SD#40 Zohner, Control Your Puppies
It’s the 2012 prediction show! We predict 2012 will happen. There, that was easy!
- Zuke: RIM will be gone by the end of 2012. Either closed doors or reformed on software services.
- Zohner: Someone will come out and buy RIM
- Schmidy: RIM will come out with a new version of BES (with Android and iOS support), but not call it BES, to keep the Blackberry name out of it
- Zuke – Cheap 1st Gen WebOS devices will hit the market . . . and suck.
- Schmidty: Facebook will buy (or partner with) a video platform like Netflix or Crackle
- Zohner – Moore will place a curse on DC Comics for Watchmen prequel.
- Stark – New Star Trek series rumor will light internet ablaze. Won’t go anywhere, but everyone will go nuts anyway.
- Zuke – Windows 8 tablets will kill Ultrabooks. Companies will all switch to converting tablets before Q3 2012.
- Schmidty – Huawei will make an exclusive contract with T-Mobile
- Zohner – Sales tax amnesty will go away. Brick and mortar stores will start to see a resurgence.
- Zuke – SOPA will die, however, will come back worded differently under the radar.
- Stark – SOPA endorsement will kill GoDaddy PR.
- Zohner – SOPA will pass, however, will be renamed and attached to some other unrelated bill.
- Zuke – Halo 4 will not do so well in reviews, putting the rest of the trilogy into question.
- Schmidty – Google will announce manufacturing their own hardware for 2013.
- Zohner – Google+ will start to take off and challenge Facebook toe-to-toe
- Stark – Cable companies will finally announce a la carte options for channel lineups.
- Zuke – Intel Android phones will fail, only because they suck at marketing.
- Schmidty – Microsoft will announce its next gaming console. Soft announcement only.
- Zohner – Zynga will start to feel the pressure from EA
- Zuke – The future of home media will finally land . . . and no one will care.
- Schmidty – The Candieland movie, followed by Minecraft the Movie. Also Portal 3.
