Then, before the iPhone, many experts said the small screen sizes and low data speeds of mobile devices made the mobile Web worthless and mobile video a total fantasy.

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Summly -- the brain child of London-based boy genius Nick D'Aloisio -- delivers automated snapshots of news stories to its users on mobile devices and formats articles for the small screen.

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While the technology for big screen glasses free 3D is still further away, small devices like 3D phones and Nintendo 3DS will show off the technology.

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Air shipping typically costs two to five times more than ocean freight, but prices are more reasonable for small devices like iPhones and iPods than, say, flat-screen TVs.

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"Consumers are now split between the small pocket-sized devices with 5-inch or 6-inch screens and the larger screen 8-inch to 10-inch screen readers, " says Epps.

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