The Latest Tech Trends In The Market This Christmas

The Christmas season always marks significant changes in the landscape of the market. During this time, customers and gadget-lovers get treated to more supply of products, huge discounts, plus new lines of items and apps to choose from. Knowing these trends are important. This will provide shoppers and customers an idea what to expect in the near future. This way, they can take advantage early on before the offers and supplies run out. Here is a closer look at the trends in the tech market this Christmas season: 1.

More Supply Of Items Christmas is usually the time when the shoppers who flock in stores and malls grow in number.

Based on the trends of the past 5 years, the month of October up to December is the time when companies raise their production in preparation for the Christmas rush.

To illustrate this, major companies like Amazon, Apple, Sony and Microsoft have hired additional thousands of employees to work on a temporary basis just to accommodate the huge demand from customers.

Unfortunately, some stores still run out of supplies due to the unpredictable influx of shoppers. 2.
Cheaper Products Because Of Discounts Christmas is usually the time when huge discounts are introduced in order to please and encourage shoppers to purchase more items.
As the stakes are high during this season for competing companies, they usually introduce ways to get ahead of the competition by offering numerous advantages to customers.
Discounts sometimes range from as low as 25% up to a whooping 75%. Customers can surely expect more promos and offers that would provide them numerous ways to save on their shopping expenses. Shoppers should also keep their eyes peeled for rewards and freebies that companies will throw away like accessories for tablets, smartphones and others.
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New Line of Products Companies take this opportunity to highlight the products that they can offer the following year.

This is the reason why gadget expo and shows are common during this time where major announcements are made about an upcoming device.

Recently, major companies like Samsung, Sony and Nintendo have released announcements about their scheduled exhibits this December.
The coming of Christmas also marks the launching of new products.

New lines of smart TVs are projected to hit the shelves of stores this season. The worldwide release of the first line of the eighth generation of gaming console called the Wii U is expected to hit the market starting November 18 in North America up to December in other parts of the world in preparation for Christmas.

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New Apps Prepare for new Christmas-themed apps and games this period.
Developers take this time to cash in their creations or conduct a major launch of their games.
Popular titles like Far Cry 3, Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth and Eve Online.
Gamers will definitely be getting a cool treat this Christmas.

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Social Networking Site Alternatives The social networking arena is no longer just between Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
Time and time again, new ones come into the scene.
But there is one noteworthy social networking site that is expected to make an impact in the near future, and that is Obcidio.

This new site is packed with the usual features that you can expect with social networking sites.

But unlike the rest, it features new filtering functions that will let users focus only on relevant contents and communications.
In a business perspective, it also presents numerous advantages.

This will provide managers a more effective way to run their business with their employees and links from other companies.

It lets users share feeds, make referrals, conduct project collaboration, plus monitor and evaluate projects through management tools.
With the rapid rise of Obcidio in the social networking scene, expect the major companies and others to follow.

Gradually, Facebook and Twitter will also start introducing new features that will match this potential competitor, in order for them to maintain their top spot.
2. Introduction Of A New Generation Of Gaming Console Speaking of game-changing trend, Nintendo is poised to bring back their former glory in the gaming industry this December. Nintendo is one of the world's leading developers of game console and video games.

But after the release of their Wii in 2006, no other developments followed.

As a result, they have been outshined by other popular brands like Sony and Microsoft.

The overwhelming performance and the popularity of its competitors' respective gaming consoles like the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 have left Nintendo behind. However, Nintendo is about to put an end to that this season by being the first to release the first line of eighth generation gaming consoles in the form of the Wii U. This boasts an enhanced graphics, improved performance and compatibility with games from Wii and GameCube. The advent of this new generation of gaming console will surely signal its competitors to introduce products that could match the capabilities of the Wii U.

So, for 2013, expect to hear press releases or rumors about the development of new platforms from Sony and Microsoft.