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hey I'm Donnell Bell and in this special episode of top five we're giving you an inside look at what our cnet editors are expecting to encounter at the 2013 consumer electronics show CES these are the trends in tech that will set the tone for the whole industry for the rest of the year and for each trend we're going to hear from one of our expert cnet editors so let's get started with cnet's top 5 predictions for CES 2013 counter down by cnet's best and brightest I'm David Connolly starting things off at number 5 lightning accessories now that Apple has redesigned the connection on the iphone and ipad it seems likely that we're going to see a new wave of all the accessories that go with them car charger speakers adapters there are a lot of accessories out there and the companies that make them all want to stay up to date i'm eric franklin coming in with number for android tablets yeah i know big surprise but with the popularity of products like the kindle fire nexus 7 everyone except for Apple and Microsoft everyone wants to release the next big Android tablet I think we'll see a range of different sizes from seven maybe even up to 13 inches most targeting the 200 to 400 ella price range i'm scott stein and coming in at number three apps it seems that every product now comes with its own app whether it's a TV or home stereo or maybe a toaster we're seeing an increasing amount of products that have their own companion app they're not always good but a lot of them are interesting so whether you want to use your smartphone as a TV remote or just the EQ on your stereo with your tablet manufacturers are making sure that there's an app for everything they make and now that there are more tablets and phones and ever expect that to be a big trend at the CES i'm at miskovic with number two streaming everything whether it's Bluetooth or airplay speakers or some new way to plug Netflix into your TV we're seeing more and more wireless technologies for the living room and I'll be surprised if we don't hear something new for me the Roku or maybe Google TV or maybe even an update to last year's award winning simple TV product for cord cutters but before we get to number 1 i'm jessica doll court with a prediction for something we probably won't actually see much of its CES those really whiz-bang smart with Mobile World Congress just a month after CES I expect that most phone makers will save their marquee announcements until then I'm sure we'll see more than a few phones at CES but I wouldn't hold my breath for a parade of astounding flagship products and finally I'm David Katz mar with our number one prediction for CES OLED and 4k televisions deja vu you say well yeah TV news from CES a year ago is dominated by these technologies to but this time TV makers are serial they promise OLED is destined to replace LCD and Plasma someday but for 2013 we expect these amazing TVs to cost around 10 grand if they come out and 4k is the next 1080p but it only makes a difference on 80 inch plus screens and there's no 4k content today yay the future so there you have it cnet's top 5 predictions for the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show straight from our cnet editors head over to CES cnet com for all of our preview coverage and watch that page go ballistic as our live CES coverage rolls out on January eighth until then I'm Donald Bell thanks for watching