It’s not quite a 500 year plan as Mitsubishi is supposed to have had, but Samsung’s TV people have planned its range of Smart TVs out to 2014, with the company saying its well prepared to take on any forthcoming Apple TV challenge.

Fed up with swapping batteries in your Magic Trackpad? The Mobee Power Bar allows in-place charging.

The SD Association has published a standard for incorporating Wi-Fi into SD memory cards.

Samsung's CES announcements include a raft of new products heading for Australia this year. Heading the list are TVs with voice and motion control plus face recognition, somewhat reminiscent of Microsoft's Kinect for Xbox 360, but there's a lot more in the company's latest home entertainment ranges.

Three new camcorders announced by Canon at CES include Wi-Fi connectivity and support MP4 for playback on iPhones and iPads, and for uploading to social media sites.

Unless Apple pops a Thunderbolt port into the iPad 3 or the iPhone 4G/5, which seems unlikely, it looks like we’ll have to wait until at least the end of 2012 or sometime in early 2013 before tablets and smartphones are at least able to offer a mobile version of USB 3.0 connectivity.

The first major tech show of the year is nearly upon us, and with 2012 set to unleash all manner of exciting technologies (and undoubtedly some flops), CES is where we get to see a lot of new tech unveiled first – here’s what to expect.

With just hours to go before 2012 arrives on Australian shores, it’s time for a little look into the tech we know is soon coming, while we wonder what unexpected new tech hits will surely come!

For six months I longed for the Motorola Atrix Android smartphone first announced in January. That was, until I got one and reality fell short of my utopian vision. Now I must beseech Motorola, telcos and Linux hackers alike to bring my dream to fruition.  

Samsung's transparent AMOLED technology is set to launch within the next 12 months, but is it the 'next big thing'?