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AppleSource<br />
All the latest news, products & events from the world of Apple<br />
Apple continues to drive<br />
innovation in 2013<br />
Secret plans keep rivals on edge as we get a peek at this year’s big trends<br />
6<br />
CES gave us a glimpse of the<br />
technology that will dominate<br />
in 2013, and despite Apple not<br />
attending the show, its influence was<br />
felt by all. While the show always looks<br />
at future technologies that are still only<br />
in development, it also shows what the<br />
next 12 months will hold. Apple has never<br />
attended the show in an official capacity,<br />
instead preferring to have the full attention<br />
of a crowd when it launches a new product.<br />
However, Apple was clearly the elephant in<br />
the room, especially when the show floor<br />
was dominated by a few key technologies<br />
rumoured to be up Cupertino’s sleeve.<br />
One of the biggest focal points of this<br />
year’s show was the television. Companies<br />
were showing off their 4K sets, which offer<br />
four times the resolution of the current<br />
batch of 1080p HD TVs. Sizes went up to<br />
and over 100 inches, while Organic LED (or<br />
OLED) displays offered incredible colours.<br />
The combination of the two technologies<br />
resulted in some stunning pictures, but the<br />
prices for these sets are still prohibitively<br />
high, with thousands of dollars needed to<br />
get your hands on a 32-inch screen.<br />
Smart TVs were also making waves at the<br />
event, with new sets offering built-in options<br />
that included a number of catch-up services,<br />
internet connectivity and even OnLive<br />
gaming integration.<br />
This is where Apple’s influence was really<br />
felt; for a long time, rumours of an Apple-<br />
made television set have been circulating,<br />
with the only barrier apparently being<br />
agreements with content providers. Before<br />
the show, a new batch of rumours suggested<br />
that Apple was getting closer to solving<br />
these issues and creating the set, which is<br />
expected to include a simple and intuitive<br />
user interface thanks to comments made by<br />
Steve Jobs shortly before his death.<br />
The other big trend this year looks to<br />
be wearable technology. Fitness trackers,<br />
augmented reality glasses and ‘smart<br />
watches’ such as the Pebble Watch, a<br />
Bluetooth-connected Kickstarter sensation<br />
from last year were all popular at the event.<br />
We asked Gareth Jones, general manager<br />
of Fitbit for Europe, about why he thought
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