According to a report from , Intel is pushing its laptop manufacturer partners to build the latest technologies into these super-thin laptops. The Taiwanese tech site's sources list not just touchscreens and the return of full solid-state drives, but higher HD-resolution screens and innovative sensors.

Currently, most Ultrabooks offer underwhelming displays with resolutions of 1368 pixels by 768 pixels. Upgrading to full-HD displays (1920 pixels by 1080 pixels), like the latest offer, could make Ultrabooks much more attractive, especially at a time when Apple has introduced its with a ridiculously massive resolution of 2880 pixels by 1800 pixels for its display.

In addition to the resolution upgrade, Ultrabook displays may also soon feature 3D. 3D laptops haven't really taken off, due to their expense and the fact that the 3D effect tends to be more of a novelty than actually very good.

However, because Ultrabooks are meant to be on the cutting edge of laptop technology, it makes sense that 3D displays are forecast for upcoming Ultrabooks.

Touchscreen displays are already a given, thanks to the upcoming Windows 8 touch-optimized operating system and the numerous hints Intel has already given us about . In my recent , Intel officials said they expect touchscreen convertible Ultrabooks to really take off this year.