hot when worn over our own geeky glasses.
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