What's in store for tech fans in 2008? Plenty. Technology buffs can look forward to products that are better, faster and less expensive than those we rely upon today.

The iPhone may have been the biggest tech product rollout of 2007, but that doesn't mean Apple's cell phone was without flaws. What will Apple improve with 2008's iPhone 2.0? How about adding GPS, 3G, a higher- resolution camera, and some perks that make it appealing to the corporate crowd, including operability with more wireless carriers?

Meanwhile, with initiatives such as Energy Star, the tech industry has been in the process of going green for some time. But the movement is just now picking up steam. With computers draining a good bit of the world's energy resources, expect 2008 to be the year that everyone from computer system manufacturers to power strip companies will roll out products that boast lower energy consumption than ever before.

Finally, while Sony and Microsoft were busy pumping up the graphics prowess of their consoles, Nintendo wowed the game-playing crowd in 2007 with the Wii, a virtual-reality device that gets players up off the couch and moving around. Expect the other console makers to trot out their own form of interactive game play in 2008. The success of the Wii will not go unchallenged, but Nintendo can take a bow for moving computer-based game play in a new direction.

buff (n.) 迷；爱好者

rollout (n.) 首次公开；首次展示

resolution (n.) 解析度

initiative (n.) 诱因；率先

to pick up steam 加速进行；如火如荼展开

consumption (n.) 消费；消耗

to pump up 增加；强化

prowess (n.) 技能；能力

to trot out 展示；揭露

interactive (adj.) 互动的；相互作用的