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The Professor

01-01-2010, 06:34 PM

CNET's buzz out loud podcast do this every year (as I'm sure a lot of other publications do too) so I thought this might be fun on hxf!

Basically post what you think will (or won't) happen during the next year in the tech world. It can be things on the internet, new devices and software that might or might not come out or a paradigm shift that you think will happen that no-one else saw coming (like mp3 players being implanted into birds for universal speakers). In a year we'll dig the thread up and see how many people were right or wrong! Post as many or as few things as you want and don't take the piss saying stuff like "flying cars won't come out".

I'll start off:

Myspace will be closed down or bought by an obscure company and will be never be heard from again Apple will release a tablet computer which will fail on its arse We will see a glimpse of one of the next generations of games console Windows mobile will take a massive market share hit and will be released on very few new phones by december Opera desktop browser will increase it's market share Half life 2 episode 3 won't come out

adaym

01-01-2010, 06:50 PM

iphone will stop being a fad.

Markeh

01-01-2010, 06:56 PM

Almost every PC will come with a touch screen
Android and webOS will start to become key mobile OSs, and by the end of year will be starting to catch up with the iPhone.
Vodafone might actually give its customers free access to Facebook!
An iPhone will be launched in June, with a better camera, and hopefully multi-tasking. A new Nano will be announced in September, in several horrible colours, probably with a 2MP or 3.2MP camera. along with an iPod touch (likely with camera, and 128Gb storage space), and a bigger iPod Classic (250Gb), and a shuffle, which will be higher capacity and smaller (up to 16Gb).
Quad-core processors will be standard in most £4-500 PCs.
Netbooks will get thinner, faster, better spec'd, cheaper, and will stop using that god awful Windows 7 starter edition
Twitter will see a HUGE increase in usage, Facebook won't, and Myspace and Bebo will be nearly dead.
There will be a HUGE rise of interest in Spotify.
OLED prices will drop significantly.
Nvidia will launch a DX11 chip very late in the year, if not in 2011.
AMD will have a 6-core processor nearly ready to sell
Blu-ray recorders will fall under £200, and players under £50
More and more places will provide free Wi-Fi
The Rickroll will be effectively dead, and will have been replaced with some other mistake (probably Kanye West at the VMAs)
Freeview HD.
One 3D channel on Sky, probably on its own little extortionately priced package
There will be a mobile phone readily available for £5.
2Tb will be the norm for HDD storage.

Jordy

01-01-2010, 07:00 PM

Google Voice takes over Skype in the US, and possibly the UK depending on whether it's released over here
Apple's tablet will be surprisingly popular, forcing other manufacturers to begin making them (Dell tablet anyone?)
Netbooks sales will drop as laptop prices lower and smartphones become more capable
Android over takes iPhone marketshare
Once again, no significant changes will be made to the iPhone or iPod Touch. Presumably just some minor OS changes and Disk Space increased
Windows Mobile 7 develops considerably interest towards the end of the year
Successor to both the Wii & Xbox 360 announced or leaked during the year, although it might be a year or two until somethings actually released
Google Chrome OS fails as there's no real need for it despite it being a great idea
Twitter usage will decline and might be bought by a large firm, eBay, Google, Microsoft, News Corporation, one of them :P
Google Wave will do very well and improve a lot

AgnesIO

01-01-2010, 07:06 PM

Apple will release it's own line of touchscreen computers. They will charge about £3,000 for this.
iPhone contracts will stay the same.
A new generation of iPhone's will be released
Many computers will come with 2TB storage
i7 Processors will much more common in Dell computers
Intel Quad-Core will be the norm in new computers
Alienware will release a new touchscreen gaming PC
More online storage
Habbox will have 200 more members offering crap hosting
Google Wave will finish BETA stage
Sky will offer 3D channels
Sky+3D will be released, offering HD and 3D channels
Googles new computer OS will be a hit, but not many computer companys will install the OS onto there computers
All new touchscreen phones will have an APP store
OLED will become a more popular buy.
Plasma Screen TV's will be the norm in many houses

Apple WON'T start charging there prices in the UK
Sony Vaio laptops WON'T become boring

My little input :)

Callum.

01-01-2010, 07:08 PM

Myspace get's sold and the owners cash in on what used to be a good site.
Blackberrys will rule.
Xboxs drop more in price.
Gears 3 will be fail if it comes out.
Twitter will gradually become less popular.

I'll also +rep for playing.

Glitter

01-01-2010, 07:14 PM

More of something i've heard rather than a prediction.. but all phone chargers will be universal.. for example you could have the same charger for a samsung, nokia, or lg etc.
maybe they'll do it with other things too.. like laptops or whatevz?

The Professor

01-01-2010, 07:23 PM

Laurensh1

01-01-2010, 07:23 PM

Google Chrome OS will fail.
Firefox will be dominating in browsers
Microsoft Office 2010 will rule
Phone chargers will be better yeah, EU decided that.

Alkaz

01-01-2010, 07:25 PM

23'' computer screens will become the standardised size for computers.

Richie

01-01-2010, 07:27 PM

GPRS will come built into most phones
mybb will become bigger than VBulletin
A massive error will be found in windows 7
Laptops will become illegal due to it leaving 3rd degree burns
Google will take over facebook
Twitter will fail

I think this thread is a good idea soo +rep

The Professor

01-01-2010, 07:28 PM

You can't have GPRS will come built into phones, it already is :P You can have GPS will be built into all phones though ;)

awelsh

01-01-2010, 07:41 PM

There will be a wireless charger for laptops/ power for pc's
There will be a new version of bluetooth on phones to make faster transfers
Apple will allow people to drag and drop files onto ipods without having to use itunes
Bill Gates will die suddenly
Sony Ericsson will get sued for having such unreliable phones

Richie

01-01-2010, 07:43 PM

Bill Gates will die suddenly

haha lets hope bill doesn't see this thread

Rapidshare will get sued for hosting illegal downloads

Warez will get sued too ; )

BeanEgg

01-01-2010, 07:53 PM

XBox will have a portable version

A new high-end gaming console will be released

Largest LCD screen will come out (Most likely)

Apples products will get much more expensive

A new Apple TV

Recursion

01-01-2010, 08:09 PM

Google Chrome OS will flop big time, consumers don't want private data stored on servers, current 3G network providers don't have the capacity and there will be no applications for it.
YouTube will actually begin dishing out 'proper' 1080p video services
OnLive on demand gaming services will flop due to latency problems and download limits
Gran Turismo 5 will FINALLY come out.. maybe?
Android will begin to take sizable chunks out of iPhoneOS' user base
Apple will release a tablet PC that will fail due to a terribly huge pricetag
Android Eclair 2.0 or 2.1 will come out for the T-Mobile G1 (HTC Dream)
Twitter will expand it's current services, in some ways users will love, in others, users will hate
MySpace will take it's final blow and get off the social networking scene
Sky will start charging for news, lose huge user base
Core i9 will flop due to it's oldest and older brothers, i7 and i5
The UK government will start making the UK's internet services worse in some shape or form
The Mini-USB phone charging standard will finally come into play
Office 2010 is released, absolutely pwning iWork, OO.O, or any other office system
SSDs will drop in price significantly

Spotify will become ever more filled with adverts
Apple will lose against Nokia in their law suits
4G phone networks still wont start rolling out in the UK, let alone a proper 3G network infrastructure, O2 go begging other carriers for network help when the iPhone finally kills them
Touchscreen computing will fail horribly
The BBC news website will still be terrible for Technology related news
Engadget will still bum out Apple to a rediculous extent
Project Natal will be delayed
Broadband will be just as slow for rural areas like where I live

Just about all I can think of right now.

Homosexual

01-01-2010, 08:54 PM

Firefox 4 will be released.

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Chippiewill

01-01-2010, 09:11 PM

- We will discover everything that happens within the next week, praise CES.

Boonzeet

01-01-2010, 09:17 PM

Apple to standardise prices again, reaching downwards to £500 for the cheapest iterations of Macbook.
iPhone to be released in June, 5 megapixel camera, multi-tasking and improved UI, as well as aesthetic changes and slimmer and thinner, possibly with a larger/higher definition screen.
Microsoft to lose further market share, Internet Explorer market share to drop under 60%
Linux to make a possible foothold in the Netbook line, as well as rumours of Google Chrome OS
Google Phone January 5th
Google to further monopolize the technology market.
Google and Apple to possibly invoke huge problems.
Saying 'touchscreen is going to be a standard' is incredibly unrealistic, but Apple's touchscreen device, either the iSlate or the iGuide to be announced possibly January 22nd, as a 10" touchscreen tablet computer capable of running applications in a similar fashion to the iPhone.
24" Monitors to become a basic standard.
Windows 8 to be announced already.
Possibly a new iteration of Mac OS to be announced, likely with the name 'Lion' or 'Cougar'.
Google to announce world domination.

Firefox 4 will be released.

http://tekcube.net/internet/firefox-4-delayed-late-2010early-2011/

fairly unlikely

Recursion

01-01-2010, 09:35 PM

[QUOTE=Boonzeet;6213531]
Possibly a new iteration of Mac OS to be announced, likely with the name 'Lion' or 'Cougar'.

They already trademakred Cougar and Lynx as OS X names when they trademarked Tiger, they only just announced 10.6 (we're currently on 10.6.2, Tiger went up to 10.4.11), it'll be a good while before 10.7

Jahova

01-01-2010, 09:35 PM

Bill Gates will die suddenly

Why say that, is there any need?

Recursion

01-01-2010, 09:39 PM

Bill Gates will die suddenly

Considering the amount of time, effort and money Gates gives to Charity, this would be a huge loss. It was uncalled for dude.

The Professor

01-01-2010, 09:44 PM

Considering the amount of time, effort and money Gates gives to Charity, this would be a huge loss. It was uncalled for dude.

Stuff the charity, even if he was a bog standard programmer it'd be uncalled for. Bad move :eusa_hand

HotelUser

01-01-2010, 11:20 PM

- Apple will fail miserably by continuing to be ignorant to consumer demands and prices
- Microsoft will withdraw from it's mobile operating system devision and wont be a contestant until they've built a lightweight version of the full on Windows
- Google will buy out hardware manufactures to produce their own mobile devices
- Palm will fold
- Nokia and Motorola will merge
-internet will become a right in america and cellular service in north america will become more reasonable and affordable for the consumer
- we will eventually have small mobile devices with always on data, and we will be able to connect them to external displays and devices just by going near them.
- intel processors will get stupid small

Recursion

01-01-2010, 11:24 PM

HotelUser

01-01-2010, 11:43 PM

These predictions are for 2010 you know? Also we already have always on data ;)

Anything in bold wont happen

LMAO well just add 20 years onto 2010 and I'm set. Tom tom tom always have to spoil all my fun.

UrbanRyan

01-01-2010, 11:45 PM

3D TV's and most tvs will be able to connect to to wi-fi!

xxMATTGxx

01-01-2010, 11:55 PM

"- Nokia and Motorola will merge"

I so would not like that, I think Motorola are one of the worst phone making companies out there. Apart from their new droid device.

Alkaz

01-01-2010, 11:57 PM

Yup they pretty much are, every single phone they bring out, no matter how much it costs within a week they are selling them for £10.

Flisker

01-01-2010, 11:59 PM

"- Nokia and Motorola will merge"

I so would not like that, I think Motorola are one of the worst phone making companies out there. Apart from their new droid device.
That ^

Nokia are too big to even consider Motorola. I hate Motorola for their bulky and crap looking OS lol.

Black_Apalachi

02-01-2010, 12:05 AM

I agree with a few that have been said but my main one is probably that this Blackberry craze will finally blow over and they'll become obsolete again. I haven't looked at them in detail, but in my opinion they must be very cheap or something for so many people to have them over the likes of the iPhone. They're the ugliest things I've ever seen and look way too fiddly. Haha, this reminds me of back in in like 2002, everyone wanted the tiniest phones imaginable but today everyone has all sorts of bricks :P.

I also think Nintendo will either go even further with their "futuristic" kind of gaming thing they have going on but this time we won't all get suckered in by it so they sell out everywhere.

Venturing to the more unrealistic realms of this thread, I really wish something would be invented where you can watch TV through a digital receiver without an aerial. I don't actually understand why an aerial is needed for the likes of Sky etc (especially now that there is no analogue TV anyway).

An iPhone will be launched in June, with a better camera, and hopefully multi-tasking. A new Nano will be announced in September, in several horrible colours, probably with a 2MP or 3.2MP camera. along with an iPod touch (likely with camera, and 128Gb storage space), and a bigger iPod Classic (250Gb), and a shuffle, which will be higher capacity and smaller (up to 16Gb).

I think this too. I was looking at my iPod the other day and was thinking, this is pretty big and heavy for something that just plays 80GB worth of files. Maybe Apple will spend a bit of money on producing some decent earphones for a change.

Apple probably have five more generations of products lined up every time one is released which is why I haven't bought an iPhone yet. You really think they were unable to include a camera in the original one? They just know people will buy it anyway and later on they can release a new version and include features that were previously missing.

Twitter will fail

Yeah and it'll just be Stephen Fry all by himself :P. It makes me cringe as well to think who still uses MySpace?! Probably just Tom lol.

Spotify will become ever more filled with adverts

My mate was telling me you can't even get Spotify for free any more! He doesn't already have it and it was trying to make him subscribe to download it... Anyway yeah, every time I go back to my Spotify window after that Kia advert, there's a big car in my face and I'm like get the hell off my screen :@.

Recursion

02-01-2010, 12:07 AM

Jack!

02-01-2010, 12:12 AM

3D TV's and most tvs will be able to connect to to wi-fi!

my tv already has wi-fi for streaming stuff & a basic internet browser.

HotelUser

02-01-2010, 12:16 AM

"- Nokia and Motorola will merge"

I so would not like that, I think Motorola are one of the worst phone making companies out there. Apart from their new droid device.

I completely agree:)

xxMATTGxx

02-01-2010, 12:18 AM

It is free, they just closed registrations.

Also Motorla isn't the worst phone company out there, Samsung and LG are both the lowest of the low, Motorola made the first consumer mobile phones, without them where would we me?! Admittedly they did go through a very long phase of being ****e but with Android, things are looking up :P

I said "one" of the worst. I don't like Motorla or LG phones, Samsung are ok but not a huge fan of them.

"- Twitter will fail"

Probably wouldn't happen, it just seems to big for it just fail in 2010. If it did, it would just be me and Stephen Fry all on our lonesome. Haha

GommeInc

02-01-2010, 12:25 AM

That ^

Nokia are too big to even consider Motorola. I hate Motorola for their bulky and crap looking OS lol.
Motorola are still going? :S I thought they died out years ago :S

And last it was noted, Stephen Fry gave up with Twitter. Jimmy Carr still uses it though :P

Recursion

02-01-2010, 12:26 AM

TWITTER SHALL NEVER DIE, NEVARRRR!

Have you been living under a rock? LOL The Motorola Droid is the best Android phone out :P

xxMATTGxx

02-01-2010, 12:27 AM

Motorola are still going? :S I thought they died out years ago :S

Yeah, they seem to be more bigger in the US rather than UK.

http://www.motorola.com/Consumers/GB-EN/Home

Motorola are still going? :S I thought they died out years ago :S

And last it was noted, Stephen Fry gave up with Twitter. Jimmy Carr still uses it though :P

He still uses it.

GommeInc

02-01-2010, 12:33 AM

He still uses it.
What a liar :O He must of said he was quitting to get hits :P

HotelUser

02-01-2010, 12:48 AM

xxMATTGxx

02-01-2010, 12:50 AM

What a liar :O He must of said he was quitting to get hits :P

I know what you are meaning though, it was on like the news and everything haha.

I hope it does fail though, only so something more evolved can take its place.

I don't know why but that reminded me of that time you used twitter on more then one account to do something.. remember? xD

Recursion

02-01-2010, 12:53 AM

I know what you are meaning though, it was on like the news and everything haha.

I don't know why but that reminded me of that time you used twitter on more then one account to do something.. remember? xD

FREAKIN OWNED. :P

The Professor

02-01-2010, 01:02 AM

I loved my motorola flip phone, its still running 6 years after I first got it (H)

xxMATTGxx

02-01-2010, 01:31 AM

I loved my motorola flip phone, its still running 6 years after I first got it (H)

Bloody hell Alex, I could never use one of them!! :(

Richie

02-01-2010, 01:48 AM

I said "one" of the worst. I don't like Motorla or LG phones, Samsung are ok but not a huge fan of them.

"- Twitter will fail"

Probably wouldn't happen, it just seems to big for it just fail in 2010. If it did, it would just be me and Stephen Fry all on our lonesome. Haha

In 2010 I think samsung will only get better, considering their new samsung genio and tocco nd all that :P

"Twitter"
It could if another website is built to dominate facebook, myspace, bebo (lol) and twitter, I reckon google will create something to top all them and last a good 5 years

I hope it does fail though, only so something more evolved can take its place.

same ha

Calvin

02-01-2010, 06:20 AM

Social networks like Facebook, Twitter etc. charging people to use them.

Homosexual

02-01-2010, 11:16 AM

Google releases it's Nexus One phone.

(soz if it's been said before)

Bewilcorp

02-01-2010, 11:41 AM

Bebo will close its doors

adaym

02-01-2010, 11:45 AM

Social networks like Facebook, Twitter etc. charging people to use them.
will never happen.

twitter need to do something though because they haven't made a penny since opening.

Jahova

02-01-2010, 11:55 AM

Apple tablet will be very expensive
Windows 8 won't be announced as 7 is really good (imo)

Boonzeet

02-01-2010, 12:36 PM

They already trademakred Cougar and Lynx as OS X names when they trademarked Tiger, they only just announced 10.6 (we're currently on 10.6.2, Tiger went up to 10.4.11), it'll be a good while before 10.7

Aye, but Leopard and Snow Leopard were only 2 years apart. It wouldn't surprise me if they hurried out a GUI-updated Mac OS in December 2010.

HotelUser

02-01-2010, 12:39 PM

Niall!

02-01-2010, 12:50 PM

Duke Nukem Forever will be released.

Recursion

02-01-2010, 12:51 PM

will never happen.

twitter need to do something though because they haven't made a penny since opening.

They really have lol

The Professor

02-01-2010, 02:05 PM

Meh given out "too much rep". What a crap system :( Repped everyone I can up to Findmydrive's post :)

Homosexual

02-01-2010, 02:06 PM

i'm more than happy waiting 24 hrs ta xo

Blob

02-01-2010, 02:21 PM

Samsung will release a range of 1 cm thick LCD TV's
Apple will add something useless to the nano
iPhone Camera will get better
Sony Ericsson will release a higher MP camera again (Current is 12 isn't it?)
Andriod will overtake the iPhone
I will try to scream at Orange to get a better phone than a Nokia
Maybe Nokia will actually fix bugs in their new update!
Habbo will ruin itself even more

Jahova

02-01-2010, 02:41 PM

Habbo will ruin itself even more

Agree. They would be better off if they did a revert to v9.

Chippiewill

02-01-2010, 04:30 PM

Social networks like Facebook, Twitter etc. charging people to use them.

a) It's already happening
b) It'll never happen, people won't pay and they'll leave.

LMS16

02-01-2010, 05:18 PM

There is alot of things people have said but in the news its meant to be the year of "3D"... like last year was the year of "touch technology", i mean theres alot tht people have said.
But one of the main things that is gonna happen is different companies sueing other companies because of stealing different stuff.., i mean a chinese author is sueing google for having his book on their... how sad...

Lew.

iJoe

02-01-2010, 05:31 PM

Habbox will upgrade to vb4 :o

Blackberrys will become (even more) popular (N)

RyanDOT

02-01-2010, 05:58 PM

LG will release 3D televisions.

Recursion

02-01-2010, 07:35 PM

LG will release 3D televisions.

Sony will release 3D televisions before LG and then take the world by storm with their new PS3 firmware update that bring us gamers into the 3D world, Microsoft will then copy this idea with the Xbox 360.

RyanDOT

02-01-2010, 07:38 PM

Sony will release 3D televisions before LG and then take the world by storm with their new PS3 firmware update that bring us gamers into the 3D world, Microsoft will then copy this idea with the Xbox 360.

Sony will get sued by Microsoft.

Stephen!

02-01-2010, 07:39 PM

Nvidia will fail to release Fermi on time and will collapse.

Homosexual

02-01-2010, 07:39 PM

Robots will disallow all (nerdz only!)

Recursion

02-01-2010, 07:40 PM

Sony will get sued by Microsoft.

Microsoft will get hit up by other lawsuits and their consequences, like.. getting MS Word legal in the USA again.

Homosexual

02-01-2010, 07:41 PM

Microsoft will get hit up by other lawsuits and their consequences, like.. getting MS Word legal in the USA again.

Recursion and RyanDOT will shut up.

Stephen (Forum Moderator) - Please do not be rude to other members. :)

RyanDOT

02-01-2010, 07:41 PM

Microsoft will get hit up by other lawsuits and their consequences, like.. getting MS Word legal in the USA again.

Sony releases PS4

Chippiewill

02-01-2010, 07:44 PM

Microsoft will get hit up by other lawsuits and their consequences, like.. getting MS Word legal in the USA again.

Microsoft will have an anti-trust investigation with the EU... again
Then intel will
Then microsoft
Then opera and amd go bust
Anti-trust investigations end forever

RyanDOT

02-01-2010, 07:46 PM

Porn websites ratings go up.

Recursion

02-01-2010, 07:55 PM

Microsoft will have an anti-trust investigation with the EU... again
Then intel will
Then microsoft
Then opera and amd go bust
Anti-trust investigations end forever

Win - win situation right there, I like your way of thinking mr!

Markeh

02-01-2010, 08:58 PM

I'd like to add a few.
Spotify will reopen registrations, and will become even more popular

More and more airlines (I know some already are) will supply planes fitted with some form of Wi-Fi or seatback browser in Business AND Economy. (This excludes Ryanair (who will soon charge extra for access up the stairs to the plane probably), Easyjet and other budget airlines)

Sony Ericsson might produce a phone that has Wi-Fi that works when the user wants it to, and an antenna that will try and find a signal again after you lose it. (please tell me if any Sony Ericsson phone actually does this. My W715 doesn't)

The speed of mobile internet will increase quite dramatically. Speeds of 5mb would not be unreasonable.

Flat-screen TV's will get even thinner, and the SCART socket will start to die out completely with the advent of HDMI upscaling DVD players, Blu-Ray, and Sky+HD/V+HD/Freeview HD/Freesat HD/Whatever comes along next.

There will be a new incarnation of the Apple TV, possibly with iPhone-esque apps, and its own App Store. The HDD size will go up to 250/320/500Gb/1Tb, and there may be an option for a Blu-Ray drive. It will be controlled by a standard remote, with an optional keyboard and Magic Mouse available.

Chippiewill

02-01-2010, 09:47 PM

The speed of mobile internet will increase quite dramatically. Speeds of 5mb would not be unreasonable.

Actually they would, 5mbps is the theoretical maximum for 3g I think.

Jordy

02-01-2010, 10:10 PM

Actually they would, 5mbps is the theoretical maximum for 3g I think.True but 3G isn't the best anymore, most new phones use HSPDA (3.5G) these days which has a theoretical maximum of 15mb usually, although it's most like 3mb.

Talking of mobile networks though, I imagine 4G will be implemented in London in the first or second quarter of the year and most major cities in the UK will have some coverage of it by the end of the year.

More and more airlines (I know some already are) will supply planes fitted with some form of Wi-Fi or seatback browser in Business AND Economy. (This excludes Ryanair (who will soon charge extra for access up the stairs to the plane probably), Easyjet and other budget airlinesWi-fi in the UK won't happen, it works in the US because all their internal flights are over land. They simply have mobile masts on the ground, but instead of pointing the signal to the ground, they point it to the sky. There's very few internal flights within the UK, and the majority of flights include flying across the channel, atlantic, north sea or irish sea so there's no chance of it happening in the UK seeing as you can't put masts in the middle of the sea. And for it to happen over Europe, countries would have to work together to build the network and share the costs and I can't see that happening either, with the US it's all in one country so much easier to organise. Until someone successfully gets satellite internet working on planes then there's no hope for Wi-fi in Europe.

However, in the next year or two I do expect Wi-fi to become the standard on all passenger trains and National Express have been trialling Wi-fi on some of their coach routes, I suspect this will be implemented on more Coaches throughout the year too.

Coheed&Cambria

02-01-2010, 10:16 PM

Virgin media announce prices for 200mb packages, for a possible release early 2011.
Virgin media announce 3D channels and packages.
Gears 3 gets announced.
Avatar will ultimately fail on DVD.
More 3D films/older films get the 3D treatment.
OLED more popular.

Recursion

02-01-2010, 11:07 PM

Agnostic Bear

02-01-2010, 11:10 PM

Stephen!

02-01-2010, 11:46 PM

The 5890 has already been announced last month.

Chippiewill

03-01-2010, 12:07 AM

Skynet becomes self-aware at 12:43am June 26th 2010

HotelUser

03-01-2010, 12:30 AM

I'm gonna make exactly 1 (one) prediction:

ATI/AMD announce both the 5890 and the 6000 series which will be fabulous and have a new architecture and be super powerful! (Obviously 5890 in the early year, 6000 to the end of the year)

SEND NVIDIA AND IT'S PROPRIETARY CRAP INTO THE SEA, long live AMD and it's adoption of open standards!

It's pathetic. Nvidia is still pushing out their integrated crap from 2006 in desktops made in 2009, with other hardware from 2009.My core 2 quad sure is mighty useful to me with such a terrible card:rolleyes:

Coheed&Cambria

03-01-2010, 01:13 AM

That's actually a bug in a lot of phones, the iPhone, HTC phones, Nokia phones etc, don't ask me why but it is lol

Also at guy above, 200mbp/s isn't happening in the UK for consumers anytime soon, ill tell ya that LOL

They where testing a connection of similar speed down in kent.

adaym

03-01-2010, 02:17 AM

They where testing a connection of similar speed down in kent.
North Korea tested nuclear missiles as well - doesn't mean they're going to use them.

Recursion

03-01-2010, 10:26 AM

North Korea tested nuclear missiles as well - doesn't mean they're going to use them.

Agreed.

They have to roll out slower speeds to everyone first, then they'll have to realise that the amount of people on 50 - 200mb on their network will be enough to bring it to a crawl.

timROGERS

03-01-2010, 11:12 AM

Palm will almost give up on WebOS but not quite by the end of 2010...Q1 2011 will see the death of WebOS.

The iPhone will continue to rule the world of phones.

Android will grow massively, until it reaches a level of success comparable to that of the iPhone - how quickly this happens depends on whether HTC and the other major manufacturers put everything into it

Twitter will continue to grow, but more slowly. Someone will buy it - probably Google.

The Professor

03-01-2010, 01:17 PM

I'd 1up one of your predictions and say palm will give up and be sold/go out of business completely!

Repped up to Ryan's post, run out of reps again :(

Wig44.

03-01-2010, 01:20 PM

Bill Gates will be visited by 3 incarnations of a mechanical Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Google will develop iNet, a supercomputer.

Bill Gates will try to get to google and warn them what is going to happen with iNet.

Bill Gates fails, iNet becomes self aware, and Judgement day happens. iNet judges websites and deletes every website with pornographic content.

The western civilisation will collapse because of this.

Blob

03-01-2010, 03:00 PM

I'd 1up one of your predictions and say palm will give up and be sold/go out of business completely!

Repped up to Ryan's post, run out of reps again :(

Can't rep you back sorry, given too much out in the last 24 hours.

The Professor

03-01-2010, 04:40 PM

Bill Gates will be visited by 3 incarnations of a mechanical Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Google will develop iNet, a supercomputer.

Bill Gates will try to get to google and warn them what is going to happen with iNet.

Bill Gates fails, iNet becomes self aware, and Judgement day happens. iNet judges websites and deletes every website without pornographic content.

The western civilisation will celebrate because of this.

Fixed for you :)

awelsh

03-01-2010, 05:44 PM

Why say that, is there any need?

Considering the amount of time, effort and money Gates gives to Charity, this would be a huge loss. It was uncalled for dude.

Stuff the charity, even if he was a bog standard programmer it'd be uncalled for. Bad move :eusa_hand

This isnt a "What you want to happen in 2010" thread, its a prediction thread.

Why are you all taking it so harshly :S

Blob

03-01-2010, 07:17 PM

This isnt a "What you want to happen in 2010" thread, its a prediction thread.

Why are you all taking it so harshly :S

Would you like to be predicted to die this year whether or not you have made a giant contribution to the way computers are and everyone's life that uses them or has a bi-product from manufacturers using them?

That was worded badly.

awelsh

03-01-2010, 08:09 PM

Would you like to be predicted to die this year whether or not you have made a giant contribution to the way computers are and everyone's life that uses them or has a bi-product from manufacturers using them?

That was worded badly.

I wouldn't care, its only a prediction :S

Agnostic Bear

03-01-2010, 08:43 PM

The 5890 has already been announced last month.

What? No it hasn't, I would have been all over that.

The Professor

04-01-2010, 03:25 PM

This isnt a "What you want to happen in 2010" thread, its a prediction thread.

Why are you all taking it so harshly :S

Its just not the kinda thing you say!

Swinkid

04-01-2010, 04:05 PM

Sony releases PS4

Development for it wont even happen until 2012, cant remember where i seen it though. There still only getting idea's for it now, there's not even a prototype yet.

Chippiewill

04-01-2010, 08:54 PM

Development for it wont even happen until 2012, cant remember where i seen it though. There still only getting idea's for it now, there's not even a prototype yet.

The expected next release year for the next gen consoles is 2012

MrPinkPanther

04-01-2010, 09:18 PM

The expected next release year for the next gen consoles is 2012
The PS4 is expected to launch after the rest of the mainstream next generation consoles, Sony claim its "future proofed" so if you are going to "disprove" someone then at least get it right. Since when did all consoles launch in the same year anyway?

Richie

04-01-2010, 09:59 PM

The PS4 is expected to launch after the rest of the mainstream next generation consoles, Sony claim its "future proofed" so if you are going to "disprove" someone then at least get it right. Since when did all consoles launch in the same year anyway?

Are you serious? another one? eventually they will be on ps double digits lol.

:eusa_danc2,000 post:eusa_danc

The Professor

04-01-2010, 10:13 PM

Yeah the name is getting a bit old now, tbh they should keep the PS3 name and keep releasing new models of it like they're doing with the PSP and stuffs.

Richie

04-01-2010, 10:22 PM

Yeah the name is getting a bit old now, tbh they should keep the PS3 name and keep releasing new models of it like they're doing with the PSP and stuffs.

yh its irritating playstations always tend to stall after time anyways

The Professor

04-01-2010, 10:37 PM

yh its irritating playstations always tend to stall after time anyways

what you mean? like in terms of sales? PS2 was selling well forever!

Richie

04-01-2010, 10:40 PM

what you mean? like in terms of sales? PS2 was selling well forever!

yh but idno if it happened to u but it happened to me and loads of my m8s, during gameplay the console would just freeze.

The Professor

04-01-2010, 10:45 PM

oh i see. nope all mine have been fine xx

MrPinkPanther

04-01-2010, 10:46 PM

yh but idno if it happened to u but it happened to me and loads of my m8s, during gameplay the console would just freeze.
I never had that problem but a few of my friends did. I think it must have been pretty widespread.

Black_Apalachi

05-01-2010, 05:59 AM

I'm pretty sure Sony are going to have to follow Nintendo's footsteps of giving unique names to their consoles from now on. At least Microsoft don't just stick a 2 on the end of theirs.

AgnesIO

05-01-2010, 07:38 AM

LMS16

05-01-2010, 09:19 AM

I'm pretty sure Sony are going to have to follow Nintendo's footsteps of giving unique names to their consoles from now on. At least Microsoft don't just stick a 2 on the end of theirs.

Now what the hell has sony sticking a 1,2,3 on end of their product name gotta do with it... LOL!?

Anyway, sony will keep releasing consoles that just kickass! But some day are gonna run out of ideas as will all other companies, maybe these will be the last consoles before they start bring games out where you're actually in the game; that would kick nintendo's ass for sure.

Lew.

Smits

05-01-2010, 09:30 AM

Now what the hell has sony sticking a 1,2,3 on end of their product name gotta do with it... LOL!?

Anyway, sony will keep releasing consoles that just kickass! But some day are gonna run out of ideas as will all other companies, maybe these will be the last consoles before they start bring games out where you're actually in the game; that would kick nintendo's ass for sure.

Lew.

I'd say nintendo have taken the first step in this, the wii follows your actions o some games...

The Professor

05-01-2010, 01:00 PM

Microsoft are hardly being original for the next one either though lol.

Xbox 720

Lol they're not actually gonna call it that, its just what people are calling the "next microsoft console" until they announce a real name.

Oleh

05-01-2010, 01:44 PM

I hate it when people automatically call it the 720 wouldnt it be obvious if its going to be another rotation ,its going to be 1080 not 720.

pirat partiet will get onto the EU government board.
final fantasy 15 16 and 17 will be announced
ipod touch 4g will be released with no new features other than a camera
call of duty 7 - vietnam will be announced by treyarch
my pc will finally get fixed after 5 months of it being dead

Chippiewill

05-01-2010, 02:29 PM

Xbox 720 will be most likely released last. Microsoft learnt their mistake of bringing out the next-gen to early. The original Xbox was still selling for a year or so after the 360 came out.

The Professor

05-01-2010, 03:06 PM

Yeah it was a terrible mistake, they only sold really well and are raking in money from their populaity from xbox live. The PS2 was higher on the top console sales than the PS3 for years so yeah I wouldn't call it a mistake on microsoft's part.

xxMATTGxx

05-01-2010, 03:22 PM

Yeah the name is getting a bit old now, tbh they should keep the PS3 name and keep releasing new models of it like they're doing with the PSP and stuffs.

Wouldn't mind that if they were good enough changes, not some some basic extra features. Like proper cool ones. :D

The Professor

05-01-2010, 03:33 PM

Wouldn't mind that if they were good enough changes, not some some basic extra features. Like proper cool ones. :D

Noooo I'm the opposite, they need to keep releasing pointless "features" in new models that are good but not good enough to make the old ones obselete so I don't have to pay £300 again :D

xxMATTGxx

05-01-2010, 03:38 PM

Noooo I'm the opposite, they need to keep releasing pointless "features" in new models that are good but not good enough to make the old ones obselete so I don't have to pay £300 again :D

Well that's pointless and crap. That's basically like Apple adding little features to the iPhone and many people still buy it. If Sony are going to do that on the PS3, then I give up. The next consoles need to be as good and also better! Anyway isn't the next PS going to be an actual different one if they go to plan?

PS2
PS2 Slim

did we have anything else after that? If not it went to PS3.

AgnesIO

05-01-2010, 04:08 PM

Lol they're not actually gonna call it that, its just what people are calling the "next microsoft console" until they announce a real name.

just assumed they would from all the tech sites haha :)

Well that's pointless and crap. That's basically like Apple adding little features to the iPhone and many people still buy it. If Sony are going to do that on the PS3, then I give up. The next consoles need to be as good and also better! Anyway isn't the next PS going to be an actual different one if they go to plan?

PS2
PS2 Slim

did we have anything else after that? If not it went to PS3.

I think it went:

PS2
PS2 in colours
PS2 Slim
PS2 Slim in colours
PINK PS2's!!!!!!!!!!!!
PS3

xxMATTGxx

05-01-2010, 04:43 PM

just assumed they would from all the tech sites haha :)

I think it went:

PS2
PS2 in colours
PS2 Slim
PS2 Slim in colours
PINK PS2's!!!!!!!!!!!!
PS3

I see, I think its gonna be a while for the next PlayStation. Not this year anyway, but would be good to see what they did bring out. I'm just hoping for some good updates for the current PS3. :D

The Professor

05-01-2010, 05:39 PM

Yeah when im browsing the web and stuff it seems pretty capable so processor power and stuff doesn't seem to be an issue, shove some youtube and facebook and programs like that onto it and make it play games in 3D and ooh yay my brain is working overtime :D

Recursion

05-01-2010, 05:42 PM

Games haven't used the full potential of the PS3 yet anyways.

Gran Turismo 5 in 1080p 3D will be AMAZING. :8

Black_Apalachi

05-01-2010, 05:49 PM

Now what the hell has sony sticking a 1,2,3 on end of their product name gotta do with it... LOL!? ...

cos peeps were talking about whether they will keep calling their next consoles PS4/5/6 etc :S.

The Professor

05-01-2010, 06:23 PM

Games haven't used the full potential of the PS3 yet anyways.

Gran Turismo 5 in 1080p 3D will be AMAZING. :8

Get in :D how much more potential does it have?

Stephen!

05-01-2010, 07:44 PM

Actually Uncharted 2 is about the best the PS3 can do.

And playing GT5 prologue and the time trial, I think that the graphics aren't that great. Nothing compared to Dirt 2.

Recursion

05-01-2010, 08:45 PM

Actually Uncharted 2 is about the best the PS3 can do.

And playing GT5 !!!!prologue!!!! and the time trial, I think that the graphics aren't that great. Nothing compared to Dirt 2.

Fixed.

iDenning

05-01-2010, 10:06 PM

The Professor

05-01-2010, 10:10 PM

Runescape will close?! is it really doing that badly?

Jordy

05-01-2010, 10:41 PM

Will be announced that xbox 360 is better than PS3
Playstation 3 production will come to a stand still
The worlds economy will rise (:))
Runescape will close
Xbox 360's will become cheaper

:eusa_clapPretty certain all of them will be wrong, except the third, however it isn't technology related :P

Stephen!

05-01-2010, 10:50 PM

Fixed.

The time trial that is available from PSN will have the same graphics as the final product, and those aren't up to scratch in my opinion. The fact of the matter is they have taken too long to release it so it is no longer the top looking game out there. The game isn't even 1080p - it's only that in the menus.

The cars look great, but the scenery is just shoddy.

Orangeesh

05-01-2010, 11:56 PM

aliens will land on earth and give us super advanced tecnology

bet you £1 million mine wont happen :)

Turbocom

06-01-2010, 03:08 AM

Twitter will become unpopular and just a piece of web history
Bing will now be Google's biggest competitor taking almost 65% of the Search Engine market
Facebook will become less popular due to rise with a newer better social network
YouTube will be hacked and then will fall and be replaced with the new social network
Apple hype and popularity will dye down
Zune takes over iPod market share
Windows market share goes up - Apples goes down significantly
XBOX 360 will come out featuring faster processor, more ram, better graphics and integrated Blu-ray support
Natal will become the most popular add on for any game console
Apple releases iSlate (tablet) that fails
Microsoft cleans up websites
Opera declares bankruptcy
5 TB hard drive will be made
1TB will be made default for new computers
Almost all PCS will be touch capacitive
iSlate will inspire new PC technologys
iPhone released but soon over taken with a new Google Android phone offering more
Microsoft Stores populate all over the world over taking Apple
Microsoft builds its own computer that is nicer and more energy efficient
Apple on the edge of bankruptcy
SWIPE replaces the standard way of texting
PS4 is released with faster processor and cheaper price and better blu-ray drive
Office 2010 is most successful version of Windows
Home servers become more popular
HDTV is declared standard in the world
LightSpeed by Intel is now being released
i10 overtakes all processors ever made
Apple and Google partnership falls through
Jonathan Ive resigns from Apple to work at Microsoft on Microsoft branded laptops
Google Chrome OS fails and becomes history
Google Wave is taken offline
Hotmail changes its technology and becomes better than Gmail
Microsoft issues an agreement with PC makers stating crapware will not be allowed if they'd like to be allowed Microsoft Windows software
Microsoft reaches highest stock numbers in history
Microsoft releases revolutionary Surface computer that is designed for home use
Intel puts AMD on the verge of bankruptcy - companies work out an agreement
Yahoo goes out of business and sells Flickr to Microsoft
Google enters new search engine faze
Firefox 4 released
Microsoft released IE9 and drops IE coding standard
HTML 5 becomes web standard
Apple and Microsoft releases Updated a new technology that updates the computer with out user knowledge and stays up to date to reduce security risk and flaws
Apple releases press conference for a deal with Microsoft making IE 9 default on Mac, and Bing! default on iPhone
Apple releases new Mac Pro, Macbooks, and iMacs - electronic consumers disgusted with designs due to the loss of Jonathan Ive
Apple tumbles and Steve Jobs resigns
Microsoft starts new generation plans
vBulletin releases v5
1480p is made standard - YouTube jumps in offering 1480p alongside 1080p
Skype crashes due to bankruptcy and is outdone with Google Voice
Google overtakes the VoIP homephone service
Blu-ray players cheaper - recorders cheaper
Microsoft introduces new disk type faster and bigger than blu-ray but will cost x3 the price - design fails
Apple patents new device
Apples new device specs and information leaked pulls Apple out of the dark and starts to bring them to the light again
Facebook lays off 150 developers
AT&T network hacked, company to be declared insecure declares bankruptcy of $1,200,000 USD requests bailout from United States Government
Bailout denied - hundreds of AT&T stores close
GM comes up with technology idea to Tweet to dead Twitter network
GM idea falls through - millions spent on prototype company declares bankruptcy
GM requests bailout - United States Government denies bailout
GM closes its doors
Microsoft releases Helm a revolutionary device.
Last 200 Windows XP Machines are disabled and Windows 7 holds PC operating system market with Windows Vista holding 6%

Alright maybe most of them are dreams...

Agnostic Bear

06-01-2010, 06:52 AM

Apple hype and popularity will dye down
Windows market share goes up - Apples goes down significantly
Office 2010 is most successful version of Windows
Home servers become more popular
LightSpeed by Intel is now being released
Apple and Google partnership falls through
Microsoft released IE9 and drops IE coding standard
Apple patents new device

Alright maybe most of them are dreams...

Removed all those that wont happen this year if ever.

Invent

06-01-2010, 06:59 AM

Removed all those that wont happen this year if ever.

You really think Apple's hype and market share will drop with all this talk of an Apple Tablet being released in a few months time? :S

Agnostic Bear

06-01-2010, 11:35 AM

You really think Apple's hype and market share will drop with all this talk of an Apple Tablet being released in a few months time? :S

yes, i think it's this year the business guys start changing their hardware, in which case they will buy windows stuff and get rid of old hardware and buy hardware and such

also msft have announced a tablet

HotelUser

06-01-2010, 12:06 PM

yes, i think it's this year the business guys start changing their hardware, in which case they will buy windows stuff and get rid of old hardware and buy hardware and such

also msft have announced a tablet

And Microsoft/HP's tablet's probably going to be awesome, but they wont get the hype Apple's getting.

The Professor

06-01-2010, 02:33 PM

I'm very interested in Turbocom's prediction that Office 2010 will become the most popular version of windows :P

Black_Apalachi

06-01-2010, 02:49 PM

I don't understand the one about XP PCs being destroyed or whatever. I'm sure there's plenty of people still using XP. Similarly, I've only been using Vista for a year or two so I definitely won't be upgrading to whatever Office 2010 is very soon.

Chippiewill

06-01-2010, 04:00 PM

I'm very interested in Turbocom's prediction that Office 2010 will become the most popular version of windows :P

Perhaps he believes that accessing the online version via Chrome OS will count as being on Windows?

Turbocom

06-01-2010, 08:18 PM

no, I meant most successful version of Microsofts Office suite but when I noticed it I wasn't able to edit it.

The Professor

07-01-2010, 04:03 PM

no, I meant most successful version of Microsofts Office suite but when I noticed it I wasn't able to edit it.

Yeah i know I'm just being pedantic :D

CrazyColaist

08-01-2010, 05:59 PM

3D TV, Project Natal,Pure HD

The Professor

08-01-2010, 10:40 PM

Gotta do better than that for rep ^ You're just listing things at CES :P

Robbie

08-01-2010, 10:45 PM

- New iPhone
- Apple Tablet
- Super Thin TV's
- Super battery life on netbooks and such
- Playstation starts charging for access to PSN
- Twitter's popularity declines

HotelUser

09-01-2010, 02:46 AM

- New iPhone
- Apple Tablet
- Super Thin TV's
- Super battery life on netbooks and such
- Playstation starts charging for access to PSN
- Twitter's popularity declines

Good predictions. Probably most will come true.

The Professor

09-01-2010, 12:01 PM

Aye, very safe though! New iPhone is pretty inevitable, super thin TVs already exist and super battery life is very vague.The last two are the most interesting imo :)

xxMATTGxx

09-01-2010, 02:43 PM

- New iPhone
- Apple Tablet
- Super Thin TV's
- Super battery life on netbooks and such
- Playstation starts charging for access to PSN
- Twitter's popularity declines

I believe they are only charging certain access but not the overall "Online play" unless that has now changed?

Black_Apalachi

09-01-2010, 02:56 PM

If the PSN starts costing money, that will finalise my decision to sell my PS3 and stick with my 360.

Recursion

09-01-2010, 03:47 PM

PSN isn't going to cost any money, they will charge for various services but everything that is free now, for example ONLINE PLAY (*cough* Xbox Live :rolleyes: *cough*) will stay free.

StefanWolves

09-01-2010, 05:56 PM

Chippiewill

09-01-2010, 05:58 PM

They're both very different tbh, the PSN is meant to be very unnoticed but the features work. In order to get the the Money XBL has to have a very big presence.

StefanWolves

09-01-2010, 06:05 PM

The only reason I prefer the PS3 is that its more of an open platform, I can do much more on my PS3 than I can on my 360. However for online play I do prefer my 360, by far.

CrazyColaist

09-01-2010, 07:18 PM

Gotta do better than that for rep ^ You're just listing things at CES :P
i honestly wasnt tho lol. i just know that they're bringing it out this year xx

ok

new iphone
New developer with good games.
ermmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
massive utube update

Arron

09-01-2010, 07:25 PM

Facebook won't charge £14.99 a month starting from July 1st

Flisker

10-01-2010, 01:46 PM

Intel i9 comes out with a lower price
AMD/ATi goes bankrupt (Oh god please, sorry AMD people.)
NVIDIA finally release their 300 series
Twitter increases popularity with extra features
Facebook stops becoming the best thing since sliced bread with UK teens and they move onto something else.

The Professor

10-01-2010, 02:10 PM

I have both, and the Playstation online system is nowhere near the standards of the 360 online system.

Xbox online system looks nicer, is faster, easier to use... the list could continue but I don't have the time.

However at the moment overall I do prefer the PS3.

Lol I love it when people start a list, run out of things to say and go "I could go on but I won't because my dog has turned into a plantpot and is dancing the fandango on my oven" :P

I haven't found any issues with the PSN so far, why is it supposedly worse than Xbox live?

AgnesIO

10-01-2010, 02:13 PM

MrPinkPanther

10-01-2010, 02:20 PM

Well, no. XBL is better than PSN. I'm personally a Wii fan but I accept that XBL is the best for online then PSN and then Wii, it's just a lot smoother process on XBL.

Stephen!

10-01-2010, 02:23 PM

How can one be better than the other? You play a game online - they both do the same thing.

The Professor

10-01-2010, 02:24 PM

Yeah that's what I thought ^ I've played XBL at friends houses and PSN on my ps3 and i've never had problems with either.

Black_Apalachi

10-01-2010, 06:49 PM

XBL just feels much more ergonomic, if you like. I guess it's hard to explain. Tell ya what, I'm gonna make an effort to play my PS3 again more often and start a fresh to make another comparison :wink_blue.

You know what nobody ever mentions what well does my head in... when you get a trophy or a friend sings in or you get a message etc, the box that pops up is SOOO BIG. It's like OK I SEE IT NOW GET OUT OF MY WAY. On the 360, it's much less in your face and doesn't stay for as long, but more importantly it doesn't block your view of the bloody game.

Luke

10-01-2010, 06:51 PM

Recursion

10-01-2010, 06:52 PM

I find PSN is a lot nicer than XBL, you don't get hundreds of kids screaming down the mic in COD too, which is always a bonus!

I also find the trophy and friend notifications are fine, a small message in the top right hand corner which only stays there for about 5 seconds anyway. To be fair, considering PSN is totally free right now (online play always will be) I think it is better.

Black_Apalachi

10-01-2010, 07:00 PM

It's not small though, the box is huge especially for what it displays. FIFA is a good example of a game where it gets in the way the most, if you're any way near the far touch line, it means you can't see what you're doing for a few seconds which, regardless of what anyone says, is annoying.

MrPinkPanther

10-01-2010, 07:10 PM

XBL is much more organised and faster to find what you want, I'm not saying it's worth £40 a year or whatever but it is better in my opinion. The only people who tend to prefer PSN are Playstation owners who are bound to by bias.

Flisker

10-01-2010, 07:23 PM

StefanWolves

11-01-2010, 04:33 AM

Lol I love it when people start a list, run out of things to say and go "I could go on but I won't because my dog has turned into a plantpot and is dancing the fandango on my oven" :P

I haven't found any issues with the PSN so far, why is it supposedly worse than Xbox live?
No, actually, game play on 360 is far faster than that of the PSN. I find PSN laggy especially on Fifa, whereas on my 360 games are far less laggy, I can compare these as I have played it on both consoles, and that's just what I think. Yes, the list can go on, and no, my dog has not turned into a plant pot. :P

It all started when it first came out. Sad xbox users that couldn't believe something better than the Xbox 360 was here, went 'PSN IS ****' simply because not many people were on it. Basically it was an argument started by Xbox users saying nobody has PS3's, there is it rubbish, should never have been made, and makes them feel better about themselves that they bought an Xbox.

:P
So now I'm a sad 360 user? Just face it, I have both, I have seen both online networks, the 360 system is far faster, nicer UI, more user friendly. When I first got my PS3 I didn't know where to start, it was all a bit complicated (my opinion, flame me if you want I don't give a ****, that's my opinion), however when I got my 360 it was much more easier... that's what I think.

Well, no. XBL is better than PSN. I'm personally a Wii fan but I accept that XBL is the best for online then PSN and then Wii, it's just a lot smoother process on XBL.
Yes, I totally totally agree, xbl is a lot smoother.

How can one be better than the other? You play a game online - they both do the same thing.
The things they offer, the way they look, how it makes you feel. (sounds silly but it all adds up)

Yeah that's what I thought ^ I've played XBL at friends houses and PSN on my ps3 and i've never had problems with either.
I've never had MAJOR problems with my PSN, its just that I find it more laggy online than my 360, and I find it slightly more confusing to use, the xbl online system, I find, is easier.

XBL just feels much more ergonomic, if you like. I guess it's hard to explain. Tell ya what, I'm gonna make an effort to play my PS3 again more often and start a fresh to make another comparison :wink_blue.

You know what nobody ever mentions what well does my head in... when you get a trophy or a friend sings in or you get a message etc, the box that pops up is SOOO BIG. It's like OK I SEE IT NOW GET OUT OF MY WAY. On the 360, it's much less in your face and doesn't stay for as long, but more importantly it doesn't block your view of the bloody game.
I totally agree, little things like this do add up.

I find PSN is a lot nicer than XBL, you don't get hundreds of kids screaming down the mic in COD too, which is always a bonus!

I also find the trophy and friend notifications are fine, a small message in the top right hand corner which only stays there for about 5 seconds anyway. To be fair, considering PSN is totally free right now (online play always will be) I think it is better.
Your first comment is very easy to solve, ITS CALLED MUTING!!! amazing yes? Yes, PSN is good as its free, there is no denying that, but I'd rather pay £28 a year (Ebay ftw), and have a much better online experience.

I'll repeat what I said earlier, my opinion is that the 360 online play is far superior than that of the Playstations. However, overall, game play, things added into the PS3, what you can get from it... It's more over an open platform - also, having its browser is also a big bonus IMO, which is why I do prefer my Playstation. Also, I find graphics on my PS3 to be better than my 360.

Overall I prefer my PS3, just not its online play (because I find my 360s better), though it is more than acceptable and free. (I'd just rather pay some money and have a better online system like the 360s, that's all).

Black_Apalachi

11-01-2010, 08:56 AM

To be honest have you seen what Microsoft are doing now though? they are soon to release an arcade room where your avatar can walk around and such.They will be charging $2.50 per multiplayer arcade game and 50c per single player game (Not sure on UK price). PSN has the bowling alley in PlayStation Home with some games (Bowling, Pool, some kind of arcade game, darts (I think) and some other things) for free, sure its not classic arcade games but they are still free.

I'm just basing this on what I have seen, and no I do not own a xbox360 (only the original xbox) and yes I own a ps3 -- start flaming me.

Omg I don't want them to just rip off PS Homes or whatever it's called. I can't decide if I like the Homes or not. When I first went on it, I thought it looked sooo cool and I loved playing pool and stuff and everyone had Watchmen costumes :P, but it is a bit of a novelty because I went on it twice and never went back. To be fair it is a bit of a gimmick to try and make the PSN look better than XBL.

Anyway, I don't like the way XBL has sort of copied Miis (from the Wii) nor do I want it to copy Homes. We don't need some stupid world to walk round in, we want to play games. The 360 has focused on gaming so far, and I think it should continue to do so. If it tries to be what the PS3 is, it will become second best.

And Wolves, that's exactly it. It sounds pedantic to point out little faults here and there, but they all build up and the fact we're talking about a £300 piece of machinery, it does all add up and becomes a big deal and quite frankly, the 360 has less of these little things.

The Professor

11-01-2010, 06:10 PM

Black_Apalachi

11-01-2010, 06:37 PM

I've never noticed it tbh, are you playing on a small tv on a low res or something?

Mmm nice replies, glad it didn't descend into too much flaming :P

I've played it on a small TV and a large TV, doesn't make a difference.

Flisker

11-01-2010, 07:35 PM

I've played it on a small TV and a large TV, doesn't make a difference.
Surely the Xbox one is more annoying like when you get an achievement or something it popups up in the middle bottom on the screen and flashes about then disappears.

Black_Apalachi

11-01-2010, 08:12 PM

It's smaller though and not a big black box.

Tomm

11-01-2010, 09:23 PM

Dare I enter this console online gaming battleground and point out the epicness of online PC gaming? :D

GommeInc

11-01-2010, 09:52 PM

Dare I enter this console online gaming battleground and point out the epicness of online PC gaming? :D
BURN THE WITCH :@

I can't say I've had problems with the PS3 messages on screen, it's tiny on both 22" and 37" screens :S

The Professor

11-01-2010, 10:01 PM

I find it mildly irritating on my 20" 4:3 TV upstairs but its tiny on the 32" HD TV downstairs so yeah I'm not bothered about it on the whole. I don't have many friends anyway so it doesn't come up much :D

Recursion

11-01-2010, 10:09 PM

Dare I enter this console online gaming battleground and point out the epicness of online PC gaming? :D

LOVE YOU.

Jordulti

11-01-2010, 10:28 PM

Let's get back on topic fanboys.

- New blackberry released.
- Yahoo releases YaPhones with YaOS.

The Professor

11-01-2010, 11:24 PM

Where's that second one come from? is it based on something you know that I don't or just a stab in the dark? :P

Pix

11-01-2010, 11:42 PM

xbox project natal hopefully :)

Chippiewill

13-01-2010, 05:52 PM

Turbocom

15-01-2010, 02:58 AM

has anyone else gotten rep from this...?

Recursion

15-01-2010, 07:39 AM

Why yes, yes I have. LOL

Agnostic Bear

15-01-2010, 05:46 PM

has anyone else gotten rep from this...?

nope, pretty sure i made a damn fine prediction as well

Black_Apalachi

15-01-2010, 07:39 PM

XBL is more annoying tbh, at least the PS3 one doesn't spam you with useless notifications about unable to connect to messenger and other system stuff and then it doesn't just progress to list all of online friends. Also I personally think the XBL one is larger on any screen?

XBL doesn't do that :S But the PS3 requires updates a LOT more frequently which is more annoying than whatever you described. And no, the XBL notifications are tiny in comparison.

awelsh

15-01-2010, 09:11 PM

has anyone else gotten rep from this...?

yeah i got -rep :)

Recursion

15-01-2010, 09:35 PM

XBL doesn't do that :S But the PS3 requires updates a LOT more frequently which is more annoying than whatever you described. And no, the XBL notifications are tiny in comparison.

PS3 updates aren't mandatory to sign in online unlike XBL.

Chippiewill

15-01-2010, 11:41 PM

XBL doesn't do that :S But the PS3 requires updates a LOT more frequently which is more annoying than whatever you described. And no, the XBL notifications are tiny in comparison.

I haven't had an update on PS3 in a while? And yes, it lists all Online friends and the status of half the system at boot up.

Jordy

16-01-2010, 12:18 AM

I haven't had an update on PS3 in a while? And yes, it lists all Online friends and the status of half the system at boot up.Hardly, it first of all confirms you've signed into Xbox Live. It then confirms you've signed into Messenger, and it then lists the number of friends online. That's three alerts in the space of 9 seconds, who gives a ****.

I can't actually believe something so small has cropped into a Xbox 360 vs PS3 debate to be honest, it's not really going to change anyone's mind :P

Turbocom

16-01-2010, 06:11 AM

yeah i got -rep :)
I got no rep and I participated... last time I listen to this clown.

Black_Apalachi

16-01-2010, 06:12 AM

PS3 updates aren't mandatory to sign in online unlike XBL.

Even worse, they are mandatory to play games!

Hardly, it first of all confirms you've signed into Xbox Live. It then confirms you've signed into Messenger, and it then lists the number of friends online. That's three alerts in the space of 9 seconds, who gives a ****.

I can't actually believe something so small has cropped into a Xbox 360 vs PS3 debate to be honest, it's not really going to change anyone's mind :P

Exactly, and it's not even that bad for me because I have the Messenger thing switched off completely so it doesn't sign-in to that.

Also on XBL, you can press the Xbox button as soon as you receive a message/friend request etc to jump straight to it rather than scrolling through various menus. Hate the way the message box is laid out on the PS3 too.

AgnesIO

16-01-2010, 09:56 AM

Even worse, they are mandatory to play games!

Exactly, and it's not even that bad for me because I have the Messenger thing switched off completely so it doesn't sign-in to that.

Also on XBL, you can press the Xbox button as soon as you receive a message/friend request etc to jump straight to it rather than scrolling through various menus. Hate the way the message box is laid out on the PS3 too.

I love how two weeks ago you couldn't decide over what was better between them, now you seem to think xbox is the only decent console in the world? Last time I checked you didn't no what was better.

:P

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On another point.. CAN WE GET BACK ON TOPIC. This thread was good before this ps3 vs. xbox trash came in.

Recursion

16-01-2010, 10:03 AM

Even worse, they are mandatory to play games!

As they are on XBL, but on XBL it signs you out until you update the friggen thing.

And to be honest, this debate is pointless, I own both consoles, they both do different things better/worse (although the PS3 is my console of choice).

Gamertag/PSNID is TFerg006 if anyone wants to add me ;D

Black_Apalachi

16-01-2010, 10:04 AM

I love how two weeks ago you couldn't decide over what was better between them, now you seem to think xbox is the only decent console in the world? Last time I checked you didn't no what was better.

:P

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On another point.. CAN WE GET BACK ON TOPIC. This thread was good before this ps3 vs. xbox trash came in.

Nope... I've always said the 360 was better. The only thing I wasn't sure about is if it was better enough to justify selling my PS3.

The Professor

16-01-2010, 03:31 PM

I got no rep and I participated... last time I listen to this clown.

Clown :o how dare you :( just missed you out, everyone else got it. Except jewbear had to spread for him afaik.

AgnesIO

16-01-2010, 04:09 PM

Clown :o how dare you :( just missed you out, everyone else got it. Except jewbear had to spread for him afaik.

Cough noob :(

Turbocom

18-01-2010, 10:15 PM

Clown :o how dare you :( just missed you out, everyone else got it. Except jewbear had to spread for him afaik.
I was kidding :P I don't really care but yeah thanks returned.

The Professor

18-01-2010, 10:16 PM

Lol you e-sounded dead serious was like "omg i've upset him slit :'(" :P

GommeInc

20-01-2010, 12:32 AM

http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/12050308/Archos-9-Intel-Atom-Processor-Z510-1-1GHz-1GB-60GB-8-9-Windows-7-Starter-Netbook-Tablet-Black/Product.html

^ Looks like Archos has released a Tablet PC already. Then again, they were always in that market :/

adaym

20-01-2010, 11:06 AM

As they are on XBL, but on XBL it signs you out until you update the friggen thing.

And to be honest, this debate is pointless, I own both consoles, they both do different things better/worse (although the PS3 is my console of choice).

Gamertag/PSNID is TFerg006 if anyone wants to add me ;D
When was the last time XBOX Live had an update? Thank you.

CrazyColaist

20-01-2010, 11:21 AM

the only thing i experience with PS3 online is LAGGG x which i dont get on xbox live. other than that theres nothing really "better" being compared.

Last update was say november time, with Twitter Facebook & Last.fm (Sky player didnt come properly till december?)

adaym

20-01-2010, 11:41 AM

The Professor

20-01-2010, 03:39 PM

k lets get away from the ps3/xbox thing its boring now.

Tablets have been around forever, if there were any predictions saying "a tablet has been released" its from a pretty conservative person :P

adaym

20-01-2010, 03:45 PM

k lets get away from the ps3/xbox thing its boring now.

Tablets have been around forever, if there were any predictions saying "a tablet has been released" its from a pretty conservative person :P
yeah mobile phones have been around forever but when apple released one everyone thought it was the new "wheel" so to speak.

Black_Apalachi

20-01-2010, 05:18 PM

my point exactly. it updates a few times a year. and it takes about 30 seconds.

Yeah and Xbox updates are actually noticeable features, unlike the PS3 which makes you do an update and as far as you're concerned nothing has changed. I also love how to PS3 has a 'download in background' feature but it's rarely even available so you're forced to watch the download :rolleyes:.

Recursion

20-01-2010, 05:32 PM

Yeah and Xbox updates are actually noticeable features, unlike the PS3 which makes you do an update and as far as you're concerned nothing has changed. I also love how to PS3 has a 'download in background' feature but it's rarely even available so you're forced to watch the download :rolleyes:.

I download most of my content from PSN in the background, so get your facts right :rolleyes:

And at least Sony fix bugs in their firmware updates instead of having to wait 6 months for a fix like I have to on my 360.

Black_Apalachi

20-01-2010, 05:56 PM

We're talking about essential updates not the downloading of personal content. Get your facts right.

Recursion

20-01-2010, 05:58 PM

We're talking about essential updates not the downloading of personal content. Get your facts right.

So you're going to download and then apply the update while you're using the system, thus corrupting your game save, and firmware... good luck with that.

And I do recall you can't background download firmware on the 360 either, but you can on user content... hmm? lmao. :rolleyes:

Technologic

20-01-2010, 05:59 PM

People who try to compare the PS3 and 360 are just stupid.

Anyways 2010 = tablets.

Black_Apalachi

20-01-2010, 06:32 PM

So you're going to download and then apply the update while you're using the system, thus corrupting your game save, and firmware... good luck with that.

And I do recall you can't background download firmware on the 360 either, but you can on user content... hmm? lmao. :rolleyes:

I'll revert back to this...

my point exactly. it updates a few times a year. and it takes about 30 seconds.

Recursion

20-01-2010, 06:38 PM

I'll revert back to this...

and I shall revert back to my quote about waiting for 6 months for bug updates... :rolleyes:

xxMATTGxx

20-01-2010, 06:41 PM

Nothing wrong with the updates, they release, we download and install. No one really has major problems with it on the PS3. It fixes things and gives us new things sometimes, so why moan about it?

N!ck

20-01-2010, 06:42 PM

Nothing wrong with the updates, they release, we download and install. No one really has major problems with it on the PS3. It fixes things and gives us new things sometimes, so why moan about it?

This. Updates are a good thing. You should be happy to get updates ;).

The Professor

20-01-2010, 06:58 PM

Nothing wrong with the updates, they release, we download and install. No one really has major problems with it on the PS3. It fixes things and gives us new things sometimes, so why moan about it?

Because the nice fanboys need to have their say :)

Thread turned into fanboy war, closing it for a bit xxx

The Professor

21-01-2010, 10:57 PM

Opened thread again, judging by the apple event invitation thing my apple tablet prediction looks dead in the water already :P There was something else that screwed up a prediction too but I can't remember what it is.

Btw any flame wars and it'll just be shut again, was a fun thread before all that xxx

Black_Apalachi

21-01-2010, 11:09 PM

Hopefully something will happen with OnLive.

The Professor

21-01-2010, 11:09 PM

Omg forgot about them, are they even still bothering?

Recursion

21-01-2010, 11:18 PM

OnLive will fail IMHO

Black_Apalachi

21-01-2010, 11:31 PM

I dunno but it does all sound far too great to be true, sadly.

xxMATTGxx

21-01-2010, 11:32 PM

The Professor

22-01-2010, 08:00 AM

Oooh sorry my prediction was it'll come out but be fail, thought i predicted itll never come out. Clever me -.-

Yeah I claim a partial win if it comes out then :D

xxMATTGxx

22-01-2010, 08:37 AM

Oooh sorry my prediction was it'll come out but be fail, thought i predicted itll never come out. Clever me -.-

Yeah I claim a partial win if it comes out then :D

I thought you did a mistake because all the other sites are like "TABLET THIS, TABLET THAT" etc etc. :P

Markeh

22-01-2010, 07:27 PM

I'm anticipating IE9, possibly with the release of Win 7 SP1, and IE9 will also be bundled with Vista SP3.

USB 3.0 will make its way onto average systems.

A multitude of Blackberrys will be launched.

Flash still won't happen officially on iPhones, but someone will probably find an unstable hack on a jailbroken one.

16Gb/32Gb will be the norm size for USB drives.

Major security hole will be found in Windows 7 somewhere, Microsoft releases patch a few days after, says it wouldn't have happened if users had MSE installed.

lolwut

30-01-2010, 07:00 PM

MySpace will finally become obsolete.
Apple will revolutionize (...supposedly) something or other.
One line of Mac's will be phased out (probably the Mini's)
Windows 7 will go wrong.
There will be a new iPhone, but I think it'll suck.
A company not called Apple will eventually make a phone better than the iPhone. This belief will be universally accepted.

USB 3.0 will make its way onto average systems.
Most likely not, I read somewhere (I think Engadget/Gizmodo) that manufactures will begin to design and produce USB 3.0 devices, but it won't be be implemented in systems until 2011. Or later.

AlexOC

30-01-2010, 07:01 PM

Xbox Home.

**** you playstation!!!

The Professor

31-01-2010, 01:13 PM

Just to go through the tablet predictions from the first 120 posts (if there were any after that feel free to quote yourself and brag about how right you were!)

Myspace will be closed down or bought by an obscure company and will be never be heard from again Apple will release a tablet computer which will fail on its arse We will see a glimpse of one of the next generations of games console Windows mobile will take a massive market share hit and will be released on very few new phones by december Opera desktop browser will increase it's market share Half life 2 episode 3 won't come out

Apple definately released a tablet computer and it hasn't been universally accepted as awesome so I'll have half a point atm, we'll see if that comes true.

Apple's tablet will be surprisingly popular, forcing other manufacturers to begin making them (Dell tablet anyone?)

Half points, other manufacturers making them in response happened before apple even announced it :P Again, popularness is yet to be seen.

Apple will release a tablet PC that will fail due to a terribly huge pricetag

It was definately released but the price tag isn't mental so yeah.

Saying 'touchscreen is going to be a standard' is incredibly unrealistic, but Apple's touchscreen device, either the iSlate or the iGuide to be announced possibly January 22nd, as a 10" touchscreen tablet computer capable of running applications in a similar fashion to the iPhone.

Spot on except the name!

Apple tablet will be very expensive
Windows 8 won't be announced as 7 is really good (imo)

Its subjective but imo the prices aren't as high as some expected them to be so we'll call that one a fail :)

Ardemax

31-01-2010, 03:25 PM

Microsoft will go back on it's word and at the end of the year release Halo 4 (:P)
A new type of internet site like Facebook will take off
Facebook won't start charging users for money
Habboxforum will have a server upgrade
Msn will get sold from Windows to some other company (H)

hehe

Jordy

31-01-2010, 04:42 PM

The Professor

01-02-2010, 12:32 PM

This guy talks sense ^

HotelUser

01-02-2010, 12:33 PM

It's probably time to close this thread, then.

xxMATTGxx

01-02-2010, 01:23 PM

Sorry but there's no way you can make predictions of the forthcoming year seeing as we're a month into it, there's already been CES, Apple have done a keynote and many companies have announced their intentions over the year :P

But companies like Apple don't announce what it is going to do throughout the year. Although we can pretty much guess that there will be a new iPhone in June/July time. :P

GommeInc

01-02-2010, 10:58 PM

Adding to that, alot of companies add unique things to their products throughout the year and build up to release. So the HP tablet for example, may feature something different, or a worker at Microsoft may create something that blows the minds of the bosses at MS and something new comes out on the Windows 7 tablet OS. CES is just a general outlook, really :)

The Professor

02-02-2010, 05:06 PM

Ye but the point was you make the prediction at the beginning of the year and see if it comes true, if you wait until later when rumours have started and stuff its kidna cheating :(

The Professor

24-03-2010, 07:25 PM

A quarter of the way through now and I have some spare time on my hands, I'll go through some predictions in the first 40 posts and see where we are with them :)

CNET's buzz out loud podcast do this every year (as I'm sure a lot of other publications do too) so I thought this might be fun on hxf!

Basically post what you think will (or won't) happen during the next year in the tech world. It can be things on the internet, new devices and software that might or might not come out or a paradigm shift that you think will happen that no-one else saw coming (like mp3 players being implanted into birds for universal speakers). In a year we'll dig the thread up and see how many people were right or wrong! Post as many or as few things as you want and don't take the piss saying stuff like "flying cars won't come out".

I'll start off:

Myspace will be closed down or bought by an obscure company and will be never be heard from again Apple will release a tablet computer which will fail on its arse We will see a glimpse of one of the next generations of games console Rumours of the nintendo 3DS surfaced yesterday, Natal & Playstation move too Windows mobile will take a massive market share hit and will be released on very few new phones by december - Considering it's being phased out I'll take a win on that one already :D Opera desktop browser will increase it's market share - Has already happened according to the last NPR report Half life 2 episode 3 won't come out

Almost every PC will come with a touch screen
Android and webOS will start to become key mobile OSs, and by the end of year will be starting to catch up with the iPhone. Android certainly catching up and is likely to overtake iphone, safe one!
Vodafone might actually give its customers free access to Facebook!
An iPhone will be launched in June, with a better camera, and hopefully multi-tasking. A new Nano will be announced in September, in several horrible colours, probably with a 2MP or 3.2MP camera. along with an iPod touch (likely with camera, and 128Gb storage space), and a bigger iPod Classic (250Gb), and a shuffle, which will be higher capacity and smaller (up to 16Gb). Looking likely, they've dropped the price of the 3GS to clear inventory
Quad-core processors will be standard in most £4-500 PCs.
Netbooks will get thinner, faster, better spec'd, cheaper, and will stop using that god awful Windows 7 starter edition
Twitter will see a HUGE increase in usage, Facebook won't, and Myspace and Bebo will be nearly dead.
There will be a HUGE rise of interest in Spotify.
OLED prices will drop significantly.
Nvidia will launch a DX11 chip very late in the year, if not in 2011.
AMD will have a 6-core processor nearly ready to sell
Blu-ray recorders will fall under £200, and players under £50
More and more places will provide free Wi-Fi
The Rickroll will be effectively dead, and will have been replaced with some other mistake (probably Kanye West at the VMAs) Like it :D
Freeview HD.
One 3D channel on Sky, probably on its own little extortionately priced package
There will be a mobile phone readily available for £5. Already is
2Tb will be the norm for HDD storage.

Some safe ones there :)

Google Voice takes over Skype in the US, and possibly the UK depending on whether it's released over here
Apple's tablet will be surprisingly popular, forcing other manufacturers to begin making them (Dell tablet anyone?) hasn't been released yet but i think that's looking good
Netbooks sales will drop as laptop prices lower and smartphones become more capable Going opposite way from what I can see!
Android over takes iPhone marketshare Likely!
Once again, no significant changes will be made to the iPhone or iPod Touch. Presumably just some minor OS changes and Disk Space increased
Windows Mobile 7 develops considerably interest towards the end of the year Already fulfilled, its the thing atm
Successor to both the Wii & Xbox 360 announced or leaked during the year, although it might be a year or two until somethings actually released
Google Chrome OS fails as there's no real need for it despite it being a great idea
Twitter usage will decline and might be bought by a large firm, eBay, Google, Microsoft, News Corporation, one of them :P
Google Wave will do very well and improve a lot Utter fail by the looks of it!

Apple will release it's own line of touchscreen computers. They will charge about £3,000 for this.
iPhone contracts will stay the same.
A new generation of iPhone's will be released Likely with clearing of stock
Many computers will come with 2TB storage
i7 Processors will much more common in Dell computers
Intel Quad-Core will be the norm in new computers
Alienware will release a new touchscreen gaming PC
More online storage Erm... I think? Idk :P
Habbox will have 200 more members offering crap hosting
Google Wave will finish BETA stage
Sky will offer 3D channels
Sky+3D will be released, offering HD and 3D channels
Googles new computer OS will be a hit, but not many computer companys will install the OS onto there computers
All new touchscreen phones will have an APP store I'll give you that, all smartphones certainly do and a fair few dumbphones have at least a way of getting apps onto them
OLED will become a more popular buy. Yeps
Plasma Screen TV's will be the norm in many houses

Apple WON'T start charging there prices in the UK
Sony Vaio laptops WON'T become boring

My little input :)

Some far out ones on there I think!

Myspace get's sold and the owners cash in on what used to be a good site.
Blackberrys will rule.
Xboxs drop more in price. Yep that's happened
Gears 3 will be fail if it comes out.
Twitter will gradually become less popular.

I'll also +rep for playing.

GPRS will come built into most phones Do you mean GPS? GPRS is in all phones afaik
mybb will become bigger than VBulletin
A massive error will be found in windows 7
Laptops will become illegal due to it leaving 3rd degree burns
Google will take over facebook
Twitter will fail

I think this thread is a good idea soo +rep

There will be a wireless charger for laptops/ power for pc's The powermat was out last year so that's cheating a bit ;)
There will be a new version of bluetooth on phones to make faster transfers
Apple will allow people to drag and drop files onto ipods without having to use itunes HA fat chance (A)
Bill Gates will die suddenly
Sony Ericsson will get sued for having such unreliable phones

XBox will have a portable version

A new high-end gaming console will be released

Largest LCD screen will come out (Most likely)

Apples products will get much more expensive

A new Apple TV

No hits there atm

Google Chrome OS will flop big time, consumers don't want private data stored on servers, current 3G network providers don't have the capacity and there will be no applications for it.
YouTube will actually begin dishing out 'proper' 1080p video services Idk how you define proper but they definately have 1080p now!
OnLive on demand gaming services will flop due to latency problems and download limits BETA testing is indicating this won't be true :)
Gran Turismo 5 will FINALLY come out.. maybe?
Android will begin to take sizable chunks out of iPhoneOS' user base You can have that
Apple will release a tablet PC that will fail due to a terribly huge pricetag Half right
Android Eclair 2.0 or 2.1 will come out for the T-Mobile G1 (HTC Dream) I think it is now
Twitter will expand it's current services, in some ways users will love, in others, users will hate
MySpace will take it's final blow and get off the social networking scene
Sky will start charging for news, lose huge user base
Core i9 will flop due to it's oldest and older brothers, i7 and i5
The UK government will start making the UK's internet services worse in some shape or form Digital economy bill, spot on
The Mini-USB phone charging standard will finally come into play If you mean micro USB then yeah that's around loads now
Office 2010 is released, absolutely pwning iWork, OO.O, or any other office system
SSDs will drop in price significantly

Spotify will become ever more filled with adverts I'm getting 2 at a time pretty regularly so yeah
Apple will lose against Nokia in their law suits Is that still going on?
4G phone networks still wont start rolling out in the UK, let alone a proper 3G network infrastructure, O2 go begging other carriers for network help when the iPhone finally kills them iPhone part of that looking unlikely as its on so many networks now
Touchscreen computing will fail horribly
The BBC news website will still be terrible for Technology related news
Engadget will still bum out Apple to a rediculous extent Yep :D
Project Natal will be delayed Still on track as of now
Broadband will be just as slow for rural areas like where I live

Just about all I can think of right now.

Apple to standardise prices again, reaching downwards to £500 for the cheapest iterations of Macbook.
iPhone to be released in June, 5 megapixel camera, multi-tasking and improved UI, as well as aesthetic changes and slimmer and thinner, possibly with a larger/higher definition screen. As I've said above, looking likely with inventory clearing
Microsoft to lose further market share, Internet Explorer market share to drop under 60% Is it under 605 now? It's bloody close if it isn't
Linux to make a possible foothold in the Netbook line, as well as rumours of Google Chrome OS
Google Phone January 5th Google phone came out, not sure if it was Jan 5th though
Google to further monopolize the technology market. Google ISP anyone?
Google and Apple to possibly invoke huge problems. Google provoking problems with china, apple with their over-reaching patents
Saying 'touchscreen is going to be a standard' is incredibly unrealistic, but Apple's touchscreen device, either the iSlate or the iGuide to be announced possibly January 22nd, as a 10" touchscreen tablet computer capable of running applications in a similar fashion to the iPhone. Spookily spot on
24" Monitors to become a basic standard.
Windows 8 to be announced already.
Possibly a new iteration of Mac OS to be announced, likely with the name 'Lion' or 'Cougar'.
Google to announce world domination. Yep

http://tekcube.net/internet/firefox-4-delayed-late-2010early-2011/

fairly unlikely

- Apple will fail miserably by continuing to be ignorant to consumer demands and prices
- Microsoft will withdraw from it's mobile operating system devision and wont be a contestant until they've built a lightweight version of the full on Windows Looking very unlikely due to WP7
- Google will buy out hardware manufactures to produce their own mobile devices They get HTC to do it so close enough
- Palm will fold Looking likely unfortunately
- Nokia and Motorola will merge
-internet will become a right in america and cellular service in north america will become more reasonable and affordable for the consumer
- we will eventually have small mobile devices with always on data, and we will be able to connect them to external displays and devices just by going near them.
- intel processors will get stupid small

If you want to disagree with what I've said feel free, you can also go back and evaluate your own predictions and post the results :) I haven't commented on predictions where there's no indication if they're going to be right or wrong yet.

Thanks for playing!

xxMATTGxx

24-03-2010, 07:37 PM

# Apple will lose against Nokia in their law suits Is that still going on?

Posted on the site on 12th March:

A little over a week since a federal judge with the U.S. District Court in Delaware put patent lawsuits between Apple and Nokia on hold, Nokia has asked the judge to toss the case.

According to Business Week, Nokia said that Apple only filed its lawsuit against Nokia to "divert attention away from free-riding off of Nokia's intellectual property."

Nokia originally accused Apple of infringing on ten of its patents involving GSM, UMTS (3G), and WiFi connectivity. Apple countersued, and on February 22nd, the International Trade Commission (ITC) began its investigation into Apple's complaint.

Despite allegations that Nokia has asked a judge to throw out the case, Reuters is reporting that Nokia and Apple are requesting a U.S. court hearing in 2012.

http://www.mobileburn.com/news.jsp?Id=8974

The Professor

24-03-2010, 07:42 PM

Lol Matt 2012 :P That'll be going on a while (A)

xxMATTGxx

24-03-2010, 07:46 PM

Lol Matt 2012 :P That'll be going on a while (A)

They chose that year because the world is ending, right? LOL. (Just kidding, I don't believe in that)

Recursion

24-03-2010, 07:51 PM

So so weird how I predicted that Digital Economy Bill lol :P

The Professor

24-03-2010, 07:52 PM

So so weird how I predicted that Digital Economy Bill lol :P

Yeah that and Boonzeet's spot on prediction of the ipad were pretty weird :P

Cyklops

24-03-2010, 08:10 PM

The war between X-BOX users and PS3 users will stop? :)

CJW93

24-03-2010, 08:38 PM

Apple will launch a games console

Recursion

24-03-2010, 09:53 PM

The war between X-BOX users and PS3 users will stop? :)

Apple will launch a games console

Fail thread readers are fail :P

The Professor

24-03-2010, 10:16 PM

Fail thread readers are fail :P

Aww don't be mean to them they just want their repz :P

Stephen!

25-03-2010, 08:48 AM

I never got my repz!

MrPinkPanther

25-03-2010, 09:34 AM

So so weird how I predicted that Digital Economy Bill lol :P
It's been on the cards for a long time, since the middle of last year so you'd probably heard it somewhere and forgotten.

Yeah that and Boonzeet's spot on prediction of the ipad were pretty weird :P
Again the "iPad" has been rumoured for a long time along with the "iSlate" so it's not surprising :)

HotelUser

25-03-2010, 10:19 AM

The fun predictions haven't come true yet :P

The Professor

25-03-2010, 02:04 PM

It's been on the cards for a long time, since the middle of last year so you'd probably heard it somewhere and forgotten.

Again the "iPad" has been rumoured for a long time along with the "iSlate" so it's not surprising :)

Rumoured and confirmed are completely different things, There were rumours that there would be both a TFT and OLED version, front facing camera, 7-12 inch screen, basically everyone was guessing. The iPad name was never even thrown about, at least not widely.

Homosexual

25-03-2010, 04:00 PM

Rumoured and confirmed are completely different things, There were rumours that there would be both a TFT and OLED version, front facing camera, 7-12 inch screen, basically everyone was guessing. The iPad name was never even thrown about, at least not widely.

Aren't Apple known for adding new things at the last minute, for example the YouTube app on the iPhone? ;)

GommeInc

25-03-2010, 05:57 PM

Rumoured and confirmed are completely different things, There were rumours that there would be both a TFT and OLED version, front facing camera, 7-12 inch screen, basically everyone was guessing. The iPad name was never even thrown about, at least not widely.
I remember reading somewhere that Apple copyrighted (trademarked, whatever you wish to call it) the name and word "iPad" quite a while ago. Probably over a year ago now :P

xxMATTGxx

25-03-2010, 05:58 PM

I remember reading somewhere that Apple copyrighted (trademarked, whatever you wish to call it) the name and word "iPad" quite a while ago. Probably over a year ago now :P

That doesn't always mean they will use it. I believe Apple have got some rights on other names for their next versions of OSX or something. Other big cat names If I remember rightly.

GommeInc

25-03-2010, 06:07 PM

That doesn't always mean they will use it. I believe Apple have got some rights on other names for their next versions of OSX or something. Other big cat names If I remember rightly.
Indeed, but rumours play a significant part on confirmation :) The trademarking of iPad spread rumours, suggesting Apple may release a pad like device. When the confirmation came about, it wasn't as surprising as it could of been if trademarks were kept secret. When the iPhone was announced, it was looked upon as a God send because no-one really knew what it would be like - just an Apple phone was the main view. Knowing that Apple had trademarked iPad (suggesting a possible pad/tablet-PC) softened the blow when they finally confirmed it. The rest, like what it would look like and how it would look spec wise, is down to pure speculation and opinion.

Black_Apalachi

25-03-2010, 06:10 PM

I remember reading somewhere that Apple copyrighted (trademarked, whatever you wish to call it) the name and word "iPad" quite a while ago. Probably over a year ago now :P

If you sat down and thought of a good list of possible names for future Apple products (i.e. think of a bland word and stick an i in front of it) and register them, you could become fairly rich when they decide they want to buy them off you in the future :D

GommeInc

25-03-2010, 06:10 PM

If you sat down and thought of a good list of possible names for future Apple products (i.e. think of a bland word and stick an i in front of it) and register them, you could become fairly rich when they decide they want to buy them off you :D
.... Buy? What is this thing you mention? Apple don't buy things, don't be absurb! :O They steal and pay for it in law suits :D

Recursion

25-03-2010, 06:14 PM

If you sat down and thought of a good list of possible names for future Apple products (i.e. think of a bland word and stick an i in front of it) and register them, you could become fairly rich when they decide they want to buy them off you in the future :D

Yeah, they just take the domain off you.

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