This Year's Top New Gadgets: Live Previews from CES 2011

Typically, home videographers who want to review their just-shot footage have to gather around a tiny LCD. This camcorder comes with a built-in projector and speakers, allowing for instant playback on your wall, at up to 60-inches. Built-in stereo speakers add to the fun.

Most consumer 3D camcorders sacrifice resolution in order to pull off their 3D trickery. This one uses two HD lenses, both working at a full 1080p resolution, to produce what Sony claims is the "first true HD" consumer 3D camera. And the playback LCD screen? It's one of a growing number found on consumer devices that don't need glasses to play 3D footage.

This pocket camcorder has front-facing 2-inch screen (in addition to a 2.7-inch rear display), allowing for easy self-shot video confessionals.

Last year, PM's editors cobbled together a DIY 3D camera rig out of a metal frame and two tiny Flip-style camcorders. If only we'd had the $170 Sony 3D Bloggie MHS-FS3 Camcorder, we could have saved a lot of sweat. The pocket camcorder is one of the tiniest 3D-capable video cameras yet. And, like a growing number of handheld devices, its LCD plays back your 3D footage without the need for glasses.

Serious runners keep tabs on their pace and distance with GPS-enabled gear, but reception can be spotty (among tall buildings or trees, for instance). This watch never stops mining data, thanks to an in-shoe sensor that takes over in the event of GPS signal loss.

The latest entry into Olympus' PEN line of cameras ups the ISO to 6400, has 22 scene modes, a larger, higher-res LCD, and comes bundled with a 14-42mm lens that works for both still and movie modes.

Shooting with a flash typically requires a leap of faith—because the light doesn't pop up until you take the shot, it's impossible to preview what it will look like. This adjustable light—which snaps into the accessory port on Olympus' PEN line of cameras, allows for infinitely adjustable, constant light for close-up and macro shots. In other words: You can preview the product, before hitting the shutter. And because the LED light jacks into the camera's battery, no extra battery is needed.

A nice speciality lenses can cost just as much as your camera. These "bonus lenses" snap onto existing lenses for Olympus' PEN line of cameras, giving you the benefit of a whole new lens, at a fraction of the cost (and bag space).

This fixed-lens camera may look like a cheap compact camera, but it's got the same high-quality iZuiko lens found in Olympus' PEN and dSLR shooters.

This 3D-enabled 16-inch laptop (which uses the exact same shutter glasses as Sony's Bravia 3D TVs). The real innovation: It's the first computer that can convert 2D content into 3D, and keep it all at high-definition. The machine will start at $1700.

The bezel on most touchscreen is just wasted space. The touch area on this all-in-one PC (which doubles as a serviceable, if small, HDTV, thanks to its HDMI inputs) extends into the bezel, where users can navigate various menus and options. The purpose: to reduce the number of greasy fingerprints that end up on the viewable part of the screen. The system will go on sale in late February for about $1200.

This year's tech forecast calls for a flood of sound systems that work with Apple's new AirPlay system, which wirelessly streams music between devices. This little number, equipped with a rechargeable battery for portability, is one of the first. The sticker: $300.

Verizon's 4G LTE network finally gets a tablet to call home, with this tweaked version of last year's Samsung Galaxy Tab 7-inch tablet.

If you're in a coverage area, this mobile hotspot pumps out Verizon's 4G LTE signal as Wi-Fi to up to five different Wi-Fi-enabled devices. Leave the still-growing 4G service area, and it knocks down to Verizon's still-solid 3G network.

Finally, Verizon gives us a 4G LTE phone—and it's a doozy. A 1 GHz processor under the hood fuels the Android 2.2 OS, as well as a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED touchscreen. Camerawise, it's got a rear-facing 8-megapixel shooter, as well as a 1.3-megapixel front-facer for video calls. Of course, the 4G LTE is the meat of it here. To take advantage of this super-fast connection, it comes loaded with LTE-optimized apps, such as an HTML 5-enabled Web browser, Skype (for video chatting without Wi-Fi), MobiTV, and Sling Mobile (for streaming video). to enjoy rich online content. We're still waiting on a price and release date.

The only thing harder to capture in focus than a moving person is a sprinting mutt. The 30x-optical zooming Fujifilm FinePix HS20EXR features an incredibly logical dog recognition mode. Woof.

For better or worse, any superslim laptop these days is bound to be compared to the MacBook Air. And it seems that Samsung's new 9 Series laptop has taken a pretty sweet shot at Apple's thin sliver of a computer. The 13-inch Series 9 is just a tiny bit slimmer at .64 inches, and a few feathers lighter at 2.89 pounds.

But it also packs a far-more impressive Intel i5 processor and 4GB of RAM, plus USB 3 connectors and built-in WiMax and a "Durolumin" alloy shell that Samsung claims is several times stronger than aluminum. Samsung produces much of the memory used in SSDs, so unsurprisingly, the Series 9 has a built in solid-state drive that boots Windows 7 in just 12 seconds. The design also is far sleeker than the Air, the price, however, is less sleek, at $1600.

The latest AMD family of processors combines CPU and GPU chips onto a single processor—or "Accelerated Processing Unit", as AMD calls it. The advantage: Increased performance with low power consumption. First up in January 2011: The "Brazos" family of low-power processors designed for everyday computing. In the second of half of 2011, these chips will be joined by the "Sabine" family of processors, designed for mainstream and performance notebooks.

No more lugging home receipts! This tiny business traveler-friendly scanner weighs just 12.3 ounces. Even better: It can scan documents directly to Google Docs and Evernote. Tteh price: $200.

If you've got an iPad full of movies, it's all too easy to run out of space. Seagate's new line of hard drives will launch with an iPad app that allows it to easily work as a sattelite drive for the tablet. And for Mac users, they also come pre-formatted to work with Apple's Time Machine backup software, and come bundled with FireWire 800 and USB 2.0 cables.