predictions Archive

  • Vegas-bound! What to expect from CES

    Vegas-bound! What to expect from CES

    Posted on January 4, 2010 | No Comments
    All of us at CrunchGear are prepping for the pain-fest we all know as the Consumer Electronics Show. For those not aware, every January, just after they've waddled away from the all-you-can-eat buffet called the Holidays, journalists, bloggers, and big box electronics buyers all head to Las Vegas for more of the same. This year we're doing a few cool things including a full live stream of our coverage right on the site thanks to our friends at LiveStream. We'll be running the stream 24/7 and we'll try to grab just about every major meeting and event we attend. However, I've just been going over our sources and have a few basic predictions for you on CES.

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  • Analysts think you’re going to want to buy a connected GPS in 5 years

    Analysts think you’re going to want to buy a connected GPS in 5 years

    Posted on December 9, 2009 | No Comments
    Analyst firm, Berg Insight, thinks that eighty-eight percent of all GPS units shipped in 2015 will have cellular connectivity. This seems like a blindingly obvious prediction to me.

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  • What’s next for some of the biggest gadgets of 2009?

    What’s next for some of the biggest gadgets of 2009?

    Posted on October 31, 2009 | No Comments
    It's time to put on the Swami hat and predict just what we have in store for 2010 and beyond. Considering all of the movement in the gadget world in the past few months, I'm fairly sure most of this going to be accurate. Given the current status of some of these technologies, it's hard to prognosticate very far out but there are a few things that have become apparent over the past year, especially the rise of Android and our expectations for the iPad. Without further ado... the envelope please: Apple TV -> 27-inch iMac -> Wall Mount for 27-inch iMac It's sad but true: Apple doesn't care about Apple TV. All the real brain power is going to the desktop and laptop and probably onto the iPad. They've made it clear with the 27-inch iMac that they can make a high-resolution screen and powerful computer inside of a case the thickness of a college textbook. Who needs a TV, let alone an Apple TV? The obvious conclusion here is that the 27-inch iMac becomes a real Apple TV. The Mac Mini already makes a great multi-media system and a quick update to FrontRow, now considered abandonware, may make it a great 10-foot interface.

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