A new year is approaching and, as usual, the tech market keeps advancing with new products and innovative technologies applied to those products. We already have seen a list of the most awaited gadgets for Christmas 2011 and early 2012, but this time we bring you a more generic list with new technologies that could be main trends in the industry next year. It’s likely that some of them won’t get a good level of acceptance while others will experiment an authentic explosion but, in any case, they are in either early development or the first stages in the commercial production and all of them have potential benefits for users.
1. Curved glass screens
Although we already have seen some launches of gadgets that allegedly come with a curved display -like the Nexus S and some versions of the iPod Nano-, the truth is that the real expansion of these parts will arrive in 2012. Several companies, including Apple, seem to be working hard to launch -in the short future- smartphones, tablets, and other products with curved glass screens. With this type of screens, there would be more design possibilities, allowing to create more comfortable products for users.
2. Ultrabook explosion
Which is the difference between a netbook and an ultrabook? Well, an ultrabook is also something between a laptop and a tablet but it’s really thin and lightweight. Those are the differences: Weight and thickness. Several companies already have announced they will launch their ultrabooks at the beginning of 2012, and for that reason we can presume there will be an authentic explosion of these products in the market. However, the question that arises is whether the ultrabooks can face the growing popularity of tablets successfully.
3. 3D Smartphones
At this time, there are a small number of 3D smartphones in the market already, although some of them have availability limited to some countries. But next year, certainly we will see that almost all phone makers will offer this product as part of their catalogs. Honestly, it’s probable that these products don’t have a high level of adoption and they could become a passing fad, but also it’s possible that we find more practical uses for 3D smartphones with more available 3D contents developed by well-known companies for mobile devices . There is no certainty that these products will be commercially popular to produce any decent revenue for companies. We’ll see what happens.
4. More 4G smartphones
Although it is foreseen that the mobile 4G networks will be partly implemented in the world at least until around the year 2020, the truth is that there are increasingly announces about smartphones supporting this standard which uses the IP protocol and allows speeds of up to 100 Mbps for mobile access or up to 1Gbps in low mobility connections (such as when you use a local wireless network). Some products that will be launched soon include: LG Optimus LTE, Epic 4G Touch, HTC Sensation 4G, and Droid Bionic.
5. Bendable touch-screens
A few days ago, Samsung announced that in 2012, the company will launch a smartphone with a touch screen that can be bended as if it were a watch strap. No, it’s not a joke. You will be able to carry your phone on one of your wrists as if it were a watch. This product will use a special material (plastic polyimide substrate) different from the traditional types of glass… interestingly, it could be the start of a new category of flexible products that can be carried or stored in a more convenient way, occupying less space.
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