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CES 2013: 8 Things to Expect

Dec 21, 2012 11:56 AM EDT by Avram Piltch, LAPTOP Online Editorial Director  

It’s crowded, hard to navigate and many of the top industry players don’t announce products there anymore, but entering its 46th year, CES remains the world’s most important technology show. Each January, we head to Las Vegas to attend this gadget cotillion and see which products and technologies will shape the year ahead. At CES 2013, we expect to see a number of exciting new trends that will shape the year ahead. Here are the eight most important.

Wireless Charging Goes Mainstream

In 2012, we saw more phones with built-in wireless charging and more ways for them to charge. Nokia led the pack by building Qi wireless charging into its Lumia 920 and offering an optional wireless charging back on the Lumia 810 while releasing a very cool wireless charge dock with a speaker. LG and HTC also made a couple of devices each with support for the Qi standard as Coffee & Tea Leaf announced it will place charging stations in its stores.

But Qi won't be the only standard on display. The Alliance for Wireless Power has plans to show off some furniture with its technology built-in and Samsung in attendance.

At CES 2013, we expect to see a lot more phones or perhaps even some tablets with wireless charging embedded. We wouldn't be surprised to see more multipurpose charging docks that have speakers, alarm clocks or other features.

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Comments (4 Responses) 

4 Responses to “CES 2013: 8 Things to Expect”

  1. Roman Says:
    December 21st, 2012 at 8:13 pm

    hexa-core and octa-core processors on mobile phones? come on people.. even laptops and desktops most often don’t go over quad-core.

  2. Not Phil Says:
    December 27th, 2012 at 5:31 am

    Please stop it with these annoying, slow slide show ‘articles’. Everything could easily be displayed on one scrolling page.

    If you think it makes us view more advertising you’re wrong. We’re still blocking and ignoring it.

  3. Phil T Says:
    January 5th, 2013 at 9:44 pm

    I agree with Roman, also giant tablets seem to defeat the purpose of a tablet. I’d put my money in to low cost tablets, I love my Nexus 7.

  4. christ Says:
    January 6th, 2013 at 3:41 am

    I think that a 16-18″ tablet would be awesome. I’d love to have own to use on the go.

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