Chippiewill
22-12-2011, 05:13 PM
Successor to Xbox 360, PS3 & Wii announced/leaked and said to be released late 2012-early 2014 (http://e3.nintendo.com/hw/#/introduction) We also got a new PSP
3D TVs become a bigger thing and more wide-spread as prices drop. Not to the extent implied
WiFi speeds increase. There have been some technology shown with higher speeds but no developments for consumers for another few years
Apple releases iPad 2 (http://www.apple.com/uk/ipad/) & iPhone 4G (http://www.apple.com/uk/iphone/) & possible another type of iPod touch kinda thing. Somehow the move not to iPhone 5 but staying at '4' in some way predicted ;)
Laptops start having 1TB hard drive space more regularly and become smaller. True to some extent, although in most cases it's achieved with two hard drives
A new major Apple product. Not necessarily an iPhone 5, but maybe a second iPad or something unique. Didn't happen probably due to Job's health deterioration and eventual death
More in-depth information on Windows 8, not released. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_8) Early dev builds,
HTC gaining a much larger market share. Grew past Nokia and RIM
Several major/semi-major new HTC phone releases. There were a fair few of them..
Tablet PCs becoming more popular, then dying somewhat later on in the year. Lot's of buzz around CES but still no real competitor to the iPad
Android getting more commonly used, major updates will also be avaliable. Android's share has grown and grown
Internet Explorer dying even more. IE6 is down to 8.6% and the others are also dropping
A big increase in Chromium-runned browsers. Mostly just Chrome
1TB hard drives will easily become the norm, with 4TB hard drives onwards becoming more known. Was looking this way until the unfortunate flooding
A heavy increase in internet speeds/availability throughout the UK. BT infinity more widespread, Virgin deploying 100mbit to almost every major city
Hotspots available throughout (due to BT Openzone etc.). (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15536482) Not quite yet, but certainly going to be in london
Possibility of 4G coverage throughout the UK ~ if so, then various starter products using the 4G may become available. Not yet, but 02 has started trialing LTE in london
Firefox slowly loses market share, whereas Chrome, Safari and Opera boost ahead. Except Opera.. who we should still boycott
8 or more Core processors released, or at least, high development towards 6-cores. Sandy bridge E will have six cores.
3D TVs hyped up for the first few months, only to fall back again towards Q3/4. This has happened a lot, they haven't reached the price point yet
Renewable energy development to increase dramatically, with many more prototypes being produced.
3D mobiles by HTC late 2011. HTC EVO 3D
Fifth generation iPod Touch and iPhone Not quite..
MacBook Pro refresh
Windows Phone 7 gets a bigger market share Has been on the rise for a while
3D bubble bursts Kinda?
PSP2 and/or PSP Sony Ericsson Phone Both actually, Vita and Playstation phone..
Windows Home Server V2 RTM WHS 2011
Blu-ray Disc is more widely adopted
Windows 7 Embedded/Compact We've had embedded versions and a thinpc client
Sky (BSkyB) will still not notice their 20MB ADSL broadband is **** in comparison to Virgin Media's options
HMV go bust
Announcement of fibre-optic broadband of 200Mbits or more in the UK Kinda, Virgin has been trialing this year
Second-gen iPad - higher res display, camera.
iOS 5 - faster speed increases, no compatibility for iPhone 3G/2nd gen touch, Ping integration
Win 7 SP1
Most new netbooks running dual core Atoms Netbooks are dying in anticipation of more tablets
More 3D TV's.
More tablets.
More laptop development. Although the outset looks bleak
Touch TV's? (I'm on to something here tehe)
More HD channels, with the addition of some 3D. I believe Sky is doing some 3D
Nintendo will announce more details on the 3DS/ replacement for the Wii. WiiU
Mainstream Intel 6 core processors are coming out at the end of 2011. Spot-on
Bold are the ones which came true including related links. Italics are comments and strike-throughs just didn't happen. I may have gotten a couple wrong ;)
In other news:
- Steve Jobs died
- Nokia is dying
- PSN got hacked
- Spotify in US
- Google+
3D TVs become a bigger thing and more wide-spread as prices drop. Not to the extent implied
WiFi speeds increase. There have been some technology shown with higher speeds but no developments for consumers for another few years
Apple releases iPad 2 (http://www.apple.com/uk/ipad/) & iPhone 4G (http://www.apple.com/uk/iphone/) & possible another type of iPod touch kinda thing. Somehow the move not to iPhone 5 but staying at '4' in some way predicted ;)
Laptops start having 1TB hard drive space more regularly and become smaller. True to some extent, although in most cases it's achieved with two hard drives
A new major Apple product. Not necessarily an iPhone 5, but maybe a second iPad or something unique. Didn't happen probably due to Job's health deterioration and eventual death
More in-depth information on Windows 8, not released. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_8) Early dev builds,
HTC gaining a much larger market share. Grew past Nokia and RIM
Several major/semi-major new HTC phone releases. There were a fair few of them..
Tablet PCs becoming more popular, then dying somewhat later on in the year. Lot's of buzz around CES but still no real competitor to the iPad
Android getting more commonly used, major updates will also be avaliable. Android's share has grown and grown
Internet Explorer dying even more. IE6 is down to 8.6% and the others are also dropping
A big increase in Chromium-runned browsers. Mostly just Chrome
1TB hard drives will easily become the norm, with 4TB hard drives onwards becoming more known. Was looking this way until the unfortunate flooding
A heavy increase in internet speeds/availability throughout the UK. BT infinity more widespread, Virgin deploying 100mbit to almost every major city
Hotspots available throughout (due to BT Openzone etc.). (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15536482) Not quite yet, but certainly going to be in london
Possibility of 4G coverage throughout the UK ~ if so, then various starter products using the 4G may become available. Not yet, but 02 has started trialing LTE in london
Firefox slowly loses market share, whereas Chrome, Safari and Opera boost ahead. Except Opera.. who we should still boycott
8 or more Core processors released, or at least, high development towards 6-cores. Sandy bridge E will have six cores.
3D TVs hyped up for the first few months, only to fall back again towards Q3/4. This has happened a lot, they haven't reached the price point yet
Renewable energy development to increase dramatically, with many more prototypes being produced.
3D mobiles by HTC late 2011. HTC EVO 3D
Fifth generation iPod Touch and iPhone Not quite..
MacBook Pro refresh
Windows Phone 7 gets a bigger market share Has been on the rise for a while
3D bubble bursts Kinda?
PSP2 and/or PSP Sony Ericsson Phone Both actually, Vita and Playstation phone..
Windows Home Server V2 RTM WHS 2011
Blu-ray Disc is more widely adopted
Windows 7 Embedded/Compact We've had embedded versions and a thinpc client
Sky (BSkyB) will still not notice their 20MB ADSL broadband is **** in comparison to Virgin Media's options
HMV go bust
Announcement of fibre-optic broadband of 200Mbits or more in the UK Kinda, Virgin has been trialing this year
Second-gen iPad - higher res display, camera.
iOS 5 - faster speed increases, no compatibility for iPhone 3G/2nd gen touch, Ping integration
Win 7 SP1
Most new netbooks running dual core Atoms Netbooks are dying in anticipation of more tablets
More 3D TV's.
More tablets.
More laptop development. Although the outset looks bleak
Touch TV's? (I'm on to something here tehe)
More HD channels, with the addition of some 3D. I believe Sky is doing some 3D
Nintendo will announce more details on the 3DS/ replacement for the Wii. WiiU
Mainstream Intel 6 core processors are coming out at the end of 2011. Spot-on
Bold are the ones which came true including related links. Italics are comments and strike-throughs just didn't happen. I may have gotten a couple wrong ;)
In other news:
- Steve Jobs died
- Nokia is dying
- PSN got hacked
- Spotify in US
- Google+