What Are the Must-Have Gadgets for 2010 ?
Last Year consumers bought iPhones and Flip camcorders by the millions. What will this year’s hot gizmos be ? A new iPhone if one came out, would be a sure hit. Here is our take on that possibility, and our look at a few new and announced products that we think will be big.
Lenovo IdeaPad U1
The 3.8-pound IdeaPad U1 runs windows 7 and offers 128GB solid-state drive. If you detach the 11.6-inch screen, you get a linux-based multitouch tablet. Many people will choose be-tween a laptop and tablet this year, the convertible U1, coming this spring for around $1000, might make their decision easy.
Apple iPhone 4G
Rumours abound that the next iPhone-the “iPhone 4G”, as it’s being called could appears as early as this spring. Speculative designs like this one by Isamu Sanada are showing up on the internet as the pressure mounts for Apple to upgrade its hugely popular phone to better compete with new Android smartphones.
Sezmi
Sezmi can stream video from the Web and your PC to your TV, but it can also grab over the-air broadcasts via an in-home array antenna. The gear ($299) and the service ($5 to $25 per month) launch nation wide this year.
Alienware M11x
For smaller than previous gaming laptops, the 11.6-inch M11x sports a 1336-by-768-pixel high defscreen, and can play current games at a stunning 30 frames per second. The M11x ships this spring for less than $1000.
HTC Nexus One
Though the Nexus One ($179 with contract) is no more a “Google phone” than the HTCG1 is, it’s the best Android phone available today. And Google has done such a good job as social ting itself with the Nexus One in the minds of consumers and the media that the handset is bound to sell like hotcakes.
