Podcast Predictions: Tablets, High-Powered Processors And 3-D To Dominate CES

This week Brian X. Chen and we obtain all silly and vehement about the arriving Consumer Electronics Show, aka CES.

CES is a weeklong preview of what kinds of gadgets you'll see in 2011. We'll be there from January 4-9, blogging correct here on Gadget Lab .

Tablets are expected to large at CES this year, only as they were in 2010. But in 2011, we regard manufacturers' promises might even advance true.

LG, MSI, Motorola and Toshiba are all rumored to be releasing tablets. HP, that acquired Palm progressing this year, is moreover formulation to let go a webOS-based inscription in the forthcoming year - but we're not awaiting to see it at CES.

Intel and AMD are both working on next-generation processors, inclusive Intel's "Sandy Bridge" CPUs and AMD's "Fusion" line of chips that mix CPU capabilities and graphics estimate in a singular package. What's that meant for you? Lower power, longer-lasting netbooks and tablets.

Look for dual-core smartphones to speed up the estimate power in your pocket, mostly on the basement of Nvidia's Tegra processor .

There will be lots of 3-D televisions at the show, but what we're more vehement about is the appearance of more 3-D cameras and camcorders, similar to a that Fujifilm introduced in 2010 . If you could obviously make your own 3-D cinema and movies easily, you may have a reason to purchase 3-D displays similar to the Nintendo 3DS or - who knows? - any a of the stepping up number of 3-D TVs.

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