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January 4, 2012
If you think every gadget possible has already been invented, think again. If there’s anything that will define 2012, it would be the onslaught of tech gadgets and advancements coming from some of the biggest companies today. According to The Sydney Morning Herald technology editor Asher Moses, major players such as Apple, Samsung, and Google are poised to push the envelope even further to produce some of the most anticipated and advanced web development and tech inventions yet. Smartphones and tablets Moses predicts, will be sleeker, smaller and more internet-connected than ever, and voice control and face recognition technology are bound to enter the forefront in many more devices. From phones to operating systems to high-tech banking, there’s a lot to look forward to this 2012. Darren Devlyn and Colin Vickery of news.com.au share exactly what is in store in their list of the top tech inventions of 2012, plus a few predictions of our own:
1. Apple TV and iPhone 5
Though they lost a great gadget guru in Steve Jobs just last year, this year Apple is proving that it is still a frontrunner when it comes to making gadgets more innovative, convenient and user-friendly, beginning with their introduction into television with the Apple TV. Devlyn and Vickery note that this much anticipated gadget “could feature voice controls for searching schedules and changing channels-perhaps using iPhone 4S assistant Siri-and a wireless internet connection to stream TV shows and movies.” Alongside the Apple TV, users can expect the emergence of the iPhone 5 this year, rumoured to be slightly larger, thinner and faster with a 4G mobile network compatibility. Combined with Apple’s new resolve to power its devices with longer-lasting hydrogen fuel cells (said to last weeks without recharging), the iPhone 5 could prove to be the year’s must have mobile device.
2. Mobile Phone Credit Cards
A first of its kind but certainly not the last, this “phone-as-a-credit-card” service comes from the Commonwealth Bank and according to Devlyn and Vickery may be closely followed by Google Wallet and Visa Wallet. The service contained within an app combined with the $50 iCarte iPhone 4 case allows users to easily use their phones as credit cards, adding to the appeal of iPhones this year.
3. Quad-core Tablets
Simply put, quad-core tablets mean tablets with unprecedented speed courtesy of highly-efficient quad-core processors – “microchips with four brains”.
4. Sony Playstation Vita
Sony’s answer to the iPod Touch, the Vita is armed to be a sure threat with “a 5-inch OLED screen, a touch-sensitive back panel, motion sensors for immersive play, two cameras and a powerful quad-core processor.” It is set to be released in Australia in February, notes Devlyn and Vickery.
5.Windows 8
At last Microsoft has decided to shed the start menu and give users a fresh and updated look and feel in its operating system. According to Devlyn and Vickery the new OS will have app tiles much like a smartphone and “a customisable Taskbar, new looks for Task Manager and Windows Explorer, gesture-based passwords that track mouse movements, support for the faster USB 3.0 format and Windows To Go that lets you keep the operating system on a USB stick.”
Going Beyond 2012
Several other innovations are creating buzz recently but unfortunately, won’t be available to users anytime this year. Claire Connelly of news.com.au reports that Google is currently working on wearable computer glasses which provide “a display with a heads up computer interface,” superimposing information from the web on to the real world through a pair of regular-looking glasses. Meanwhile IBM is brewing up what could be the gateway to the next era of technological advancements with their development of mind-controlled devices. According to news.com.au the company boldly predicts the technology to reach consumers in just 5 years, allowing people to make phone calls, log on to computers and do several other tasks simply by thinking it. With such amazing, once-thought-impossible technology in the works, who knows how far the boundaries of technology and web development could go at this point.
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