Welcome to the latest edition of Five Technology Trends to Watch. This year we added “trends” to the title of this annual Consumer Electronics Association (CEA®) publication to showcase some of the most promising technologies as well as related retail and business issues that will shape our future.

The consumer technology industry continues to help propel the economy forward with sales expected to top $148 billion in 2007. Although it's difficult to select only five, CEA analysts have taken their best shot at previewing some areas that hold enormous potential in the market. This year, Five Technology Trends to Watch has selected the following areas of promise.

• The business of consumer technologies
• The role of software
• CE retailing
• Consumer GPS services
• The future of radio

Five Technology Trends to Watch also has a section that looks at some of the more futuristic work being done in labs and cyber space such as burgeoning business opportunities in the virtual world, the future of display technologies and the latest in multi-touch technology that influence not only the market but society as well. The CE devices of tomorrow will be smaller or larger depending on the product, personalized and far more powerful than today's products. Technologies that soon may change the lives of consumers are on drawing boards and in development labs waiting to hit store shelves.

Interested in the latest technology? The 2008 International CES, the world's largest tradeshow for consumer technology to be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, January 7-10, 2008, is the perfect venue to learn about the hottest technologies that will be reported by the media live from the show floor each day. This is your opportunity to view firsthand the most innovative, advanced products that entertain, inform and connect consumers.

Come see plasma display technology, convergence devices like the camera/mobile phone/multimedia messaging unit, the latest gaming software and removable data storage devices and hear from more than 300 technology experts on areas like wireless, mobile technology, home networking, home entertainment, emerging technologies and business solutions.

Be a part of our exciting industry as we meet and do business at CES. See you in Vegas!

GARY SHAPIRO
President and CEO
Consumer Electronics Association

Download 5 Technology Trends to Watch 2008

PDF format, 7.7MB, 45Pages.

A Special Supplement to Consumer Electronics Vision Magazine

3 THE BUSINESS OF CONSUMER TECHNOLOGIES: WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS
9 SOFTWARE: A TECHNOLOGY TO WATCH?
15 CE RETAILING: MORE, LESS, DIFFERENT?
25 CONSUMER GPS SERVICES EXPANDING BUSINESS PROFITS
31 THE FUTURE OF RADIO
37 FUTURE SECTION — THE CONSUMER ELECTRONICS HORIZON

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