Gadgetory

hey everyone I'm Hollywood from cnet.com and we are looking ahead to the Consumer Electronics Show 2011 our annual gadget Super Bowl I'm here with Lindsay Turrentine executive editor at C net and Erica AG senior writer for CNN news calm we're gonna talk a little bit about some of the trends that we're expecting from the show this year now honestly ahead of it it seems like there's really only the one tablets tablets everywhere sir yep yeah so what are you guys hearing I mean are we gonna see non-stop Android tablets is it gonna be all Windows Phone 7 Erica what have you what have you heard so far um I am expecting a lot of Android tablets I mean there's a lot of people that have been telegraphing it very obviously manufacturers that are saying no end of 2010 or 2011 so I think we can accept this expect to see those I think they're gonna be a lot of 7-inch tablets maybe some that are a little bit smaller but I'm thinking probably solidly in the 7-inch area and then what about those Windows 7 tablets not Windows Phone 7 the Ballmer keynote is expected to showcase a lot of those frankly we saw some last year where have they been they've been catching up for a while now and we've seen big advances in the Android side we're probably gonna see Android with honeycomb the honeycomb version which is optimized for those tablets so we're really curious to see what we get out of Windows because so far we know nothing together more than a little bit behind the curve it seems like everyone is do you think we'll see tablets like the PlayBook that are primarily kind of aimed at the business space trying to sidestep the iPad or are we gonna finally see some true iPad competition I think we're gonna see all kinds of tablets anything you can think of you'll probably see it and then of course the big shadow thats hanging over CES is the possibility of the Verizon iPhone like let's you know like what do you think are the odds here let's let's go out on a limb play some bets Lindsay what are the odds of the Verizon iPhone being announced during CES during CES I think slim to none I think that there are good odds I don't know 40% that it could be announced just before CES so could I pull the rug out from underneath a lot of other Android announced well that and Verizon has a very prominent slot in a keynote lineup at the show so it would be interesting if Apple chose maybe two days before three days before to talk about the new iPhone and maybe Verizon we talked about you know 4G and you know how it would work on that potentially we don't know but it would definitely pull a rug out under out from under you know poor CEO verizon steel asunder a little bit but you know who knows well an apples done that before I mean didn't they announced the iPad right during CES they have certainly heard it was of the MacBook original iPhone that's right that was like we had mac world I mean iMac world anymore you know at the same time slots up right but we do have a little bit of an Apple pavilion so it's it would it would certainly be set up for a bunch of accessories or who knows what else well and we know that Apple never lets carriers steal the Thunder so Apple announcing the iPhone right before the show would allow Verizon to discuss its plan how generous of them well speaking of phones that sounds like smartphones are actually gonna 44 really the kind of the first time have a major presence at CES usually they're a little bit of a smaller category what are we expecting there we're expecting some exciting advances like dual-core Android phones which we're fast and exciting probably a lot of apps for the first time ever CES has never been a software show and we're hearing buzz about you know smaller apps but still a lot of talk about apps at the show and and and perhaps some presentations and an exciting new set so you know we're excited to see a discussion of content that's it yes yeah interesting and then of course TVs are always huge front and center at CES are they gonna be pushing 3d TV again this year beating that drum I think they are you know last year was when they kind of they made like the big splash I think we've seen from sales people aren't super excited about having 3d at home I mean in the theater is a different story but at home sort of lukewarm about it but I think we are gonna see more of that now what they do in terms of you know with glasses without glasses you know what type of glasses that's gonna be interesting to see you which direction manufactures are right yeah and then I have to say a surprisingly big trend this year seems to be connected cars I mean there's always a car presence that's the es but this year you have Ford and Audi both keynoting what I mean cars are the net you know the next place for the Internet it's huge well every year there's a car tech pavilion and it's just getting bigger and bigger every year and we expect to see a lot of connected connected stuff in the dashboard yeah from many manufacturers it's pretty crazy cars are gonna be a little Internet connected TVs on or Internet connected devices on wheels that sounds super safe hopefully there will also be self-driving cars because we need them thank you so much Lindsay and Eric I'll see you at CES you can also look for olive CNET's coverage at CES cnet.com there will be a lot of it it's starting Wednesday January 5th 2011 you can watch all the major press conferences live on CNET that day including LG Samsung Panasonic and Sony followed by wall-to-wall live coverage from the show floor during CES culminating of course encinia CNET's best of CES Awards on Saturday January 8th at 11 a.m. Pacific time I am tired just thinking about it but I'll see you that