Technolicious 2013 (Part II)

Here comes the PART (II)

IPAD MINI RETINA

iPad Mini with retina display 

This one is given. The real thrust of iPad sales are now from the Mini. Expect the same body and shell, slightly souped-up specs, more internal storage and a retina screen. On the smaller sized display, that will be a future to make those on the fence jump right in.

MOTOROLA X

This phone is touted as the world's most powerful Android phone, ever

Google bought them out and world expected a tectonic shift in smartphones. Instead, Google down scaled Motorola, withdrew from many countries and continued with the most boring phones. Enter the Motorola X, touted as the world's most powerful Android phone, ever! Stock Android, no gimmickry and smoking hardware. Can the X take on the S4?

APPLE WATCH

iFan Boys will offer their wrists up for adorning in droves

After the Pebble watch and half a dozen contenders, Apple will try to own the most premium real estate in the world - your wrist. The Apple Watch will play nicely with your iPhone and give you all info off it, plus add some functionality. Should sell well as the iFan Boys will offer their wrists up for adorning in droves.

NOKIA  41-MEGAPIXEL LUMIA

Pureview will be an incredible flagship for Nokia

This one is in the bag too. With steady sales of Lumia phones, the 520 is selling in serious numbers and the Windows interface finally gaining traction, the 41-Megapixel Pureview will be incredible flagship for the Nokia. The better be a good-looking phone. The previous Pureview didn't get purists excited.

IPHONE 5S/6

I want a new OS, fingerprint scanner, a bright full-HD screen and more

I really hope they call it the 6 as somehow this whole S thing is kind of a downer and makes the product seem like a stop-gap filler. Completely revamped, all-new OS, totally different look and feel, a fingerprint scanner, wireless charging and a bigger full-HD screen. That's the wishlist. Now how much gets delivered in Tim's Cook prerogative.

THE NEXT SAMSUNG NOTE

They will still fit in a bigger screen in a thinner frame

For the many, the Galaxy Mega phones seem to have cut the leg off any future Note phones. Not true. The next Note will up the ante with a full-HD screen and will take the stylus-aware usage of the phone to a new level, plus throw in some some typical Samsung-ish jiggery-pokery where they will be able to fit in a bigger screen in  a thinner, smaller frame. Between the S4 and the next Note, Samsung will laugh all the way to the bank.