CES 2012: TVs, tablets ultrabooks and phones set to be unveiled The future of television LG has made a number of announcements ahead of CES - it's a brazen attempt to grab the headlines before rivals, but this Korean firm, thanks in part to a tie-up with broadcaster Sky, has had a particularly successful year. It's two latest innovations are a 4mm-think, 55" TV based on the "Organic LED" technology familiar to smartphone users. The exciting part is in making the expensive technology affordable - previously it was $2,000 for 11" models. Sales, unsurprisingly, were limited. Sony, Samsung and LG are also set to launch a new bid to reboot Google's TV offering - with a newly improved interface and increasing numbers of shows and films available, the search giant is set to use CES to make a real attempt to capitalise on the success of mobile phone system Android and video-sharing site YouTube. Computing The single greatest number of launches at CES will be around new, super-slim and light laptops. Dubbed 'ultrabooks" by Intel, these new type of devices, from Lenovo, Asus, HP, Dell and many others, are set to account for nearly half of 2012"s laptop sales, according to estimates from analysts that surpass Intel's own aims for 40 per cent market share. The inspiration for the ultrabook is the success of Apple's Macbook Air laptop, which has singlehandedly made laptops sexy again. The focus is on attractive design, coupled with fast boot-up times, decent power and long battery lives. Microsoft, too, will show off Windows 8. Aimed as much at tablet users as at computers, the new operating system it will take lessons from Microsoft's much praised but little-bought Windows Phone Phones A slew of major new phones are set to be announced at CES 2012 - Sony, which has recently bought the half of phone brand Sony Ericsson that it didn't already own, is likely to announce its first launch, which will build on the success of the Sony Ericsson Arc series. These Google Android phones, with a slim design and impressive screens, will see Sony launch its first major bid to tackle the smartphone market since the launch of the iPhone. Panasonic, too, is set to re-enter smartphones either at CES or at next month's mobile world congress, while chips from Intel, codenamed Medfield, are likely to appear in devices made by LG and Samsung. That could mean the beginning of the end of phones whose batteries last hardly a day. Elsewhere, fallen giant Nokia will launch its American comeback bid with its first handset based on Windows Phone aimed at the North American market - it's make or break, but operators and app developers are increasingly supporting the emerging platform. But perhaps of most impact will be the release of Corning Gorilla Glass II - can it break the problem of cracked screens?