About 12,000 people are expected to be in San Francisco this week to attend Sony VGP-BPS13 BatteryCTIA Enterprise & Applications 2010, and as you can tell by the name, it will definitely have a business focus. But that doesn’t mean there won’t be any excitement. Motorola, Sprint, Samsung, and others will be holding press conferences to announce new products and services, and Verizon Wireless is expected to reveal more details Sony VGP-BPS13A/Q Battery about its blazing fast 4G LTE network. Here are five trends to watch Sony VGP-BPS2C Battery at this fall’s show, which starts today and runs through Friday, Oct. 8. Stay tuned for live coverage and our top picks.

1. 4G Wars Heat Up

Hot on the heels of Sprint and Clearwire turning 4G WiMax on in parts of New York and San Francisco and T-Mobile unveiling its Sony VGP-BPS13A/B Batterysecond 4G smart phone (the myTouch), Verizon Sony VGP-BPS2B Battery Wireless COO Lowell McAdam will take the stage for a session called “Mobile Commerce, Smart Energy, and LTE: The Transformative Next-Generation Network.” The carrier has already said it will launch LTE service in 25 to 30 markets by the end of the year, but Sony VGP-BPS13/B Batterywe hope to learn more about which ones and possibly pricing. And since the product roadmap good battery has already been leaked, perhaps Big Red will spill the official beans on the first 4G mobile connection cards. We can’t wait to try it out.

2. Video Calling Gets in Your Face

Apple has done the most thus far to take video Sony VGP-BPS13B/B Battery chatting on mobile devices into the mainstream with FaceTime. But now other companies want to share the spotlight. Last week, startup Tango unveiled a video chat service that works across Android and iPhone, and this week Damaka will show off its cross-platform solution, which promises to help business users stream video from any mobile device to any mobile device. You can even see up to four callers at once. Now that Skype is officially in the Android Sony VGP-BPS13B/Q Batterymarket, perhaps we’ll hear more from them about their mobile Sony VGP-BPS8 Battery video plans

First came the Cisco Cius. Then the BlackBerry PlayBook. What’s next for business-focused tablets Sony VGP-BPS13A/S Battery or tablets in general? We expect to see at least one or two new slates at CTIA Fall 2010. It’s Sony VGP-BPS9A/B Battery certainly possible that Motorola will show of its first Android-based tablet, but it’s not expected to launch until next year. Overall, though, we expect to see carriers, manufacturers, and other players pitch tablets as more than Sony VGP-BPS13/Q Battery just consumption devices. With the right apps (and accessories), they can be very useful business tools.

4. Mobile Banking and Payments Take Off

Everyone wants to replace your wallet with an app these days, but now we’re finally starting to see solutions that make sense to Sony VGP-BPS9 Battery everyday consumers. For example, Square makes it easy to Sony VGP-BPS9/B Battery swipe credit cards using an attachment for the iPhone, and MobilePay USA is an app that lets you check into a retailer and then choose an existing credit card from a cloud-based menu. We’ll also be meeting with Mitek, which lets you make deposits using your smart Sony VGP-BPS9/S Battery phone’s camera.

5. Cars Get More Connected (For Better or For Worse)

With reports of texting-related traffic fatalities still on the rise despite increased awareness Sony VGP-BPS8A Battery of the issue, we approach any technology that can potentially distract drivers more with caution. However, several companies Sony VGP-BPS2 Battery are making a concerted effort to balance convenience with safety. We’ll be kicking the tires of Ford’s new Sync technology platform, which is more touch-friendly. We get a little squeamish when the company says it’s trying to “create an ecosystem to make mobile technology work Sony VGP-BPS2A Battery for you at 60 miles per hour—in a safer, smarter and simpler way,” but we’ll reserve judgment until we go hands-on