On the opening day of the Consumer Electronics Show, CES, in Las Vegas, all the big names unveiled 3D TV's.

Industry experts said the picture looks promising with a survey showing around 3.4m 3D TV sets will be sold in the US this year.

"It's a challenging market. We need something to kick us out of this," said Panasonic's Elsuke Tsuyuzaki.

"To me, the thing that's going to get us there is 3D," added the firm's chief technology officer.

"2009 is a year none of us want to repeat," said Gary Shapiro the president of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) which hosts the annual tech gathering.

                          

Some of the best in the past year include in no specific order, the Blackberry Bold 9700, Playstation3, Etre Gloves, Zune HD, the PowerMat, the FLO Personal Television, WD TV Live HD media player, Sonos S5 Zone player and the Leatherman Freestyle CX.

A little more detail on a couple of toys ...

The Blackberry bold 9700 offers a sleek design, stepped down from the original, plus an optical track pad, added memory and a high-resolution screen, plus a 3.2-megapixel camera, GPS and wi-fi. Very nicely done.

The Zune HD : Next-Generation Digital Entertainment Zune HD marks a significant step forward for portable media players, combining powerful hardware components such as an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) multitouch screen, an NVIDIA Tegra HD processor and HD Radio capabilities with software advancements such as the new Quickplay menu, a well-featured Web browser, and engaging music and video playback features to deliver a new portable listening and viewing experience.