To challenge the iPad which has sold more than 7

J-14. While the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the largest world exhibition in the high-tech, will open its doors January 6 in Las Vegas, the rumors are well underway in the media. With its approximately 2,500 exhibitors and thousands of visitors, the these is become the unavoidable to make major announcements. Cru 2011 looks to this particularly rich in news title.

The breaking of the tablets

Less than a year after the iPad, the manufacturers will benefit from these to disclose in detail their shelves. LG, Motorola, Asus, Dell, and perhaps Sony will unveil their designs. And surprise, Hewlett-Packard could, according to Fox News, presenting three models its Tablet PalmPad, embarking WebOS, the operating system Palm, bought last spring by HP. Not to mention many challengers, such as the Taiwanese MSI or Japanese NEC. In all, about 55 million tablets expected to flow in the world next year, according to Gartner. To challenge the iPad, which has sold more than 7.5 million units, the competition could integrate new functionality, such as 3D, video conferencing, or new formats (dual screen touch...). Besides the content, with of many App Store s that should flourish among manufacturers, on the model of Apple.

Microsoft released its ARM

Steve Ballmer might steal the feature to all electronic manufacturers. According to us media, the pattern of Microsoft should present a version of its capable of operating with ARM processors Windows operating system. Such technological association would facilitate the use of Windows Mobile Terminal, and in particular shelves. The ARM architecture is better suited to this type of product because energy consumption is low, while being sufficient for common uses, such as video. These processors are most "smartphones", but also the iPad. The announcement crédibiliserait recurrent rumors regarding the launch of Microsoft shelves. The software publisher may also take advantage of the event to unveil part Windows 8, expected in 2012.

Duel of chips at the Summit

Las Vegas will again the theatre of the rivalry between the two manufacturers Intel and AMD. The first to officially unveil the new Sandy Bridge chip, which will be integrated a graphics card. Announced in September at the Intel Developers Conference, it should be integrated into the PC in the first quarter. The performance of the chip can be directly compared to that of its first competitor AMD. Named "Fusion", it will be also presented in Vegas while several manufacturers incorporate this into their machines early 2011.

The momentum of the connected TV

2010 has seen the beginnings of the services on the television screens. There is no doubt that 2011 conjectured the trend, with more inter-activité. In the these, numerous partnerships between screens manufacturers and producers of content are expected. Main question mark, the Google TV. This platform, which allows, in being integrated on a box or on the TV, directly to receive Internet on its screen, is available since mid-October in the United States on the Sony screens and the Logitech box. It should be adopted by new companies, including Toshiba, Samsung, Sharp and LG. But Google have asked, according to the "New York Times" to delay the commercialization of their models, to develop its platform, which starts gently across the Atlantic.