Google holds its third annual I/O developers' conference this Tuesday and Wednesday in San Francisco.
The last two years have seen big product announcements like Google TV, the Chrome Web Store, and Wave, as well as speculative demos of products that still haven't come to light, like the company's music service.
So, what's on tap for this year? Here's what we're expecting -- along with some things we hope to see but might not be ready yet.
Here comes a Google TV update
A connected source says that Google will unveil the next version of Google TV, which is supposed to include better hardware, a redesigned interface, and an integrated version of the Android Marketplace for TV apps.
Expect more Chrome notebooks
When Google unveiled its Chrome OS test program last December, the company said that commercial Chrome notebooks would follow in summer 2011. Samsung is one of the announced partners, and detailed specs for its Chrome notebook "Alex" have already leaked. Samsung is also holding a press event on Wednesday after the show is over, so odds are that we'll see the notebook unveiled during the show.
A Chrome tablet? That would be a bonus.
An Android "Ice Cream Sandwich" is on the menu
Former CEO Eric Schmidt told an audience at Mobile World Congress in February that the next version of Android would reconcile differences between the tablet version introduced this year (Honeycomb, or 3.0) and the most recent phone version (Gingerbread, or 2.3). With so many Android developers at I/O, this is the obvious time to take the wraps off. It's supposedly called Ice Cream Sandwich.
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