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2008
by jymmsom - 1/3/08 10:57 AM In reply to: 2008 predictions by thriftyTMP3 sales will slow down as the market continues to be saturated. HDTV sales will increase up until and through next christmas. Next christmas will see better sales of HD-DVD and BLU-RAY players with the prices of HD-DVD getting down to the cost of decent DVD players now. Blockbuster will declare bankruptcy. Vista SP1 will not fix the key problems that people have with Vista- namely presentation, most people don't know what the heck; 'do you want to allow program X to change the registry' means. Nor does the average user know how to disable user access controls. DDR3 ram will stay high in cost, 45 NM processors will be met with mixed results due mostly to the extra ram cost. E-books will actually get a segment of the market finally but won't have much traction. Most people will wait until the last minute to get their coupon for a DTV antennae, which may result in a slight delay of several months for the analog cut off. Increased HDTV's will decrease market for online streaming video services even if hooked up to a computer by default. Netflix will raise prices slightly. PS3 will fall to $299 mid-year and $250 by next Christmas for their low end models to match HD-DVD players falling to $150 mid-year and some $99 units for Christmas. HD-VMD disks won't make any headway in America but gain part of the European market. Neither HD or bluray will come out ahead. Toshiba will announce a four-layered HD-disk by next Christmas' price wars but it will back fire as compounded read errors and backwards compatibility with older HD models takes headlines. Better privacy standards will be enacted in terms of how marketers use and sell private information but not in terms of the government. Patent trolls will increase and judicial system still won't see the damage they cause, nor the parallel with earlier patent sharks. Fears of China's ownership of security technologies will cause some reaction from the government that will be highly criticized.
More of course but there's a few heh
dislexic
2008 predictions - More of the same.
by facenorth - 1/3/08 11:10 AM In reply to: 2008 predictions by thriftyTAfter 15 years in the tele/datacomm business, my prediction is; the US will fall further behind in broadband, wireless, and integrated services. People will become even more addicted to being connected with someone or some server 24/7. People will continue to make "low price" the main buying criteria and shop at Big Box/Warehouse stores. While at the same time complaining about lack of service and support, and wondering where it went. More service oriented businesses will fail, caused by pricing/distribution/saturation pressure applied by a handful of big retailers that have taken service out of the equation....to lower the price....which is how we buy. This comes at a time when product and service complexity is going through the roof.
anyone else think apple losing it's momentum ?
by tcd311 - 1/3/08 11:53 AM In reply to: 2008 predictions by thriftyTi think we will see a decrease in purchases of ipods at least
but the mac computers will still rule the roost and i predict
that like cnet has said tactile will make a comeback and this will
also be a big year for flash memory !!
Ahh yes...
by Nicholas Buenk - 1/3/08 2:27 PM In reply to: anyone else think apple losing it's momentum ? by tcd311Because typing on ladybeetle sized keys is such a pleasant experience.... 
my predictions for this year
by AnimeSoup - 1/3/08 2:44 PM In reply to: 2008 predictions by thriftyT<b>Microsoft Phone</b>
We will hear rumors, or see advanced concept designs, for a Microsoft Zune-ish Phone
<b>Music Phones will dominate</b>
There will be hardly any phones that will not have a music player and most of them will bear high-quality video and music downloads/streaming like on the iPhone.
<b>iPhone will be more accessable</b>
iPhone will show up in the hands of more lower 'middle-class' budgets. May also see firmware updates.
<b>Social Utilities will advance</b>
Social utilities like Twitter, Jaiku and Facebook will continue to get more complex and fun with widgets etc.
Revenge of the hybrids
by daarka - 1/3/08 3:00 PM In reply to: my predictions for this year by AnimeSoupPrediction for 2008:
HYBRID cars will have their revenge. A glitch with the batteries will prove fatal to someone.
Battery disposal will add at least $2000 to each vehicle and effectively kill the breed.
Riding around next to a strong electrical concentration will be dubbed hybrid-osis. Symptoms will be like a slow radiation exposure followed by mini-electrocution.
Prediction 2: Wii related injuries. first by repetitive motion injuries, and then by passing too close-by to someone else while they are playing.
Have fun!
Ahh right
by Nicholas Buenk - 1/10/08 5:43 PM In reply to: Revenge of the hybrids by daarkaBecause an exploding fuel tank has never hurt anyone.
stuff I forgot to add...
by AnimeSoup - 1/4/08 10:22 AM In reply to: my predictions for this year by AnimeSoup<b>Wii will be actually available</b>
Wiis will be more 'buyable' and will sell like hot cakes.
<b>Google will be the dictator of all search engines</b>
Google will further grow and develop and become the monolith of all search engines (and it will take no prisoners!!)
<b>My 2008 Tech Dreams</b>
My 08 tech dreams would be a majorly reduced price on 8+ megapixel cameras.
Predictions for 2008
by tlschenkjr - 1/3/08 3:13 PM In reply to: 2008 predictions by thriftyTMy predictions fall into two broad categories, Safe and Wishful Thinking. I am reasonably confident that the Safe predictions will happen and would most likely die of shock if any in the wishful thinking category did.
Safe Predictions:
1. "Analysts" who haven't done any real work in IT in recent history and "industry pundits" will make inane predictions that are either (a) so vague that they are unmeasurable, (b) paid for by large corporations to build buzz around their products and cast doubt on their competitors, or (c) be based on their gut feelings rather than any provable facts and will therefore be completely wrong.
2. Prices of technology will continue to fall and make everyone who immediately jumped on last years shiny new toy regret the money they wasted by not waiting a couple of months.
3. Linux advocates will predict the end of Microsoft and victory in the desktop market.
4. Microsoft advocates will predict that Linux will once again fail to capture any significant portion of the desktop market.
5. Microsoft won't disappear and Linux will continue to grow in popularity as a desktop OS.
Wishful Thinking:
1. Companies will realize that DRM is not what customers want and not in their best interest anyways and will drop all of their efforts in this regard.
2. The DMCA will be repealed due to it's abrogation of consumer rights.
3. The US Patent Office will reorganize and place a moratorium on new software patents while all current software patents are reviewed to clean up the current mess in the patent system.
4. Someone with an ounce of integrity and a modicum of understanding of what people in the US really want from their government will be elected president and some level of sanity will be seen in Washington.
2008
by wildchild_plasma_gyro - 1/3/08 3:49 PM In reply to: Predictions for 2008 by tlschenkjrChina.
I predict the chinese market increase will slow slightly and that the R&D Activity will increase significantly.
Organic Electronics.
I predict 2008 will be a great confidence builder for organic electronics with many issues getting better ironed out. This is a technology issues investors should keep a close eye on over 2008 as to try and get on on the best developments.
Quantum Computing.
After a very empowering year i forsee much will be put in the buffers with this technology in the hope of great things. If your a long term investor keep a close eye here as this technology has some amazing potential but will require god sturdy cash and interest.
Microsoft
This year Micrsoft we feel like people are walking over their grave.
With powerful computing developments building up all around the world the Microsoft monopoly is a ticking time bomb for change and no matter how gritty the grip the reigns of power the challangers will rise and 2008 is i predict a powful year where thats concerned.
Intel
With the initial big rise of microsoft competetion, strides in Organic electronics and Quntum computing making strides plus the production challanges ahead intel will be developing a very hawking eye for talent.
Rupet murdoc
Will be getting desprite as the noise from the clanging of other peoples interests will be becomming unbearable
Happy new year!
The year of radio pollution
by ootsae - 1/3/08 3:35 PM In reply to: 2008 predictions by thriftyT2008 the wireless pollution syndrome will be coined, starting with wireless phones, printers, speakers, keyboards, mice, and internet. Symptoms will include headache, interference, packet collisions, and slowed internet service. People will become violent and any one with a blue tooth headset will be beaten on sight. Your wireless PS3 controller will accidentally actuate your computer controlled house and set of the fire alarm while your in the shower. The GPS directed Fire Department will be sent three house down from you, while the traffic light signaling device on the fire truck sends it's radio beam out which closes your garage door down on your wife's new Bimmer.
My tech predictions for 2008
by TristanRW2006 - 1/3/08 3:36 PM In reply to: 2008 predictions by thriftyTPS/2 will not be included in new desktop and laptop computers and USB will upgrade to USB 2.5 or 3.0.
The gaming world will still be dominated by the wii because of the more "casual" games for nongamers but Nintendo and other 3rd party developers will also develop better games for gamers, Super Smash Bros Brawl being one. Also the Wii will get better and more attractive channels and updates that will attract many more people to the system.
2008 will be the biggest year so far for wireless technology.
If google becomes a cell phone provider they'll become the microsoft of cell phone providers, not completely wiping out other providers but most people will just go to google.
Desktops will be in higher demand the laptops and notebooks
Vista will get better and eventually people will want it over XP but not til later in the year.
Higher powered PCs will not include CD drives. DVD drives will still be there. Software companies will put everything on DVD and everything that was on CD before can be downloaded from the internet.
CD players will almost cease to exist but CD's will still line store shelfs. Yes it's stupid.
A music company will release very cheap SD cards that you cant write anything on them. The purpose of the SD cards is to try to replace music CDs by putting whole albums onto an SD card. Like I said, you can't write anything to them but you can rip the songs to your MP3 player. Also movies will be available in this format.
If people continue to hate Vista, windows will stop all attempts at making it better and release Windows XP 2.
My predictions
by k2dac3298 - 1/3/08 4:55 PM In reply to: 2008 predictions by thriftyTi've been saying this for a while and so have many others, apple will come out wit a new computer that is only a screen essentially it will ba a big iphone/ipod touch except with all the normal operating system and compter abilities. Keyboard will appear on the touch screen, for a mouse you can either touch what you want to click or you can use aprt of the screen as a trackpad the trackpad area will look like a program so you can drag it around to various parts of the screen. It may or may not have an optical drive, a webcam will be built it possibly 2.0mp or higher. To cover the screen will be a flip cover. Imagine a spiral notebook with only two pages, one is the screen the other is a cover.
Someone's Thinking
by TreknologyNet - 1/3/08 6:42 PM In reply to: My predictions by k2dac3298Why not make it two screens? That way you could open in flat--like a book.
my 2008 tech prediction
by tosandrew - 1/3/08 5:12 PM In reply to: 2008 predictions by thriftyTmy predictions are 1. the ipod taking a plunge in sales; 2. google to make an OS; 3. the apple ipod to reach at least something close to a terabyte by the holiday season; 4. finally a good electric car that doesnt need to recharge every 3 hours!; 5. the MOTORAZR to become much smarter and easier to use; and 6. the first flash memory HARD DRIVE of at least 100GB
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